The Burchfield Penney Museum Store Summer Sale is happening now through Sunday, September 10. Shop books, gifts, and more. Selected items up to 50 percent off. The Museum Store is open during gallery hours.

For more information, please call 878-3595.

Please join us for a retirement celebration for Amy Kline, program aide for the Admissions Office, on Thursday, August 24, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in Moot Hall 110 (conference room).

Amy is retiring after 25 years of outstanding service at Buffalo State. Please join us for a reception in her honor. Please contact Deborah Jones, admissions adviser, 878-4081, with questions.

Join the Newman Center in celebrating Our Lady of Czestochowa's feast with a Polka Mass on Sunday, August 20, at 9:30 a.m., as we honor the Black Madonna of Czestochowa, whose feast day is August 26. Mass will be celebrated at the Newman Center Chapel, 1219 Elmwood Avenue. The polka band Special Delivery will lead us in song, and Polish goodies will be available following Mass. Witamy! All are welcome!

The Newman Center Catholic Campus Ministry at Buffalo State is a source of spiritual growth and development for Buffalo State students, faculty and staff, along with an intentional community of family and friends. The Newman Center is located at 1219 Elmwood Avenue.

Buffalo State will offer a beginning piano class that explores piano basics and music reading with children ages 5–6 on Saturdays at 9:00 and 10:00 a.m., beginning September 9. The 10:00 a.m. class is currently full, but a few spots remain for the 9:00 a.m. class.

Class size is limited to four children, each accompanied by a parent or caregiver. Children get to know the piano as they play and make music together. Please refer any interested families.

Registration and details can be found on the Music Department's website. Please contact Abigail Rockwood, lecturer of music, with questions.

Join the UUP/NYSUT team, the Buffalo State Striders (UUP), or make a donation to support the team in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk on Saturday, October 14, at 10:00 a.m. at Canalside, 44 Prime Street, Buffalo, NY 14202. Join the team or donate today.

Registration opens at the NYSUT tent at 8:30 a.m. The team will walk together and have a great time. Special treats for those with the highest pledges. See you soon and wear pink.

Please e-mail Ramona Santa Maria, associate professor of computer information systems, with questions.

Mass for the Feast of the Assumption will be celebrated today, August 15, at 12:05 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Assembly Hall.

The feast of the Dormition (falling asleep) of Mary was celebrated as early as the fifth century, and observed universally in the East by the end of the sixth. In the West, the feast gained wide acceptance by the seventh century and was called the Assumption.

The Newman Center Catholic Campus Ministry at Buffalo State is a source of spiritual growth and development for Buffalo State students, faculty, and staff and an intentional community of family and friends. Everyone is welcome. We hope to see you there!

Theresa Stephan Hains, director of the Weigel Health Center, is retiring after 26 years of outstanding service at Buffalo State College. Please join us for a reception in her honor on Friday, August 18, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in Weigel Health Center 203.

Please call Jacqueline Vinson, Nurse 2, or Mary Ellen McMahon, Nurse 1, at 878-6711 with questions. Thank you.

Gail Daniels and her family extend their sincere appreciation to Marcia Sypniewski and CeCe Duerr for their efforts in organizing Tuesday's fundraiser for the Steven A. Daniels campus memorial tree. They also extend a special thanks to Campus Services' grounds staff, Chartwells Dining, Bocce Pizza, and all who helped on the day of the event, as well as all those who attended and supported the event to make it so successful.

Today's pizza party fundraiser to raise funds for a tree to be planted on the Buffalo State campus in honor of Steven Daniels will be held in Perry Quad. The rain location will be the Campbell Student Union Social Hall.

Buffalo State members of United University Professions (UUP) are invited to register online in advance for the free annual UUP Fall Kickoff Barbecue on Friday, September 8, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall. Advance registration is required to attend the barbecue.

Enjoy delicious barbecued chicken or veggie burgers, tossed salad, corn on the cob, coleslaw, vegetarian baked beans, rolls and butter, beverages, and cake. Food is fresh from Chiavetta’s. Come and meet your UUP colleagues and enjoy quality back-to-school time together. Meet and greet state and chapter UUP leaders who will be attending the event.

The barbecue is a UUP members-only event. The registration link has been provided in e-vites already e-mailed to members. Be sure to register online for the barbecue by Thursday, August 31. If you did not receive an e-vite, please contact chapter assistant Jean Yarwood, 878-5732, by August 31.