The President’s Council on Equity and Campus Diversity is seeking new members to further diversify our team. Our mission is to ensure that all departments are represented and every voice on campus is heard.

We are looking for nominees in the following areas:

• University College
• School of the Professions
• Classified employees

Our next meeting is Thursday, December 6, from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. Please submit all nominations by Wednesday, November 21. A spring monthly meeting schedule will be created when we know the committee’s availability. If you wish to nominate someone or are interested in more details, please contact Roxanne Roland, graduate assistant in the Equity and Campus Diversity Office, ext. 6210.

Please submit by e-mail a half-page summary on how you can contribute to the PCECD.

Thank you for your great support of our annual Fall Chili Sale and health fair and bake sale. We made almost $450 that we have donated to the Buffalo City Mission. We could not have done it without your help. Thanks again from the coordinated program in dietetics Class of 2014.

As a result of Hurricane Sandy, the 2013 Flex Spending Account (FSA) open enrollment period has been extended. Eligible employees who wish to enroll for 2013 may still do so by enrolling online or by calling the FSA hotline from Friday, November 16, through Friday, November 30.

The program offers two benefits: the Health Care Spending Account (HCSAccount) and the Dependent Care Advantage Account (DCAAccount).

The HCSAccount allows employees to set aside from $100 to $2,500 annually in pretax salary to pay for health-care expenses not reimbursed by health insurance. 

The DCAAccount allows employees to set aside up to $5,000 annually in pretax salary for eligible child care, elder care, or disabled dependent care expenses. The DCAAccount employer contribution will continue in 2013 for unions that participate in the program and have ratified contracts with the state. For employer contribution updates, please visit the FSA website.

Participants currently enrolled in the HCSAccount or DCAAccount must reenroll to continue benefits for 2013. For program details or to enroll in the Flex Spending Account, visit www.flexspend.ny.gov or call the FSA hotline at (800) 358-7202.

The Art Conservation Department will open its doors in Rockwell Hall today, November 16, for its annual Fall Open House from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. This event provides a rare opportunity to view works of art undergoing conservation treatment and to learn more about our graduate program. The public is invited to observe the materials, techniques, and equipment used to examine, restore, and preserve works of art and artifacts of various cultures. Objects in different stages of conservation treatment are displayed. Faculty members and students explain and demonstrate aspects of conservation principles and practices and answer questions about the department's graduate program and the work of conservators. Please join us!

Wear orange, win an iPad from the Alumni Association! Wear orange on Fridays and show your Buffalo State pride. Rally your fellow alumni, family, friends, students, and co-workers to take part! Share your photos with us on our Facebook page. Participating alumni will be entered in a drawing each month to win an iPad, courtesy of the Alumni Association.

The Alumni Association will choose the most creative "orange" photos and share them in an upcoming edition of 1300 Elmwood and in our online community. We want to see you in orange!

Requirements:

Personal Photo Upload Requirements

If you are personally uploading a photo to the Buffalo State Alumni Association Facebook page, please include

• "We've Got Orange!";
• your city and state;
• your company name (optional).

You must be 18 years of age or older to submit a photo.

or

On-Campus Photo Requirements

• Visit the Buffalo State Alumni Association table each Friday from noon to 1:00 p.m. in the Student Union Quad.
• Participants must be wearing orange.
• Participants must sign an on-site contest waiver.

You may submit a maximum of five photos per Facebook account each month.

Click here for "Terms of Use."

We want to see you in orange!

TOEP is a voluntary web-based discovery learning activity for faculty featuring hands-on experience with web tools, including blogs and wikis, podcasting, digital footprint management, info feed access, and more. This is not an online course but instead gives you access to many resources to explore on your own. TOEP is funded through a SUNY Innovative Instruction Technology Grant (IITG) to the University at Buffalo. Participating campuses include Binghamton University, Buffalo State, SUNY Cortland, and SUNY Fredonia.

An information session about this project will be held on Monday, November 26, from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. in the Professional Development Center, E. H. Butler Library 181B.

Register at http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/registration/classdetails.asp?class=2997.

Aaron Wheeler, associate professor of chemistry at the University of Toronto, will present his research talk "Labs-on-a-Chip and Mass Spectrometry for Clinical Analysis" at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, November 29, in Science Building 272. An abstract of his talk appears below.

Before his presentation, from 11:00 to 11:45 a.m., Wheeler will converse with undergraduate and graduate students at Buffalo State regarding his career as a scientist and the graduate program at the University of Toronto. This private conversation will be held in Science Building 271C.

This seminar is sponsored by the Auxiliary Services Grant Allocation Committee, the Vice President for Student Affairs Office, and the Faculty-Student Association.

Abstract
The "lab on a chip" concept represents a revolution in chemical analysis—we propose to miniaturize laboratory instruments and processes on an integrated handheld device. Labs-on-a-chip are particularly powerful when combined with sample analysis by mass spectrometry. This talk will cover my group's recent work applying labs-on-a-chip and mass spectrometry to problems in clinical sample analysis including the quantification of analytes associated with breast cancer in tissue samples and for screening blood samples from newborn patients for markers associated with metabolic disorders.

Buffalo State Dining's Balanced U program is a holistic approach to food and nutrition. It’s based on one concept—we eat food. To help students, faculty, and staff understand how food plays into health, Balanced U consists of monthly subjects that act as an educational opportunity to focus on food topics of interest to our customers. November's subject is Brain Boosters.

Food plays a major role in how well we comprehend, retain, and recall information. Enhance your time in the library or studying with friends by choosing the best fuel. Find out what foods you should be eating more of today at Buffalo State's Brain Boosters promotion in the Resident Dining Hall from 11:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Learn how to feed your brain to think clearly and enjoy a delicious Brain Boosters menu prepared by Buffalo State's executive chef, Ian Woodward.

Enter with a meal swipe or lunch door price of $8.79.

For more information on Buffalo State Dining, please visit our website.

Displays from 186 participants filled Houston Gym during the 13th annual Faculty and Staff Research and Creativity Fall Forum on Thursday, October 25. Several of the projects included collaborations among faculty and administrators, undergraduate and graduate student partners, individuals from other universities, and business partners—both within the United States and internationally. Several projects contain elements in support of Buffalo State’s Year of the City theme.

A continuing goal of this event is to develop, encourage, and support the research and creativity of Buffalo State faculty and staff and to make collaborative research endeavors and grantsmanship more accessible. The forum brings the Buffalo State community together to share the significant, adventurous, and potentially groundbreaking work its members have been engaged in over recent months. It is truly an inspiring display of the intellectual and creative power of Buffalo State.

The event is highly regarded by faculty members as a venue to learn of scholarly endeavors of colleagues. Lori Till, associate professor of hospitality and tourism, said, “I always look forward to participating in this event, as this does give faculty and staff an opportunity to showcase their research interests to both their colleagues as well as students. In addition, this is also a wonderful opportunity for faculty and staff to see one another in such a positive setting.”

An electronic copy of the program booklet from this year’s participants is available on the Research Foundation’s website.

Buffalo State's EVERGREEN program and the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) will host a free computer and electronics recycling event for personal equipment on Thursday, November 15, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the upper lobby of the Campbell Student Union.

Examples of acceptable items are computers and accessories, monitors, televisions, laptops, printers, modems, servers, scanners, microwaves, cables and wires, video games and systems, circuit boards, cell phones, fax machines, copiers, CD players, IT equipment and peripherals, audiovisual equipment, telecommunication equipment, GPS units, PDAs, electronic media, CDs, DVDs, VHS and cassette tapes, disks, batteries, and ink and toner cartridges.

No refrigerators or other household items.

Please call ext. 6835 for more information.