"Bodies Speak: Dance Is Universal Expression" celebrates movement as a global and vibrant language. Whether social, cultural, or artistic, the joy of communicating with one another in the language of movement unites a group like no other activity. Recognized for its universality and power, dance liberates creativity, embodies history, cherishes culture, and builds harmony. As choreographers, we celebrate dance as the art of body movement. By cultivating and abstracting gestures and actions derived from life experiences, we create a conversation between our dancers and strive to connect with our audience. Buffalo State's diverse community allows for a fusion of storytelling and celebration. This commonality exceeds the physical body, creating a space for the mind and spirit to further explore the relationships between people. We invite you to actively witness dance, a kinesthetic art, as a way of knowing, thinking, communicating, translating, and creating thought. We hope you will be inspired to let your body speak and experience the universality of the dance.

Performances Thursday and Friday, April 11 and 12, at 8:00 p.m.; and Saturday, April 13, at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. in Upton Hall's Warren Enters Theatre. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Rockwell Hall Box Office, by phone at 878-3005, or online.

Before you take your laptop or other college-issued device off campus, please review the Buffalo State Data Risk Classification Policy (PDF, 145 KB) and its companion document, Buffalo State Guidelines for Storing and Transmitting College Data (PDF, 382 KB), which includes clear examples of electronic files by category. Also, please make sure to annually update your Loan of College Property form (PDF, 145 KB).

Files containing restricted or private information should be moved to a secure network share and deleted from your device. Private information includes all legally protected information (e.g., FERPA, HIPAA, and Gramm-Leach-Bliley).

Files not containing restricted or private information that you wish to access while you’re away may be placed in your individual Buffalo State-provided Office 365 OneDrive. Examples include your writing, research, saved articles, teaching materials, curriculum documents, committee work, or proposals. You can access your OneDrive by signing in at office.com using your Buffalo State e-mail address. You’ll be redirected to the Buffalo State sign-in page, where you can enter your password and access all your Buffalo State Microsoft services from one page.

Be Mindful of How You Connect Your Device
If your device connects to campus resources from off campus, you must keep your device secured when you are not working on it. When not using your Buffalo State device, turn off the power and store it in a secure, cool location. Never allow others such as your children, spouse, or friends to use your device. All Buffalo State–provided devices are password protected. Do not share your password, and do not log in to your device for another person to use it.

When connecting to Buffalo State web-based services from off campus, do not use a public Wi-Fi connection. Use only secured wireless connections to connect to Buffalo State resources.

Do you take your laptop off campus? If you do, please review the guidelines in the IT Knowledge Base.

Laptops are made for travel. Please follow these guidelines when taking your device off campus, and please make sure to annually update your Loan of College Property form (PDF, 145 KB).

Be Mindful of the Information on Your Device
Before you take your device off campus, please review the Buffalo State Data Risk Classification Policy (PDF, 145 KB) and its companion document, Buffalo State Guidelines for Storing and Transmitting College Data (PDF, 382 KB), which includes clear examples of electronic files by category.

Files containing restricted or private information should be moved to a secure network share and deleted from your device. Private information includes all legally protected information (e.g., FERPA, HIPAA, and Gramm-Leach-Bliley).

Files not containing restricted or private information that you wish to access while you’re away may be placed in your individual Buffalo State-provided Office 365 OneDrive. Examples include your writing, research, saved articles, teaching materials, curriculum documents, committee work, or proposals. You can access your OneDrive by signing in at office.com using your Buffalo State e-mail address. You’ll be redirected to the Buffalo State sign-in page, where you can enter your password and access all your Buffalo State Microsoft services from one page.

Be Mindful of How You Connect Your Device
If your device connects to campus resources from off campus, you must keep your device secured when you are not working on it. When not using your Buffalo State device, turn off the power and store it in a secure, cool location. Never allow others such as your children, spouse, or friends to use your device. All Buffalo State-provided devices are password protected. Do not share your password, and do not log in to your device for another person to use it.

When connecting to Buffalo State web-based services from off campus, do not use a public Wi-Fi connection. Use only secured wireless connections to connect to Buffalo State resources.

From the Chair of the College Senate
Reports to the College Senate are posted on the College Senate website. The most recent reports are from the March 8, 2019, Senate meeting.

Podcasts serve as the official audio record of each College Senate meeting. If you missed a Senate meeting and want to catch up, podcasts are posted to the Senate's podcasts web page. Senate meeting summaries are posted to the website after they are presented to the Senate.

From the Chair of the College Senate Bylaws and Elections Committee
Two at-large College Senate positions, one University Faculty Senate position, and one University Faculty Senate alternate position will become vacant on August 30, 2019. All full-time faculty and professional staff members are eligible to run for these seats provided they meet other eligibility requirements (see below).

At-large senators represent the entirety of the college. University Faculty senators are senators within both the Buffalo State College Senate and the SUNY University Faculty Senate. The alternate attends SUNY University Faculty Senate meetings only in the absence of the university faculty senator.

A call for nominations and information about candidates’ statements will be posted on the College Senate website. The call for nominations begins at 12:01 a.m. Monday, April 15, and continues through 5:00 p.m. Friday, April 19. Elections for these positions will run from 12:01 a.m. Monday, April 22, to 11:59 p.m. Friday, April 26. The link will be live on April 15.

Senate elections conducted by the schools of Arts and Humanities, Education, Natural and Social Sciences, and the Professions as well as the Professional Staff Caucus (PSC) should be concluded before the election cycle for the at-large seats.

Eligibility: Current College Senate members who are completing two consecutive terms in their respective positions are not eligible for reelection. For additional information on eligibility requirements, please consult the College Senate bylaws.

Campaigning: The College Senate Elections and Bylaws Committee strongly discourages using college e-mail services for campaigning. Please limit campaigning to the candidate statement posted on the College Senate website.

Please note: Individuals running for a senator position in another election may not also run for at-large senator or university faculty senator positions while the other election is being conducted. If the other election concludes during the period when nominations for at-large or university faculty senator are still being accepted, eligible individuals may self-nominate for either position.

If you are interested in being a candidate, please contact Vince Masci, assistant to the College Senate, 878-5139. We look forward to your participation in the vital process of campus governance.

Please note, the official voting portal (log-in required) is closed until April 22.

From the Chair of the College Senate
The next College Senate meeting of the spring 2019 semester will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, April 12, in Bulger Communication Center 215. The meeting agenda will be posted on the College Senate website on April 5.

The final meeting of the spring 2019 semester will be held on Friday, May 10.

The College Senate Office is located in Cleveland Hall 211. Joseph Marren, professor of communication, serves as chair of the College Senate for the 2018–2019 academic year. Please stop by the office, call 878-5139, or e-mail Vincent Masci, assistant to the College Senate, with questions or for general information.

From the Chair of the College Senate
The campus community is invited to comment on the SUNY Green Paper on General Education Revision, which is available on the College Senate’s General Education Ad-Hoc Task Force on Curriculum web page. Please send comments to SUNY.

Please join us for a dual lecture featuring Burmese artist and former political prisoner Htein Lin today, April 9, and Thursday, April 11, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center.

Today, Mr. Lin will discuss his artistic expressions during long-term incarceration, his battle against censorship, and the role of the international community in Burma's current political situation. On Thursday, Vicky Bowman will join Mr. Lin to address how the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business is promoting its work in Burma. Ms. Bowman and Mr. Lin will also discuss the current Burmese political climate, and what the international community and the United States can do to help.

Htein Lin is known for his narrative paintings depicting life as a political prisoner and for his politically charged performances. From 1998 to 2004, Mr. Lin lived as a political prisoner in Burma, incarcerated for his beliefs. Following his release, the artist moved to London in 2006. His paintings hang in private collections throughout the world, as well as in the United States embassy in Yangon.

Vicky Bowman has been the director of Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business since July 2013. Before that, she led the global mining company Rio Tinto’s policy approach to transparency, human rights, and resource nationalism from 2011. She was also the director of global and economic issues and G8 sous-sherpa for the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2011, and head of the Southern Africa Department in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for the Government of the United Kingdom from 2006 to 2007.

This lecture series is made possible by the Buffalo State College Grant Allocation Committee and the Burchfield Penney Art Center in collaboration with the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Admission is free for Buffalo State faculty, staff, and students.

Please join us for a dual lecture featuring Burmese artist and former political prisoner Htein Lin on Tuesday, April 9, and Thursday, April 11, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center.  

On Tuesday, Mr. Lin will discuss his artistic expressions during long-term incarceration, his battle against censorship, and the role of the international community in Burma's current political situation. On Thursday, Vicky Bowman will join Mr. Lin to address how the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business is promoting its work in Burma. Ms. Bowman and Mr. Lin will also discuss the current Burmese political climate, and what the international community and the United States can do to help.

Htein Lin is known for his narrative paintings depicting life as a political prisoner and for his politically charged performances. From 1998 to 2004, Mr. Lin lived as a political prisoner in Burma, incarcerated for his beliefs. Following his release, the artist moved to London in 2006. His paintings hang in private collections throughout the world, as well as in the United States embassy in Yangon.

Vicky Bowman has been the director of Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business since July 2013. Before that, she led the global mining company Rio Tinto’s policy approach to transparency, human rights, and resource nationalism from 2011. She was also the director of global and economic issues and G8 sous-sherpa for the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2011, and head of the Southern Africa Department in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for the Government of the United Kingdom from 2006 to 2007.

This lecture series is made possible by the Buffalo State College Grant Allocation Committee and the Burchfield Penney Art Center in collaboration with the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Admission is free for Buffalo State faculty, staff, and students.