The Buffalo State philosophy program is featuring a display of its research in the lobby of  E. H. Butler Library during the month of October. Full-time philosophy faculty members represented in the display are department chair and associate professor Kimberly Blessing, assistant professor Julian Cole, associate professor John Draeger, assistant professor Jason Grinnell, and SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor George Hole; professor Jerry Nosich is on sabbatical this semester.

Faculty members have included samples of research in their respective areas of interest including ancient philosophy, character ethics, Descartes and modern philosophy, ethics, existentialism, meaning of life, metaphysics of social reality, philosophy of mathematics, professional ethics, Socrates, Zen, and more. Scholarly works include an edited book; articles in peer-reviewed journals in ethics, philosophy, the history of philosophy, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of social sciences, and social philosophy; chapters in books and anthologies on the philosophy of mathematics, atheism, and philosophy and popular culture; encyclopedic entries in philosophy; and peer-reviewed journals on the scholarship of teaching and learning.

For more information, contact Julian Cole, ext. 5136.

Buffalo State will observe Veterans Day on Thursday, November 8, with its fourth annual Silent March and Memorial Ceremony. All active-service members of the United States Armed Forces, Reserves, and National Guard, along with veterans, military dependents, and first responders, are invited to take part in the Silent March. Marchers will assemble at Chase Hall at 11:45 a.m.; the march will begin at 12:10 p.m.

The campus community and the public are invited to attend the memorial ceremony, which will begin at 12:20 p.m. in the Student Union Quad near the flagpoles. A flyover, presented by the 107th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard, will take place at 12:30 p.m.

A reception will follow in E. H. Butler Library 210.

This notice is a final reminder that all locker holders in Houston Gym are to vacate the premises and remove their locks by the end of the day Thursday, October 25. The Houston Gym rehabilitation project is about to begin, and the entire building will be turned over to the project team. The remaining occupants of Houston Gym will be moved out at the end of this week.

Any items left in lockers or locker rooms after October 25 will be packed up and discarded. Notifications have been sent to all locker occupants on record. This is a final notice. Thank you for your cooperation.

Contact Brent Ford, athletics facilities manager, with questions.

The fall 2012 "Assessment Matters" newsletter is now posted online. Get the news and information regarding Middle States, new campus assessment reports, and upcoming workshops.

Melixa Abad-Izquierdo, Ph.D., instructor in the History and Philosophy Department at SUNY College at Old Westbury, will present “Mexican Cinderellas: Indian Maids on TV in the Mid-Twentieth Century" on Thursday, October 25, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Classroom Building C214.

Her talk, which was made possible by the School of Natural and Social Sciences and the History and Social Studies Education Department, is free and open to the public.

Please join us for the fourth lecture in our Philosophy and Humanities Fall 2012 Faculty Colloquia series, "Is Conservative Religious Homeschooling Good Care? Using Care Ethics to Examine Homeschooling," presented by Bethany Delecki-Earns, M.S., Buffalo State lecturer of religious studies and mathematics, on Thursday, October 25, at 3:30 p.m. in Ketchum Hall 113. Commentator: William Watkins, philosophy major.

An exhibition of photographs by students in Donna Jordan Dusel's Intro to Photography classes from the spring 2012 and summer 2012 sessions is on display in the Rockwell Hall atrium until November 26. An opening reception for faculty and staff members, students, and the public will be held on Thursday, October 25, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Awards will be presented at 6:00 p.m. The juror for the student awards will be Scott Propeack, associate director for exhibits and collections at the Burchfield Penney Art Center.

It's hard to believe, but it's almost time for another Winterim. I am looking for instructors for Winterim 2013. I would like to fill the two weeks between January 7 and January 18 with a variety of professional development workshops as well as fun and educational workshops.

If you have a hobby you would like to share or if there is some topic that is near and dear to you, then let's set up a workshop for Winterim 2013. The workshops can be any length, but are usually one or two hours long and run in the morning starting around 9:00 a.m. or in the afternoon starting around 1:00 p.m.

There were a dozen workshops last year with over 170 people attending. Let's see if we can beat that number next year.

Contact Paul Reynolds by phone at ext. 3361 or by e-mail at reynolap@buffalostate.edu.

I am looking forward to a great year and an exciting Winterim 2013!

Please join the Great Lakes Center for the seminar "Lake Ontario in Transition: Insights from Combining U.S. and Canadian Data Sets" at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, November 8, in Classroom Building B118. The presenters are Lars Rudstam, director of the Cornell University Biological Field Station and professor in the university's Department of Natural Resources, and James Watkins, research associate in the Cornell University Biological Field Station.

Faculty, staff, and students are welcome. Light refreshments will be served.

Garret Merriam, assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Southern Indiana, will present “Can We Be Good without God?” from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Friday, October 19, in Bacon Hall 117. This lecture is free and open to everyone.