From the President's Council on Equity and Campus Diversity
The President's Council on Equity and Campus Diversity invites nominations for its Special Program Recognition Award. This award was established by the 2006–2007 President's Council to recognize those programs that have made a special effort to promote equity and diversity through student involvement, curricular development, or special projects and activities that go above and beyond what is usually expected as part of their regular function.

Previous Winners

• 2015 Buffalo Beginnings: Journey's End Refugee Services
• 2014 Buffalo Urban Music Project, Mark Filsinger
• 2011 The Volunteer and Service-Learning Center: The Refugee Awareness Project
• 2010 The Anne Frank Project
• 2008 Buffalo State Theater Department

The Special Program Recognition Award is part of the Dr. Muriel A. Howard Presidential Awards for the Promotion of Respect for Equity and Campus Diversity.

Recipients will be honored at the annual Muriel A. Howard Diversity Recognition Ceremony on Tuesday, April 11, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Assembly Hall. Both the nominator and the recipient are invited to the reception. Please download the flier (PDF, 136 KB).

Nominations are made through the online form. All applications must be submitted by Friday, March 10.

Please contact the Equity and Campus Diversity Office with questions, 878-6210.

Please join the Philosophy Department for its first Religious Studies Panel of the spring 2017 semester, "Religion, Politics, Violence, and Society," on Monday, February 13, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in Butler Library 210. Panelists will be Julian Cole, associate professor of philosophy, Thomas Snodgrass, lecturer of religious studies, and Muhammad Howard, sociology major.

This panel will examine such questions as, How can we know a person's values? Can religion justify violence? How are religion and politics related? and How are politics and morality related?

From the President's Council on Equity and Campus Diversity
Nominations are encouraged for the Dr. Muriel A. Howard Presidential Award for the Promotion of Equity and Campus Diversity. The award recognizes faculty and staff members who promote respect for diversity and individual differences through classroom discussions, curricular experiences, out-of-classroom activities, projects, conversations, or special mentorships that go beyond what is usually expected as a part of their regular job expectations or teaching assignments.

We welcome nominations from students, faculty, and staff so that we might acknowledge members of our community who live the values of respect for diversity and advocacy for social justice at an awards reception on Tuesday, April 11, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Assembly Hall. Both the nominator and the recipient are invited to the reception. Please download the flier (PDF, 136 KB).

Award criteria and nomination forms can be found on the Equity and Campus Diversity website. The application deadline is close of business Friday, March 10.

Please contact the Equity and Campus Diversity Office, Cleveland Hall 415, 878-6210, with questions.

The International Education Office is pleased to announce study-abroad scholarships for students looking to travel in summer and fall 2017. Please encourage students to apply for the following opportunities:

SUNY Diversity Abroad Honors Scholarship
Student must be enrolled in a SUNY school, attend a SUNY program, and have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5; students from underrepresented groups and students applying for experiences in countries where English is not the primary language will receive priority. The scholarship is $2,000 per semester. The deadline is 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 1.

SUNY Buffalo State Study-Abroad Scholarship Fund
The Study-Abroad Scholarship Fund provides financial awards to meritorious students participating in Buffalo State international study programs and contributing to promotional activities for these programs. Students must be matriculated at Buffalo State at the time of the scholarship application. Candidates must have completed at least one semester at Buffalo State and have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0. Meritorious candidates will be identified on the basis of the relevance of overseas study to the student's academic program and career goals, service, activities, interests, and work experience. An application essay (refer to application for details) and an interview by the staff are also required. The deadline is 4:00 p.m. Monday, April 3.

Last year, Buffalo State students earned over $23,500 through internal and external scholarships. Please encourage students to reach out to Tricia Herritt, director of international education, for more information or look for the scholarship applications on the International Education Office website.

The VAST: Academic Video Online database is now called Academic Video Online: Premium. Old links to VAST will forward to the new Premium site. Find the same great quality and variety of streaming video under this new name in the library's Databases A-Z guide. You can also find Academic Video Online: Premium and more streaming video databases, including Kanopy and Films on Demand, in our Video Databases guide.

From the Diversity Program Coordinator
In celebration of Black History Month, the Diversity Dialogue Speaker Series presents "History, Propaganda, and Protest: In Search of the 21st-Century Black Freedom Struggle," by Steve Peraza, assistant professor of history and social studies education, on Tuesday, February 14, during Bengal Pause (12:15–1:30 p.m.) in Bulger Communication Center East.

Please download the flier (PDF, 484 KB).

This program is sponsored by Buffalo State’s Equity and Campus Diversity Office, History and Social Studies Education Department, Black Active Minds (BAM), and NAACP Student Organization.

Please contact the Equity and Campus Diversity Office with questions, 878-6210.

Join us today at noon in South Wing B26 for a live webinar with Lisa Stephens, SUNY's senior strategist for academic innovation, who will answer questions about IITG round 6. Come and ask your questions and hear what your colleagues around SUNY are proposing for IITG funding.

The IRS has issued an alert to all human resource and payroll professionals regarding an e-mail phishing scheme. 

The e-mail pretends to be from a senior administrator or the president of the organization, asking for payroll data, including W-2 forms. If you receive an e-mail from what appears to be a senior administrator asking for lists of employees, payroll data, W-2 information, or any employee information, always double-check. Call the administrative office and ask. Please visit the RITE Alerts page for more information.

The IRS has issued an alert to all human resource and payroll professionals regarding an e-mail phishing scheme. 

The e-mail pretends to be from a senior administrator or the president of the organization, asking for payroll data, including W-2 forms. If you receive an e-mail from what appears to be a senior administrator asking for lists of employees, payroll data, W-2 information, or any employee information, always double-check. Call the administrative office and ask. Please visit the RITE Alerts page for more information.

Find out how you really feel about personal privacy in the context of modern society. Take the quiz offered by the Privacy Paradox at wnyc.org.