Students survivors of sexual violence often encounter many challenges on campus, as well as during the investigation/prosecution of a case. One challenge survivors often experience occurs when their behaviors does not match what society expects from victims. For instance, after being assaulted, a student may call their friend or take a shower instead of reporting the incident to law enforcement. Such behaviors are perceived to be counterintuitive. For this reason, it is critical for law enforcement and judicial affairs to further enhance their understanding of survivor behavior and victimology in order to be more sensitive towards the survivor and to also be better equipped to engage in an investigation process that will ultimately lead to successful prosecution.

There will be a meeting from 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. March 23 in Classroom Building B-119 for students interested in attending the Sojourn to the Past experiental Civil Rights journey in January 2011.

Save the Date!
Celebrity Chef Mai Pham will visit Buffalo State College on April 8th, 2010. She will begin her visit with a cooking demonstration and sampling in the Retail Food Court at 12 Noon. Later, at 5 pm, she will demonstrate and allow students to participate.

Mai Pham, a World-Renowned Thai and Vietnamese Chef, Restaurateur and Cookbook Author will share her passion and culinary talent with Buffalo State students, faculty and staff.

Mai Pham, is the Chef/Owner of Nationally Acclaimed Lemon Grass Restaurant and Lemon Grass Asian Grill and Noodle Bar in California.

She is also a food columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and Host of the Food Network special "My Country, My Kitchen: Vietnam," Mai is the winner of an IACP Bert Greene Award for Distinguished Journalism. A frequent guest chef instructor at the CIA, she also teaches Southeast Asian flavors throughout the U.S. and leads culinary tours to Southeast Asia on behalf of the Culinary Institute of America.

Mai Pham's appearance courtesy of Sodexo.

The Burchfield Penney is offering a series of workshops this spring for kids ages 6–12. Visit our Web site for a complete schedule.

THE WRITE APPROACH: DISCOVERING YOUR TOPIC is the next session in the Workshops to Success sponsored by the Academic Skills Center of University College and offered free to BSC students. If you’re suffering from the dreaded writer’s block, instructor-tutor Anne Marie Golaszewski will show you how to overcome the obstacles that keep you from getting that essay written. By using sure-fire methods of brainstorming, freewriting, and clustering, you will discover not only what to write about, but how to organize your ideas.

Where do you want to send your students to study for a semester or an academic year? Canada? Guam? Hawaii? The Virgin Islands? Anywhere else among the 200 participating colleges and universities? There is still time for students to apply to the National Student Exchange program (loacted in South Wing 420). Expand their horizons!

The campus community is invited to attend a workshop, entitled "Getting to Know How to File Income Tax for Internationals," that will be held on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 in Grover Cleveland Hall - room 418 from 12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Honoring the theme of National Women's History Month 2010, Lynn Peril, author of College Girls: Bluestockings, Sex Kittens, and Co-eds, will speak about the history of women in higher education on March 23, 2010 from 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Bulger Communications Center North. A reception will follow the presentation in E. H. Butler Library 210. Please contact Dr. Jenn Hunt by email or by phone at 878-3421 for more information.

The deadline for receipt of nominations for the award to faculty for the Promotion of Diversity and Individual Differences has been extended to Friday, March 26, 2010. The award recognizes faculty and staff who have gone beyond their usual duties to promote respect for diversity and individual differences. They have accomplished this through classroom discussions, curricular experiences, out-of-classroom activities, projects, discussions, or special mentorships that go beyond what is usually expected as a part of their regular job expectation or teaching assignment.

Visiting artists Michelle Debruyn, soprano, Lisa Oberlander, clarinet, and Amy Griffiths, saxophone, along with Buffalo State faculty member Bryan Boyce, piano, will present a recital of 20th- and 21st-century music. The program will feature works by Lori Laitman, Libby Larsen, Francis Poulenc, Ryo Noda, Chad Martin, and Ned Rorem. The concert will take place, Monday, March 22 at 7:30 pm in the Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall. The event is free and open to the public.