The following Blackboard training sessions and workshops will be held in March:

• Blackboard Learn 9.1: Introduction
• Blackboard Learn 9.1: Assessments
• Blackboard Learn 9.1: Grade Center
• Blackboard Learn 9.1: Grade Center Smart Views
• Blackboard Learn 9.1: Utilizing Rubrics in a Blackboard Course

Detailed descriptions of each training session (PDF) are available on the Instructional Resources website. All sessions will be held in Bulger Communication Center 104 or in a virtual webinar format.

All workshops are suitable for instructors teaching face-to-face, hybrid, or online courses. Workshop presentations will be one hour and are limited to 10 participants. The instructor will be available for 30 minutes after each workshop for additional questions and discussion.

Please register online through the CyberQuad Workshop Registration website.

The Drop Hammer Student Reading Series is pleased to announce its newest event, "Flash in the Pan," student readings devoted solely to short pieces (five minutes or less in length). Readings will be held Mondays, February 29, March 28, and April 18, from 1:00 to 1:50 p.m. in the Ilene R. Fleischmann Writing and Publication Suite, Ketchum Hall 302.

Students are invited to sign up to read their fiction, poetry, or nonfiction—or surprise us! 

For more information or to sign up (required), please contact Maureen Lougen, English Department secretary, 878-5417.

Kathryn Edwards, assistant professor of modern French history at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, will present "The Women of Little Vietnam: Decolonization and the Repatriate Experience" today, March 3, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center East.

In the wake of the Indochina War (1945–1954), French citizens of Indochinese descent, many of whom were women with young children, began arriving in France to start new lives. Called "repatriates," even though they had never set foot in France before, they faced a host of challenges as they struggled to support their families, maintain certain cultural practices, and deal with colonial-era stereotypes and assimilationist rhetoric from those running rural reception centers.

Edwards will examine the experiences of women repatriates, their place within French discourse on assimilation, and their contributions to collective memory within the repatriate community, as well as broader reflections on gender and war remembrance in France.

Her latest book is Contesting Indochina: French Remembrance between Decolonization and Cold War, 1954–2014 (University of California Press, July 2016).

This event is sponsored by the Buffalo State College Faculty-Student Association and the History and Social Studies Education Department.

Kathryn Edwards, assistant professor of modern French history at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, will present "The Women of Little Vietnam: Decolonization and the Repatriate Experience" on Thursday, March 3, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center East.

In the wake of the Indochina War (1945–1954), French citizens of Indochinese descent, many of whom were women with young children, began arriving in France to start new lives. Called "repatriates," even though they had never set foot in France before, they faced a host of challenges as they struggled to support their families, maintain certain cultural practices, and deal with colonial-era stereotypes and assimilationist rhetoric from those running rural reception centers.

Edwards will examine the experiences of women repatriates, their place within French discourse on assimilation, and their contributions to collective memory within the repatriate community, as well as broader reflections on gender and war remembrance in France.

Her latest book is Contesting Indochina: French Remembrance between Decolonization and Cold War, 1954–2014 (University of California Press, July 2016).

This event is sponsored by the Buffalo State College Faculty-Student Association and the History and Social Studies Education Department.

The Graduate Association of Student Personnel Administrators (GASPA) Executive Board is pleased to sponsor the second annual Buffalo State No Frills Conference: Becoming Agents of Change 2016, on Saturday, February 27, at 9:30 a.m. in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall. Leave your "work clothes" at home and come out this Saturday for a no-frills exploration of change.

The keynote speaker for this year’s event is Katherine Conway-Turner, president of Buffalo State College. President Conway-Turner has continuously shown a dedicated commitment to aspiring higher education professionals, and we at GASPA are proud to have her support and honored to have her as our keynote speaker.

In light of Dr. Conway-Turner’s commitment to speak at the No Frills Conference, the executive board has decided to waive all registration and attendance fees in order to extend everyone the opportunity to hear her address and engage in the conference.

Presentations will include:

• HOPE 101: Foundations of Hope Theory
• Interview Tips & Tricks
• Life after Graduation Panel
• Leadership at Any Level: A Young Professionals Guide to the Leadership Challenge

We hope to see everyone on Saturday.

There is still time to sign up to be an Orientation leader. The deadline for applications is Sunday, February 28. More information about the position can be found on the Orientation website.

The Student Life Office will host Union Bash on Friday, February 26, from 8:00 p.m. to midnight in the Campbell Student Union. This semester's theme is Mardi Gras, with free food, king cakes and beignets, ring stamping, mocktails, air brush tattooing, green screen photos, a psychic reader, and casino tables.

For more information, contact please contact the Student Life Office, 878-4631.

The Professional Development Center will present the first of a four-part Publication Pipeline Series, "From Idea to Print: Strategies for Successful Academic Publishing," on Thursday, March 10, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. in Butler Library 181B.

The presentation will discuss strategies for successful academic publishing, including how to build an active research agenda and professional network; how to generate publications and new research from past projects; how to successfully acquire book contracts; how to navigate academic journal publishing; how to organize and refine large research projects; how to become an efficient writer and publisher of new work; and how to take an idea and follow it through to successful publication.

Light refreshments will be provided. Please register online through the CyberQuad Workshop Registration System.

This is the first of a four-part series. (Parts 2–4: SPSS, Politics of Publication, and Framing Publication for Promotion and Tenure Success)

Casting Hall Productions and the Theater Department are proud to present Noises Off, a play within a play, directed by Jennifer Toohey, assistant professor of theater. Performances continue in Warren Enters Theatre, in Upton Hall, at 8:00 p.m. March 10, 11 and at 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. March 12.

Called "the funniest farce ever written," Noises Off presents a manic menagerie as a cast of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called Nothing's On. Doors slamming, on- and off-stage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious and classically comic play.

Advance tickets for all Buffalo State Theater Department productions can be purchased online or in person through the Rockwell Hall Box Office or by phone at 878-3005. Tickets may also be purchased at the door on a first-come, first-served basis.

Casting Hall Productions and the Theater Department are proud to present Noises Off, a play within a play, directed by Jennifer Toohey, assistant professor of theater. Performances will be held in Warren Enters Theatre, in Upton Hall, at 8:00 p.m. March 3, 4, 10, 11 and at 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. March 5 and 12. A preview night will be held at 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, with reduced ticket prices (available for preview night only).

Called "the funniest farce ever written," Noises Off presents a manic menagerie as a cast of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called Nothing's On. Doors slamming, on- and off-stage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious and classically comic play.

Advance tickets for all Buffalo State Theater Department productions can be purchased online or in person through the Rockwell Hall Box Office or by phone at 878-3005. Tickets may also be purchased at the door on a first-come, first-served basis.