Join the Burchfield Penney to celebrate the opening of Steina: Involving People into This Magic, presented by Cannon Design with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute of Electronic Arts at Alfred University; Burchfield's Mid-June; The Fateful Trip: Burchfield, Lankes, and Schwanekamp; as well as the closing of the Artists/Veterans Art Collaborative's exhibition Coming Home, Connecting Families in the Community Gallery, Friday, June 10 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

The campus Mail Room hours will now be Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. The new location for the Mail Room is in the back of the Clinton Center. All deliveries and pickups will remain the same. Any questions, please call ext. 5515. Thank you

Buffalo State College is preparing to celebrate the groundbreaking for the new Technology Building, Friday, June 10, on the building’s construction site south of the Classroom Building. Download map (PDF). The Buffalo State community is welcome to attend.

The ceremony will begin at noon with remarks from campus representatives and guests, followed by the groundbreaking. A reception will then be held in the Sports Arena’s Ice Arena lobby, on that building’s second level. The School of the Professions’ Technology and Computer Information Systems departments will display a fascinating selection of educational works and projects. Refreshments will be served.

To confirm your attendance, please e-mail VPFM@buffalostate.edu by Thursday, June 2.

For more information about the new Technology Building or other campus capital projects, please visit www.buffalostate.edu/construction. For questions about the groundbreaking ceremony, please e-mail VPFM@buffalostate.edu.

We hope to see you on June 10!

To accommodate required system maintenance, most campus servers will be unavailable between 4:00 and 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 29. Servers/services that will not be available during that time include (but are not limited to) the campus website, e-mail (Exchange), Degree Navigator, SharePoint, department shares, student shares, Judicial Action server, Medicat, Service Desk, some academic department servers, and most campus print services.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions, please contact the Computing Help Desk at ext. 4357 or CHD@buffalostate.edu.

Buffalo State College is preparing to celebrate the groundbreaking for the new Technology Building, Friday, June 10, on the building’s construction site south of the Classroom Building. Download map (PDF). The Buffalo State community is welcome to attend.

The ceremony will begin at noon with remarks from campus representatives and guests, followed by the groundbreaking. A reception will then be held in the Sports Arena’s Ice Arena lobby, on that building’s second level. The School of the Professions’ Technology and Computer Information Systems departments will display a fascinating selection of educational works and projects. Refreshments will be served.

To confirm your attendance, please e-mail VPFM@buffalostate.edu by Thursday, June 2.

For more information about the new Technology Building or other campus capital projects, please visit www.buffalostate.edu/construction. For questions about the groundbreaking ceremony, please e-mail VPFM@buffalostate.edu.

We hope to see you on June 10!

Lisa H. Krieger
Assistant Vice President
Finance and Management

The Buffalo State Alumni Association is looking for participants to compete in a kickball tournament on Saturday, June 4, at LaSalle Park. Games commence promptly at noon. The tournament, a fundraiser for Heart of the City Neighborhoods, will consist of teams from all over WNY, including alumni associations from other WNY institutions. This is a great way to kick off your summer! You’ll be supporting a great cause, meeting new people, and having a blast in this friendly competition!

The UB Alumni Association thinks they will be walking away with the first-place trophy. Let's show our orange pride and bring the trophy to where it belongs...Buffalo State! After playing your heart out, enjoy some summer grub and refreshments at the concession stands.

Register online today! Participants may register individually or with multiple teammates.
$15 per person. Price includes water, two food tickets, and one beer ticket.

Let's kick it in orange!

Project Flight will make its annual donation of books to the Martin Luther King "Readers are Leaders Literacy Program" in 2011. The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literacy Initiative is an annual program that results in donation of age-appropriate, new books to children in grades K-12. This year 3,918 books, worth approximately $34,644, will be donated to area children in need. Of the total donation, 490 books came from New York State agencies.  This year’s recipient is BPS School #19, the Native American Magnet School. Project Flight is co-directed by Distinguished Service Professor Betty J. Cappella and Professor Emeritus Geraldine E. Bard.

Project Flight has participated in the Readers are Leaders program since 2005. The total number of books given, including this year’s donation, totals 100,280, worth approximately $746,286. 

Dr. King’s teachings inspire civic-minded service that can help improve our communities. Dr. King emphasized the important role education plays in opening doors of opportunity to all. The co-directors of Project Flight view the MLK Literacy Initiative as a very worthwhile and efficient means of distributing thousands of books to the children most in need. It is yet one more way that Project Flight is helping children prepare for the best possible future.

The 2011 press conference is scheduled as follows:
Friday, May 27, from 1:00 to 2:15 p.m.
BPS School #19: Native American Magnate School
97 W. Delavan Avenue
Buffalo, New York 14213
(716) 816-3180
Principal: Sixto Indalecio

With so many library resources to choose from, are you confused about where to begin your research? Good news! E. H. Butler Library has chosen Summon Web-scale discovery service to address one of the main barriers between libraries and users: the lack of an easy starting point for research. The Summon service, found on the library homepage, allows users to search all the library’s formats—books, articles, newspapers, databases, and more—from a single search box.

“Students, faculty, and staff will be able to find relevant full-text content more quickly than ever before,” said Al Riess, reference and electronic database librarian. “Search results in Summon are clearly displayed and easy for all users to comprehend. Summon search results default to content of all types and formats that Butler Library owns, so users can easily find articles, books, music, and much more.”

Summon discovery service was selected after careful consideration of available discovery tools, as well as a close look at the user experience. Based on the 2009 LibQual survey, which measures library users’ perceptions of service quality, the library determined it needed a better way to make available all the content it was offering to library users. Studies show that students and faculty prefer the quality information found in libraries, but find searching the web simpler and more straightforward. The Summon discovery service, with one search box and one results screen, mimics open web searches and delivers the content that only the library provides. Results from a Summon search are based on relevancy and not impacted by technological expertise—so even inexperienced researchers can quickly and easily access library resources.

Want to learn more? Stop by the Research Help Desk in the library’s lower lobby, or better yet, drop by for a quick demonstration. Drop-in demo sessions will be held in E. H. Butler Library 314 on the following dates (stop by anytime during the hour):

Wednesday, June 1, 10:00–11:00 a.m.
Thursday, June 2, 11:00 a.m.–noon
Wednesday, June 8, 1:00–2:00 p.m.
Thursday, June 9, 11:00 a. m.–noon

Questions? Contact Al Riess. Join us and see how much there is to discover!

Have a pint with the Buffalo State Alumni Association as we share another round with the Alumni Beer Club. We are taking a road trip to Ellicottville Brewing Company (EBC), where alums will be treated to a tour of the brewery with an EBC brewmaster. After the tour, guests will enjoy the rest of the evening in the beer garden with beer tastings and a menu designed specifically for this event. It's a great way to kick off summer!

Cost is $35 per person and includes transportation. The bus departs from Buffalo State's Cleveland Circle promptly at 6:00 p.m. Parking is available in Lots A, B, and X. The beer tour/tastings begin at 7:30 p.m. Hop to it and register today! Space is limited.   

Menu:

First course - appetizer - Crispy Thai pork belly served on a homemade sweet corn fritter with pickled radish and cabbage slaw.

Second course - soup - A chowder made of locally grown sweet corn, lightly accented with fresh basil and mint.

Third course - salad - Slow roasted red and gold beets served with a homemade lemon-herb ricotta, finished with sea salt.

Fourth course - entree - Beef short ribs slowly braised in our house made Two Brothers Pale Ale, served with a sweet pea risotto with Pale Ale reduction.

Fifth course - Dessert - A light vanilla Panna Cotta served with macerated blueberries.

Please be advised that the campus Mail Room has moved from the Campbell Student Union to the back of the Clinton Center. Mail pickup will remain the same. The hours of operation are Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. For any questions, please feel free to contact the Mail Room at ext. 5515. Thank you.