Digital signage is a valuable tool designed to engage and inform the campus community with visual messages to students, faculty, staff, and visitors through the broadcast of events and the distribution of other information of interest to the campus (e.g., campus services, public service announcements, campus events). Content is intended to augment other means of communication to help promote campus events, registration or other deadlines, and educational opportunities. Digital signage may also be used to highlight student work via video or PowerPoint presentation.

Buffalo State currently uses a software program called Visix, by Axis TV, for digital signage. AxisTV provides a campuswide training series online via synchronous webinar. Opportunities for small group trainings are available. To register for the trainings, please visit the CyberQuad Workshop Registration website.

Please contact Melaine Kenyon, ext. 6679, with questions related to this training.

On behalf of the Buffalo State Campus Intercultural Communications Committee, the International Student Affairs Office is delighted to invite all internationally minded faculty, staff, and students to attend our well-known weekly International Social Hour, which allows all international students, scholars, and their friends to meet informally. This special get-together takes place every Thursday from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Assembly Hall 1 of the Campbell Student Union.

Coffee, tea, and other light refreshments are graciously shared.

Looking forward to seeing you on Thursday, February 13.

Special Instructions to Applicants:
This is an internal job posting open to employees of Buffalo State who are currently paid from any state-appropriated-funds payroll (i.e., State Funds, Income Fund Reimbursable, Residence Halls, Summer Session).

Manage caseload of Educational Opportunity Program students by monitoring academic, personal, financial, and career progress. Provide academic advisement to all students on caseload; maintain daily computerized log of counseling activities and anecdotal records as required for the state; actively participate in EOP advisement and registration process at college orientation; assist with completing department and individual reports as needed; instruct required EOP workshops and classes; actively participate in planning and implementing EOP Summer Program; work as the EOP point person for Admissions.

Required Qualifications:

• M.S. in counselor education, student personnel administration, human services, or related field
• Demonstrated experience with mental health counseling
• Demonstrated experience providing support to students who have historically shown ability and motivation in the face of economic and academic challenge
• Demonstrated knowledge of the history, purpose, and mission of EOP
• Demonstrated understanding of how to read and interpret applicants' folders for academic and financial credentials toward EOP admission
• Demonstrated ability to develop, plan, and present programs and workshops

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven ability to work with a diverse student population in an academic support service area
• Experience with academic advisement and financial aid policies
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal and communication skills

Closing date: Friday, February 28 

More information about EOP can be found on the department website.

Apply online.

A Blackboard training session for adjuncts is scheduled for Wednesday, February 12, at 5:30 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 104. A number of spots are still open. If you are an adjunct faculty member who needs training and you are available tomorrow evening, please register using the Workshop Registration System.

There is still time to submit applications for National Student Exchange, but time is running out. Please let your students know of this great opportunity to attend one of the 200 campuses within the United States or Canada. Have them visit South Wing 420 for an application. Thank you.

The Anne Frank Project is proud to announce its sixth annual conference:

AFP 2014: Change through Stories
September 8–10

We are asked to be flexible, adapt, and move forward in times of change, but that isn't always easy. Stories can guide us. Stories fuel or extinguish change: they are either expressed or suppressed. AFP 2014: Change through Stories is a laboratory and a meeting place for all disciplines to tell stories that inspire change, engage people in the lessons of those stories, and provide tools and vocabulary that encourage people to change their world.

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” ? Margaret Mead

For more information, please visit

AFP 2014: Change Through Stories

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The Buffalo State Rotaract Club will hold its first bake sale of 2014 on Valentine's Day, Friday, February 14, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union. The event will benefit the club's charity of choice at the end of the semester. A wide variety of goodies will be available at $1 apiece, so treat yourself or that special someone this Valentine's Day, all while supporting a good cause. Raffle tickets will also be sold for $1 each, which will be entered in a drawing for a gift basket featuring an array of items. Please come to the Student Union this Friday and show your support for your school and community.

Nominate your student worker as the “Student Employee of the Year” at Buffalo State. The SEOTY Award recognizes the hard work, dedication, and accomplishments of students who work while attending college. Work-study students and student assistants must meet the following criteria:

• Undergraduate or graduate student enrolled in a degree program at Buffalo State
• Employed for a minimum of three months full time or six months part time during the period June 1, 2013, through May 31, 2014 (anticipated)

Nomination forms can be found on the CDC website. Nominees are evaluated on initiative, quality of work, reliability, contribution to the employer, and disposition.

Questions? Contact Lynn Rogers, student employment coordinator and senior career counselor, ext. 5811.

Valentine's Day is quickly approaching, and Buffalo State Dining has all the sweet treats you need to make your holiday complete. Let us make you the perfect Valentine's Day gift basket, full of homemade heart cookies, chocolate-covered strawberries, and delicious cupcakes. Placing an order is easy. Just visit www.dineoncampus.com/bsc, click the "Shop On Campus" logo at the top right of the home page, and select Valentine's Day from the categories. Don't see what you're looking for? Want to place a specialty order? Notify us and we can accommodate your request: contact Lindsey Syracuse, ext. 4128.

For more information on Buffalo State Dining, please visit our website.

The Counseling Center offers free QPR training on a monthly basis and upon request. QPR stands for question, persuade, and refer—three simple steps that anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. People trained in QPR learn to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone for help. We would like Buffalo State to be a community of upstanders as opposed to bystanders. It is a myth that asking if a vulnerable person is considering suicide gives that person the idea. Instead, it lowers anxiety, opens up communication, and lowers the risk of an impulsive act. The goal is not to be a counselor but to listen and know where to refer a struggling person for professional help. Help is available 24 hours a day by calling (800) 273-TALK (8255). We can create a safety net for our community by listening nonjudgmentally and instilling hope.

Workshops will be conducted in Weigel Health Center 203 (second floor) from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. February 12, March 10, and May 5. Look for additional QPR trainings in April for Mental Health Awareness Week. Additional trainings are available for classes or other campus organizations upon request.

 Ask a question, save a life---be an upstander!