Join us at 5:30 p.m. in the Front Yard at the Burchfield Penney Art Center for a community street party celebrating the unveiling of this one-of-a-kind gallery experience. Festivities include a live musical performance by DME, led by J. Tomás Henriques. Then at 6:28 p.m., the trio of projection towers turns on forever with the work of Brian Milbrand, whose work "Afterglow" will play the sunset. Captivating audio and visual works by a dynamic array of artists will be presented throughout the night, including Steina, Hollis Frampton, Paul Sharits, Meg Knowles and Chris Gallant, and Barbara Lattanzi and will continue through the month with works by John F. Bono, Dorothea Braemer, Andrew Deutsch, Courtney Grim, Carl Lee, Cort Lippe, Vince Mistretta, Jan Nagle, Rebekkah Palov, Anna Scime, John Toth, David Tudor, and J. T. Rinker, whose work will play the sunrise.

The opening of the Front Yard—the world’s first permanent, environmentally responsive, 24/7/365, outdoor new media gallery—will feature an ever-expanding collection of works to be unveiled in the weeks, months, and years that follow.

We are happy to welcome the following vendors to the Front Yard celebration:

Amy’s Truck
The Black Market Food Truck
Frank Gourmet Hot Dogs
House of Munch
Lloyd Taco Truck
The Roaming Buffalo
Rolling Joe Café

Learn more at www.burchfieldpenney.org/frontyard.

Please join us on Thursday, October 10, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. to celebrate the unveiling of the Grant Street Global Voices community mural, painted by Augustina Droze, which reflects the lives of West Side residents. The event will take place at 185 Grant Street (at Auburn Avenue), where the 32-by-80-foot mural is located on the south wall of Lorigo’s Meating Place. A reception will be held at the West Side Bazaar, 25 Grant Street, following speeches recognizing the contributors to this community-wide project.

Young Audiences of Western New York and Buffalo State led over 100 musical, visual, and literary arts workshops at Lafayette High School, International School 45, the Buffalo State Community Academic Center, the WASH Project, and the Niagara Branch Library to create designs that Droze incorporated into the mural. The mural celebrates the diversity and vitality of the neighborhood and businesses of the West Side.

For more information, visit the Grant Street Global Voices Facebook page.

The re-launch of Buffalo State’s tobacco-free campus policy will begin Monday, November 18. Buffalo State adopted a tobacco-free campus policy at the request of the College Senate, effective with the start of the 2011–2012 academic year. Since then, advertising, informational tables, and meetings with constituent groups have helped create awareness of the policy; however, progress on the tobacco-free campaign was delayed pending authorization from the statewide leadership of employee collective bargaining units to participate in planning efforts aimed at making Buffalo State a tobacco-free campus. That authorization was received late last spring, allowing full implementation of the campaign to begin in fall 2013.

You can help. Attend any of the tobacco-free campus open forums listed below or volunteer to be a “tobacco-free ambassador.” 

Tobacco-Free Campus Open Forums
Open to the campus community—with a special focus on those who use tobacco—the open forums will provide a time to learn about the tobacco-free policy and to consider ways to create a campus culture in which all members are treated with dignity and respect while supporting a healthful living, learning, and working environment.

Open Forum 1: Thursday, October 10
    12:15–1:30 p.m. (Bengal Pause)
    Bulger Communication Center South

Open Forum 2: Wednesday, October 16
    3:00–4:30 p.m.
    Bulger Communication Center South

Open Forum 3: Tuesday, October 29
    4:00–5:30 p.m.
    E. H. Butler Library 210

Tobacco-Free Ambassadors
Tobacco-free ambassadors will help promote the tobacco-free policy by taking an active role in informing people that a tobacco-free policy is in effect. A large majority of Buffalo State students and employees support a tobacco-free environment, so we are inviting volunteers to be trained in effective ways to speak up when they see tobacco being used. To volunteer, call the Health Promotions office at ext. 4719 or sign up online. You will be notified once the training sessions have been scheduled.

For more information about the tobacco-free campus campaign, contact Charles B. Kenyon, associate vice president and dean of students, ext. 4618.

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. Learn how to tap into some of these powerful foods to build your immune system this flu season by joining Buffalo State Dining today in the Resident Dining Hall from 11:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. for our Balanced U event. On the Healing and Immunity menu for today is fresh blended smoothies; garlic lemon Caesar salad, made with dark green romaine leaves and topped with grilled blue cheese croutons; and strawberry pecan salad, made with baby spinach, fresh strawberries, and candied pecans.

Enter with a lunch meal swipe or lunch door price of $8.99. Faculty and staff, save 10 percent when you use your Bengal Bucks.

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

The first established deadline for completing the Blackboard Course Content Migration Request is noon today, Thursday, October 10, for course content to be available in Blackboard on a targeted date of October 17. Please be advised that any courses you are currently teaching in ANGEL will not be affected by this migration.

If you miss the first deadline, you will still have until Thursday, December 5, to complete the form. Content from the second round of migration will be available on a targeted date of December 12. Please register for training courses accordingly.

The Course Content Migration Request form is available online.

The first established deadline for completing the Blackboard Course Content Migration Request form is rapidly approaching. The form must be completed by noon Thursday, October 10, for course content to be available in Blackboard on a targeted date of October 17. Please be advised that any courses you are currently teaching in ANGEL will not be affected by this migration.

If you miss the first deadline, you will still have until Thursday, December 5, to complete the form. Content from the second round of migration will be available on a targeted date of December 12. Please register for training courses accordingly.

The Course Content Migration Request form is available online.

Textbooks will begin to be returned to the publishers in the next few weeks. If you need a title held for an extended period for assignments, please contact Amy Young, textbook manager at the Barnes & Noble at Buffalo State Bookstore.

Please share this message with your students so that they can stop by and pick up any books they still need for your class.

Thank you.

On behalf of the Buffalo State Campus Intercultural Communications Committee, the International Student Affairs Office is delighted to invite all internationally minded faculty, staff, and students to attend our well-known weekly International Student Social Hour, which allows all international students, scholars, and their friends to meet informally.

This special get-together takes place every Wednesday from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. in Assembly Hall 1 of the Campbell Student Union.

Coffee, tea, and other light refreshments are graciously shared.

Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday, October 9.

Are you interested in adding video content to your online courses but concerned about the development time to ensure that your content meets accessibility guidelines? This webinar will show instructors a systematic approach for scripting, recording, and publishing video content on YouTube that makes it easy to embed video content in Blackboard, complete with closed-captioning and video transcripts. There was no opportunity to preview this webinar.

Join us on Thursday, November 14, from 11:00 a.m. to noon in the Professional Development Center, E. H. Butler Library 181B. Register at http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/registration/classdetails.asp?class=3377.

To watch on your own at the location of your choice, please register directly with Blackboard.

Buffalo State is engaging in an effort to promote accessibility of course materials in classes, including face-to-face, online, and hybrid. Learn about best practices for creating and providing transcripts or closed captions for audio and video that are used within your courses. Our campus procedures, resources, and expectations will be shared on Wednesday, November 13, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 104.

Register at http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/registration/classdetails.asp?class=3274.