(9:00 am – 4:00 pm) at the Burchfield Penney Art Center. Students, faculty and staff are invited to join any of the activities planned that day which begins at 9:00 am with Opening Remarks, following with conversations with past visiting scholars from China; at 10:00 am and 1:00 pm campus faculty and students will present on their travel experiences to various Asian locations; guest speakers will present on the topic of China’s Sacred Sites at 11:00 am and at 2:00 pm on the topic Centrality in Diaspora: Chinese Philosophy and Chinese Diaspora; the closing event begins at 3:00 pm and features a Fashion Show of traditional Chinese clothing. As well, an exhibit of prints and photographs will be displayed all day. Please save the date, invite your students, and watch for more details this week.

A refugee is a person who flees his/her home country and is unable to return because of well-founded fears of persecution based on race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion.

As more openly transgender students enroll in college, faculty and staff may have questions and concerns about how to interact with these students and meet their needs on campus. We will provide some background information about transgender students and the issues they commonly face on college campuses. We then will discuss ways to sensitively and effectively handle issues that may arise in one-on-one conversations, classroom settings, and other campus activities involving transgender students. This event will provide a safe space to ask questions and improve your skills in working with students who are transgendered. Facilitated by faculty from the Women’s Studies Program.

Students can experience an opportunity to exchange to another campus to study for a semester or an academic year at one of the 200 participating colleges or universities at affordable tuition rates! Please reach me, Christine Cali, at extension 4328 to schedule a class visit. Allow your students this possibility of enriching their college experience.

Please join us at Burchfield Penney Art Center, on Friday October 1, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. for An Evening with Gever Tulley.

"Tuesday Talks" are Brown Bag luncheons with a purpose...to discuss "Work/Life Balance"! How can we strike a balance between the two? Is one's personal strength and purpose a factor in the workplace? The talk will continue focusing on "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle. A discussion of shared experiences is the goal, so reading the book is not required to attend.

Hear local artist and 1973 Buffalo State graduate Coni Minneci discuss her artwork and current exhibit of 26 paintings titled A to Z: An Historical Survey of Women Artists on display in E. H. Butler Library during September 2010. Light refreshments will be served. From 12:15-1:30 p.m. today September 21, 2010 in E. H. Butler Library 208.

The Women's Studies Program and E. H. Butler Library present the spring 2010 Rooftop Reading Club selection, Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music by Marisa Meltzer.

To accommodate a utility installation, Iroquois Drive will be reduced to one lane of traffic between Lot R and Lot S for approximately two weeks, beginning today.

Informational meetings will be held this week for the Commerce Club for Veterans, a new club sponsored by the Small Business Development Center and the School of the Professions.