The Advancing Completion through Engagement (ACE) Program invites you to join us in celebrating the outstanding academic achievements of our students. This year, 105 ACE students will be honored for maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher — including 46 students who have achieved a GPA of 3.5 or above.

Date: Thursday, May 1, 2025

Time: 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Location: Campbell Student Union Social Hall
Theme: Onward and Upward: Imagine, Believe, Achieve
Program Highlights include:
Welcome remarks by Interim President Dr. Bonita Durand, Guest of Honor: Drew Kahn, Director of the Anne Frank Project and SUNY Distinguished Professor, Student Recognition, Student Performance, Student Reflection. A reception will follow the ceremony. The campus community is welcome to attend.
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The CSEA Local 640 Veterans Committee will be selling “In Memory Of” cards to remember loved ones who served in the military. Proceeds to benefit WNY Heroes’ Service Dogs. Cards can be purchased in the Student Union on Tuesday, May 6th from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. for $2.00 each and will be hung in the student union showcase throughout May.  Cards will also be for sale now through Memorial Day in: Bacon 302 - Julie Wholf and Clinton Center Main Office - Joe Abston. Questions can be sent to dorshejm@buffalostate.edu. 

Faculty, staff, alumni, and community members are invited to an evening of connection and community at the Student and Alumni Bengal Connections Game Night on Tuesday, April 22, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library's west lobby.

Brought to you by the Buffalo State Alumni Association, this special event offers a unique opportunity to engage with students, enjoy lighthearted competition, and strengthen the bonds within our Buffalo State community. Your support and mentorship means the world to our students—and to us. We are so grateful for the role you play in shaping their experience at Buffalo State. This event is free to attend for everyone. Light refreshments will be served. Please register here.

Join the Business Department for guest speaker Andrew Cheatham, investment advisor and private banker at KeyBank, on Thursday, April 17, at 12:15 p.m. in Science and Mathematic Complex 173. This is an open forum chat about the history of wealth generation in the United States and how it was created. We will cover everything from the stock market to how generational wealth is created. Refreshments will be served.

All members of the campus and the wider community are invited to the annual Arbor Day lecture on Friday, April 25, at 3:00 p.m. in Technology Building 160. This year’s guest speaker is Nellie Gardner. She will be discussing the history of the trees and gardens at the Richardson Olmsted Campus, which is adjacent to the Buffalo State University campus. Gardner has many years of experience as a horticulturist, agronomist, flower grower, and landscape designer. She has played a key role in the restoration of the Richardson Olmsted landscape. 

Everyone attending the lecture will receive a beautiful Arbor Day poster created by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in celebration of Arbor Day 2025. This program is sponsored by the Buffalo State Grant Allocation Committee (GAC) and the Friends of the Maud Gordon Holmes Arboretum. For more information, please contact Steve Sypniewski.

Please join us on Tuesday, April 29, at 12:15 p.m. in Butler Library 314 for "Using Microsoft Power Automate to Streamline Workflows and Communication," a short workshop discussing how to utilize Microsoft’s automation software, Power Automate. Power Automate can streamline approval processes, automatically notify workflow participants, and perform one-click approval correspondences. Power Automate is a traditional logic software that does not use artificial intelligence. We will discuss current uses on campus and demonstrate building automated workflows. Please register in the Workshop Registration System. 

Join us for the "Augmented Human Intelligence in the Age of AI" workshop on Saturday, April 19, at the LoRusso Alumni and Visitor Center.

• 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.: Hands-on workshop
• 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.: Networking and presentations

This insightful and interactive event will explore the intersection of human intelligence and artificial intelligence. It will feature presentations and hands-on workshops designed to increase awareness, develop practical AI skills, foster networking, and promote continued engagement with AI.

Curious? For details, visit http://hiperc.buffalostate.edu/AHI/.

April is National Donate Life Month.

Give blood and save lives at the Connect Life Blood Drive at Buffalo State University tomorrow, Thursday, April 17, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in Houston Gym.

All April blood and platelet donors will receive a free Buffalo Sabres t-shirt and be entered in DoorDash gift card raffles.

To make an appointment: call (716) 529-4270 or visit ConnectLifeGiveBlood.org and enter sponsor code 001047. Walk-ins are also welcome.

Visit ConnectLife.org/Register to become an organ, eye, and tissue donor.

Please join us for "Human-Centered Design for AI Products," a presentation by Danielle Ophir, product designer with Recovery Jobs, on Monday, April 21, from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. in Bacon Hall 115 (or Zoom 718 6340613). This talk is part of the Data Science and Analytics Seminar Spring 2025 Series. 

• In an agile tech landscape set on "moving fast and breaking things," is there still need for user research and intentional design? 
• This talk will investigate the unique design challenges and opportunities of LLM-based products and explore how to elevate them through the Design Thinking for Innovation framework. 
• We will learn how to harness research, empathy, ideation, prototyping, testing, and iteration to create LLM products that cut through the noise in an oversaturated tech environment. 

Danielle Ophir is a product designer and a creative technologist currently working at Recovery Jobs, where she leads design for AI tools that support job readiness in recovery communities. With more than a decade of experience across UX, product, and graphic design, she holds dual degrees in communication and studio art, as well as certificates in UX/UI design and front-end development. A Buffalo-based designer and Rising Tech finalist, Danielle brings systems thinking, empathy, and accessibility mindset to AI-driven solutions. Outside of work, she creates surreal digital games and shares questionable life advice through memes of her neurotic poodle, Ollie.

Nominations for the two open At-Large Senator positions in the Buffalo State Senate may be submitted between Monday, April 21, at 12:01 a.m. and Thursday, April 24, at 5:00 p.m. 

Individuals running for a Buffalo State Senate position in another election may not be nominated or self-nominate for the At-Large Senator positions while the other election is being conducted. If the other election concludes during the period when nominations are being accepted, eligible individuals may be nominated for the At-Large Senator positions. 

Please reach out to Justin Crossfox, interim chair of the Bylaws and Elections Committee, with questions or nominations.