The Buffalo State College Chess Club will hold an organizational meeting on Wednesday, October 10, at 2:00 p.m. in Classroom Building C214. Beginner? Grand master? All members of the Buffalo State community are welcome. For further information, please contact Daniel Blum, lecturer in the History and Social Studies Education Department.

Bengals Dare to Care Day was a tremendous success, with 750 students, faculty, and staff members volunteering with 41 organizations throughout the region on Saturday, September 15. From cleaning up our parks and beaches to painting, helping with a back-to-school party, and gardening, volunteers worked hard, felt appreciated, and learned how important it is to be an active and engaged citizen of our community. View the 2018 BDTC recap, and share your own BDTC pictures on social media.

Celebrate jazz icon John Coltrane's 92nd birthday with a three-day festival at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, co-presented by the Pappy Martin Legacy Jazz Collective and the Burchfield Penney, September 20–22. For the complete schedule of events, please visit the Burchfield Penney website.

Jazz with Chas
At the Bon Ton with Buffalo State Professor of Music Charles Mancuso
Accompanied by Pianist George Caldwell
Thursday, September 20, 7:00 p.m.
Free with gallery admission

Rob Dixon with the George Caldwell Trio
Selections by Ahmad Pleasant and Amari McDade
Friday, September 21, 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $10 for Burchfield Penney and Pappy Martin Legacy Jazz Collective members; $20 for "not yet" members. Call 878-6011 during gallery hours or visit the Burchfield Penney for tickets.

Gary Bartz with the Curtis Lundy Trio
Opening Act Greg Millar Quartet: Vocalist Sehrea N'dayu; Dancer and Choreographer Jai Robinson
Saturday, September 22, 6:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15 for Burchfield Penney and Pappy Martin Legacy Jazz Collective members (limit two member-priced tickets per membership); $30 for "not yet" members. Call 878-6011 during gallery hours or visit the Burchfield Penney for tickets.

Please join us today as graduate students of the Garman Art Conservation Department, under the supervision of faculty members Jonathan Thornton and Aaron Shugar, conduct an experimental pyrotechnology weekend, "Days of Fire," on the lawn next to Campus House. Activities will include reproducing an Iron Age smelting furnace, Bronze Age copper melting and casting, ancient glass bead manufacture, and other Iron Age–appropriate activities. The furnace will be built today, the smelt will be conducted on Saturday, and the weekend will culminate with the extraction of the iron bloom late Saturday. Activities start at 10:00 a.m. on both Friday and Saturday and are free and open to the public. For more information, please call the department at 878-5025.

Graduate students of the Garman Art Conservation Department, under the supervision of faculty members Jonathan Thornton and Aaron Shugar, will conduct an experimental pyrotechnology weekend, "Days of Fire," on Friday, September 21, and Saturday, September 22, on the lawn next to Campus House. Activities will include reproducing an Iron Age smelting furnace, Bronze Age copper melting and casting, ancient glass bead manufacture, and other Iron Age–appropriate activities. The furnace will be built on Friday, the smelt will be conducted on Saturday, and the weekend will culminate with the extraction of the iron bloom late Saturday. Activities start at 10:00 a.m. on both days and are free and open to the public. For more information, please call the department at 878-5025.

Please join Weigel Health Promotions and the One Love Foundation for a private screening of the award-winning film "Escalation" on Tuesday, October 16, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center to learn how you can talk to young adults about healthy and unhealthy relationships. Refreshments will be served. Parking will be available in lots I-32, I-33, I-34, I-35, I-36, and I-37.To RSVP, please e-mail michael.harley@joinonelove.org.

Watch the "Escalation" trailer.

A number of undergraduate research programs are currently accepting applications for the 2018–2019 academic year. A flier with available programs and deadline dates (PDF, 244 KB) is available on the Undergraduate Research website under What's New. The next round of the EURO Program (Early Undergraduate Research Opportunity) will be offered in spring 2019.

Spring 2019 dates are subject to change, so be sure to check the Undergraduate Research website in January 2019 to confirm deadlines.

Please come out in support of human rights and promote women’s health and wellness during SlutWalk today, September 18, from noon to 2:30 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Plaza. SlutWalk is a transnational movement of protest marches calling for an end to rape culture, including victim blaming and slut shaming of sexual assault victims. This is an adult-only event.

The first SlutWalk took place in 2010 at the University of Toronto in response to a police officer telling women to change how they dress to stop sexual assault from happening. This event is designed to promote gender equality and combat victim blaming, body shaming, and sexual violence through reclaiming the derogatory term. This event is about unity, shedding degrading stereotypes, and shifting rape culture. It's about having fun while educating people and coming together as a community.

Participants can join in a walk from Grant Street to Elmwood Avenue (across the Buffalo State campus). Other activities include educational tables (Planned Parenthood, Crisis Services, Evergreen Health, and others), vendors, food trucks, snacks, music, games, body painting, henna, and guest speakers.

To support us or join us, please e-mail meyerhml01@mail.buffalostate.edu. Sponsored by the Weigel Wellness Center, Student Affairs, the Political Science Department, and the Student Political Society.

Featured performances for the 10th annual Anne Frank Project social justice festival, AFP 2018: Repair the World. The Time Is NOW, include the following:

The Space Between
Tuesday, October 2, 10:00–11:15 a.m.
Donald Savage Building, Flex Theatre
Presented by the Anne Frank Project, the Buffalo State Theater Department, and Casting Hall Productions.
One hundred percent student-directed, written, designed, produced, and managed.

Meet Avery: smart, bullied, misunderstood, and being raised by a single parent who just doesn't get it… you know, a typical teenager. When the time has come for Avery to discover her true self, she is launched into the outer space of her imagination where planets teach lessons, stars shine brightly, and comets send her on a hyperspeed journey back to herself. Will Avery use her fantastic voyage to express her truth or will she return to normality?

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Inquire Within
by TheatreFigüren/Michele Costa
Tuesday, October 2, 11:30–12:15 p.m.
Campbell Student Union Social Hall

TheatreFigüren has compiled a trio of short works from a repertoire of many years. With masks, puppets, paintings, and a trike, these personal stories address the quietly powerful voice in each of us. As we seek to repair the world, we'll begin by looking within ourselves. And then, when we share what is deep within our own bones, the healing can begin.

View the full events schedule and register online.

Questions? E-mail AFP.

The Barnes & Noble at Buffalo State Bookstore will host a book signing by Mercedes E. Wilson, author of Hope: How Faith Carried Me through My Darkest Hours, on Tuesday, September 18, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Ms. Wilson, a motivational speaker, television personality, radio and podcast host, event emcee, and founder of the nonprofit organization For Our Daughters, takes her supporters though paradigm shifts to a deeper understanding of themselves. Refreshments will be served.