The CSEA Local 640 Veterans Committee will be collecting nonperishable snacks, toiletries, and money to benefit the Veterans Lounge on campus.

Donations can be dropped off in the Campbell Student Union lobby between noon and 1:30 p.m. on November 21 or 26 or December 3, 5, or 10. Items can also be dropped off at any time to Joe Abston, trades specialist (locksmith), in the Clinton Center front office, or Julie Wholf, administrative assistant 1, in Bacon Hall 302.

The Garman Art Conservation Department's Fall 2024 Open House will be held Friday, October 25, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on the second floor of Rockwell Hall.

Open House gives visitors a peek into the world of art and cultural heritage conservation. Come and see what our graduate students and faculty have been conserving this past year and take a tour of our state-of-the-art studios and labs. Even if you have visited in the past, we have new projects on view and demonstrations to see. Please email the department with questions.

This event is free and open to the public. All Buffalo State faculty, staff, and students are welcome!

The Great Lakes Center-operated Dunkirk Buoy was recently named the Buoy of September! Since 2011, the Great Lakes Center has operated and maintained this buoy off the shores of Dunkirk, New York, in Lake Erie as part of the Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS).  

GLC Field Station staff members remove the seasonal buoy from the lake in early fall for any needed maintenance and to protect it from harsh Buffalo winters and redeploy in the spring. Both deployment and retrieval of the buoy are weather dependent.  

When in the water, the buoy measures wind speed and direction, air temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, solar radiation, wave height and wave period, water temperature at 2-meter intervals, dissolved oxygen, and specific conductivity. The information collected from this Lake Erie buoy can be used for climate modeling, lake current, and energy budget modeling as well as for the study of nutrient dynamics and fisheries. It is also helpful for commercial and recreational navigation by providing real-time information regarding wind and wave conditions. Buoy data can be viewed on Seagull.  

The Great Lakes Center is thrilled to be recognized for its efforts in managing this valuable resource. More information about the Dunkirk Buoy can be found on the GLC website.

The 2024-2025 "Conversations in and out of the Disciplines" series continues today, October 25, with Olga Novikova, assistant professor of biology, presenting "Splice & Dice: The Fascinating World of Inteins" at 3:00 p.m. in Ketchum Hall 320. The talk will be followed by a brief Q&A and a short wine and cheese reception. Everyone is welcome.

And stay tuned for more information about our upcoming talks this spring, which will include presentations by Mary Beth Sullivan, lecturer in the College Writing Program; Naila Ansari, assistant professor of theater; and a joint presentation by Mehwish Sarwari and Patrick McGovern from the Political Science, Public Administration, and Planning Department.

The "Conversations" series was started 17 years ago by Ann Colley, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emerita of English, to "celebrate and draw attention to the research being done in various departments at Buffalo State University." Over this time, colleagues from Anthropology, Art Conservation, Art History, Biology, Chemistry, English, History, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, and Secondary Education, among others, have shared their work with the Buffalo State and Buffalo communities.

The 2024-2025 "Conversations in and out of the Disciplines" series continues tomorrow, October 25, as Olga Novikova, assistant professor of biology, presents "Splice & Dice: The Fascinating World of Inteins" at 3:00 p.m. in Ketchum Hall 320. The talk will be followed by a brief Q&A and a short wine and cheese reception. Everyone is welcome.

The "Conversations" series was started 17 years ago by Ann Colley, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emerita of English, to "celebrate and draw attention to the research being done in various departments at Buffalo State University." Over this time, colleagues from Anthropology, Art Conservation, Art History, Biology, Chemistry, English, History, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, and Secondary Education, among others, have shared their work with the Buffalo State and Buffalo communities.

The 2024-2025 "Conversations in and out of the Disciplines" series continues this Friday, October 25, as Olga Novikova, assistant professor of biology, presents "Splice & Dice: The Fascinating World of Inteins" at 3:00 p.m. in Ketchum Hall 320. The talk will be followed by a brief Q&A and a short wine and cheese reception. Everyone is welcome.

And stay tuned for more information about our upcoming talks this spring, which will include presentations by Mary Beth Sullivan, lecturer in the College Writing Program; Naila Ansari, assistant professor of theater; and a joint presentation by Mehwish Sarwari and Patrick McGovern from the Political Science, Public Administration, and Planning Department.

The "Conversations" series was started 17 years ago by Ann Colley, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emerita of English, to "celebrate and draw attention to the research being done in various departments at Buffalo State University." Over this time, colleagues from Anthropology, Art Conservation, Art History, Biology, Chemistry, English, History, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, and Secondary Education, among others, have shared their work with the Buffalo State and Buffalo communities.

The 2024-2025 "Conversations in and out of the Disciplines" series continues this Friday, October 25, as Olga Novikova, assistant professor of biology, presents "Splice & Dice: The Fascinating World of Inteins" at 3:00 p.m. in Ketchum Hall 320. The talk will be followed by a brief Q&A and a short wine and cheese reception. Everyone is welcome.

And stay tuned for more information about our upcoming talks this spring, which will include presentations by Mary Beth Sullivan, lecturer in the College Writing Program; Naila Ansari, assistant professor of theater; and a joint presentation by Mehwish Sarwari and Patrick McGovern from the Political Science, Public Administration, and Planning Department.

The "Conversations" series was started 17 years ago by Ann Colley, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emerita of English, to "celebrate and draw attention to the research being done in various departments at Buffalo State University." Over this time, colleagues from Anthropology, Art Conservation, Art History, Biology, Chemistry, English, History, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, and Secondary Education, among others, have shared their work with the Buffalo State and Buffalo communities.

The Buffalo State University community is saddened by the death of Norman G. Walker, '58, '62, associate professor of elementary education and reading, who died September 1, 2024. Dr. Walker joined the campus in 1963 and retired in 1996. He is survived by two sons, Blake J. and Graham R., and his former wife, Sally Gilmour (née Williams). Services will be private. More information is available online.

Come one! Come all! We are gathering the SUNY Buffalo State community to celebrate our new on-campus polling site with a Voter Empowerment Rally on Thursday, October 24, from noon to 1:30 p.m. (Bengal Pause) in Campbell Student Union 100, also known as "The Pit." Speakers include Interim President Bonita Durand, Associate Professor Peter Yacobucci, Erie County Election Commissioner Ralph Mohr, Jeremy Zellner, and Brian Higgins. The program will start at 12:30 p.m.

We will celebrate our new on-campus polling location with "birthday" cupcakes and pizza. We will be giving out "Don't Throw Shade. VOTE!" T-shirts, Bengal vote buttons, and other swag. There will be a table to have students get voter ready and another for the "Speak Your Mind" poster-making campaign. This event will also launch the ALL IN "Pledge to Vote" campaign for a chance to win a $100 gift card raffle to the Barnes & Noble at Buffalo State Bookstore.

The event is co-sponsored by the Bengals Vote Coalition; Civic and Community Engagement Office (CCE); Student Political Society student organization; SWK 302; Residence Life; Political Science, Public Administration, and Planning Department; and League of Women Voters Buffalo Niagara. Democracy is not a spectator sport. Let's get out and vote!

Questions? Please email the CCE or call (716) 878-3919.

The Buffalo State University student chapter of the Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Society (IEOM) will tour the plant of R. M. Headlee Valves and Controls, 3649 California Road, Orchard Park, NY 14127, on Thursday, October 24, at 4:00 p.m. Any interested students or majors are welcome. Students may drive themselves or ride with Elizabeth O'Neill, assistant professor of engineering technology. Students needing a ride must email Professor O'Neill. We will meet at 3:15 p.m. near the Technology Building double door entry. Professor O'Neill will leave at 3:30 p.m. to transport students to and from Buffalo State.