Students, please join us for the Dining on a Dime program on Sunday, March 8, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Salvatore Demonstration Kitchen in Caudell Hall. Learn. Eat. Enjoy! Learn to prepare healthful meals for under $4 a day as well as the importance of nutrition and cooking safety. Presented by the Alumni Engagement Office; Campus House; the Health, Nutrition, and Dietetics Department; the Hospitality and Tourism Department; and the Residence Life Office.

For more information, please contact Mary-Jo Jagord, director of alumni engagement, 878-6001.

Buffalo State Dining's most popular event, the 1300 Club, takes place Thursday, February 27, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Bengal Kitchen. Come and enjoy fine dining items like our hand-cut steak, half barbecue chicken, and juicy shrimp! Use meal swipes, dining dollars, or cash.
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Please contact Joshua Ungaro, Chartwells marketing manager, with questions.

The Buffalo State College Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, part of the Speech-Language Pathology Department, offers speech, language, and hearing evaluation and therapy services to children and adults. Services are provided by graduate students in speech-language pathology under the direct supervision of faculty and professional staff members. Evaluations and treatment are free for Buffalo State students, faculty and professional staff members. For more information, please visit the Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic website. To schedule an evaluation, please contact Lisa West, staff assistant, 878-3530.

In collaboration with the Marketing and Communications Office, the Registrar's Office has made improvements to the PDF versions of the academic and college calendars. The documents are more polished and visually consistent with other Buffalo State efforts. In addition, the PDF version of the 2019–2020 Academic Calendar lists the dates of past and future events and presents information in a similar way to the old bookmarks.

The UUP Funding Rally: Save Our SUNY will be held on Tuesday, February 25, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall (not the Campbell Student Union lobby, as previously communicated).

For more information, please contact Danielle Judge, UUP regional membership organizer, (716) 536-7796.

From the President's Council on Equity and Campus Diversity
Nominations are encouraged for the Dr. Muriel A. Howard Presidential Award for the Promotion of Equity and Campus Diversity. The annual award recognizes faculty and staff members who promote respect for diversity and individual differences through classroom discussions, curricular experiences, out-of-classroom activities, projects, conversations, or special mentorships that go beyond what is usually expected as a part of their regular job expectations or teaching assignments.

We welcome nominations from students, faculty, and staff members so that we might acknowledge members of our community who live the values of respect for diversity and advocacy for social justice at an awards reception on Tuesday, April 28.

Award criteria and nomination forms can be found on the Equity and Campus Diversity website. The application deadline is close of business Friday, March 20.

Please contact the Equity and Campus Diversity Office, Cleveland Hall 415, 878-6210, with questions.

Please join the Chemistry and Physics departments for the seminar "On 'Tumor-Seeking' Near IR-Dyes," presented by Kevin Burgess, professor and Rachal Chair in Chemistry at Texas A & M University, on Thursday, February 27, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Science and Mathematics Complex 176.

Abstract
Cyanine A is typical of an elite group of “tumor-seeking” dyes known to accumulate in tumors in vivo and persist there. Fluor A in mice is easily visualized in animal studies because light used to excite at its absorption maxima, near 780 nm, penetrates tissue well, and because its quantum yield is acceptable for detection. Dyes like this are precious tools for in vivo optical imaging because they conspicuously reveal tumor tissue. This talk will discuss what was known about how A is imported into tumor cells, and data from our lab that furthers this understanding of how it accumulates in cancer tissues, and why they persists there. It will also outline the potential of these dyes in theranostics to deliver kinase inhibitors and other therapeutics.

Please join us for the professional development workshop “When Helping Hurts…Secondary Traumatic Stress and Student Affairs” on Thursday, March 12, from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in Chase Hall 109.

If supporting a student through trauma has left you with lasting negative feelings, thoughts, or behaviors, you may be suffering from secondary traumatic stress.

Please join Buffalo State College graduate student (Higher Education Administration) and Erie County Department of Social Services senior caseworker Shandra Hake to learn tools to recognize and address secondary traumatic stress and see how it relates to work in student affairs. Ms. Hake will share the definition and symptoms of secondary traumatic stress; discuss ways to protect yourself from and address secondary traumatic stress; and discuss how it is relevant to student affairs. 

Light snacks will be provided. Please register through the Workshop Registration System.

Applications are encouraged for the President's Professional Development Award. President Conway-Turner has dedicating funding to establish the award and has convened a Professional Development Award Committee of faculty and staff members to support professional development opportunities for Buffalo State employees.

Professional development opportunities enrich the experiences of all employees. These opportunities allow us to build on our expertise as well as identify best practices and network with others. While it is well understood that professional development opportunities are critical to our success, funding is sometimes limited or otherwise unavailable.

Applications for the President's Professional Development Award must be completed and submitted electronically. Please submit applications by 5:00 p.m. Friday, March 13. The committee will review requests for funding and determine awards monthly. Award recipients will be announced in the Daily Bulletin.

Award Selection Criteria

1. Applicants must have a statement of support from their director, department chair, dean, or vice president.
2. Applicants must have at least one calendar year of employment at Buffalo State.
3. Applicants must complete the award application and include the following:
   a. a summary of how the opportunity affects the campus and ties to the college’s strategic plan (identify which measure), as well as how the opportunity affects their department and division, and how the opportunity provides professional development for the individual;
   b. a summary or itemization of other funds received or requested from the department or other area;
   c. a conference announcement (please provide name, date, and location of conference; include conference website, agenda, and whether you are presenting or attending an organization-affiliated meeting).

Award Recipient Selection Process and Timeline

1.  All award nominations must be submitted online by the deadline of 5:00 p.m. on the appropriate dates (March 13, April 17, and May 15, 2020). Requests for professional development funds received after this date will be reviewed with the following month’s award requests.
2. Award recipients will be selected by the President’s Professional Development Award Committee using the following process:
   a. A rubric reflecting the selection criteria will be used to award funding. The selection and award of funding will be based on the thoroughness in addressing the award selection criteria.
   b.The committee will review and award funding.
3. Award applicants will be informed if their requests were selected for funding. The maximum allowable award is $500 per applicant, per calendar year. The award recipients for each month will be selected by the President’s Professional Development Award Committee and announced in the Daily Bulletin by President Conway-Turner. 

UUP will hold a Funding Rally on Tuesday, February 25, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall. Help our students! Let Buffalo State shine! Buffalo State promotes economic growth, with 150 years of excellence in community partnership. Support TAP, GAP, EOP, and students in need.

For more information, please contact Danielle Judge, UUP regional membership organizer, (716) 536-7796.