The Buffalo State Child Care Center will hold its third annual Chicken Dinner and Fall Festival on Friday, October 4. Dinner includes half a chicken, roasted potatoes, salad, a roll with butter, and a beverage. Cost is $10 for adults, $9 for Buffalo State students, and $7 for children. Dinners will be available for pickup at the Child Care Center beginning at 3:00 p.m. The Fall Festival begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Child Care Center in Buckham Hall. There will be free games, a 50/50 raffle, a bake sale, and a basket raffle. 

Dinners are available pre-sale. Call ext. 5335 for more information. 

We hope to see you there!

The campus community is invited to join the Interior Design Department's students, faculty, and staff as we celebrate the hard work and dedication of our students whose accomplishments are currently on display in the Czurles-Nelson Gallery in Upton Hall. The closing reception is scheduled for Thursday, September 26, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. This event also marks the successful culmination of the accreditation site visit by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA). Refreshments will be served; we look forward to seeing you. For additional information, please call the department office at ext. 5252.

Clarinetist Yi-Chen Chen and pianist Xiao Xue Sun, professors at Capital Normal University in Beijing, will perform a recital on Tuesday, September 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Ciminelli Hall. This performance continues an ongoing relationship between the two campuses. The program will include music by Paul Reade, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Li San Wang, Wei-Liang, and Mei-Mi Lan. Tickets are $10. Admission is free for all students, although a ticket is required for admission. Tickets are on sale at the Rockwell Hall Box Office: charge by phone at ext. 3005 or online. Free admission tickets are available only in person at the Rockwell Hall Box Office with valid student ID. The box office is open 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday and one hour before the concert.

The campus community is warmly invited to attend a lecture by Juma Bienvenue, recipient of the annual Buffalo-Lille Scholarship, who will speak about his exceptional experience with the French Youth Program in Montreal this past summer, on Tuesday, September 24, at 7:30 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 210. Refreshments will be served.

For more information, please contact Jean F. Gounard, director of international student affairs, ext. 5331.

The fall 2013 issue of the "Assessment Matters" newsletter is now posted. Get the news and information regarding new campus assessment reports, upcoming workshops, and conferences.

On behalf of the many students, faculty, staff, and community members who compose the Anne Frank Project family, thank you! Your participation and inclusion of AFP 2013: Transforming Lives into your course curriculum has helped turn AFP into the all-campus social initiative it is. This is SUNY Buffalo State's conference, and that sense of ownership was evident throughout the week.

AFP staff members have enjoyed postconference class visits and are available to continue these visits throughout the semester. The Anne Frank Project is a fluid service vehicle for Buffalo State to assist in reaching our diversity, community, and global engagement objectives. Please let us know how we might assist you and your students in these areas.

Thank you again for helping to make our fifth annual conference the most successful to date. We look forward to seeing you and your students at AFP 2014.

Through the combined histories of the arts programs at SUNY Buffalo State, the University at Buffalo, Alfred University, the Rochester Institute of Technology, and numerous exhibition venues, sculptors associated with this region have had an enduring presence. This exhibition, selected from the collection of Gerald Mead, a Buffalo State alumnus and lecturer in the Design Department, consists of 40 small sculptures and assemblages in all media. Stylistically, the works range from the formal geometry of Duayne Hatchett’s steel maquette to the whimsy of Wes Olmsted and Alfonso Volo’s found object constructions.

Other artists included in the exhibition are Jozef Bajus, Mary Begley, Michael Beitz, Sylvie Belanger, Roberley Bell, Diane Bertolo, Scott Bye, Griffis Studios, Carrianne Hendrickson, Tony Hepburn, Robert Hirsch, Patrick Holderfield, Bryan Hopkins, Tom Hughes, Darien Johnson, Nancy Jurs, Kevin Kegler, Sunhwa Kim, Larry Kinney, Bethany Krull, Alison Kurek, Dennis Mahar, John Opera, Albert Paley, Mahine Rattonsey, Patrick Robideau, Christy Rupp, Craig Smith, Neil Tetkowski, Alan Van Every, Joseph Verrastro, Kurt Von Voetsch, Jesse Walp, Heather Wetzel, and Robert Wood.

The exhibition is on view in E. H. Butler Library lobby through October 31.

A recognition ceremony to honor faculty and staff accomplishments will be held on Thursday, October 3, at 12:15 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall. The campus community is invited to join us as we recognize recipients of Chancellor's and President's Awards and acknowledge faculty and staff members for certain other recognitions received in the past year. A reception will follow the ceremony.

Please be advised that Blackboard open labs target faculty members who are already teaching in Blackboard. The purpose of the labs is to address questions and concerns faculty may have about navigation, functions, processes, and tools within their live courses. Faculty members who are not teaching in Blackboard yet but want to start preparing for the spring 2014 semester will benefit from attending the Introduction to Blackboard Learn 9.1 workshop and subsequent sessions that address specific functions within the Blackboard platform. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ellen Sidey, ext. 3036.

The Undergraduate Research Office supports a variety of programs aimed at increasing the number of Buffalo State undergraduates conducting research. A flier summarizing all programs offered during the current academic year can be found at http://undergraduateresearch.buffalostate.edu. The website for the office has been redesigned, and the new look makes it easier to locate information about programs, deadlines, and resources for faculty mentors.

The deadline for the fall round of the Small Grants Program is approaching. This program provides up to $400 to assist students in carrying out their research and creative activities; up to $600 may be requested for single projects involving two or more students. The award is designed to help defray the cost of travel, supplies, and other materials necessary to conduct the project. It is not intended as salary for the student.

All applications are completed online.

Deadline for student submission of applications: midnight Wednesday, October 9
Deadline for mentor submission of applications: midnight Friday, October 11