FIT will host a SUNY-wide COCID-FACT conference on Friday, October 17, titled "Design Technology: Catalyst for Creativity." Guidelines for submitting proposals can be found on the conference Web site. I hope you will be able to attend what promises to be a very exciting conference on the role and possibilities of technology in today’s post-secondary education.
Starting this semester, the Weigel Health Center Health Promotion Office is collaborating with office/departments across campus and in the community to bring faculty/staff a professional development workshop series that is designed to enhance their work in and out of the classroom. Bring your lunch and listen to campus and community experts discuss topics and issues affecting Buffalo State College students every day. View the full schedule of workshops online.
The Philosophy and Humanities Department and the Buffalo Socratic Society will hold a Welcome Back Picnic on Thursday, September 11, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the picnic area outside of Bishop Hall (west, Porter Hall-side). Rain location is the Philosophy Student Lounge, Bishop Hall 242. Refreshments and Greek treats. Contact Kimberly A. Blessing for more information.
Join President Muriel A. Howard and Provost Ponton at the Welcome Back Faculty Mixer on Friday, August 22, from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. in E. H. Butler Library 210. Bring a book you have read recently to leave on the exchange table. Please include a notecard sharing your impression of the book. Take a book with you and get to know a colleague. Breakfast will be served.
The Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society has teamed up with WBFO to present free musical performances and live summer broadcasts of some of Buffalo's best musicians. Join us at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 20, to hear Reign of Kindo. Free ice cream courtesy of Perry's.
Friday's First-Year Convocation marks the beginning of the first year here for Buffalo State's freshmen--indeed, the beginning of their college academic life with us. Please join in our welcome to this year's freshmen by coming to First-Year Convocation at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, August 22, in Rockwell Hall's Performing Arts Center. If you would like to march in the academic procession, call University College at ext. 5906 to reserve a seat, then report to the third floor of Rockwell at 3:00 p.m.
We are back at it! The Walk For Fitness team is now indoors. Join Barb and the group every Monday and Wednesday at noon in the Dance Studio in Houston Gym. This total body workout class combines light aerobics, strength training, and stretching—just what you need to shake up your day. For more information contact the Fitness Center at ext. 3815 and ask for Barb.
Dr. Koottatep will provide a seminar titled "How to Reach Millennium Development Goals on Environmental Sanitation in Southeast Asia: Perspectives, Challenges, and Approaches" on Friday, August 22, from 1:45 to 2:45 p.m. in Classroom Building A209.
Gregory Smith, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in Conservation Science from the Art Conservation Department, will be an invited lecturer for the Rochester Section of the American Chemical Society's Chemistry and the Arts Lecture Series on Friday, August 22, at 7:00 p.m. He will present, "What's Wrong with this Picture: The Analysis of a Known Forgery" at the Nazareth College Arts Center in Pittsford, NY.
Summer 2008 grades should be available in Banner within the next several days. There will be an announcement when students can view their grades.