The Buffalo State College Alumni Association presents "Casino Night" on Friday, May 25, at the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel in Niagara Falls. A reception will be held at 6:00 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m. in the Wolf Room.
Don't miss out on this great evening of music. Buffalo State faculty and staff tickets are $27 and are available at the Rockwell Hall Box Office, Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Mayor Byron Brown has proclaimed Wednesday, May 16, as Buffalo Employee Health and Fitness Day in support of Buffalo Wellfest—an employee healthy-living conference and exposition held at the Buffalo Convention Center from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
On behalf of the Events Management Office, I would like to thank the campus community for your support for this year's Commencement ceremonies. More than 1,300 graduates attended, and more than 10,000 were in the audience in support of their special student. As the year's most important day for our students, we are pleased to have worked as a team to make the 135th Commencement the best!
Computing and Technology Services will be upgrading the student e-mail server on Thursday, May 17. Students will not have access to campus e-mail from 8:00 a.m. Thursday to 8:00 a.m. Friday.
Buffalo State College has scheduled its eighth annual Faculty/Staff Research and Creativity Fall Forum for Thursday, October 25, in the Houston Gym. Setup time is 9:00 a.m.; presentations will begin at 11:00 a.m. and will continue until 1:30 p.m. A buffet lunch will be provided for all participants and attendees.
Some tickets still remain for David Sanborn this Sunday night, May 20, in Rockwell Hall (the Sabres are not playing that night).
Minor maintenance initiatives planned for the summer may be found online on the Campus Services Web site.
Annual fire alarm device testing for academic and administrative buildings will be conducted starting Monday, May 14, and will continue through June 8. Alarm testing in buildings with classes has been scheduled to be completed prior the start of summer session on May 29. As part of the work, a contractor will be going through each building (one to two buildings per day), inspecting and testing each fire alarm device. Thank you for your patience and understanding as this critical life-safety testing is completed. If you have any questions or need further information, please call Campus Services at ext. 6111. Information about this and other facilities projects may be found online.
Summer Pedagogical Institute seminars will be held May 15–24 in Ketchum Hall. See the full schedule of exciting professional development seminars on the University College Web site. You may choose from a large range of topics such as oral communication, critical writing across the disciplines, critical thinking in the humanities, using community service to enhance learning. . . and much, much more!