Nominations are being accepted through Monday, April 30, for a classified service representative in the College Senate. All classified service employees are eligible to run for the three-year term that begins in September. Please contact Slade Gellin, election administrator, if you are interested in running.
Nominations are being accepted through April 30 for a classified service representative in the College Senate. All classified service employees are eligible to run for the three-year term that begins in September. Please contact Slade Gellin, election administrator, if you are interested in running.
Chartwells Dining, in coordination with Student Life, will feature screenings of A Place at the Table, a documentary film about hunger in America, in the Bengal Kitchen side room on Thursday, April 26. Screenings will take place throughout the day as part of a celebration of Stop Food Waste Day. The film will air at 8:00 a.m., 11:15 a.m., and 5:00 p.m. and is roughly one and a half hours long.
Submitted by: Samantha J Wulff
Zhengzhou University of Light Industry (ZZULI) and Buffalo State have partnered to offer an opportunity to students through which they can spend 14 nights in China June 19–July 3, 2018. This trip will include an introduction to traditional Chinese arts such as calligraphy, folk music, and paper cutting. All program in-country costs are covered (accommodations, meals, insurance, and domestic transportation). Students are responsible only for round-trip airfare to Zhengzhou Airport (CGO) arriving on June 19 and departure from Shanghai (PVG) on July 3, and they must also obtain a tourist visa ($150), and Geo Blue health insurance ($30) for an estimated total of $1,500.
To apply for the program, students should send an essay of no more than one page that addresses how this experience will affect their academic work and professional goals. Essays must be addressed to Dr. Robert Summers, assistant provost for global engagement, and e-mailed to intleduc@buffalostate.edu by Friday, May 4. Student are encouraged to have a current valid passport when they apply. Questions can be directed via e-mail or by contacting Melissa Holland, director of international education, 878-6834.
Submitted by: Melissa R Holland
The Anne Frank Project invites members of the campus community to submit proposals for AFP 2018: Repair the World. The Time Is NOW, the 10th annual social justice festival, which will be held October 2 and 3. AFP’s annual festival is an experiential exchange of ideas with a focus on processing theory into practice. We seek performances, workshops, and exhibits that actively engage participants in kinesthetic learning opportunities that
Proposals for the 2018 festival are due Sunday, July 1. All applicants will be contacted by the end of July. Please submit proposals using the AFP 2018 proposal form.
About Our Theme
The last year has seen unparalleled changes in western philosophies, morals, and ethics. If parts of our world are indeed breaking, is it not our responsibility to repair them? Anne Frank dreamed of a world where "tikkun olam" (repair the world) was not just spoken but practiced. AFP 2018 encourages presenters to share methods, practices, and experiences that teach tools and vocabulary to repair the world.
For more information about the proposal process and the Anne Frank Project, please visit the AFP Social Justice Festival website.
Questions? Ideas? Please contact Eve Everette, assistant director of AFP.
Submitted by: Eve C Everette
The NYS Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) is seeking nominations for one delegate and one alternate to attend the annual delegates meeting in November.
Delegates represent their co-workers at the annual meeting and have the primary responsibility of electing a member to the retirement board. Delegates also act as liaisons between their employers and the retirement system. Elective delegates will serve a two-year term beginning August 1.
Buffalo State employees who are full-time active members of the NYS Teachers’ Retirement System are eligible to serve as a primary or alternate delegate. Nomination forms may be obtained from the Human Resource Management Benefits Office, Cleveland Hall 410, and must be returned by Friday, June 1.
Please call Human Resource Management at 878-4821 with questions regarding the nomination or election process.
Submitted by: Linda L Kravitz
Please join us for a book signing and lecture with Buffalo State alumna and author Jennifer Gold, a freelance writer living in Buffalo, on Thursday, April 26, at noon in the Barnes & Noble at Buffalo State Bookstore. Ms. Gold will read from her new book Top Leaf, a beautifully illustrated children's book of friendship and self-esteem that teaches youngsters that life is a cooperative affair.
Ms. Gold was born in Zimbabwe and grew up in Swansea, Wales, UK. She earned her M.S. in speech-language pathology from Buffalo State and has over 30 years' experience in SLP with Erie 1 Boces. Her lecture will highlight how she uses her SLP knowledge and experience in her writing. Ms. Gold will also share her story with the youngsters at the Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day celebration earlier in the day.
Submitted by: Lynn M Puma
Colin Turek, director of development and advancement for the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund, will visit Buffalo State to discuss opportunities to earn $5,000 scholarships on Tuesday, April 24, during Bengal Pause (12:30–1:30 p.m.) in Classroom Building B108. Mr. Turek is a fashion industry professional who has been assigned to Buffalo State to encourage students to participate and will be available to answer questions.
The YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund offers over 200 $5,000 scholarship each year to students who have a desire to work in the fashion industry. Students do not have to be fashion majors to win a scholarship. Students are required to write a case study (due October 2018) and may concentrate on one of four areas: supply-chain management, technology and analytics, design and product development, and merchandising and marketing. Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 and must not be graduating before May 2019 to participate.
Scholarship winners are also provided with an industry mentor, special internship opportunities, networking opportunities, and a trip to New York City in January to participate in the scholarship gala dinner to mix and mingle with industry insiders such as Vera Wang, Jessica Simpson, Michael Strahan, Martha Stewart, and Elber Albez!
Submitted by: Lynn M Boorady
Melanie Mayberry, lecturer in the Anthropology Department, will present "Bioarchaeology in Buffalo: The Erie County Poorhouse (1851–1903) Inhabitants Tell Their Tales" on Tuesday, May 1, at 12:15 p.m. in Classroom Building B116. Dr. Mayberry will discuss the life histories of the dead buried in the Erie County Poorhouse Cemetery, located at Main Street and Bailey Avenue in Buffalo, as inferred from the human remains of nearly 400 people excavated in the summer of 2012. The inhabitants provide an interesting perspective on Buffalo’s immigrant working-class history, seldom remembered or recognized by the city’s modern inhabitants.
Submitted by: Susan E Maguire
Erin Chapman, forensic anthropologist at the Erie County Medical Examiner’s Office in Buffalo, will present "Forensic Anthropology in the Medical Examiner Setting" on Tuesday, April 24, at 4:30 p.m. in Classroom Building B118. Dr. Chapman will begin by discussing the path she took to become a forensic anthropologist, and will then describe what a forensic anthropologist can contribute to a death investigation by exploring some cases she has examined.
Submitted by: Susan E Maguire