Please Note: This event has been canceled.

Weigel Health Promotions will host a therapy dog workshop through Horizon Health Services on Wednesday, April 27, from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. in Ketchum Hall 219. Therapy dogs are a great way to relieve stress during some of the most intense parts of the semester. They are capable of much more than you might think, so stop in and learn about all that our working canine friends have to offer.

For more information on Weigel Health Promotions and the services we offer, please visit our website, check out our newsletter, follow us on social media, and watch us in action on our Youtube channel.

Please contact Paula Madrigal, assistant director of prevention and health promotions, 878-4719, for more information.

Weigel Health Promotions will host therapy dog workshops through Horizon Health Services on Monday, March 28, and Wednesday, April 27. Both workshops will be held from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. in Ketchum Hall 219.

Therapy dogs are a great way to relieve stress during some of the most intense parts of the semester. They are capable of much more than you might think, so stop in and learn about all that our working canine friends have to offer.

For more information on Weigel Health Promotions and the services we offer, please visit our website, check out our newsletter, follow us on social media, and watch us in action on our Youtube channel!

Please contact Paula Madrigal, assistant director of prevention and health promotions, 878-4719, for more information.

Weigel Health Promotions will host a One Love Foundation workshop featuring the short film "Escalation," followed by a discussion about domestic violence and relationship abuse, on Wednesday, March 9, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Bacon Hall 115.

One Love is an organization dedicated to the memory of Yeardley Love, a University of Virginia college student who was killed by her ex-boyfriend. Relationship abuse will affect one in three women and one in four men throughout their lifetimes, with a higher incidence during the teenage and young adult years. Learn the warning signs of this type of violence and get resources on how to help yourself or anyone you know who might be afflicted.

Watch the "Escalation" trailer.

For more information on Weigel Health Promotions and the services we offer, please visit our website, check out our newsletter, follow us on social media, and watch us in action on our Youtube channel.

Please contact Paula Madrigal, assistant director of prevention and health promotions, 878-4719, with questions or concerns.

The next Winter Farmers Market at Buffalo State is Saturday, March 19. With more than 15 local vendors, food trucks, and music, this weekly community event has become a highlight of our winter weekends. The Winter Market is open to the public each Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 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 12. With more than 15 local vendors, food trucks, and music, this weekly community event has become a highlight of our winter weekends. The Winter Market is open to the public each Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 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 5. With more than 15 local vendors, food trucks, and music, this weekly community event has become a highlight of our winter weekends. The Winter Market is open to the public each Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 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 Council for Exceptional Children and Best Buddies will host this year’s Spread the Word to End the Word (STW) campaign on campus Tuesday, March 1; Wednesday, March, 2; and Thursday, March 3. STW is a nationwide campaign whose mission is to raise people’s awareness of the derogatory use of the R-word (retard or retarded) and its negative effects on people with intellectual disabilities, their families, and their friends; however, the campaign is about more than just raising awareness; it is also about changing attitudes of segregation and hate to attitudes of acceptance and respect.

For the past five years, support for our campuswide campaign of STW has grown immensely. Last year, almost 700 faculty, students, and staff pledged to not use the R-word. This year, we would like to make it even more. The Council for Exceptional Children and Best Buddies will staff tables in the Campbell Student Union from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. throughout the campaign to educate the campus community to create a new R-word: respect. In addition, they will hold an event to celebrate inclusion, diversity, and respect on Thursday, March 3, at 6:00 p.m. in Butler Library 210. All are welcome.

We hope all members of the campus community will sign the pledge to Spread the Word to End the Word.

Buffalo State students will take part in the American Lung Association’s Fight for Air Stair Climb on Saturday, March 12, in downtown Buffalo. Organized through Sarah Young, director of Student Life, student cadets from ROTC (in full combat dress and carrying weighted rucksacks), Intercollegiate Athletics, and the Nutrition Club will climb the 800 steps of One Seneca Tower to raise funds and awareness for lung disease.

Transportation to One Seneca Tower will be provided by the Student Life Office. To participate individually or to form a team, please contact Sarah Young. To register for transportation, please complete the Climb for Air form. To support our student teams, please visit their fundraising pages: ROTC, Buffalo State Bengals, Buffalo State Nutrition Club.

Learn to make five-ingredient Sweet Potato Black Bean Chili (and get a free sample!) when Weigel Health Promotions hosts Son of a Southern Chef and former Buffalo State student Lazarus Lynch for a cooking demo on Thursday, February 25, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. (Bengal Pause) in the Campbell Student Union lobby.

Lynch is a media personality, an entrepreneur, and the owner of the brand Son of a Southern Chef. Hailing from Queens, New York, he grew up cooking in the kitchen with his father, a chef from Alabama. Together, they created a bond in the kitchen that would soon launch into a successful media enterprise. Lynch's inspiring, thoughtful, and down-to-earth approach to cooking connects him with thousands of his peers across the globe daily. Recently, he was a guest on the Food Network’s The Kitchen, where he shared his love of southern cooking. Lynch uses the tools of technology and social media as platforms to inspire his generation to cook with soul and eat with pleasure.

Food is essential for life; why not make it good?

This event is sponsored by Tammy Kresge of www.organizeyourselfskinny.com. For more information on Weigel Health Promotions and the services we offer, please visit our website, check out our newsletter, follow us on social media, and watch us in action on our Youtube channel.

Please contact Paula Madrigal, assistant director of prevention and health promotions, 878-4719, for more information.

Buffalo State President Katherine Conway-Turner will join staff members from Residence Life and the Volunteer and Service-Learning Center (VSLC) to give free hugs today during Bengal Pause (12:15–1:30 p.m.) in the lobby of the Campbell Student Union as part of Random Acts of Kindness Week. Stop by for your free hug!

We encourage you to also perform a small act of kindness for a friend, a family member, or even a stranger this week and share your acts on social media with #RAKBUFFALOSTATE.

For more fun ideas, check out the VSLC website.