Today is the final day to submit proposals for the Western New York Student Leadership Conference on Saturday, November 18, at Villa Maria College. This year’s theme, “Giving Thanks through Action,” relates to being thankful for the efforts of Western New York leaders and community partners, as well as closely tying into the Thanksgiving holiday. All concurrent sessions will be 50 minutes in length. Proposals may be submitted online.

Student Leader Track
The audience for the Student Leader Workshop will be undergraduate and graduate students from universities and colleges in Western New York who want to maximize their academic and professional potential through advancing their leadership skills. Proposals from faculty, staff, and graduate students are invited. Undergrads may co-present. Session proposals will provide students with opportunities to advance their leadership skills while gaining deeper knowledge about themselves as leaders, followers, and citizens in their own communities. A student government track will also be an option for students to follow this year.

Professional Development Track (for Professionals, Faculty, and Graduate Students)
The audience for the Professional Development Workshop is faculty, professional staff members, and graduate students from universities and colleges in Western New York who are open to learning about new trends in leadership development, related research, and new ways to approach leadership education. Session proposals from faculty and professional staff members are encouraged. Proposals should provide a wide variety of leadership topics through roundtable discussions, workshops, and trainings. Topics covered at past conferences include leadership and diversity, current events, legislation, and new research.

Please contact Yolanda Wood, director of diversity and inclusion at D’Youville College, or Troy Morehouse, director of student engagement at Alfred State University, with questions.

Proposals are now being accepted for the Western New York Student Leadership Conference on Saturday, November 18, at Villa Maria College. This year’s theme, “Giving Thanks through Action,” relates to being thankful for the efforts of Western New York leaders and community partners, as well as closely tying into the Thanksgiving holiday.

All concurrent sessions will be 50 minutes in length. Proposals may be submitted online. The deadline for submissions is Friday, October 27.

The audience will be undergraduate and graduate students from universities and colleges in Western New York who want to maximize their academic and professional potential through advancing their leadership skills. Proposals from faculty, staff, and graduate students are invited. Undergrads may co-present. Session proposals will provide students with opportunities to advance their leadership skills while gaining deeper knowledge about themselves as leaders, followers, and citizens in their own communities. A student government track will also be an option for students to follow this year.

Please contact Yolanda Wood, director of diversity and inclusion at D’Youville College, or Troy Morehouse, director of student engagement at Alfred State University, with questions.

Proposals are now being accepted for the Western New York Student Leadership Conference on Saturday, November 18, at Villa Maria College. This year’s theme, “Giving Thanks through Action,” relates to being thankful for the efforts of Western New York leaders and community partners, as well as closely tying into the Thanksgiving holiday.

All concurrent sessions will be 50 minutes in length. Proposals may be submitted online. The deadline for submissions is Friday, October 27.

Student Leader Track
The audience for the Student Leader Workshop will be undergraduate and graduate students from universities and colleges in Western New York who want to maximize their academic and professional potential through advancing their leadership skills. Proposals from faculty, staff, and graduate students are invited. Undergrads may co-present. Session proposals will provide students with opportunities to advance their leadership skills while gaining deeper knowledge about themselves as leaders, followers, and citizens in their own communities. A student government track will also be an option for students to follow this year.

Professional Development Track (for Professionals, Faculty, and Graduate Students)
The audience for the Professional Development Workshop is faculty, professional staff members, and graduate students from universities and colleges in Western New York who are open to learning about new trends in leadership development, related research, and new ways to approach leadership education. Session proposals from faculty and professional staff members are encouraged. Proposals should provide a wide variety of leadership topics through roundtable discussions, workshops, and trainings. Topics covered at past conferences include leadership and diversity, current events, legislation, and new research.

Please contact Yolanda Wood, director of diversity and inclusion at D’Youville College, or Troy Morehouse, director of student engagement at Alfred State University, with questions.

This article from the University of Kentucky, "Cyber Security Awareness Month: Social Engineering and Protecting Your Identity," has some great tips about what to be aware of and how to protect your identity. October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. At Buffalo State, every month is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, every day.

In the old days, users of desktop computers didn’t have to do much. All power, memory, and security came from the “main frame” computer. How things have changed. Now we are responsible for our own security. We must update (patch) our devices so that malware doesn’t infiltrate them. We must back up our files, in multiple places, so we don’t lose them. We must take control of our identity, and protect it, by using strong passwords. Take a look at Four Steps to Staying Secure (PDF, 432 KB), from SANS.

Please join us for a scholarly conversation about the importance of academic advising on Friday, October 20, from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. in the Professional Development Center, Butler Library 181B. For this session, we will read Hemwall's and Trachte's "Academic Advising as Learning: Ten Organizing Principles" (PDF, 85 KB). A light breakfast will be provided. Please register through the Workshop Registration System.

RITE and Student Accessibility Services are offering workshops to support efforts to promote the accessibility of materials on the web and within courses, including face-to-face, online, and hybrid courses.

As previously announced, Buffalo State is working to align its web content with the U.S. Department of Education’s heightened standards for compliance in accordance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Level AA.

Please register for the upcoming compliance workshops specific to Microsoft Word documents and PDFs through the Workshop Registration System. Online resources are also available on the Instructional Design and Training Accessibility website.

OpenStax, one of the leading providers of open textbooks, is now offering free electronic editions of their popular texts on Amazon Kindle. Buffalo State's Chemistry and Physics departments have adopted these open educational resources, and faculty members across disciplines and across SUNY use OpenStax textbooks in their classrooms. Find OpenStax textbooks, including Psychology, Introduction to Sociology, and Anatomy and Physiology, in the OpenStax Kindle store.

Check out all the events happening at Buffalo State this week on Student Life's Tumblr.

We post a weekly newsletter of all campus events that invite students to participate. Please e-mail Sean P. Terry, student activities assistant for evening and weekend life, to let him know if we missed your event or if you would like to submit an item to be advertised.

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Please join us for the lecture "Religion and Philosophy in the Ancient Greek Household," presented by Bradley A. Ault, associate professor and chair of the University at Buffalo's Department of Classics, on Tuesday, October 24, at 9:30 a.m. in Butler Library 210.

When one thinks of ancient Greek religion and philosophy, it is not immediately apparent that there might be settings for both at the level of the household; however, the Greek house was steeped in religious practice. It also offered an ideal venue for philosophical discourse. The household even served as a favorite topic for philosophers. Taking up several examples, we will see how houses and households proved an unexpected opportunity to showcase the roles played by religion and philosophy.