Join the Burchfield Penney Art Center this evening, January 10, for Stay Gold, part of our M&T Second Fridays series. The galleries are open from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and are free all day. Special programs run from 4:00 to 10:00 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. Join the Burchfield Penney for an evening of art, music, and the unexpected!

Participating Artists, Locations
Jodi Lynn Maracle, USEUM
Iris Kirkwood, Grand Staircase
Poetic Cafe (L Period McGraw), Collections Study (ASL interpreters will be present 5:00–10:00 p.m.)
Stitch Buffalo, Reception Space
Katherine Virag, Norman Mack II Rotunda
Carlos Llobet Montealegre, Second-Floor Hallway
Locust Street Art, Staircase
Peach Mag, Galleries
Eclectric Oil and Light, Atrium

Live Music and Performances
East Gallery
heave | 4:05–4:50 p.m.
Carmen & Lizzy | 6:05–6:40 p.m.
Tough Old Bird | 8:45–9:30 p.m.

John R. Oishei Gallery
Peach Mag | 7:30–8:05 p.m.

Reception Space
The Burkharts | 5:00–5:50 p.m.
TVMTN | 6:40–7:25 p.m.
Cooler | 8:05–8:40 p.m.

Margaret L. Wendt Gallery
Sidney Jeanne Music | 5:15–6:00 p.m.
MEDUSA | 8:05–8:40 p.m.

RSVP on Facebook and invite your friends!

Buffalo State's student leadership and humanitarian awards recognize students who help make Buffalo State truly extraordinary—students who go above and beyond, who answer the call to service, and who lead their peers and our campus with energy, care, integrity, vision, and creativity. Candidates for these awards are leaders in our campus community, participate in civic engagement and service, and demonstrate a commitment to something worthwhile and enduring. These are the qualities that help define Buffalo State as a truly civil and caring academic community. 

Applications and nominations are invited for the following student leadership and humanitarian awards: the Mildred Campbell Leadership Award, the Phillip Santa Maria Award for Student Leadership in Equity and Campus Diversity, the Phillip Santa Maria Memorial Award, the Luis M. Antonetti Student Humanitarian Award, and the Minnie and Joe Engel Student Humanitarian Award. We are using an online nomination and application process. The deadline for nominations is Friday, February 14, but we encourage early nominations to ensure that all deserving students are considered.

Nominations forms are available on the Dean of Students website. We encourage students to self-nominate, and we invite faculty and staff members to nominate deserving students for consideration. Recipients must be present on Tuesday, April 28, for the awards ceremony.

Questions about the Student Leadership and Humanitarian Awards can be addressed to the Dean of Students Office, Campbell Student Union 311 or by e-mail at deanofstudents@buffalostate.edu.

Winterim provides a variety of activities to support the intellectual, personal, and professional growth of the Buffalo State community. Winterim will be held January 14–17 and is a great opportunity to connect with colleagues and learn from one another. Sessions this year include learning about managing student workers, laughing meditation, rock painting, cheese tasting, a wine and museum tour, and many more. Register for sessions soon; they are filling up!

From the Chair of the College Senate
Happy New Year from the College Senate Office. The first meeting of the College Senate for the spring 2020 semester will be held Friday, February 14, at 3:00 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 217. All Senate meetings this semester will be held in Bulger 217. The full meeting schedule is posted on the College Senate website. The podcast and reports from the December 13, 2019, meeting are also posted, along with the minutes from the November 8, 2019, meeting. Please contact Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate, 878-5139, with questions.

The Small Business Development Center will present “Survive and Thrive: Essentials for Starting Your Own Business,” a workshop covering all the essential information needed to start a business, on Tuesday, January 21, from 8:30 a.m to noon in Rockwell Hall 204. Specific topics will include creating a business plan, competition analysis, and legal and insurance issues. The workshop is free for Buffalo State College faculty, staff, students, and alumni as well as U.S. military veterans and $20 for all others.

Registration will take place immediately before the workshop, from 8:00 to 8:30 a.m. To register in advance please call the SBDC at 878-4030.

Choreography as a career is unique to dance, requiring hours of inquiry and analysis that focus on sensory experiences, interpretation, and expression. Buffalo State arts and letters alumni are navigating a career in performance and choreography. The dance program is committed to guiding undergraduate students' growth and success while they are in school, and then continuing to support our graduates while they navigate professional post-academic lives.

For this year’s annual dance concert, "The World Grooves: Dance Traditions and Explorations," we requested proposals from our alumni who are currently working in the field. Proposals required an explanation of how the work connects to the overall concert theme and other production information, a performance résumé, and video of professional work. Five individuals have been asked to share how traditions inspire their explorations by applying their creative process on the student dance company. We invite you to attend an open rehearsal for each of the choreographers. This experience is supported by funding from the Grant Allocation Committee.

Please join Buffalo State alumni choreographers for the following open rehearsals for "The World Grooves: Dance Traditions and Explorations" in Upton Hall's Warren Enters Theatre:

Saturday, January 11
Rachel Repinz
9:00–11:00 a.m.

Enya-Kalia Jordan
Noon–2:00 p.m.

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Thursday, January 23
Kate Coleman
4:00–6:00 p.m.

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Monday, January 27
Melissa Vargo
6:00–9:00 p.m.

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Saturday, February 8
James Huggins
Noon–2:00 p.m.

Please join the Civic and Community Engagement Office for an interactive session on integrating community engagement and service learning into the classroom on Wednesday, January 22, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. in Caudell Hall 123

As SUNY’s urban-engaged institution, Buffalo State can incorporate civic and community engagement opportunities that meet course learning outcomes and connect to community priorities. This interactive session will help faculty and staff new to community engagement as well as those who could use a brushup on community-engaged learning and the practice of incorporating a community-based project into a course.

Topics will include

• an overview of the theory and practice of community-engaged learning,
• strategies for identifying reciprocal and meaningful community partnerships, and
• a discussion of effective methods of incorporating student reflection to connect the community experience to course learning.

Please register by e-mail.

The staff of Butler Library will be removing old interlibrary loan transaction records to keep the Illiad interlibrary loan system running smoothly. Starting Monday, January 20, we will systematically remove completed transactions before 2013. This means that any finished transactions older than seven years will be deleted. This cleanup will have no impact on current or open transactions. No action is required on the part of interlibrary loan users.

If you wish to retain a record of your finished interlibrary loan transactions before 2013, please log in to Illiad and copy the transaction details:

• Log in to Illiad.
• Click on "All Requests."
• Copy any transaction details or the entire table that you wish to preserve, and then paste into Microsoft Word or another text program.

If you have any questions, please contact Joe Riggie, information systems librarian, 878-6320.

There are two important updates to Blackboard Learn to assist faculty members.

1. User Roles in Blackboard Learn: New roles include Observer and Auditor. The Observer role may be used for peer-observations or course design reviews, while the Auditor role is given to anyone who registers as an auditor for a course. Read about the advantages and limitations of each role in the Knowledge Base article "User Roles in Blackboard Learn."
2. Ally Course Accessibility Report is now in the course menu, easily accessible by faculty only. Please review the Knowledge Base article, with images, "Blackboard Ally Accessibility Course Report within Course Menu."

Classical Tai Chi of Buffalo will continue to offer free Tai Chi classes Sundays from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. and Wednesdays from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Rockwell Hall 302. Classes begin Sunday January 5, and Wednesday, January 15. Advance registration is strongly urged. Please e-mail Classical Tai Chi of Buffalo or call (716) 218-0094 (leave message) to register. Classes are taught by James Roach, who has over 40 years of experience in several styles of Tai Chi. Wednesday evening attendees who do not have a Buffalo State parking permit should contact the instructor by e-mail or phone before the first class. Tai Chi is often referred to as mindfulness meditation in motion. More information can be found on the organization's website and Facebook page.