Dawne Hoeg, a lecturer in the Art and Design Department, will present the final Artists on the Road: Travel As a Source of Inspiration lecture for spring 2018, "StitchBuffalo: Finding or Found?," a discussion of how one idea became a journey, on Thursday, April 26, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Upton Hall 230.

Hoeg created StitchBuffalo in 2014. “I started to notice the change in the neighborhood, mostly with the women standing at the bus stops and on the sidewalks of the West Side,” Hoeg said. “They were beautifully dressed; I loved what they were wearing. So, I started StitchBuffalo as a platform to connect with these women, create community, and to share the common language of textiles arts that I knew must exist between us…I believe Buffalo was calling me to do this important work.”

Her “artist project” turned into an entirely volunteer-run 501(c)(3) organization with a brick-and-mortar presence at 1215 Niagara Street, where textile arts create opportunities for social inclusion and financial empowerment for refugee women. The stitching community today includes over 60 women from Bhutan, Burma, Nepal, and Angola. Stitching skills are taught in weekly workshops, and the women can take their work home to complete it. StitchBuffalo then sells the completed products. Each piece has the name of the woman who made it on the tag, and the woman gets the majority of the total sale.

“StitchBuffalo gives women who fall through the cracks an opportunity to develop community, to develop skill, to develop a whole life,” Hoeg said.

Hoeg grew up south of Boston, Massachusetts, on the coast. Her interests have always involved handwork of some kind. She earned her bachelor of science from RIT, where she studied packaging design, and then went on to earn a master of fine arts in fibers from UMass Dartmouth. "My great grandmother was a milliner and seamstress, my grandmother a seamstress, my mother and her five sisters are home sewers. It is in my DNA,” she said.

The Artists on the Road series is co-sponsored by the Art and Design Department and the International and Exchange Programs Office. For more information, please contact Carol Townsend, associate professor of design and coordinator of design foundations, 878-4986.

The Student Conduct and Community Standards Office is seeking faculty and staff volunteers to serve as student conduct advocates for the 2018–2019 academic year.

Conduct advocates are trained members of the college community who are available to assist students through the conduct process. Advocates provided by the college are free of charge. A student has the right to request a conduct advocate from the college should they so choose. Advocates are meant to be a support and guidance system for students in the conduct process.

If you are interested in serving as a conduct advocate, please complete the form located on the Student Conduct and Community Standards website. Please call the Student Conduct and Community Standards Office at 878-3051 with questions.

Please join us in the Caudell Hall Russell Salvatore Demonstration Kitchen for a live instructional presentation of sous vide cooking, sponsored by the Wegman's on Amherst Street, today, April 24, at 12:15 p.m. Hospitality student Joy Thompson will prepare filet mignon and asparagus using the latest food preparation methods. This is the most recent culinary demonstration in the Guest Chef series presented by the Hospitality and Tourism Department.

The Buffalo State Rotaract Club, Nutrition Club, Phi Upsilon, and EOP students will host the second annual HOPE Haiti fundraiser on Thursday, April 26, at 5:00 p.m., in Marcy Casino, 199 Lincoln Parkway. The event will provide hors d'oeuvres and music along with a large assortment of raffle baskets. Proceeds will support the purchase of books for Borgne libraries. Tickets are $35 ($20 for students). Donations of gift baskets are also needed.

Tickets may be purchased online or send a request to buffaloforborgne@gmail.com. Raffle baskets will be picked up at your request. Please e-mail Carol DeNysschen, professor and chair of the Health, Dietetics, and Nutrition Department. Thank you.

The Buffalo Dortmund Sister City Student Exchange Program invites German high school students from our sister city of Dortmund, Germany, to spend three and a half months with a host family in the Buffalo area while attending high school. The program has been bridging the cultures between these two cities for 40 years. (President Katherine Conway-Turner hosted a reception for the Lord Mayor Ullrich Sierau along with a delegation of 18 members of government and higher education on April 15.) This year’s group will arrive on Sunday, August 19, and depart on Sunday, December 9. A host family's primary responsibility is to provide a bed, food, and encouragement to a student in what will prove to be an unforgettable experience.

The program offers activities scheduled throughout the duration of the student’s visit, and also includes funding for the participation of a host brother or sister for each activity, with some activities allowing more family members to attend. Events in past years have included Darien Lake, Sky High Adventures, white water rafting in Letchworth State Park, Niagara Falls, group dinners, tours of City Hall with a welcome from Mayor Byron Brown, sailing on Lake Erie, a Buffalo Sabres game, and an Aufwiedersehen (departure) dinner at the Anchor Bar. These activities are meant to build a sense of community within the group, and again come at no cost to the host family. The program also provides $600 to each host family, to make it easier on families to show their student around.

We are still in need of hosts for the following schools: St. Joe's, Mount Mercy, Bishop Timon, Sacred Heart, and Mount St. Mary's.

If you are interested in learning more about the program or how to host, please contact Lynn Engle, lecturer in the Modern and Classical Languages Department, (716) 989-8849.

What a tremendous opportunity for you and one of our Dortmund students to build lasting friendships and lifelong memories. Thank you for your interest in the program. Please consider becoming involved in bringing two very similar cities with two very similar groups of citizens closer together!

The Burchfield Penney hosts its annual Spring Artists Sale today, May 4, from noon to 8:00 p.m. and tomorrow, May 5, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., featuring the work of Western New York artisans as well as specials in the Museum Store.

This event brings together artists and artisans for a unique gift sale that also serves as a fundraiser for the Burchfield Penney Art Center. All artists will donate a percentage of their sales to support the ongoing mission of the center.

A wide variety of functional and decorative art and artisan goods will be available for sale including textiles, pottery, jewelry, garden art, wreaths, glassware, purses, giftware, art prints, bath and body products, photography, and note cards.

Featured Artists
Robin Lenhard, Aremel Soaps
Junko McGee, Earth Art Pottery
Mandy Ranck, Mandy Ranck Ceramics
Darcie Rosinski, Potsbydjr 
Linda Collignon, Raveloe Fibers
Laura Glass, Laura Glass Art Quilts
Nancy Hesketh, Banyon Bags
Paul Morgan Avalon
Suzanne O'Brien, Zanie Crafts
Amy Prentiss
Catherine Southwick, The Sparkwork Studio
Jackie Lovullo, Zenjoy
Kristin Fundalinski, Kris Art Glass
Dayna Banka Slone
Sarah Blackman, Sarah Blackman Jewelry Design
Gretchen Cole, Gretchen Cole Jewelry
Jayne Hughes, Joyfulenergy
Cheryl Perez, Cristales Del Mar
Lynn Schwab, Lynn Schwab Jewelry
Shaun Silverwood, Road Kiln
Diana Storm, Diana Storm Jewelry
Daniel Dorociak, Doro Studios
Barbara Hart, Little Wood People, by Barbara Hart
Michelle Collins, Wise Woman Designs
Deborah Petronio, Imaginaries
Marleah Doherty, Mia's Studio
Michael P Pitek, III, Pitek Art
Daniel Galas, Buffalo Prints
Susan Peterson, Cabbages & Kings
Joshua Fraass, JF Vintage
Pat Sorbini, Simplesong Studio
Elaine Kessel, Fotografix
Christine Kellemen, Christine's Wild Imagination
Mario Santilli, Marlow Woodworking

The Burchfield Penney hosts its annual Spring Artists Sale on Friday, May 4, from noon to 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, May 5, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. featuring the work of Western New York artisans as well as specials in the Museum Store.

This event brings together artists and artisans for a unique gift sale that also serves as a fundraiser for the Burchfield Penney Art Center. All artists will donate a percentage of their sales to support the ongoing mission of the center.

A wide variety of functional and decorative art and artisan goods will be available for sale including textiles, pottery, jewelry, garden art, wreaths, glassware, purses, giftware, art prints, bath and body products, photography, and note cards.

Featured Artists
Robin Lenhard, Aremel Soaps
Junko McGee, Earth Art Pottery
Mandy Ranck, Mandy Ranck Ceramics
Darcie Rosinski, Potsbydjr 
Linda Collignon, Raveloe Fibers
Laura Glass, Laura Glass Art Quilts
Nancy Hesketh, Banyon Bags
Paul Morgan Avalon
Suzanne O'Brien, Zanie Crafts
Amy Prentiss
Catherine Southwick, The Sparkwork Studio
Jackie Lovullo, Zenjoy
Kristin Fundalinski, Kris Art Glass
Dayna Banka Slone
Sarah Blackman, Sarah Blackman Jewelry Design
Gretchen Cole, Gretchen Cole Jewelry
Jayne Hughes, Joyfulenergy
Cheryl Perez, Cristales Del Mar
Lynn Schwab, Lynn Schwab Jewelry
Shaun Silverwood, Road Kiln
Diana Storm, Diana Storm Jewelry
Daniel Dorociak, Doro Studios
Barbara Hart, Little Wood People, by Barbara Hart
Michelle Collins, Wise Woman Designs
Deborah Petronio, Imaginaries
Marleah Doherty, Mia's Studio
Michael P Pitek III, Pitek Art
Daniel Galas, Buffalo Prints
Susan Peterson, Cabbages & Kings
Joshua Fraass, JF Vintage
Pat Sorbini, Simplesong Studio
Elaine Kessel, Fotografix
Christine Kellemen, Christine's Wild Imagination
Mario Santilli, Marlow Woodworking

The Burchfield Penney hosts its annual Spring Artists Sale, featuring the work of more than 35 Western New York artisans, as well as specials in the Museum Store, on Friday, May 4, from noon to 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, May 5, from 10:00 to 5:00 p.m.

This event brings together artists and artisans for a unique gift sale that also serves as a fundraiser for the Burchfield Penney Art Center. All artists will donate a percentage of their sales to support the ongoing mission of the center.

A wide variety of functional and decorative art and artisan goods will be available for sale including textiles, pottery, jewelry, garden art, wreaths, glassware, purses, giftware, art prints, bath and body products, photography, and note cards.

Featured Artists
Robin Lenhard, Aremel Soaps
Junko McGee, Earth Art Pottery
Mandy Ranck, Mandy Ranck Ceramics
Darcie Rosinski, Potsbydjr
Linda Collignon, Raveloe Fibers
Laura Glass, Laura Glass Art Quilts
Nancy Hesketh, Banyon Bags
Paul Morgan Avalon
Suzanne O'Brien, Zanie Crafts
Amy Prentiss
Catherine Southwick, The Sparkwork Studio
Jackie Lovullo, Zenjoy
Kristin Fundalinski, Kris Art Glass
Dayna Banka Slone
Sarah Blackman, Sarah Blackman Jewelry Design
Gretchen Cole, Gretchen Cole Jewelry
Jayne Hughes, Joyfulenergy
Cheryl Perez, Cristales Del Mar
Lynn Schwab, Lynn Schwab Jewelry
Shaun Silverwood, Road Kiln
Diana Storm, Diana Storm Jewelry
Daniel Dorociak, Doro Studios
Barbara Hart, Little Wood People, By Barbara Hart
Michelle Collins, Wise Woman Designs
Deborah Petronio, Imaginaries
Marleah Doherty, Mia's Studio
Michael P Pitek, III, Pitek Art
Daniel Galas, Buffalo Prints
Susan Peterson, Cabbages & Kings
Joshua Fraass, JF Vintage
Pat Sorbini, Simplesong Studio
Elaine Kessel, Fotografix
Christine Kellemen, Christine's Wild Imagination
Mario Santilli, Marlow Woodworking

The spring 2018 Conversations in and out of the Disciplines series concludes Friday, April 27, when Daniel DiLandro, head of archives and special collections in Butler Library, presents "Thomas Penney’s Leon Czolgosz Trial Scrapbooks: Cross-Discipline Teaching with the 'Most Boring Thing in the World,'" followed by a Q&A at 3:00 p.m. in Ketchum Hall 320. A short wine-and-cheese reception will follow the talk. Everyone is welcome.

The "Conversations" series will continue in the fall. Stay tuned for details.

The Burchfield Penney Art Center and Buffalo State College will present a film screening and panel discussion of Fire in the Heartland: Kent State, May 4th, and Student Protest in America, a compelling documentary about the fatal shootings at Kent State, on Thursday, April 26, at at 7:00 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center’s Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Auditorium.

On May 4, 1970, National Guard troops opened fire on unarmed antiwar protesters at Kent State University in Ohio, killing four students and wounding nine others, including Buffalo resident Thomas Grace, assistant professor of history at Erie Community College. The shootings shocked the American public, triggering a nationwide wave of campus strikes and protests that involved several million people, most of them young.

A panel discussion moderated by Dr. Grace, author of Kent State: Death and Dissent in the Long Sixties, will follow the film. Panelists include John Abromeit, associate professor of history and social studies education; and Gail Radford, professor of history, and Michael Frisch, professor emeritus of history, at the University at Buffalo. Copies of Dr. Grace's book will be available for purchase and signing, courtesy of Talking Leaves.

Admission is free for students, faculty, and members of the Burchfield Penney and $5 for the general public. This event is sponsored by the Burchfield Penney Art Center and the Buffalo State departments of History and Social Studies Education, Political Science, and Sociology.