Register for the Anne Frank Project 2014 by signing in to the AFProject app. The AFProject app is your way to view the conference schedule, personalize your own schedule, connect with attendees, and post photos and comments. AFP will use this app to stay connected all year.

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The Anne Frank Project needs volunteers for AFP 2014. Register online.

An information session for volunteers will be held Thursday, September 4, during Bengal Pause (12:15–1:30 p.m.) in Bulger Communication Center North. Pizza will be served.

AFP volunteer website

The Anne Frank Project 2014 is proud to present In Between by Ibrahim Miari on Tuesday September 9, at 7:00 p.m. in Upton Hall's Warren Enters Theatre.

In Between is a semi-autobiographical one-man show that portrays the complexities and contradictions inherent in Palestinian-Israeli identity. On the precipice between two cultures stands Ibrahim Miari. His play recalls his childhood in Acre and memories of his Jewish and Palestinian grandmothers, of war, and of the struggle to shape and understand his own multifaceted identity.

Tickets are free and by reservation only. Seating is limited. Get your tickets here.

The Anne Frank Project 2014 is proud to present Frederick Douglass: Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory by Broadway legend André De Shields on Monday, September 8, at 7:00 p.m. in Warren Enters Theatre.

This story about brutality and deliverance—implausible yet historically accurate—will captivate you with a slave ballet, hand-to-hand combat, and impassioned singing. These are but a few of the elements that make up the journey from human bondage to freedom experienced by the young Douglass as performed by celebrated actor André De Shields in his self-crafted solo performance depicting the great black emancipator Frederick Douglass.

Gripping shackles, De Shields infuses his performance with dance, song, and rousing spoken word as he transforms from embittered and illiterate slave to America’s incomparable orator and abolitionist right before the eyes of his audience. As performed by De Shields, Douglass’s ultimate escape from chains to freedom is as full of hope and achievement as it is darkness and anger.

Tickets are free and by reservation only. Seating is limited. Get your tickets here.

André De Shields interview

André De Shields website

In an effort to provide the best customer service possible for students who are working or are otherwise unavailable during regular business hours, the Financial Aid and Student Accounts offices will extend their hours of operation, with limited staffing from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m., as follows:

Tuesday, August 19: 8:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, August 20: 8:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Thursday, August 21: 8:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

We welcome all new and continuing students to the fall 2014 semester. We recognize that this can be a busy and stressful time for students and families, and we would like to do what we can to make the start of the semester as seamless as possible for them. We hope these extended hours will help students manage their financial aid and account balances before the start of classes and pave the way for a successful semester at Buffalo State.

Active Minds is a national student-run mental health awareness, education, and advocacy group on college campuses throughout North America, and it has been active at Buffalo State since spring 2010. Active Minds is dedicated to increasing students’ awareness of mental health issues, providing information and resources regarding mental health and mental illness, and encouraging students to seek help as soon as it is needed. Active Minds also serves as a liaison between students and the mental health community.

The Buffalo State chapter, National Active Minds, has spearheaded several innovative initiatives focused on mental health awareness, such as cosponsoring nationally known keynote speakers Eric Weaver from Overcoming the Darkness and Maggie Bertram and Jordan Burnham from the National Active Minds Speakers Bureau, the BeSeCret (Post-Secret) Community Art Project, and Send Silence Packing.

Please encourage students to look for signs around campus announcing the group's initial meeting and to visit the website. Students interested in mental health, advocacy, leadership, empowerment, and connecting with others will really enjoy their involvement with Active Minds. Students interested in more information or in officer position opportunities should contact Suzanne Johnson in the Counseling Center, 878-4436. Faculty or staff members who are interested in posters to hang in their areas for students should also contact Johnson.

Do you want to be part of a committee that works well together, gets things done, and is full of creative, fun, and motivated people? Then the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is for you. We have built an amazing and solid core of dedicated and innovative committee members and coordinators, but we don’t want to burn them out.  

We would love to add two more coordinators to the committee that is committed to supporting our fellow coworkers. EAP at Buffalo State is for everyone who works on campus: faculty and staff (and their families). EAP coordinators do not provide counseling but are available for referrals, information and education, a lending library, information related to our growing website, and outreach programs. EAP is not just about problem solving; it is also about information gathering—saving money, retirement, etc.

Please e-mail Suzanne Johnson or call Jeannita McKnight at ext. 4821 to schedule an informal interview to discuss your interest and the voluntary position expectations.

Butler Library will open a new Graduate Student Commons on the library’s second-floor balcony (formerly the Creative Studies balcony) on Monday, August 18. The space will be open to grad students only from 3:00 p.m. until the library’s closing Monday through Friday and all day Saturday and Sunday (when the library is open). The space is ideal for group or individual work and is designed to accommodate busy graduate students.

The library will also implement new policies for this area. Grad students will have priority for computer use and study areas in the space during the Graduate Student Commons’ open hours.

Many students in Buffalo State’s graduate programs are busy professionals who are balancing work, family, and academics. A dedicated space will allow them to work together, socialize with their peers, and focus on their advanced studies. While the space will be open for grad students on August 18, it is still a work in progress and will be continually improved over the course of the semester. The Graduate Student Association also recently moved its office to Butler Library.

The 2014 New Hires Orientation is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, August 18 and 19, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Butler Library 210 and Bacon Hall 115 respectively. Attendees are asked to RSVP by Friday, August 15.

Free enrollment verification for students is available through Student Self-Service. Student Self-Service enrollment verification saves students a trip to the Registrar’s Office by providing them with the ability to perform the following services securely via the web 24/7:

• Print enrollment verification certificates to send to health insurers, housing providers, insurance companies, banks, consumer product companies, or other organizations requiring proof of enrollment.
• Check the deferment forms and electronic notifications sent to lenders.
• Obtain a list of student loan lenders and link to real-time loan information.
• View enrollment history.
• View enrollment verifications provided to student service providers.

Student Self-Service is free, easy to use, and secure. Students can try it by logging on to Banner using their student IDs and PINs and following this click path: Main Menu > Student > Online Enrollment Verification.

Note: If students want an enrollment verification for the fall 2014 semester before the first day of classes, they must select the “advanced registration” option once they reach the enrollment verification page.

Student Self-Service is provided through the National Student Clearinghouse, a nonprofit organization serving the higher education community.