Today is your last opportunity to purchase that special holiday gift and support Buffalo State students at the same time. Visit the 21st annual Student Art Sale today between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. in Upton Hall's Czurles-Nelson Gallery to peruse an assortment of unusual earrings, necklaces, ceramic vases, scarves, photographs, paintings, wood items, and more. Don't miss out!

Please contact Carol Townsend, associate professor of design, 878-4986, with questions.

Gifts galore! Don't miss out. Come and discover the handcrafted ceramic bowls, sterling silver earrings, wood items, photographs, paintings, and more available for sale during the 21st annual Student Art Sale today, December 6, from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and tomorrow, December 7, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Upton Hall's Czurles-Nelson Gallery. Find that perfect holiday gift and support our Art and Design Department students at the same time.

Please contact Carol Townsend, associate professor of design, 878-4986, with questions.

The campus community is invited to the 21st annual Student Art Sale, a fabulous School of Arts and Humanities event to be held in Upton Hall's Czurles-Nelson Gallery, on Wednesday, December 6, from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Thursday, December 7, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

A wide range of student work in various media from the Art and Design Department will be for sale at reasonable prices. Last year's highly successful sale offered nearly 800 works from which to choose. Decorate your home or office, or find the perfect holiday gift—either way, you will be supporting our students!

For more information, please contact Carol Townsend, associate professor of design, 878-4986.

All members of the Teacher Education Unit (TEU) are invited to attend the Teacher Education Council (TEC) meeting on Friday, December 8, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Carmine A. Grande Conference Room, Cleveland Hall 418. Current issues in teacher education and assessment will be discussed.

Please be aware that the Mac operating system High Sierra has a reported vulnerability that allows just about anyone to log into any device running Mac OS High Sierra. None of our campus Macs has been upgraded to High Sierra as yet. If you’ve upgraded at home, Apple has posted an update.

Since fall 2016, all reports to the College Senate have been posted on the College Senate website. The most recent reports are from the November 10, 2017, Senate meeting.

Podcasts are now 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 podcast web page. Senate meeting summaries are also posted to the website after they are presented to the Senate.

The Graduate School will host its Spring Graduate Student Orientation for new students entering in spring 2018 on Wednesday, January 24, from 4:00 to 7:30 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center.

Buffalo State Facilities Planning and RITE Classroom Support are pleased to announce that Upton Hall 230 has been renovated into an upgraded learning space—an 88-seat media screening room, complete with raked seating, room lighting control with blackout capabilities, air conditioning, and 5.1 surround sound. This space also houses a region-free Blu-ray player that will allow Blu-ray and DVD media to be shown from other parts of the world.

Please join us for an open house to tour the new classroom and see demonstrations of the room's capabilities on Tuesday, December 5, during Bengal Pause (12:15–1:30 p.m.). Staff members from Classroom Support will be on hand to answer questions.

Pictures of the room as well as instructions on how to operate the equipment are available on the RITE website. Please call Classroom Support at 878-6670 with questions about Upton Hall 230’s technical capabilities.

Upton Hall 230 is available to reserve for special events or academic classes. To reserve this space for a one-time event or class, please contact Events Management to place your reservation. To inquire about relocating your class to this space for J-Term or spring semester, please contact the Registrar's Office.

Winterim, the period between fall and spring semesters when a variety of activities are held on campus to support the intellectual, personal, and professional growth of faculty and staff, will be held January 16–19, 2018. Winterim is a great opportunity to connect with colleagues and learn from one another. If you have a skill or talent you would like to share with the campus community, please complete and submit the Winterim Session Submission form by Tuesday, December 5. Please contact the Professional Development Office, 878-5364, with questions.

Imgur is a photo-sharing site. The organization suffered a major data breach in 2014 that compromised 1.7 million users. The Imgur breach came to attention through haveibeenpwned? As a registered user, of haveibeenpwned? Buffalo State receives a report when the words “buffalostate” show up in the e-mail of registered users from a breached site (in this case, Imgur, as well as the Bolt file-sharing service). If you have ever used Imgur and the company has not contacted you about the breach, contact the company. But first, change your password to both your Buffalo State account and your Imgur account. And please tell students about this breach, especially Bolt.

What does "breach" mean in this context? It means that if you registered to use Imgur or Bolt, your credentials (e-mail address and password) were likely put on a list somewhere on a website where people can buy them or use them for free. This is why we ask that you use a different password for each account you own. Once someone has your username and password to one account, he or she will try to use it with department stores, banks, airlines, etc. This is how identity theft manifests. Protect yourself at all times.