Please don't forget to complete your security awareness training in the SANS system. Not sure if you're on the list? Check the RITE website. And thank you to the 89 individuals who have already completed training since the notice went out last week.

All members of the Teacher Education Unit (TEU) are invited to attend the Teacher Education Council (TEC) meeting on Friday, April 14, from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. in the Carmine A. Grande Conference Room, Cleveland Hall 418. Current issues of teacher education, Task Stream (subscriptions and renewal), and Student Teacher Handbook development will be discussed.

Please join the Great Lakes Center for our annual open house from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Great Lakes Center Field Station. We will present our 2015–2016 Annual Report and discuss current and potential projects. Refreshments will be served. Faculty, staff, and students are welcome.

Please join the Great Lakes Center for our annual open house on Wednesday, May 10, from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Great Lakes Center Field Station. We will present our 2015–2016 annual report and discuss current and potential projects. Refreshments will be served. Faculty, staff, and students are welcome.

Buffalo State students and academic advisers are invited to attend a presentation on how to apply for competitive scholarships by Adam Rome, Rhodes scholar and professor of history at the University at Buffalo, on Thursday, April 13, at 3:00 p.m. in Butler Library 210. Refreshments will be served.

Zhengzhou University of Light Industry and Buffalo State College have partnered to offer students a summer China exchange opportunity June 19–July 3, 2017. This trip will include an introduction to traditional Chinese arts such as calligraphy, folk music, and paper cutting. All program in-country costs (accommodations, meals, insurance, domestic transportation, etc.) will be covered. Students are responsible for round-trip airfare to Zhengzhou Airport (CGO) arriving June 19 and departing from Shanghai (PVG) July 3; they must also obtain a tourist visa ($150) and Geo Blue health insurance ($24), for an estimated total of $1,500.

To apply for the program, students should send an essay of no more than one page by Friday, April 28, addressing how this experience will affect their academic work and professional goals. Students are encouraged to have a current valid passport when they apply. Students should address essays to Dr. Robert Summers, assistant dean of International and Exchange Programs, and e-mail the essays to Tricia Herritt, director of international education. Questions may be directed via e-mail or by phone to Ms. Herritt, 878-6834.

Celebrate National Volunteer Week, a national week designated to highlight and celebrate those who volunteer and to inspire and promote service in our daily lives.

Monday, April 24, Noon–2:00 p.m., Campbell Student Union lobby
Student leaders will be interviewing students about their volunteerism and promoting upcoming community service opportunities.

Wednesday April 26, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m., Campbell Student Union lobby
Assist in making activity kits for children of deployed military personnel in partnership with the American Red Cross. 

Friday April 28, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Campbell Student Union lobby
Join the VSLC student leaders in Community Service Trivia. Win prizes, learn about opportunities, and have fun.

Can’t make it to any of those events? Try one of these challenges instead:

1. Spend 10 minutes checking out ORCA’s volunteer postings.
2. Find a community partner to volunteer with over the summer.
3. Register for a service-learning course in the fall. 
4. Sign up as a site coordinator for the 2017 Bengals Dare to Care Day. 
5. Sign up for the Buffalo Niagara River Keeper Shoreline Sweep on April 22.
6. Assist Matt Urban Hope Center in organizing their clothing boutique.
7. Help Friends of Night People spruce up their grounds on May 6.
8. Share articles about social justice on social media.
9. Sign a petition on change.org.
10. Spend a Saturday renovating houses with 716 Ministries.
11. Donate unused clothing items to Goodwill, Amvets, Salvation Army, etc.

Please join the Volunteer and Service-Learning Center (VSLC) as we celebrate the service of students, faculty, and community partners involved in service-learning and volunteer activities throughout the year on Tuesday, May 2, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall. Learn about the 105 service-learning courses offered by faculty members, involving over 1,700 students in community-engaged learning during the visual and poster presentation from 11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Then, help us recognize outstanding faculty, students, and nonprofit organizations for their community impact during the awards presentation from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m.

Over 400 students, 14 faculty members, and dozens of community organizations have participated in Buffalo State's second semester of service-learning courses, volunteer efforts, and community work study partnerships this fall. Please help the VSLC recognize the dedication and service efforts of these individuals by joining us for this event. Refreshments will be served.

Nominations are now being accepted for the Volunteer and Service-Learning Celebration of Service Awards. The awards recognize faculty members, community partners, and students who participated in service-learning and volunteer initiatives throughout the academic year. This year's award recipients will be recognized on Tuesday, May 2, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall.

The campus community is invited to nominate individual students, student groups, community partners, faculty members, or classes for their outstanding achievements in fall 2016 and spring 2017 volunteer or service-learning activities.

Help us recognize individuals who have gone above and beyond this year. Information and the nomination web form can be found on the VSLC website. Nominations will be accepted through Monday, April 24.

Please join the Great Lakes Center, the Biology Department, and the Great Lakes ecosystem science program for the seminar "Expression and Localization of Heat Shock Protein 110 during Drosophila Development: Clues to Its Roles in Embryonic Development," presented by Douglas Easton, research professor in the Biology Department at Buffalo State, today, April 17, from 4:00 to 5:15 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center East 2. All students, staff, and faculty are welcome.

Abstract
Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are a class of proteins that protect cells against environmental conditions that damage proteins. When cells undergo extreme environmental stresses, for example, heat shock, proteins can fold incorrectly or denature. Unfolded or misfolded proteins can form aggregates that interfere with cellular functions and lead to cell death. Cells respond to such stressful conditions by the synthesis of a set of heat shock proteins. Some HSPs have cognates (HSC) continually expressed in the cell. HSC and HSP molecules are identified by their molecular weights, for example, the 70 kilo Dalton heat shock protein is hsp70, and its cognate is hsc70.

Because HSPs and HSCs bind to their substrates to prevent interactions between unfolded proteins—or in order to fold, refold, or transport them—they are referred to as “molecular chaperones.” There is a complex set of molecular chaperones in all cells. These chaperones form a functionally interacting network that regulates the folding, unfolding, transport, and assembly into cellular structures and degradation of the full assemblage of cellular proteins.

Hsp110 is constitutive molecular chaperone that is not as well understood as some other hsp's. It cooperates with a number of other molecular chaperones, particularly hsp70, in the folding, transport, and degradation of cellular proteins. Since the chaperone network is so important to protein integrity and function, key chaperones may have special functions in developing embryos. We have begun to investigate the expression and localization of hsp110 in developing embryos to find clues to its developmental function.

We have investigated the regulation of hsp110 expression and the localization of hsp110 in Drosophila embryos by measuring location and quantize the expression of green florescent protein (GFP) tagged hsp110 during development. We have measured the timing and the expression of the hsp110 by quantizing the fluorescent hsp110 throughout development. Hsp110 was also shown to be inducible by heat shock. The changed cellular location of hsp110 was followed with confocal fluorescence microscopy. We have also observed differential concentration of hsp110 in embryonic structures. The above and other findings are related to the findings of other researchers. We have discovered novel correlations between our findings and those from other researchers. Further, our results lead to the conclusion that hsp110 may have multiple developmental functions in Drosophila and also protects embryos from environmental stresses that they encounter in the field.