Richard Thompson from TIAA-CREF will be on campus for individual consultations with Buffalo State faculty and staff members on the following days. All sessions will be held in Butler Library 210B:

• Wednesday, September 9
• Thursday, September 24
• Tuesday, October 6

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.

Would you like an easy way to share your video and audio files with your students? Ensemble is the media server solution that allows the Buffalo State community to manage and publish audio and video files in a learning management system such as Blackboard.

To learn more about Ensemble, please join us for the workshop "Ensemble: Campus Video Solution – Introduction and Demo" at 12:30 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 104 on one of the following dates:

• Tuesday, September 15
• Tuesday, October 20

Please register through the CyberQuad Workshop Registration website.

If you manage a Buffalo State social media account for your office, department, or organization, please join us for the first social media roundtable on Friday, August 28, at 10:30 a.m. in Cleveland Hall 205. Many events and activities are happening on campus, and College Relations would like to help support your work by sharing it through Buffalo State's official social media channels. Bring your schedule of events, lecture series information, news, and other items you plan to promote this fall. We’ll share information, and if there’s interest, we’ll also brainstorm ways to help you meet your area’s fall goals. This is also a great way to meet other Buffalo State social media account managers. Please e-mail Colleen Callahan, associate director of web community and development, to register or with any questions.

The 2015 Anne Frank Project will be held on campus September 16 and 17. This year's theme is "Identity, Inclusion, and the World." The annual social justice festival supports sessions that provide tools and vocabulary for community building, conflict resolution, and identity exploration. Through kinesthetic workshops, performances, and exhibits, festival participants activate theory into practice.

• Download the AFP 2015 app to check in (iPhone/Android/HTML web view). View the agenda for all festival performances, exhibits, and workshops. 
• View our website for more information.
• Interested in having an AFP staff member visit your classroom before the festival? We can talk about AFP programming (times flexible) or perform our new campus production, "Shattered" (MWF 10:00 a.m.–noon), which explores the gray areas of sexual consent. Please send us an e-mail to schedule a time.
• Volunteer for AFP 2015. We'd love to have you and your students on board to help make this festival a great success.

Questions? Contact AFP assistant director and festival curator Eve Everette.

Want to begin your semester on a positive note? Come and join us at the Western New York Blackboard User Group (WNYBUG) eLearning Day at Hilbert College on Friday, September 18.

Take advantage of this free opportunity to learn from your peers, interact and collaborate with one another, gain new ideas and perspectives, and enjoy a free (delicious) lunch.

This event will feature the following presentations (as well as others):

• Utilizing the Starfish Retention Tool to Maximize Student Success
• Is Your Blackboard Grade Center Too Large to Handle?
• The All New Blackboard Collaborate
• Usability in Online Course Design: Does It Really Matter?
• Student Reflections: Guide Students to Deeper Thought in Blackboard Learn
• The Use of ePortfolios to Support First-Year Student's Metacognitive Thinking

This is a free day of professional development that includes complimentary parking and lunch.

Learn more and register for the event.

International and Exchange Programs is pleased to announce the relocation of the International Student Affairs Office to South Wing 410. Jean Gounard, director of international students affairs, and Michelle Downey, office assistant, are a welcome addition to our fourth-floor team.

Computing and Technology Services announces changes to the wireless network. Enroll your mobile devices on our secure wireless network to improve your campus wireless experience. Once enrolled, your device will connect to the secure network (Bengal) automatically when you’re on campus—no more multiple log-ins. Faculty, staff, and students can enroll up to five devices.

To enroll, connect to bscwlan as usual, and you will be redirected to a page with instructions on how to enroll. If you do not see that page after logging in, visit the Secure Wireless Enrollment page. Please read the page and select one of the "Enroll Your Device" links to get started.

Please contact the Computing Help Desk, 878-4357, with questions.

The Professional Development Center will host a New Hire Orientation today and Tuesday, August 24 and 25, from 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. in Technology Building 160. (Please note the location change.)

New employees will meet new colleagues today during a continental breakfast and then meet Katherine Conway-Turner, Buffalo State's president, and Melanie Perreault, the college’s new provost and vice president for academic affairs. Following this short session, the college deans will provide a few words of welcome and answer questions.

Tomorrow's session also begins with a continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m. in Ketchum Hall 218. We will then take a good bit of time during the day to discuss teaching practices and the implications of research on the learning styles of twenty-first-century college students.

Please contact Lauren Turner, professional development assistant, 878-3841, with questions or concerns.

An orientation session for new college senators will be held on Thursday, September 10, during Bengal Pause (12:15–1:30 p.m.) in Cleveland Hall 418. All newly elected incoming senators, including student senators, are encouraged to attend.

Semester-long passes to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery for Buffalo State students are on sale now at the Rockwell Hall Box Office. The pass allows for unlimited visits to the gallery's permanent collection for the entire semester for only $6.

The Rockwell Hall Box Office is open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.