The next Winter Farmers Market at Buffalo State is Saturday, March 4. 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 body composition, food choices through MyPlate, 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.

Please invite students in your courses to join the Women and Gender Book Club. The first book we will read is Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman, by Lindy West. Ms. West, a feminist writer, addresses topics in a humorous and insightful manner, including fat stigma, comedians who tell rape jokes, and fighting back against Internet trolls. Copies of the book are available to student participants for only $5.

The book club will meet three times during the semester on Friday afternoons to discuss the books along with faculty from the women and gender studies program. Discussions will be fun and informal. The kick-off meeting will be on Friday, March 3, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. (room TBA). For more information or to sign up, please contact Jenn Hunt, associate professor of psychology, at huntjs@buffalostate.edu.

The Newman Center will host its first meat raffle on Saturday, March 11, at the Knights of Columbus, 1530 Kenmore Avenue, Buffalo 14216. Doors open at 6:00 p.m.; first spin is at 7:00 p.m.

Tickets are $5 per person. Tables of 10 are available for $45 and include a chance to win a stocked freezer chest. All entrance tickets include door prizes, one beverage (beer or soda), and a slice of pizza. Other raffles taking place throughout the event consist of a stocked freezer chest, a  50/50 split raffle, a lottery ticket raffle, and a basket raffle. Those attending must be at least 18 years old. Outside food is welcome, but no outside alcoholic beverages are allowed.

For tickets and information, please visit www.buffalostatemeatraffle.eventbrite.com or call 882-1080.

Join the Buffalo State chapters of Best Buddies and the Student Council for Exceptional Children, along with the Exceptional Education Department, in support of the national campaign to “Spread the Word to End the Word." The R-word, retard or retarded, is slang for the term mental retardation. The purpose of the campaign is to raise peoples’ awareness of the derogatory use of these words and their negative effects on people with intellectual disabilities, as well as on their families and friends. The campaign also aims to change attitudes of segregation and hate to attitudes of acceptance and respect. Buffalo State's Best Buddies and SCEC chapters prefer to focus on people and their gifts and accomplishments, and to dispel negative attitudes and stereotypes. We hope you do, too.

Please come and sign the pledge. Banners and computers will be available in the Campbell Student Union lobby on March 1, 2, and 3 from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. for the Buffalo State community to “Spread the Word to End the Word.”

Also, please join us for "A Night of Inclusion" on Thursday, March 2, from  6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Assembly Halls 1 and 2, including musical entertainment by the gifted Sujeet Desai and a film presentation by Starlight Gallery. Refreshments will be served

Contact bestbuddiesbsc@gmail.com or buffalostatescec@gmail.com with questions.

The next Winter Farmers Market at Buffalo State is Saturday, April 1. With more than 15 local vendors and live music, this weekly community event has become a highlight of our winter weekends. 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, and the Elmwood Village Association. Don't miss it!

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. 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, and the Elmwood Village Association. Don't miss it!

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. 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, and the Elmwood Village Association. Don't miss it!

The next Winter Farmers Market at Buffalo State is Saturday, March 4. With more than 15 local vendors and live music, this weekly community event has become a highlight of our winter weekends. 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, and the Elmwood Village Association. Don't miss it!

Watch Buffalo State Dining's March Madness as students compete for an instant camera, film, and a case of Kickstart. The tournament begins Friday, March 31, and the Final Four will play on Monday, April 3.

Please join us Tuesday, March 28, for the Superfood Event of the month, featuring leafy greens. Enjoy all your healthful but delicious foods during our Balanced U event. Leafy greens provide us with vitamins A and C, folate, and fiber. They are also packed with phytochemicals; these powerful compounds are found only in plants and have been shown to help protect against a variety of diseases. All this with very few calories! Hope to see you there.