If you suspect that an asset or piece of equipment has been stolen, please call University Police (UPD) at 878-3333 immediately. UPD will send an officer to obtain all the necessary data on the missing property and the circumstances surrounding its disappearance. The officer will need to know the asset number, description, manufacturer, model, serial number, and cost. If the asset is recorded on inventory, the data should be readily available. A copy of the police report will be sent to Business Services, which will then retire the asset from the department inventory. If you file a theft report with an off-campus police department, you must also file a separate report with UPD.

New York State, the State University of New York, and the college administration have long recognized that there are many legitimate reasons for faculty and staff members to remove property from Buffalo State for work-related functions.

All Buffalo State College property, whether recorded on the departmental inventory or not, that is removed from campus by faculty or staff members for work-related functions must be identified on a Loan of College Property form (PDF).

Assets transported back and forth on a continual basis (such as laptop computers) must also be identified on a Loan of College Property form. This form can be retrieved from the Campus Services website.

Loan Renewals: Loan of College Property forms must be renewed every year. To help facilitate renewals, an e-mail reminder is sent out when the user’s loan has expired. Signed original forms should be submitted to Business Services.

Loan Returns: Faculty and staff members should notify Business Services when loaned assets are returned to campus. Business Services will remove the loan status from the user and update the inventory to reflect the asset's new location. When an asset is returned but is not reported, the loan status for the asset remains with the user and causes auditing problems. It is very important to report returned assets as soon as possible so the return can be confirmed and the inventory updated.

Please contact Business Services with any loan or inventory questions you may have: 878-6835. Thank you.

The presentation on plant-based nutrition by Corine Cicchetti, M.D., of Buffalo Spine and Sports Medicine has been rescheduled to tomorrow, November 4, at noon in the Bengal Room, Sports Arena 226. (The original date was October 23.)

Seating is still available but is limited. Lunch will be served. The discussion, the second in a series of talks hosted by Intercollegiate Athletics, will center on the prevention and reversal of disease through a plant-based diet as well as its implications for athletes, including "weekend warriors." Cicchetti is a graduate of Wells College and the University at Buffalo's School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Interested participants must RSVP by noon today, November 3: Contact Tom Koller, senior associate athletics director, 878-6514.

Please join the Philosophy and Humanities Department for the first lecture in the annual fall colloquia, "Whoa, Trippy, Dude: A New Inverted Spectrum Argument for Scientific Realism," presented by lecturer Justin Donhauser, today, November 3, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Bishop Hall 242. The commentator will be Ryan Donnelly, senior philosophy major.

The Professional Development Center will present the workshop Authentic Assessment on Tuesday, November 10, from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in Butler Library 181B.

What are authentic assessments and how can they help students develop real-world skills? This workshop will cover the characteristics and benefits of authentic assessments, explore examples of authentic assessments, and provide an authentic assessment checklist that can be used to guide the development of authentic assessments for courses. The instructor will be available for an additional 30 minutes after the workshop for further questions and discussion.

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

Shanna Benjamin, associate professor of English at Grinnell College, will present "The Uses of Anger: Wanda Coleman's Poetry of Black Rage and #blacklivesmatter" at 6:30 p.m. Monday, November 9, in Ketchum Hall 113. A question-and-answer session and a reception will follow. The event is free and open to the public.

Sponsored by the Equity and Campus Diversity Office, the English Department, the Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities Office, the Women and Gender Studies program, and the African and African American Studies program.

Charles Kenyon, dean of students, will present “Achieving Success as an International Student” on Thursday, November 5, from 12:10 to 1:20 p.m. in Campbell Student Union Assembly Hall 1.

This presentation is free, and everyone is welcome to attend. For more information, please contact Jean F. Gounard, director of internationall student affairs, 878-5331.

Students, faculty, and staff members are invited to meet with Thony Michelet Voltaire, M.D., the head of medical efforts for Haiti Outreach Pwoj Espwa (HOPE) and director of Alyans Sante Borgne, on Monday, November 16, from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. or 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. in Cleveland Hall 205.

Thony Voltaire heads a health alliance that has been recognized as one of rural Haitis most successful community health models. As the medical director for HOPE, he works with community residents, staff, volunteers, and board members, including Buffalo State President Katherine Conway-Turner, to increase access to health-care services, provide education to the extremely rural areas of Borgne, and improve the quality of life for this high-needs community.

Dont miss this opportunity to cultivate connections with HOPE Haiti and Thony Michelet Voltaire. Whether you are interested in Haitian culture, health, education, economics, sanitation, or solar energy, there are dozens of ways to get involved. Voltaire will make connections to identify ways you can support the rural community of Borgne.

Please visit the HOPE Haiti website for more information.

Alumni and friends of Buffalo State are invited to attend the seventh annual Veterans Day Silent March on Thursday, November 5, to honor those members of the Buffalo State community who have served in any branch of the United States military or allied forces.

The procession will feature past and present service members, their spouses and dependents, and first responders. Marchers will assemble at 11:45 a.m. at Chase Hall. The procession proceeds from Chase Hall to the Plaza in front of the Campbell Student Union at noon. The memorial ceremony will begin at 12:10 p.m. in the Plaza.

A blank shot from a cannon is scheduled to be fired at the beginning of the ceremony.

This annual event is presented by the Alumni Association and Continuing Professional Studies, which houses the Veteran and Military Services Office. The 2015 Military Service Scholarship recipient will be presented at the ceremony. A brief reception after the ceremony is planned in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall.

Please join the Biology Department for the seminar "Cyclomorphosis Redux: Re-examining the Role of Temperature in Seasonal Morphological Changes in Zooplankton," presented by Howard Riessen, professor of biology at Buffalo State, on Monday, November 9, at 3:00 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center West.

All faculty, staff, and students are welcome.