The Buffalo State Alumni Association is currently accepting nominations for alumni interested in election to the board of directors and participation on a committee of the board of directors. The board of directors oversees the Alumni Association’s efforts to engage, advance, and support the campus community and its students and alumni through a variety of programs, services and awards, as well as opportunities for volunteerism and leadership.

As members of the Buffalo State community, you can help to ensure active and diverse representation on the board by nominating yourself or a fellow alumnus for consideration. To be eligible for consideration, all nominees must be Buffalo State alumni and submit a complete nominee application. To submit an online nomination, please complete the online form (PDF) and return toalumni@buffalostate.edu. 

While nominations are accepted year-round, the annual deadline for consideration by the current nominating committee is May 16. Elections are held at the July annual meeting of the board of directors. Committee members are selected throughout the year and as needed by the various committee chairs.

Effective for summer/fall 2011 registration, Banner maximum credit overrides are now done in Banner only. The form is SZAMHRS. A student must be registered for at least one course for the term in question before a change to the credit hours can be entered. The Banner faculty/staff website has additional information (PDF).

Active Minds is hosting the Send Silence Packing from 9-5 in one of the outside quads(do be determined based on weather) or Social Hall (rain backup) when the exhibit comes to BSC on it's multi-city tour. Send Silence Packing is a traveling display of 1,100 backpacks representing the 1,100 college students who die by suicide each year. It is a powerful and moving exhibit that promotes a dialogue about mental health and works to combat the incidence of student suicide.Active Minds Inc. has collected and continues to collect backpacks and personal stories in memory or in honor of loved ones impacted by suicide. By displaying backpacks with personal stories of loved ones that put a ‘face' to lives lost to suicide, Send Silence Packing carries the message that preventing suicide is not just about lowering statistics, but also about saving the lives of students, daughters, sons, brothers, sisters and friends across the nation.Please share with all employees and students and encourage everyone to attend! Special Thank you to the many volunteers, and depts co-sponsoring along with Active Minds - Student Life, Kappa Omega, The Social Work Dept, The Counseling Center, Health Promotions

The Barnes & Noble at Buffalo State Bookstore is giving away a $500 gift card to one loyal fan! Be sure to "like" your campus bookstore on Facebook by today, Friday, April 8.

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Come have a pint with the Buffalo State Alumni Association as we crack open the second meeting of the Alumni Beer Club at Blue Monk on Elmwood Avenue. Owner Mike Shatzel will showcase a variety of Belgian beers and hops for a unique tasting experience. Hop to it, and register today! Space is limited.

The Buffalo State Economics and Finance Forum presents "The Economics and Finance Forecast for 2011–2012," April 14th, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center South-2. This year Dr. Susan Bies a graduate of Buffalo State and a past member of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System will be our quest and first speaker. Theodore F. Byrley, chair; will moderate the discussion. The panelists in addition to Dr. Bies, are faculty members in the Economics and Finance Department: Bruce Fisher; William T. Ganley, professor; Ted Schmidt, associate professor; and Kevin Qian, assistant professor. Future economic conditions from local, national, and international perspectives will be discussed. In addition, current and future conditions of financial markets will be discussed. If you had attended the 2010 Forum, the return on your investments could have averaged 14% for the year. Where are we in this recovery? 

Supported by the Economics and Finance Department and donations.

The application period for the Muriel A. Howard Award for the Promotion of Equity and Campus Diversity is open. This 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 mentoring that go beyond what is usually expected as a part of their regular job expectation or teaching assignment. The deadline for nominations has been extended to Friday, April 15, 2011.

Nominations for the award are submitted by students. The recognition is given at a special luncheon program scheduled for Wednesday, April 27. Information and applications are available atwww.buffalostate.edu/equity.

This workshop will familiarize researchers with the possibilities available for using large scale, nationally representative databases available through the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and other agencies for the purpose of furthering their own research agendas and as sources for external funding. Large-scale databases provide a wealth of information on a wide range of topics that may be otherwise difficult for researchers to gather. Also, they typically study multiple groups of individuals across a number of years allowing researchers to conduct both cross-sectional and longitudinal investigations. Presented by Gina Pannozzo and Reva Fish on Friday, April 22, from noon to 2:00 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 316.

Register at http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/registration/classdetails.asp?class=2410

Finding money to pay for college is always a struggle for students. Lend a helping hand by suggesting they visit to our Buffalo State College Scholarship website at http://www.buffalostate.edu/scholarship/x7.xml
for information regarding current Internal BSC Scholarships, Campus Wide Scholarships, External Scholarships and an array of search engines. 

These internal scholarship applications are currently available on our website: Pano's Restuarant, Buscaglia Idzik Osborne, Dave Heine's "Realame", Drs. Paul A. & Margaret Eschner Bacon, Golden Anniversary Class Years & Alpha Sigma Alpha / Evelyn G. Bell, Returning Veteran, Troy Lash, and William A. & Virginia M. Troy Scholarship.

Candidate requirements are listed right on the applications and the deadline date to submit any of the above is June 15, 2011. 

So spread the word and let our student's know "We're here to help"!

All faculty and staff are invited to attend the Student Affairs Pre-Collegiate Recognition Reception to be held at the Burchfield Penney Art Center on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 from 4-6 p.m. The program will honor present Buffalo State College students who were involved in pre-collegiate programs during middle school or high school. Faculty and staff are asked to refer students who were pre-collegiate participants to ensure all who qualify are recognized. Sponsored by the Vice President for Student Affairs, the Dean of Students and Buffalo State’s pre-collegiate programs: the Liberty Partnerships Program, S.T.E.P., Talent Search and Upward Bound. Please RSVP by Friday, April 8th to the Liberty Partnerships office at 878-4055.