Have you liked Buffalo State Dining on Facebook or are you following us on Twitter? If not, here are five reasons you should:

1. Promotions and Events – Promotions and events are an integral component of Buffalo State Dining's food services program and are implemented for a variety of reasons including increasing customer satisfaction, creating awareness, providing value for guests, celebrating holidays, fostering customer appreciation, and introducing new products. Buffalo State Dining uses social media to let our customers know when these great promotions and events are taking place.
2. Feedback – We want to hear from our customers. Buffalo State Dining is constantly changing its program to keep up with new dining trends. Tell us how we can improve our dining program to better serve you.
3. Health and Nutrition – Buffalo State Dining promotes health and wellness initiatives to ensure that our customers are nourished with great food and healthful menu options. Use our social media to find out about the latest events and promotions that are focused on nutrition and well-being.
4. Technology Updates – Buffalo State Dining continues to bring the latest technological innovations to campus dining. Chartwells recently partnered with LevelUp, the leading U.S. mobile technology payment provider. Through this partnership, Buffalo State customers are now able to use LevelUp to make payments for purchases at Buffalo State Dining locations using a smart device. Following us through social media will keep you up to date on all the new and innovating technological advances we are making.
5. Sustainability – Sustainability has been a key strategic and operational objective for Buffalo State Dining. We have implemented sustainable programs and practices that help protect the environment, reduce waste, and decrease our carbon footprint. Learn more about our sustainability practices by following us on Twitter and liking us on Facebook.

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Starting today, every Monday for the month of March, the first 20 customers to make a Starbucks Café purchase in the bookstore will receive a card to come in after 2:00 p.m. for a $2 Grande Caramel Macchiato.

The annual Celebration of Life memorial ceremony will be held this year on Friday, April 12, from noon to 1:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Assembly Hall. This nondenominational ceremony honors all students, faculty, staff, and alumni who passed away in the previous year. Do plan to join us.

We are asking all departments on campus to let us know of any staff members who have died in the last year so that we may remember them at this time. Also, if you have any contact information for their families, please send it to us so that we may send them a personal invitation to attend.

Please e-mail the information to the Counseling Center. If you have any questions regarding the ceremony, call us at ext. 4436. Thank you for your assistance.

This workshop focuses on increasing participants' understanding of sleep and its importance to academic success. Practical tips and strategies on improving one’s sleep will be reviewed. Please encourage your students to attend.

Wednesday, March 13, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Weigel Health Center 203. Please be punctual. For more information, call the Counseling Center at ext. 4436.

Students can now forward important Gmail messages (e.g., waitlist notifications) to their cell phones. Detailed information is available on the Computing and Technology Services website.

Please join us for “Exploring WNY’s Climate Change Signal” on Monday, April 8, from 3:00 to 4:15 p.m. in Butler Library 210. Global and U.S. climate change indicators suggest an environment of increasing temperatures, more intense rainfall events, and rising sea levels. What does the climate record of Western New York suggest? Are we seeing a signal for a changing climate? Working with undergraduate students Fred Bloom and Elvis Valerio, Stephen Vermette, professor of geography and planning, searches for WNY's climate change signal.

Timothy Bohen, author of Against the Grain: The History of Buffalo's First Ward, will present "A Very Brief History of the First Ward: Buffalo's First Irish Neighborhood" on Tuesday, March 19, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center West.

Roy Cook, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota, will present "She-Hulk and the City" on Wednesday, March 20, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center South as the Buffalo State Philosophy and Humanities Department's Year of the City public lecture. 

John Byrne's early 1990s run on The Sensational She-Hulk includes many subtle interactions between the fictional world that the She-Hulk inhabits and the actual city within which these comics were produced. Cook will explore the very real and very intentional overlap between the two, and discuss how it complicates and enriches our understanding of fiction within serialized narrative art.

Sponsored by the Philosophy and Humanities Department, the School of Natural and Social Sciences, and the Ethics Bowl Club. For more information, please contact Julian Cole, assistant professor of philosophy and humanities.

Chartwells continues to bring the latest technological innovations to campus dining through a new partnership with LevelUp, the leading U.S. mobile technology payment provider. Chartwells has piloted LevelUp at Buffalo State, making mealtime ordering quicker and more convenient.

LevelUp is an easy-to-use smartphone payment option that allows guests to make payments for purchases at Buffalo State Dining locations using a smart device. Students use their smart device to download the LevelUp app to register a personal credit card and generate a dedicated QR code. At check-out, the student pulls up a personal QR code on a personal smart device to be scanned to initiate payment processing. After the quick transaction, a receipt is e-mailed to the student.

Try LevelUp today at any Buffalo State Dining venue! For more information on LevelUp, visit www.thelevelup.com.

Lecture-discussion: My Appreciation of Watercolor: A Personal View with Monica Angle, part of the International Center for Watercolor Lunchtime Lecture Series, Friday, March 15, 12:30–1:00 p.m.

Angle’s works on paper incorporate the translucent nature of watercolor and the transitory effects of mono-printing techniques. She has had recent solo exhibitions in Buffalo, New York; Charlottesville, Virginia; and Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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. Admission is free with gallery admission.