The Anne Frank Project is excited to announce the schedule for its ninth annual social justice festival, AFP 2017: Sharing Stories/Connecting Communities, to be held October 3 and 4 at Buffalo State. AFP 2017 engages participants in multidisciplinary, kinesthetic learning experiences facilitated by local, national, and international scholars, artists, and activists. Look for sessions showcasing Buffalo State faculty, staff, and alumni.

About Our Theme
Our increasingly divisive world is actually the product of a small number of powerful communities rather than the multiple diverse groups of people whose stories are often silenced by oppression, or simply unknown. AFP 2017 encourages presenters and participants to surface these marginalized communities, navigate their difficulties, address conflicts, disassemble assumptions, and practice sharing stories to connect communities and improve the world.

Let’s share stories and strengthen our community. Use the links below to get involved.

AFP 2017 Schedule

Register

Volunteer

AFP 2017 Website

If you have questions or if you would like to schedule a class visit before or after AFP 2017, please contact Eve Everette, AFP assistant director and festival curator, or Drew Kahn, professor of theater and AFP director.

As part of the Weeks of Welcome program, Student Life will host Art after Dark, a dynamic art event featuring members of our campus community leading various art-related activities, on Thursday, October 12, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union. We are looking for faculty members and academic departments to run small activities at the event. This is an opportunity to let new and returning students see just how much fun your group or department can be. We will take over the lobby and the second floor of the Student Union for three hours of diverse and fun activities open to the entire college community.

How creative can you get? We are looking for any activity from as many groups as possible that have a creative idea and the know-how to make it happen. Activities should be geared for quick drop-ins and be capable of being presented from a table. Student Life can assist financially with some supplies and can help coordinate the space and advertise to the campus.

Please contact Sean P. Terry, ’10, student activities assistant for evening and weekend life, 878-4631, with questions or to participate, or stop in the Student Life Office in Campbell Student Union 400.

Please join fellow faculty and staff members for a discussion on connecting community-based learning experiences with course content and civic learning on Thursday November 2, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Butler Library 181B.

Helping students reflect and connect their community-based learning to the academic content of your course is critical to ensuring student learning. The Civic and Community Engagement Office will provide strategies and activities to assist you in connecting the community experiences with the learning objectives of your course, as well as easily allowing students to consider the civic purposes of their community-engagement experiences. Experienced faculty members will share examples. Come with questions! This conversation is appropriate for experienced community-engagement faculty and staff members as well as anyone new to the pedagogy.

RSVP to cce@buffalostate.edu.

Please join us for a discussion about community-based learning partnerships on Thursday October 5, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Carmine A. Grande Conference Room, Cleveland Hall 418.

Creating high-quality partnerships that are sustainable and meaningful adds immensely to student learning, creates effective community outcomes, and makes collaboration less challenging for everyone. The Civic and Community Engagement Office will facilitate this discussion on strategies and supports for fostering partnerships for your courses. You will hear from faculty members who have been highly successful in creating high-quality partnerships. Whether you are new to community-engaged learning or already experienced in this area, this discussion will be beneficial in deepening your service-learning, civic-engagement, and other community collaborations. RSVP to cce@buffalostate.edu.

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 minute-summaries are also posted to the website.

Since fall 2016, all reports to the College Senate have been posted to the College Senate website. The most recent reports are from the September 8, 2017, Senate meeting.

The fourth annual Western New York Blackboard User Group (WNYBUG) eLearning Day will be held on Friday, October 6, at Hilbert College in Hamburg, New York. Take advantage of this free opportunity to learn from your peers and interact and collaborate with one another while gaining new ideas and perspectives about accessibility, online course design, and student success with tools like Smarter Measure and Starfish. Additional technology representatives will be there from Blackboard, Turnitin, and Ensemble. View the schedule (PDF, 284 KB) and register online today.

The Alumni Night reception for the performance of Blood at the Root on Saturday, September 30, has been canceled. The play will still go on as scheduled. Tickets for this and other performances are available online, by phone at 878-3005, or in person at the Rockwell Hall Box Office.

TIAA representatives will conduct the financial seminar "Retirement Income Options" on Tuesday, October 24, from noon to 1:00 p.m. in Butler Library 210. Lunch will be served.

• Understand sources of retirement income.
• Gain perspective on when to withdraw different assets.
• Discover the income choices TIAA offers.
• Understand potential advantages and disadvantages of each income option.
• Gain a perspective on which options offer lifetime income.

TIAA has nearly 100 years of experience helping people save and invest. Gain the financial knowledge to help plan for whatever life brings. Take advantage of this informative seminar and register online today.

As part of a Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education self-study, Student Affairs requests faculty and staff participation in assessing campus perceptions of the Greek Life community at Buffalo State. Please complete this brief confidential survey. Thank you.