Tomorrow's Mexican Fiesta from noon to 1:30 p.m. has been moved to the Campbell Student Union lobby because of the weather.

We’ve passed the halfway mark, with over 270 individuals completing their training! Let’s make it 100 percent. Don’t forget to sign in and complete your training. Please provide some feedback as well. Feedback helps us help you.

The Burchfield Penney Art Center's annual book sale is scheduled this year for May 18–20, and we are in full-swing hunting-and-gathering mode. Please help make this the biggest sale yet by donating your used books. We pride ourselves on having the biggest and best selection of art books (naturally) of any sale in the area, but we are always seeking books in other categories (as well as CDs and DVDs). Donations can be dropped off at our security office during museum hours. Please note that we do not accept most periodicals or encyclopedias. If you have any questions about our sale or donating books, please contact Joseph Lonzi, special projects coordinator, 878-3215.

We’ve posted a lot lately about information security awareness related to electronic records, accounts, and communication. This is to remind us all that we also need to consider privacy in verbal conversation and paper files. If you’re out with a colleague and find yourself discussing an employee or student, be aware that someone may overhear your conversation. Before you print out your Banner roster, ask yourself, do I really need a print copy? Mumbling your password as you type it into your ATM? Mum’s the word.

You’ve seen them, no doubt, the ads that ask you to "click here" to find out how Kim Kardashian lost weight, or the ad that wants to give you a free iPad. Beazley reports that fake offers make up 81 percent of social media scams. Clicking on that link often takes you to a malware-infected website. Be vigilant. Be on the lookout for scams. Don’t like or follow any account that is managed by an unknown entity. Beware of phishing messages through social media, even when they seem to come from your friends. Remember, while you are a target, you can choose to be a shield. Be aware.

The Burchfield Penney will host its annual Spring Artists Sale on Friday, May 5, from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. and Saturday, May 6, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., featuring the work of more than 35 artisans as well as specials in the Museum Store.

This event brings together invited 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, gift ware, art prints, bath and body products, photography, and note cards.

Featured artists (more to come)

Amy’s Felted Vessels
Aremel Soaps/ThatSoapBuffalo
Avalon
Sarah Blackman Jewelry Design 
Buffalo History Buff 
Christine’s Wild Imagination 
Gretchen Cole Jewelry 
Coyote Candles
Joshua Fraas, J. F. Vintage
Carrie Rose Johnson’s Newfangled Homesteading
Alison E. Kurek/Focus on Art 
Little Wood People by Studio Hart
Junko McGee 
Cheryl Perez’s Cristales Del Mar 
Photo Cliché 
Raveloe Fibers
Road Kiln
Chary L. Robbins, Illusions 3rd Eye 
Rosanna’s Art Clay 
Lynn Schwab
Pat Sorbini, Simple Song Studio
Catherine Southwick’s Sparkwork Studio
Steps and Stones
Stitch Buffalo
Joann Vanderheite
Gregg Vanhorn, Drift Rock Bay
White Lotus
Zenjoy 

The Western New York Blackboard User Group (WNYBUG) will gather for a mini-event on Friday, May 5, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Hilbert College. Sessions will focus on using in-house analytics, Starfish Early Alerts software, and portfolio solutions using Blackboard and WordPress and will include Buffalo State presenters.

Lunch will be provided. Check out the complete schedule and register on the WNYBUG website.

The final session of "Story Night: Exploring Current Events through Story-Building" for the spring semester will be held Tuesday, May 9, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Savage Building's Flex Theatre. Story Night provides practical tools and vocabulary for community building, conflict resolution, and identity exploration. This open forum allows students to decide which pressing issues to explore through discussion and the Anne Frank Project's story-building process. Topics of interest may include sexuality, patriotism, religion, privilege, police shootings, oppressive behavior, mass incarceration, gender, and trust. 

Register online.

Sponsored by the Anne Frank Project, the Equity and Campus Diversity Office, and the Counseling Center.

The final session of "Story Night: Exploring Current Events through Story-Building" for the spring semester will be held Tuesday, May 9, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Savage Building's Flex Theatre. Story Night provides practical tools and vocabulary for community building, conflict resolution, and identity exploration. This open forum allows students to decide which pressing issues to explore through discussion and the Anne Frank Project's story-building process. Topics of interest may include sexuality, patriotism, religion, privilege, police shootings, oppressive behavior, mass incarceration, gender, and trust. 

Register online.

Sponsored by the Anne Frank Project, the Equity and Campus Diversity Office, and the Counseling Center.

Please join us in exploring the Buffalo History Museum’s Howard D. Beach Photography Collection of glass plate negatives today, May 10, from 1:00 to 3:40 p.m. in Classroom Building C204. Students from MST 623: Digital Museum Collections have researched, cleaned, rehoused, and digitized a selection of images and want to share their hard work with you. Included this semester is professional photographer Edith M. Richardson.