Reddy Bikeshare is back for its fourth season at Buffalo State, and we are proud to be a Reddy partner. Eleven bikes will soon return to our two campus hubs—six at Rockwell Road near Elmwood Avenue, and five in front of the Campbell Student Union. Reddy bikes are also located at 42 other stations throughout Buffalo, including Allentown, the Elmwood Village, the West Side, and downtown.

Sign up early and save 50 percent on an annual membership (normally a $55 value). Visit Reddybikeshare.com or download the Social Bicycles (SoBi) app to register. Choose the Annual Pass, which will allow you access to all 200 bikes 24/7, April through November. Enter the promo code Reddy4Spring19 at checkout. Make sure to hit "apply" if you're using the app. Fifty percent of your membership fee will be waived; pay just 1 cent per minute to ride. Parking fees and fines may occur. This promotion is valid through Monday, April 15.

Happy riding!

In collaboration with the International Institute of Buffalo, Buffalo State will welcome international delegates from Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru, who will share their thoughts on the issue of migration, today, April 2, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 426. Don't miss this great opportunity to interact with delegates from eight countries.

The Health and Fitness Organization is pleased to welcome Eric Read, a pediatric physical therapist at the Cantalician Center in Buffalo, on Wednesday, April 3, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 214. Mr. Read received his bachelor’s degree from Roberts Wesleyan College and his master of public health from the University at Buffalo, and completed the physical therapy program at D’Youville College. He will discuss public health, physical therapy, graduate school, and balancing undergraduate school and athletics in observance of National Public Health Week.

Hello, runners, walkers, and sitters. Registration is open for the J. P. Morgan Corporate Challenge on Thursday, June 13, at Delaware Park. You may register for the Buffalo State College team online.

The $38 registration fee includes a Corporate Challenge T-shirt, refreshments at the hospitality tent, conviviality, and camaraderie. Registration closes Tuesday, May 21. Don't miss out! We hope you encourage your colleagues to join our Buffalo State team to represent the Bengals spirit. 

A special thank-you to our sponsors: the President’s Office, UUP, PSC, and Chartwells.

For additional information, please contact Jude Jayatilleke, senior academic adviser in EOP, 878-6028.

The Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) Office is accepting public comments on the draft Storm Water Management Program Annual Report. The report documents storm water pollution prevention measures taken by Buffalo State College during the reporting year ending March 9, 2019. Measures implementation and the draft report are requirements of the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) General Permit, No. GP-0-15-003, issued by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

The draft report, instructions for submitting comments, and additional information on campus storm water pollution prevention efforts can be found on the EH&S Office storm water pollution prevention web page. A paper copy of the annual report is also available for viewing during normal business hours (8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. weekdays) at the Facilities Operations and Key Center, located in the Clinton Center.

Heather Maldonado's "Conversations in and out of the Disciplines" talk, originally scheduled for April 19, has been postponed until fall (date TBA).

The spring 2019 "Conversations" series will conclude on Friday, May 3, when Patrick McGovern, associate professor of political science, presents "Crossing the Postmodern Divide: Trump, Truth, and Undergraduate Political Education" at 3:00 p.m. in Ketchum Hall 320. A short wine and cheese reception will follow. Everyone is welcome.

Buffalo State will host Take Back the Night: A Decade of Sexual Assault Awareness: Past, Present, Future on Tuesday, April 9, at 6:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall.

Campus and community organizations will be present for the event. Various items that relate directly to sexual assault education and prevention efforts from the last 10 years will be on display, including fliers, brochures, stickers, pins, buttons, banners, quilts, photos, videos, articles, pledges, and other “swag” or promo items. Free refreshments will be available, and therapy dogs will be on site.

The campus will be painted teal during the first two weeks in April, with teal ribbons and teal lights in the Rockwell Hall bell tower, in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. We invite you to wear teal on April 9 to show your support as well.

This event is free and open to the public. (No parking restrictions for this event.) Please consider attending or providing extra credit for your students to attend.

Interested performers or volunteers should contact Paula Madrigal, assistant director of prevention and health promotions.

Take Back the Night is sponsored by Weigel Health Promotions, the Equity and Campus Diversity Office, the Dean of Students Office, and United Students Government.

Please visit the Weigel Health Promotions website, our Facebook page, and Facebook Event page updates and more information. Thank you for your support.

Drop boxes are located at the Circulation Desk in Butler Library and at the Information Desk in the Campbell Student Union. Glasses can also be sent via campus mail to EVERGREEN, Moore Hall 124.

By donating your glasses, you are helping people with eyesight difficulties worldwide.

Please join us for the talk "Queer Fashion: Style and Fashion beyond the Heteronormative Status Quo,” presented by Michael Mamp, associate professor of fashion, interior design, and merchandising at Central Michigan University (CMU), on Thursday, April 4, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Technology Building 160.

Dr. Mamp is a fashion historian who focuses on marginalized groups such as women and the LBGTQ community. Specifically, his research explores the intersection of fashion with queer identity and experience. He will discuss his research on the contributions to fashion throughout history by members of the LBGTQ community, with a focus on twentieth-century fashion as it relates to marginalized or minority individuals.

Dr. Mamp serves as the director of the fashion merchandising and design online undergraduate degree programs and is an affiliate faculty member of women and gender studies at CMU. His research includes queer fashion and theory and the development of narrative-rich art cloth that expresses issues related to art, personal experience, social justice, and culture. He holds a bachelor of arts from CMU, a master of arts from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and a Ph.D. from Iowa State University. Before his appointment at CMU, Dr. Mamp worked for 14 years in various senior management roles in the fashion industry for companies such as Limited brands, Gap brands, Bloomingdale's, and Saks Fifth Avenue.

His talk, part of Pride Week at Buffalo State, is sponsored by the Fashion and Textile Technology Department, the Buffalo State Pride Alliance, and the Bengal Allies Committee and is funded through the Grant Allocation Committee.

The call for proposals is now open for the 2019 PDS Conference, to be held Friday, September 27, at the Buffalo Grand Hotel, 120 Church Street, Buffalo, NY 14202. Categories are as follows:

Concurrent Sessions: 45-minute professional presentations of school-university partnership work to inform PDS Consortium members of best practices or action research.

Roundtable Sessions: 30-minute informal, discussion-oriented presentations of school-university partnership work to inform PDS Consortium members of best practices or action research.

Poster Sessions: Visual displays exploring an educational topic. Posters displaying undergraduate and graduate student research are welcome.

Note: Preference will be given to concurrent and roundtable proposals that

• are submitted jointly among the various constituencies of the PDS (faculty, mentor teachers, school- or community-based leadership, or teacher candidates);
• focus on current PDS initiatives such as resilience, international PDS work, and impact.

Please submit the following information by Saturday, June 1.

Names of all presenters
E-mail addresses of all presenters
Preferred session type (concurrent, roundtable, or poster)
Title of presentation
Three- or four-sentence description of the presentation (for the 2019 PDS Conference program)

Please e-mail Keli Garas-York, associate professor, or Pixita del Prado Hill, professor, Elementary Education, Literacy, and Educational Leadership, with questions.