The Small Business Development Center presents “Survive and Thrive: Essentials for Starting Your Own Business,” a workshop covering all the essential information needed to start a business, on Wednesday,
August 13, from 8:30 a.m. until noon in the Burchfield Penney Art Center (second floor).

Specific topics will include creating a business plan; competition analysis; and tax, legal, and insurance issues. The workshop is free for Buffalo State faculty, staff, students, and alumni and U.S. military veterans and $20 for all others. Registration will take place immediately before the workshop, from 8:00 to 8:30 a.m. To register in advance, call the SBDC at ext. 4030. For further information, please visit www.buffalostate.edu/sbdc.

Spot Coffee will be open for breakfast and lunch during the summer, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

For lunch today at Spot, enjoy enjoy chicken cacciatore over pasta, tomato basil green beans, sautéed zucchini and squash, green salad, and macaroni salad.

For lunch tomorrow, Tuesday, July 15, at Spot, enjoy turkey tetrazzini, biscuits, garlic rice, broccoli rabe, Caesar salad, and spinach salad with pecans.

Get one entrée, two sides, and a fountain beverage for only $8.79. Faculty and staff, save 10 percent on every purchase when you use your Bengal Bucks. For information on how to sign up for a Bengal Bucks account or for a full list of summer hours of operation, please visit our website.

The eighth issue of Nutrition Provision—the Dietetics and Nutrition Department’s newsletter—is now available online (PDF). If you have comments or questions about the newsletter, please contact Suk Oh, professor and chair of the Dietetics and Nutrition Department, ext. 5913. The department wishes everyone a happy, enjoyable, and fulfilling summer.

Spot Coffee will be open for breakfast and lunch during the summer, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Today and every Friday during the summer, Buffalo State Dining is paying it forward with a specialty faculty, staff, and student appreciation discount lunch featuring a cookout in the Student Union Quad from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This will replace the normally featured hot entrée selection at Spot Coffee in the Campbell Student Union Food Court. Select one entrée, two sides, and a beverage from the cookout menu for only $5. Today's menu includes hamburgers, hot dogs, turkey burgers, kielbasa, corn on the cob, potato salad, and watermelon.

For lunch Monday, July 14, at Spot, enjoy chicken cacciatore over pasta, tomato basil green beans, sautéed zucchini and squash, green salad, and macaroni salad. Get one entrée, two sides, and a fountain beverage for only $8.79.

Faculty and staff members, save 10 percent on every purchase when you use your Bengal Bucks. For information on how to sign up for a Bengal Bucks account or for a full list of summer hours of operation, please visit our website.

Two workshops designed to demonstrate the integration of TurningPoint and Blackboard Learn will be available in the coming weeks: Wednesday, July 16, and Wednesday, August 13. Intended for instructors familiar with TurningPoint, these workshops will highlight the new automated features of participant list creation, grading, quizzes, and attendance. They will also cover how to import class sessions into the Blackboard Grade Center. The sessions will offer time for hands-on practice and Q&A. Both workshops will be held at 1:00 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 104. Presented by Tim Sager and Meghan Pereira.

Register for the July 16 workshop.

Register for the August 13 workshop.

The Buffalo State Child Care Center will host a car wash and hot dog sale on Thursday, July 17, to help support its summer camp. The event will take place from 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Lot F in front of the Child Care Center playground. Donations are $5 for a car wash, $2 for a hot dog and lemonade. There will also be a baked goods sale.

Please call ext. 5335 with any questions.

Spot Coffee will be open for breakfast and lunch during the summer, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

For lunch today at Spot, enjoy lime cilantro grilled chicken, Cajun-style rice and beans, Southern sweet potatoes, tofu jambalaya, taco salad, and Southwestern potato salad. Get one entrée, two sides, and a fountain beverage for only $8.79.

Tomorrow, July 11, and every Friday during the summer, Buffalo State Dining is paying it forward with a specialty faculty, staff, and student appreciation discount lunch featuring a cookout in the Student Union Quad from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This will replace the normally featured hot entrée selection at Spot Coffee in the Campbell Student Union Food Court. Select one entrée, two sides, and a beverage from the cookout menu for only $5. Tomorrow's menu includes hamburgers, hot dogs, turkey burgers, kielbasa, corn on the cob, potato salad, and watermelon.

Faculty and staff members, save 10 percent on every purchase when you use your Bengal Bucks. For information on how to sign up for a Bengal Bucks account or for a full list of summer hours of operation, please visit our website.

Spot Coffee will be open for breakfast and lunch during the summer, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

For lunch today at Spot, enjoy Asian beef or vegetable stir fry, brown fried rice, pot stickers, sesame noodle salad, green salad, and soup of the day.

For lunch tomorrow, July 9, at Spot, enjoy chicken Marsala, tomato rice pilaf, green bean sauté, cheesy polenta, Caesar salad, curried quinoa salad, and soup of the day.

Get one entrée, two sides, and a fountain beverage for only $8.79. Faculty and staff members, save 10 percent on every purchase when you use your Bengal Bucks. For information on how to sign up for a Bengal Bucks account or for a full list of summer hours of operation, please visit our website.

The Small Business Development Center now provides assistance for entrepreneurs seeking to directly address social and environmental problems through their businesses. A workshop titled Social Enterprise 101 will be held from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 25, in Cleveland Hall 205 to introduce you to the SBDC's social enterprise counseling services. The workshop will cover the following four areas of training: social business planning; legal form for social entrepreneurs; social impact measurement and reporting; and financing your social enterprise. This event is free and open to the public. To register, please e-mail delmonas@buffalostate.edu or call ext. 4030.

Spot Coffee will be open for breakfast and lunch during the summer, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

For lunch today at Spot, enjoy chicken Marsala, tomato rice pilaf, green bean sauté, cheesy polenta, Caesar salad, curried quinoa salad, and soup of the day.

For lunch tomorrow, July 10, at Spot, enjoy lime cilantro grilled chicken, Cajun-style rice and beans, Southern sweet potatoes, tofu jambalaya, taco salad, Southwestern potato salad, and soup of the day.

Get one entrée, two sides, and a fountain beverage for only $8.79. Faculty and staff members, save 10 percent on every purchase when you use your Bengal Bucks. For information on how to sign up for a Bengal Bucks account or for a full list of summer hours of operation, please visit our website.