Come and celebrate Mass on the First Friday of each month at 8:00 a.m. in the Newman Center Chapel. We will gather for Mass and start the month with a renewed perspective. Stay for a cup of coffee afterward or take a cup to go. Our next celebration will take place October 2.

The Newman Center at Buffalo State is located at 1219 Elmwood Avenue, across Elmwood from the Burchfield Penney Art Center.

Beverly MacKenzie, assistant to the dean of the School of Education, has retired after 26 years of outstanding service to Buffalo State College. The School of Education will hold an open house on Friday, September 18, from noon to 3:00 p.m. in Bacon Hall 305 so that faculty and staff members may stop in to wish her well.

Amy Pedlow, assistant chief of University Police, will join law enforcement officers from across the country at the Freedom Tower in New York City to participate in a 270-mile bicycle ride to Boston, Massachusetts. The 2015 Tour de Force 9/11 Memorial Ride will depart with 300 riders from New York City today, September 10, and cycle through the lower Hudson valley, past the lush countryside of Connecticut and over the rolling hills of Massachusetts. An additional 150 cyclists from the Boston area will join the ride for the last leg as the tour rolls into Boston Harbor for Sean’s Ride, a ride dedicated to the memory of MIT Police Officer Sean Collier, before coming to an end on Sunday, September 13, at the Boston Marathon finish line.

The Tour de Force's dual mission is to honor the victims of 9/11 by keeping their memory alive through cycling events, and to raise funds to benefit the families of police officers who are killed in the line of duty nationwide each year. This will be the sixth year that Pedlow is riding. She will share pictures of her journey through the University Police Facebook page.

The campus community is invited to celebrate the 144th anniversary of Buffalo State's founding in 1871 today, September 15, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in the Student Union Plaza (rain location: Sports Arena ramp entrance near the Bengal statue). There will be orange cupcakes for the first 500 guests. Sign the giant card, sing Happy Birthday, have your photo taken with the Bengal, and join in the fun!

Hosted by Student Life, United Students Government, Alumni Affairs, and the Student Philanthropy Council. For more information, please contact Pam Voyer, stewardship and special projects officer, 878-3725.

All members of the campus community are invited to celebrate the 144th anniversary of Buffalo State's founding in 1871 on Tuesday, September 15, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in the Student Union Plaza. There will be cupcakes for the first 500 guests. Sign the giant card, sing Happy Birthday, have your photo taken with the Bengal, and join in the fun!

Hosted by Student Life, United Students Government, Alumni Affairs, and the Student Philanthropy Council. For more information, please contact Pam Voyer, stewardship and special projects officer, 878-3725.

There's still time to join the Buff State "UPstanders" team for the Out of the Darkness walk to support the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention on Saturday, September 12, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Delaware Park (near the zoo). The UPstanders developed out of the Buffalo State Cares initiative to prevent suicide on campus. UPstanders are the opposite of bystanders in that UPstanders are active in finding solutions and getting involved. Register online or sign up the day of the walk. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. and remain open until the walk begins. There will be entertainment, too. We would love to have you join Buff Staters and friends in this Buffalo community event.

This walk is the final activity for our seventh annual Mental Health Awareness Week, taking place all this week. The intention of Buffalo State Mental Health Awareness Week is to get the campus community talking openly about the issues that surround mental health and mental illness and to raise awareness of the issues people face. It is also a time to get people thinking about their own mental well-being and reaching out to others. Connecting with others, positively engaging with our community, looking out for each other, and being compassionate toward others and toward ourselves makes a big difference in the quality of our mental health.

The chair of the walk is Charlene Vetter, the Counseling Center's interim associate director, and the chair of Mental Health Awareness Week is Suzanne Johnson, senior counselor. Please visit the Counseling Center website or call 878-4436 with questions or for additional information. Thank you.

The faculty and staff Bible study group begins this semester on Friday, September 11, from noon to 12:50 p.m. in Butler Library 210B. This study group has been meeting for three years. We usually meet every other Friday during the school year. The last part of the meeting is a time for sharing and prayer. All are welcome to attend.

Do you want $100 and bragging rights? Help rename your food court venue [Insert Name Here] today! Submit your entry by posting on the Buffalo State Dining Facebook or Twitter by September 18 using the hashtags #InsertNameHereContest and #BuffStateDining.

The Student Success Office seeks to promote increased faculty-student interaction outside the classroom in unstructured ways; therefore, we are pleased to introduce Take Your Professor to Coffee. Registered undergraduate and graduate students can stop by the Student Success Office, Campbell Student Union 223, and present Buffalo State identification for a voucher for one free small cup of coffee at Spot or Choc-O-Late for their professor. Limited quantities available. One voucher per student per visit.

To celebrate Buffalo State’s recent Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, we are opening our doors to the Nepali-Bhutanese community by showcasing the documentary In Search of a Nation and an exhibition by Stitch Buffalo: A Refugee Woman’s Workshop.

September 14–18
Stitch Buffalo: A Refugee Woman’s Workshop presents its Buffalove embroidery project.
Co-directors Dawne Hoeg, lecturer of design, and Shelby Deck
Czurles-Nelson Gallery, Upton Hall

September 14–25
Eyes of Others, Molly Bader, Buffalo State student
Margaret E. Bacon Gallery

Thursday, September 17
7:15–9:00 p.m.
In Search of a Nation, Nepali-Bhutanese documentary and meditation session
Lamin Tang
Campbell Student Union Social Hall

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The Carnegie Classification

Questions? Call 878-5559 or e-mail Eve Everette, AFP assistant director.