The next Winter Farmers Market at Buffalo State is Saturday, March 18. With more than 15 local vendors and live music, this weekly community event has become a highlight of our winter weekends. Activities this weekend include information on high-intensity interval training (HIIT), beverage alternatives, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for students, and free yoga at 11:00 a.m. The Winter Market is open to the public each Saturday through mid-April from 9:00 a.m. to noon in Buckham Hall A Wing. Help support our local growers and food producers and have fun at the same time. This collaborative project is brought to you by the Small Business Development Center, the Research and Economic Development Office, the Elmwood Village Association, and the Health, Nutrition, and Dietetics Department. Don't miss it!

Members and guests are invited to join Campus House for our annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration on Thursday, March 16. The pub-style event features a menu with a variety of traditional foods of Ireland, prepared and served by students in the hospitality program. 

Please send us your questions or make reservations for the event by e-mail or phone at 878-3300.

Campus House membership is open to all Buffalo State faculty, staff, emeriti, alumni, and friends of the college. Becoming a member is easy; simply complete and return the invitation to join (PDF, 245 KB) on the Campus House website.

The Barnes & Noble at Buffalo State Bookstore will host a traditional Irish session including Mark Warford, chair and associate professor of modern and classical languages, on Thursday, March 16, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

The next Winter Farmers Market at Buffalo State is Saturday, March 11. With more than 15 local vendors and live music, this weekly community event has become a highlight of our winter weekends. Activities this weekend include information on yoga and mindful movement, cooking and eating winter vegetables, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for students, and free yoga at 11:00 a.m. The Winter Market is open to the public each Saturday through mid-April from 9:00 a.m. to noon in Buckham Hall A Wing. Help support our local growers and food producers and have fun at the same time. This collaborative project is brought to you by the Small Business Development Center, the Research and Economic Development Office, the Elmwood Village Association, and the Health, Nutrition, and Dietetics Department. Don't miss it!

The Buffalo State swimming and diving teams will host their second annual spring lessons for swimmers ages 5 and older (yes, adults are included!). There are two four-lesson sessions through the month of April. Lessons take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. and can be flexible depending on the participant's schedule and pool and instructor availability. Each session is $40 per student.

Session 1: April 4, 6, 11, and 13
Session 2: April 18, 20, 25, and 27

You may sign up for one or both sessions. E-mail Nicholas Stone, head swimming and diving coach, by Saturday, April 1, to register. Please include the name, age, and brief swimming history of the student.

Join us for conversation, culture, and coffee when the first Cultural Caf kicks off Friday, March 10, at 3:00 p.m. in the International Students Reading Area on the third floor of Butler Library. Cultural Caf gives international and domestic members of the Buffalo State community an opportunity to meet new people and find common ground with other globally minded members of the community in a casual, relaxed atmosphere.

Free coffee, tea, and other light refreshments will be served. All are welcome!

More spring 2017 dates will be announced on the Butler Library website.

Cultural Caf is a partnership between the International Students Organization, the International Student Advisory Council, and Butler Library. Please contact Katie Bertel, outreach and engagement librarian, with questions or for more information.

Calling all cookie lovers! Buffalo State’s Student Philanthropy Council (SPC) has partnered with Chartwells Dining Services to sell delicious black-and-orange-themed cookies. Cookies are $2 apiece, and half the proceeds will go directly to the Maud Gordon Holmes Arboretum Tree Fund. Our campus recently lost more than 300 trees, and we are fundraising in an effort to restore our campus to its former beauty. These delectable are available throughout the month of March.

Order one or a dozen cookies online or call 878-3725 and they will be personally delivered to your office. Or you can pick one up at the following campus locations: Campbell Student Union, Spot Coffee, Lower Café, Residence Dining Hall, Technology Building Café, or Cleveland Hall 412. The time to indulge is now!

If you want to support the campus tree campaign but wish to forgo the calories, you can contribute online.

This year’s Celebration of Life Memorial Service will take place on Thursday, April 27, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Assembly Hall. Please join us.

For the past 16 years, Buffalo State students, faculty, and staff have come together to celebrate the lives and memories of those who have passed away during the last year. This event is a meaningful tradition at Buffalo State that provides a forum to remember those members of our Buffalo State community who are no longer with us. This nondenominational, spiritual celebration honors their lives through music, poetry, readings, and the lighting of candles. The name of each deceased individual will be read aloud, followed by the ringing of our memorial bell.

The Celebration of Life Memorial Service is coordinated by the Counseling Center and supported by numerous campus departments. If you are aware of someone who has died since April 1 of last year, and if you would like to add his or her name to the list of remembrances, please e-mail Mary Durlak, senior writer in the College Relations Office, with the relevant information. We can accept names through Friday, March 31. Thank you.

The Fashion and Textile Technology (FTT) Department will host the Erie 1 BOCES fashion show on Thursday, March 16, at 7:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall. In conjunction with this event, the department is holding a prom dress drive on behalf of the Gowns for Prom effort, led by Colvin Cleaners and held at Shea’s Performing Arts Center. Gowns for Prom helps area high school girls who cannot otherwise afford a prom dress. Last year, over 1,000 gowns were given away at this annual event, now in its 12th year.

We will collect gowns on behalf of Erie 1 BOCES and the Gowns for Prom event. Shoes and accessories are also appreciated. Please bring donations to the FTT department on the third floor of the Technology Building before noon Thursday, March 16.

Do you have a used gift basket that you received but just can't bear to throw out? The Rotaract Club of Buffalo State is in need of empty gift baskets (to be used to create gift and raffle baskets for fundraisers). Please consider recycling those baskets by dropping them off at Clinton Center in care of Marcia Sypniewski, office assistant in Campus Services (or e-mail Carol DeNysschen, chair and associate professor of health, nutrition, and dietetics, for pickup). Your donation will be greatly appreciated. Thank you!