Art in Craft Media 2015 opens Saturday, October 10, at 6:00 p.m. Join us and celebrate this landmark biennial exhibition, founded by one of Buffalo State's dearest friends: artist, educator, and philanthropist Syliva L. Rosen. The event is free and open to the public.

Artists featured in this year's exhibition:

Rudith Akorli, Josef Bajus, Jeanne Beck, Nancy Belfer, Helen Bushop-Santelli, Tom Breen, Carlos Caballero-Perez, Robin Caster Howard, Hye Sook Choi, Linda Collignon, Byron Conn, Delaney DeMott, Benjamin DeMott, Jack Edson, Tracy Fiegl, Marcelo Florencio, Barbara Hart, Ani Hoover, Mahlon Huston, Leigh Johnson, Nancy Jurs, Jeff Kell, William Keyser, Namdoo Kim, Matthew Knisley, Bethany Krull, Yoon Jee Kwak, John Latona; Scott Losi, Ellen Markel, Yasmin Medina, Stephen Merritt, Barbara Murak, Shawn Murrey, Dennis Nahabetian, Lynn Northrop, Jackie Pancari, Pat Pauly, Margery Pearl Gurnett, Jesse Ring, DennisRitter, Taeyoul Ryu, David Schnuckel, Leslie Schug, Lee Somers, Betty Stephan, Bill Stewart, Samantha Stumpf, Colleen Toledano, Victor Trabucco, Elizabeth Vorlicek, Maude White, Robert Wood, Liaung Chung Yen.

2015 Juror
The juror for Art in Craft Media 2015 is ceramic artist and educator Wayne Higby, whose unique vision of the American landscape and its manifestation in work ranging from vessel form and tile to sculpture and architectural installation has brought him international recognition. Higby's work is held in the collections of numerous art museums around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo. He is a professor and the Robert C. Turner Chair of Ceramic Art at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, where he also serves as the director and chief curator of the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum.

The exhibition is made possible by the Sylvia L. Rosen Endowment for Fine Art in Craft Media. Sylvia Rosen is a respected potter and educator who taught ceramics at Buffalo State, the University at Buffalo, and Amherst Senior High School. In 1987, she and her husband, Nathan, created the Sylvia L. Rosen Endowment for Fine Art in Craft Media at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, which has made possible juried biennial craft art exhibitions with purchase awards, alternating with biennial craft art lectures by field specialists. The first exhibition took place in 1988. Since then, these events have been a major force in the advancement and recognition of craft media in Western New York.

RSVP on Facebook and invite your friends. More information is available on the Burchfield Penney website.

Richard Thompson from TIAA-CREF will be on campus for individual consultations with Buffalo State faculty and staff members on the following days:

• Wednesday, October 28:  Butler Library 210B
• Thursday, November 12: Cleveland Hall 416
• Wednesday, December 9: Butler Library 210B

Appointments are required. All appointments are between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. To schedule an appointment, please visit the TIAA-CREF website or call (800) 732-8353 Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Students requesting a letter grade in place of a pass/fail grade should submit a Substitution for Pass/Fail form (PDF) to the Registrar’s Office no later than Tuesday, December 22. Applications are available in the Registrar’s Office or on the Registrar's website.

The fall 2015 faculty grading window will close Saturday, December 26, at 9:00 p.m. Detailed documentation for entering grades (PDF) is available on the Banner website. Assistance is available by calling the Computing Help Desk at 878-4357 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

If you have questions about grading, please call the Registrar's Office at 878-4811. We have provided a grading tip sheet (PDF) to assist you in successful grading.

Faculty members will enter their fall 2015 grades using Banner. The grading window for fall 2015 grading is now open and will close Saturday, December 26, at 9:00 p.m. Detailed documentation for entering grades (PDF) is available on the Banner website. Additionally, assistance is available by calling the Computing Help Desk at 878-4357 Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

If you have questions about grading, please call the Registrar's Office at 878-4811. We have provided a grading tip sheet (PDF) to assist you in successful grading.

Weigel Health Promotions will host an Opiate Overdose workshop through Horizon Health Services on Friday, November 6, at 12:45 p.m. in Butler Library 210. Overdoses of prescription opiates and heroin are a huge concern in Western New York and the United States as a whole. Horizon Health Services offers training on the use of the drug Narcan (naloxone) to temporarily reverse the effects of opiate overdose and give victims a chance at survival.

This workshop covers how to identify if a user is in active overdose, how to administer Narcan, and how to get the victim the appropriate help they need.

For more Weigel Health Promotions programs, please check out our newsletter and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

Please contact Paula Madrigal, wellness and prevention coordinator, 878-4719, with questions or concerns.

Faculty members will enter their fall 2015 grades using Banner. The grading window will open Monday, December 14, at 9:00 a.m. and close Saturday, December 26, at 9:00 p.m. In preparation, faculty members are encouraged to log on to Banner to be sure that all their courses are listed under their accounts. Detailed documentation for entering grades (PDF) is available on the Banner website. Additionally, assistance is available by calling the Computing Help Desk at 878-4357 Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

If you have questions about grading, please call the Registrar's Office at 878-4811. We have provided a grading tip sheet (PDF) to assist you in successful grading.

After you have completed (submitted and saved) your fall 2015 grades, please go back in to your roster and double-check that all grades have been entered as you intended.

If you have any questions about grading, please call the Help Desk at 878-4357 or the Registrar's Office at 878-4811.

The fall 2015 faculty grading window opens Monday, December 14, at 9:00 a.m. and closes Saturday, December 26, at 9:00 p.m.

Carol Darstein, director of Pre-award and Contract Services, will offer faculty and staff members the opportunity to learn about the various aspects of grant writing on Tuesday, October 27, from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. in Butler Library 181B. Writing a grant proposal requires planning, time, and dedication. This presentation will include some specific information directed at new faculty and staff members. Topics will include seeking funding sources, planning and preparing a grant proposal, structuring a budget, and electronically submitting proposals. The role of the Research Foundation for the State University of New York, as well as current trends in federal and state funding, will also be discussed. All are welcome to attend.

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

All faculty members are strongly encouraged to view and print a copy of the Registrar's Office grading tip sheet and grading instructions (PDF). Faculty members may also wish to view the grading tutorial posted on YouTube. The grading window will open Monday, December 14, at 9:00 a.m. and close Saturday, December 26, at 9:00 p.m.