Do you have questions about preparing for tenure? Join us on Tuesday, April 23, for a chance to ask your questions and receive suggestions and advice from a panel of recently tenured colleagues from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Bacon Hall 115. The panel consists of

     Gerri Hura, School of Education
     Christine Lai, School of the Professions
     Mark McBride, E. H. Butler Library
     Bill White, School of Arts and Humanities
     Kevin Williams, School of Natural and Social Sciences

A light lunch will be provided. Register at http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/registration/classdetails.asp?class=3154.

Melanie J. Newton, associate professor of history and director of Caribbean studies at the University of Toronto, will present "No Original Right in the Soil of the Country: Indigeneity, Law, and Sovereignty in the Early Modern Americas" on Thursday, April 11, from 12:15 to 1:20 p.m. in Classroom Building B119.

This program is sponsored by the History and Social Studies Education Department and the Equity and Campus Diversity Office.

The Barnes & Noble at Buffalo State Bookstore will host a book signing by Thomas J. Reigstad, author of Scribblin' for a Livin': Mark Twain's Pivotal Period in Buffalo, on Monday, April 15, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Please call Kathy Hanaka, assistant manager, at ext. 5509 for more information.

Buffalo State’s Academic Affairs Office and the Anne Frank Project are proud to support the AFP 2013 Fellowship Program. Individual incentives of $500 will be awarded to five faculty or staff members from Buffalo State (one from each school). More than 10,000 people have attended the Anne Frank Project’s annual conferences from 2009 to 2012. Join the AFP family by directly connecting the AFP 2013 theme and three days of content to your courses for innovative curriculum throughout the fall 2013 semester. The Anne Frank Project is an ideal “dialogue starter” for important topics like social justice, conflict resolution, hate crimes, bullying, reconciliation, forgiveness, and the moral dilemmas facing crimes against humanity.

The AFP 2013 fellowship application deadline is Wednesday, May 1. For details, information, and applications, please visit the Anne Frank Project website. With questions about the AFP 2013 Fellowship Program, please contact Drew Kahn, director of the Anne Frank Project.

AFP 2013: Transforming Lives
September 10–13
(AFP Youth Conference September 10)

The 16th annual Bengal 5K Scholarship Run is quickly approaching (Saturday, April 6) and is in need of volunteers to help make this year’s run even more of a success.

From traffic control to registration, there are various fun positions available. If you are interested in volunteering, please take a look at these opportunities. Please encourage any interested students, faculty, and staff to sign up as well. Volunteers are provided breakfast and a T-shirt in addition to being granted access to the post-race party.

Are you interested in running or walking instead of volunteering this year? Consider joining us as a participant by registering here! Group registration forms are available here for those interested in running or walking with friends or colleagues.

The Bengal 5K is hosted by the Buffalo State Alumni Association, and all net proceeds will benefit two magnificent scholarships—the Legacy Scholarship and the Military Service Scholarship Fund.

If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Katelyn Brickhouse, ext. 3023.

Faculty members who would like to learn more about the federal requirements for master’s theses and projects with human participants are invited to attend an Institutional Review Board workshop on Monday, April 8, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Cleveland Hall 205. The workshop will cover protocol submission guidelines, levels of review, and tips for making sure the review process is a smooth one. It’s important for faculty to attend the workshop given that the IRB has created and amended policies and updated existing forms.

If you plan to attend, please contact Gina Game, executive assistant and compliance manager for the Research Foundation at Buffalo State, by Thursday, April 4. Lunch will be provided.

This recorded presentation by Arthur Levine is available to all members of the Buffalo State community. You can watch it at the time and location of your choice until March 31.

Today’s undergraduates are always in touch, but they’re weak in face-to-face communication. They are professionally ambitious yet clueless about proper decorum in the workplace. They face a tough national economy, yet they expect to be at least as well off as their parents. To work with this generation on a tightrope, campus administrators and faculty need new perspectives on their expectations and motivations. Join Arthur Levine—president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, former president of Teachers College, Columbia University, and coauthor of Generation on a Tightrope—for this workshop on the mindset of today’s undergraduates in the context of four decades of campus surveys.

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to

• rethink the use of digital and virtual assets, both in classrooms and in student services;
• differently manage students’ expectations about campus and in-class participation, activities, and behaviors;
• reframe interactions with students’ parents and potential employers;
• approach campus diversity issues in light of contemporary student mindsets;
• examine the academic and social needs of today’s undergraduates.

To access the recorded webinar

• Log in (or create a log in) at www.wileylearninginstitute.com/login.
• Search for the webinar and register for it: "Generation on a Tightrope: A Portrait of Today’s College Student," from Tuesday, February 12. It will now show up under Participate> My Events.
  Event materials are posted in the Resources section of this page and can be downloaded.

Buffalo State faculty, staff, and students who wish to register for Buffalo CarShare membership can learn more about the CarShare program at an orientation session on Thursday, March 28, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 210.

At the orientation, registrants will be instructed on how the program works, have their questions answered, and receive their CarShare key fob. Sign up online beforehand at buffalocarshare.org or register at the orientation.

Employee personal CarShare accounts incur a $5 a month membership fee, which is waived if connected to a departmental account. So sign up for both and avoid monthly membership costs. Questions about the program can be directed to (716) 898-0850.

Lecture-discussion: My Appreciation of Watercolor: A Personal View with Rita Argen Auerbach, part of the International Center for Watercolor Lunchtime Lecture Series, Friday, April 5, 12:30–1:00 p.m., in the conference room.

Rita Argen Auerbach, a Buffalo State distinguished alumna, is an internationally recognized award-winning artist whose watercolors are represented in numerous museums and corporate and private collections in this country and abroad.

Enjoy lunch at the Burchfield Café before attending the lecture. Watercolor presentations are held on the first and third Fridays from February 15 to May 17 in the conference room. Lectures are free with gallery admission.

“Watercolor painting makes me feel tingly all over. I am on full adrenalin overdrive as I go into washes and brush strokes to attempt an idea.” — Rita Argen Auerbach

The Burchfield Penney Art Center announces a call for entries for Art In Craft Media 2013, on view Saturday, October 12, 2013, through Sunday, January 19, 2014. Presented by the Sylvia L. Rosen Endowment for Fine Art in Craft Media, the 12th juried biennial exhibition celebrates and explores the contemporary work of fine artists of the region working with glass, wood, fiber, clay, and metal. A group of highly qualified jurors with expertise in three-dimensional media will select the works for the 2013 exhibition.

Eligibility

• Artists must be current or past residents of Western New York state (Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming counties).
• Works in clay, fiber, glass, metal, and wood that have been completed in the past two years will be considered.
• The deadline for entries is Friday, May 31.
• Submissions should be digital images, 300 dpi at 4 x 6 inches (minimum) in either .tif or .jpg formats, uploaded to http://burchfieldpenney.slideroom.com.
• For more information about the exhibition or submitting work, e-mail Mary Helen Miskuly.

Selection Process

• Works are selected by digital projector/monitor review. Artists may submit up to four works. Submissions should be in a digital format, .jpg or .tif files at 300 dpi resolution.
• Both traditional and contemporary work will be selected on the basis of quality, uniqueness, originality, and aesthetic integrity. One work by each selected artist will be illustrated in the exhibition catalog.

Sylvia L. Rosen Endowment Purchase Award

• One or more works will be selected for the permanent collection of the Burchfield Penney Art Center.
• Up to $3,000 in purchase awards will be made.
• Artists whose works are purchased must transfer full title for the awarded work to the Burchfield Penney.
• One artist will be selected for a solo exhibition in the Sylvia L. Rosen Gallery in 2014.

Entry Guidelines

• There is no entry fee.
• Up to four works may be submitted, represented by one or two images for each. Entry format is .jpg, .tif, or .pdf files (e-mail submissions preferred). Each image must clearly indicate the artist’s name, the title and date of the work, the medium, and the size in inches (height x width x depth).
• The résumé should include the following: year of birth, education, selected recent exhibitions (include date, exhibition title, site, city, state), collections, awards/honors, publications, and connection to Western New York.
• Résumés and images from accepted artists will be filed in the Burchfield Penney archives.
• Entries must be received by 5:00 p.m. Friday, May 31. Late or incomplete entries will not be considered.