The Conversations in and out of the Disciplines lecture series concludes its 2014–2015 season tomorrow, May 8, when Tim Bryant, assistant professor of English, presents “Will You Play with Me? The Pleasures of Paranoia from the Cold War to Contingent Culture” from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in Ketchum Hall 320. The talk will be followed by an informal wine-and-cheese reception. All faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend the event.

The Conversations in and out of the Disciplines lecture series will conclude its 2014–2015 season with a talk by Tim Bryant, assistant professor of English, titled “Will You Play with Me? The Pleasures of Paranoia from the Cold War to Contingent Culture” on Friday, May 8, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in Ketchum Hall 320. An informal wine-and-cheese reception will follow. All faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend the event.

Please join the Equity and Campus Diversity Office in welcoming Ba Zan Lin from the International Institute of Buffalo and a select panel for a discussion about Asian Pacific American culture and heritage, celebrated in the month of May, on Tuesday, May 5, during Bengal Pause (12:15–1:30 p.m.) in Butler Library 208.

Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome.

Please contact the Equity and Campus Diversity Office, 878-6210, with questions.

For more information, please download the flier (PDF).

The Arthur O. Eve Educational Opportunity Program will celebrate the exemplary academic performance of its outstanding students at the annual Honors Convocation on Thursday, May 7, at 3:30 p.m. in Rockwell Hall Auditorium. This year's theme is "Imagine, Believe, Achieve: Because of Buffalo State EOP, I Am Reaching for the Stars."

The program will start with a video spotlight of student testimonials and a spoken word performance by the EOP Women’s Empowerment Group. Highlights of the program include the presentation of special awards to students, staff, and faculty. A Distinguished Alumnus Award will be presented to Carlton Sapp, Ph.D., Class of 1993. Recognition is given to students who have obtained a 3.0 semester or cumulative GPA during the 2014 calendar year. The campus community is invited to attend the program, with a catered reception to follow. RSVP to Cathy McCoy, keyboard specialist 2, 878-4426.

Please contact Jude Jayatilleke, senior EOP counselor, 878-6028, with questions.

Julianne Applegate is the developer of SelfieStyler, an app that helps users estimate their clothing size over a variety of brands using personal photos. SelfieStyler is currently in the beta development stage; the Fashion and Textile Technology Department will host company representatives from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday, May 4, and Tuesday, May 5; and from 9:00 a.m. to noon Wednesday, May 6. The company is offering female participants $10 to have their photo taken and be manually measured, weighed, and body scanned. The process should take about 20 minutes. Please note: body scanning requires participants to wear undergarments that are close in color to their own skin tone.

Please make an appointment in advance at SelfieStyler and encourage your students to learn about this new technology. Please contact Lynn Boorady, chair and associate professor of fashion and textile technology, with questions.

Curious about what we are doing on the lakefront? Sasha Karatayev, director of the Great Lakes Center, and Mark Clapsadl, field station manager, cordially invite you and your guest to join us for an open house event at our Field Station at the foot of Porter Avenue on Friday, May 8, from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Please join us to celebrate the end of the semester, taste wine and cheese, and share our plans for the coming Field Station season.

Hope to see you there.

Use the summer of 2015 to revise an existing course or develop a new course that includes undergraduate research. Stipends will be provided to faculty members to support the development of new courses or the revision of existing courses to include a substantial undergraduate research, scholarly, or creative component. The expected outcome is submission of a course revision or new course proposal to the College Senate Curriculum Committee and teaching the course. This program is not intended to support minor revisions to courses that already include a research component. Lower-level and upper-level courses are eligible, and courses targeting specific student audiences (e.g, non-majors, pre-majors, majors) are acceptable. Awards of between $750 and $1,000 will be made to support faculty during summer 2015. It is expected that faculty members receiving awards will complete their projects by August 25, 2015. The application deadline for the current round is Friday, May 13.

Applications are available on the Undergraduate Research Office website.

The campus community is encouraged to review the financial status of the FSA Founders Fund since its inception in 2000. A summary can be found on the Faculty-Student Association website. Please call Gary Vickers at (716) 983-0084 with questions.

The Student Life Office is pleased to announce the recipients of this year's Faculty and Staff Appreciation Awards. Each year the students involved as leaders in Student Success (Residence Life, Student Life, Orientation, Dining Services, Child Care Center, and New Student Programs) have an opportunity to recognize the Buffalo State faculty and staff members who have had a positive impact on them. Students are asked to consider those whose efforts have made a lasting impression, who have provided dynamic classroom instruction, and who have made a difference in the lives of students. Thirty-seven names were submitted, and certificates of appreciation were presented at a reception on April 27.

This year's recipients:

Steven Barker, Engineering Technology
George Blair, History and Social Studies Education
Daniel Blum, History and Social Studies Education
Maria Brickhouse, Educational Opportunity Program
Kathryn Budin, Speech-Language Pathology
Roselyn Cabrera, Residence Life
Kristen Catalano, Student Life
Dermot Coffey, Physics
Rhiannon Condello, Residence Life
Leslie Day, Elementary Education and Reading
Tara Deane, Art Education
Naomi Diaz-Slack, Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program
Jean DiPirro, Psychology
Brian Dubenion, Residence Life
Leigh Duffy, Philosophy and Humanities
Shashi Gayadeen, Criminal Justice
Frederick Gilbert, Residence Life
Andrea Guiati, Modern and Classical Languages
Abdollah Hajikandi, Educational Opportunity Program
Theresa Harris-Tigg, English
Jude Jayatilleke, Educational Opportunity Program
Yanick Jenkins, Educational Opportunity Program
Jennifer Johnson, McNair Scholars Program
Joyce Joyce, Sociology
Kimberly Kline, Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration
Pamela Kloc, Communication
Thomas Koller, Communication
Joelle LeClaire, Economics and Finance
Michael Littman, Business
Tamara McMillan, Student Life
Joseph Nicoletti, Writing Program
Jason Parker, Equity and Campus Diversity
Ron Stewart, Sociology
Edward Taylor, English
Amitra Wall, University College
Sandra Washington-Copeland, McNair Scholars Program
Kaitlin Wiech, Student Life

Congratulations to all.

Academic Support Programs announces its Countdown to Finals Series, offering students three convenient "Eleventh Hour" workshops to help them marshal their resources when it counts the most. The workshops—"So You Have to Make a Presentation," "Taking an Exam Is Too Much Stress," and "Write Right"—will be offered by professional staff members in the Academic Support Programs Unit and University College. The workshops are free and require no advance registration. Please see the printable poster (PDF) on the Academic Skills Center website.