Alumni relations offices from various Western New York colleges and universities will host their biannual Alumni After Hours gathering at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo downtown on Thursday, October 18. The event will begin at 6:00 p.m. and will focus on providing area alumni with an enjoyable and uniquely diverse networking opportunity.

This event will bring established alumni from a variety of professions to share wisdom, information, and advice with alumni in the Western New York area and answer general networking questions as well as those questions related to specific professional areas. Register before October 15 to purchase tickets for $15 per person. Cost includes appetizers, dessert, water, soft drinks, juices, and two drink tickets (beer or wine). A cash bar will also be available. Ticket price increases to $20 per person after October 15.

Alumni are encouraged to meet and mingle with our featured Buffalo State alumni:

Melanie Buhrmaster-Bunch, '93
Associate Vice President
Corporate and Foundation Relations
University at Buffalo

Jack Birkman, '82
Vice President
Sterling United

Larry Cook, '94
Program Officer
The John R. Oishei Foundation

Kevin Manne, APR, '08
Assistant Director of Communications
University at Buffalo School of Management

Alexandra Sai Leo, '06
Owner
Bike or Bar

Wear a splash of orange to show your Buffalo State pride!

For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit the Alumni Affairs website.

The Research and Creativity Council Incentive Program is accepting applications for incentive funds aimed at promoting faculty creativity and research until Thursday, November 15. The goal of the incentive funds, administered by the Research and Creativity Council, is to generate additional funded programs. One year after receiving an incentive award, recipients will be required to submit a full report documenting the use of these funds and to submit a grant proposal to an outside sponsoring agency. Recipients are also obligated to participate in the Faculty and Staff Fall Forum, which takes place in October.

Expenditures considered for support under this program include travel to consult with a funding source, secretarial assistance, student assistance, consultation with grant specialists, preparation of specialized support materials for proposal (e.g., graphs, drawings, resource books), release time, and any other expense that can be justified. Funds cannot be requested for the purchase of computers. Also, it is not the council’s intention to directly pay an individual for writing a proposal.

The RCC Incentive Program application is available on the Research Foundation's website. Please submit applications to the Research Foundation Pre-Award and Contract Services Office in Bishop Hall 24 by November 15. Three council members have been appointed to review all applications received by the above deadline date.

Please join us for the second lecture in our Philosophy and Humanities Fall 2012 Faculty Colloquia series, "Happiness As the Good," presented by James Grunebaum, professor emeritus of philosophy, today, October 11, at 3:30 p.m. in Bishop Hall 242. Commentator: Matthew Little, philosophy and computer information systems major.

Join the Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State for a performance of John Cage's Europera 5 on Friday, October 12, at 8:00 p.m. in the Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Auditorium, part of M&T Second Friday at the Burchfield Penney.

Europera 5 (1991) was John Cage's last and most portable opera. It is a collage scored for two singers, each singing five arias of their own choosing from the standard opera repertoire. A pianist "accompanies" them by playing six different opera transcriptions. They are joined by a single 78 rpm Victrola player, playing six historical opera recordings and a performer playing a prerecorded tape, plus the use of a radio and a silent television.

This performance features Martha Herr (soprano), Tom Kostusiak (lighting), Don Metz (Truckera tape), Amy Williams (piano), Jan Williams (78 rpm Victrola), and Robert Zimmerman (tenor).

Tickets are $5 for Burchfield Penney members, $15 for "not yet" members, and may be purchased online or by phone at ext. 6011 during gallery hours.

More information is available on the Burchfield Penney website.

Join the Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State tonight for October M&T Second Friday and celebrate the opening of three new exhibitions—Well Crafted: Roycroft Then and Now; Alien Species, John Toth's installation in the Useum; and Neto Hatinakwe Onkwehowe's Buffalo Creek Revisited in the Community Gallery. Bill Menshon will lead a curator tour of Well Crafted on Sunday, October 14, at 2:00 p.m.

Other programs include a drop-in comics workshop for kids of all ages, exhibition tours, and a performance of John Cage's Europera 5 at 8:00 p.m. The galleries are free from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m., and most events start at 5:30 p.m. Tickets for Europera 5 are available online or by phone at ext. 6011. More information is available on the Burchfield Penney website.

Join the Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State tomorrow, October 12, to celebrate the opening of three new exhibitions—Well Crafted: Roycroft Then and Now; Alien Species, John Toth's installation in the Useum; and Neto Hatinakwe Onkwehowe's Buffalo Creek Revisited in the Community Gallery—as part of October's M&T Second Friday. Bill Menshon will lead a curator tour of Well Crafted on Sunday, October 14, at 2:00 p.m.

Other programs include a drop-in comics workshop for kids of all ages, exhibition tours, and a performance of John Cage's Europera 5 at 8:00 p.m. The galleries are free from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m., and most events start at 5:30 p.m. More information is available on the Burchfield Penney website. Tickets for Europera 5 are available online or by phone at ext. 6011.

The Faculty-Student Association is accepting applications for grants to enhance the educational and cultural life of the Buffalo State campus. Program guidelines and application forms are available online. Forms must be printed out, completed (single side only), and received in the Clinton Center Mail Room by the close of business Friday, December 7. Only one completed application per program request is required. Grant awards will be announced at the beginning of the spring 2013 semester.

For further information, please call 983-0084 or e-mail vickerge@buffalostate.edu.

Through National Student Exchange, students have the opportunity to study for a semester or an academic year at one of 200 participating colleges or universities at affordable tuition rates. Please contact Christine Cali, ext. 4328, to schedule a class visit. Provide your students with this possibility for enriching their college experience and let them know about the upcoming information session on Tuesday, October 23, during Bengal Pause (12:15–1:30 p.m.) in Classroom Building B118.

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 our guests understand how food plays into health, Balanced U consists of monthly subjects to help educate our customers.

October's Balanced U subject is Healing and Immunity! For centuries, people have relied on herbs, spices, and various foods to cure what ails them. Tap into some of these powerful foods to build your immune system this flu season.

Learn what foods you should eat more of to stay healthy year-round today at Buffalo State Dining's Healing and Immunity Balanced U promotion in Resident Dining from 11:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.

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

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