Please join us in the Campbell Student Union lobby on Thursday, October 17, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m., when members of the Student Civic Leadership Board will be selling bags of Swedish Fish to raise money for Alternative Break Scholarships.

The Buffalo State Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offers WW workshops on campus every Wednesday from noon to 1:00 p.m. in Cleveland Hall 205. The workshops are open to faculty, staff, and students.

If you want to know more before joining, stop by and get inspiration from the success of a WW workshop leader and from your peers. Attend our open house on Wednesday, October 16 or October 23, from noon to 1:00 p.m. in Cleveland Hall 205. There will be giveaways during both workshops.

If you are currently attending these workshops, keep up the great work and get ready to welcome some new members! If you have been thinking about joining, now is the best time to join.

If you have any questions, please contact Gina Game, campus coordinator.

Please join us for the professional development workshop “Meeting Students Where They Are: Being Mindful of Financial Aid Implications When Advising Students,” presented by Sara Reese, assistant director of the Academic Commons; Linda Rainforth, associate director of financial aid; and Cynthia Syracuse, program aide in the Student Accounts Office, on Tuesday, October 22, from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. in Chase Hall 109.

Each semester, roughly 1,000 Buffalo State College students are either notified that they have lost their financial aid eligibility or given a warning that they could lose their financial aid eligibility if their academic standing does not improve. Faculty and staff members who advise students can help guide them toward smarter academic choices to keep them on track to retain or regain financial aid eligibility, which is vital for increasing student persistence to graduation. This workshop will address the relationship between academics and financial aid and how those who advise students can help them maintain their financial aid eligibility.

Workshop participants will learn

• what information to consider before advising a student to add, drop, or repeat a course or increase or decrease a course load to ensure that his or her financial aid eligibility is not at risk, and
• how and when Buffalo State reviews academic progress and determines financial aid eligibility.

Get your Financial Aid questions answered and be a part of this campuswide dialogue.

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

Flu vaccines will be available for faculty, staff, and students tomorrow, October 10, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Cleveland Hall 205. No appointment is necessary.

The following health insurance plans will be accepted: Blue Cross Blue Shield of WNY, Independent Health, Blue Choice, MVP, and Medicare Part B. Proof of insurance is required. Employees without a participating insurance plan will be charged $30 for the flu shot.

Participation and acceptance of any insurance is not a guarantee of benefits or payment in full. Co-payments or a deductible may apply. Please call your insurance provider’s member services department with questions regarding coverage.

Empire Plan enrollees may obtain their flu shot from an Empire Plan participating pharmacy without copay or at their doctor’s office (participating provider) for their usual co-pay should they wish to do so.

Please call Employee Benefits at 878-4821 or the member services department of your insurance company with questions regarding your health insurance coverage. The phone number should be on your insurance card.

Program leaders of the International Professional Development Schools (IPDS) Zambia program will provide an information session for students interested in a two-and-a-half-week teach-and-study-away opportunity in Zambia in May-June 2020 on Wednesday, October 16, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Bacon Hall 305.

Both graduate and undergraduate students are eligible, even if they plan to graduate in May 2020. Applications are available online and are due Friday, November 1.

Interested students who are unable to attend one of these sessions may e-mail Hibajene Shandomo, associate professor of elementary education, literacy, and educational leadership, for additional information. Thank you for spreading the word about this rewarding opportunity.

The Buffalo State community is saddened by the death of Lloyd M. Elm Sr., associate professor emeritus of elementary education and reading, who died October 3, 2019. Dr. Elm joined the college in 2005 and retired in 2014. He is survived by his wife, seven children, and 25 grandchildren. Services were held October 6, 2019, in Nedrow, New York. More information is available online.

Feel lost? Stressed out about your future? Join the Newman Center today, October 9, at 6:00 p.m. for a seminar series based on purpose and meaning. Dinner will be provided. Open to all Buffalo State students. Spots are limited. Contact the Newman Center, 882-1080, to reserve your place. This event is free through a grant received by the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo. Participants will receive a copy of the book Where Will You Be Five Years from Today? on which the series is based.

Information Technology is assessing the need for a bulk e-mail solution to assist faculty and staff members with sending mass e-mail messages to key constituencies.

In an effort to assist in this assessment, we are asking the campus community to help us better understand office, department, and program needs regarding the sending of mass/bulk e-mail.

To gather information, we have created an online survey with fewer than 10 questions. Please answer all questions to the best of your ability.

Thank you for helping us identify a solution to meet our campus needs.

It's that time of year again. Buffalo State Dining's Voice to Vision survey is online and we want to hear what faculty and staff have to say about dining services.

The online survey can be accessed directly through this link or by visiting the Buffalo State Dining website.

We appreciate your cooperation and can't wait to hear your feedback!

The Buffalo State Theater Department and Casting Hall Productions proudly present Intimate Apparel, a play by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Lynn Nottage, in the Donald Savage Building's Flexible Theatre.

Directed by Lara D. Haberberger, lecturer of theater. Featuring student actors Keion Abrams, Shae Brockington, Roselynn Corrado, Monique Godfrey, Aqueira Roberts Oshun, and Nathaniel Schumacher, and student lighting designer Mariah Faulkner. 

Intimate Apparel tells the story of Esther, an African American seamstress in 1905 Manhattan, who makes exquisite undergarments for high-end clients and embarks on an unlikely romance. Nottage stitches together a tale of romance, greed, and ambition—and a tender story of seeking real friendship across the vast social gulf separating a seamstress and a socialite, the yearning of inter-racial as well as interfaith love, and the persistence of spirit as Esther tries to craft a life as beautiful as one of her camisoles.

Two performances remaining: Friday, October 11, at 8:00 p.m., and Saturday, October 12, at 2:00. p.m. Tickets are on sale now at the Rockwell Hall Box Office, 878-3005, or online.