Please join the Data Science and Analytics Interdisciplinary Unit for the final seminar in its spring series, "The NY SHIELD Act: Data Security Standards Set to Protect New York Resident Data," presented in webinar format by Jessica Copeland, attorney and co-chair of cybersecurity and data privacy practice at Bond, Schoeneck & King, on Thursday, April 30, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. The session will cover the following topics:

• Background of the SHIELD Act

• Overview of breach notification requirement

• Explanation of technical, physical, and administrative safeguards required by act

• Practical guidance for compliance

Please join the virtual session through Blackboard Collaborate.

Please join the Data Science and Analytics Interdisciplinary Unit for the next seminar in its spring series, "The Analytics of Revenue Management," presented in webinar format by Jonathan Manly, director of revenue management at Life Storage, on Thursday, April 9, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. The session will cover the following topics:

• What is revenue management?
• How Life Storage uses data science and analytics.
• Business analytics: What has changed and what never changes?
• Developing a career in DSA.

Please join the virtual session through Blackboard Collaborate.

The Data Science and Analytics Interdisciplinary Unit's spring seminar with special agents Jamie Hart and Agent Tiffany Loar from the United States Secret Service on Thursday, April 2, has been canceled.

The Data Science and Analytics Interdisciplinary Unit is pleased to welcome Jeff Rathmann, CEO of SiloCity IT, on Thursday, March 12, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 423. He will discuss the importance of validating our cyber defenses.

The Data Science and Analytics Interdisciplinary Unit is pleased to welcome Ashley Smith, deputy director of GObike, on Thursday, March 5, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 423. She will discuss how GObike uses data to promote its company's mission to build a thriving, dynamic, and connected Buffalo by promoting biking, alternative transportation options, and improved streetscapes to create positive impacts on health, our environment, our streets, and the overall quality of life for all residents.

Please join us for the webinar "The Dehumanization of Indigenous Women," presented by the National Council on Race and Ethnicity (NCORE), on Wednesday, March 4, from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m in Caudell Hall 127. 

According to the FBI, indigenous women are three times more likely to experience rape or sexual assault than black, Latina, or European American women in North America (Perry, 2004). Historically, indigenous women have experienced and continue to experience both racism and sexism through the colonization of North America. The presenters contend that indigenous women are viewed as less than human, that is, they experience dehumanization by non-Native people. Thus far, no empirical research has investigated the objectification of indigenous women through the dehumanization framework (Haslam, 2006). Through both quantitative and qualitative research methods, the presenters will investigate various ways that indigenous women experience dehumanization and the mechanisms underlying how they are dehumanized by others.

This session will examine the effects of dehumanization on indigenous women and their lived experiences both in and outside of the University of Oklahoma. After a discussion centered on these issues, the presenters will discuss the implications that dehumanization has for indigenous women inside higher education. The presenters will then offer recommendations for best practices when incidents of racism and sexism (i.e., dehumanization) occur on campus and how to support and empower indigenous women through relationship building. This session should particularly benefit those working with and advising ndigenous students (student affairs and academic affairs).

Presenters
Stephanie Cross is a proud citizen of the Comanche Nation. She is a doctoral candidate in the psychology department at the University of Oklahoma. Her research interests include stereotypes and prejudice, specifically toward Native Americans. Ms. Cross's dissertation explores the objection of Native American women using an experimental research design.

Emma Allen is a third-year doctoral student in the adult and higher education program at the University of Oklahoma. She is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and is also of Kiowa and Caddo descent. Ms. Allen's research focuses on Native American doctoral students’ experiences with microaggressions and how these microaggressions relate to settler colonialism. 

This webinar is sponsored by the Civic and Community Engagement Office’s Ad Hoc Committee on Indigenous Perspectives.

Michael Spogli, TIAA’s financial consultant, will be on campus to meet with Buffalo State faculty and staff members on Friday, February 28, and Thursday, March 5, in Cleveland Hall 416. Appointments are required.

Begin the year by ensuring that you are saving enough for retirement, that your investments are properly allocated, and that you are on track to meet your retirement goals. It’s too important to delay. Sign up today. Visit the website to schedule an appointment or call (800) 732-8353 Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

The deadline to submit applications for the SUNY B-140W Tuition Assistance Program for the spring 2020 semester is Friday, February 28.

Staff members may apply for tuition assistance after six months of service; faculty members may apply after one semester of service. The following employees are eligible:

• Full-time Buffalo State faculty members and professional or classified employees.
• Part-time or temporary Buffalo State faculty members and professional or classified employees who are employed at least half time (faculty must teach at least two courses in the semester).
• Full-time Research Foundation employees, provided they work on the Buffalo State campus.

Program funds may be used for courses at SUNY campuses only. Eligible employees may apply for a 50 percent waiver of SUNY tuition for up to two courses a semester, to a maximum of 15 credit hours an academic year. Tuition assistance is limited to regular in-state undergraduate or graduate tuition rates. The level of support may be adjusted when necessary if funding is not adequate to cover applications received.

Employees who decide to drop a class or find it has been covered by another source after submitting an application are asked to please notify Human Resource Management immediately to update their applications.

Please contact Human Resource Management, 878-4821, for applications or program guidelines.

As part of the Buffalo State 2020 Census Complete Count Committee and Civic Engagement Week, come and learn how the census survey affects your daily life with the Organizer's Tool-Kit Workshop today, February 27, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Rockwell Hall 306.

Before you can be an activist, you have to get organized! Ever wonder how large campus events are organized? Do you want to learn? Step into the world of project management with assistant directors Aurora Schunk (Civic and Community Engagement Office) and Eve Everette (Anne Frank Project) to learn how your organization skills are a form of community activism and advocacy. We’ll even workshop your idea! Learn the steps to turn your ideas into a detailed event or advocacy campaign for social change. Register for the workshop on the CCE website.

As part of the Buffalo State 2020 Census Complete Count Committee and Civic Engagement Week, come and learn how the census survey affects your daily life during this workshop today, February 25, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Rockwell Hall 306. Maybe you weren't paying attention in high school social studies class and missed the explanation about the role of the census survey. Don't panic—this won't be a boring lesson you'll soon forget! You'll learn how being counted in the 2020 census will affect you, your family, and the community for the next 10 years. We'll review how the census affects your everyday life as a college student, from financial aid to the street you took to class today. Then use your voice to create a message about the census that will be shared across campus and the Buffalo community to encourage others to be counted in 2020.  Register for the workshop on the CCE website.