Accounts Payable would like to encourage campus users to use the efficiency of the Bengal Buy system to check on payment status for items submitted in Bengal Buy throughout the fiscal year.

Occasionally, individuals inquire about the status of payment on items they entered in Bengal Buy by calling or emailing Accounts Payable.

Moving forward, campus users can check payment status within Bengal Buy, by following the steps within the How to Check Payment Status in Bengal Buy Guide.

Using this method provides campus users payment status information directly, and in real time using the Voucher Tab of any order in Bengal Buy.

Please email aptravel@buffalostate.edu with any questions.

The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive today, September 26, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in Butler Library 210.

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. Every day, patients with sickle cell rely on life-saving blood transfusions. Did you know that with the right blood type, one in three African American blood donors are the best match for patients with sickle cell? Donors will receive a $15 e-gift card to the merchant of their choice and a free T-shirt. Appointments are appreciated but walk-ins are welcome. Please give the gift of life.

The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive on Thursday, September 26, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in Butler Library 210.

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. Every day, patients with sickle cell rely on life-saving blood transfusions. Did you know that with the right blood type, one in three African American blood donors are the best match for patients with sickle cell? Donors will receive a $15 e-gift card to the merchant of their choice and a free T-shirt. Appointments are appreciated, but walk-ins are welcome. Please give the gift of life.

Please join us for a mindfulness walk to commemorate the experiences of Indigenous children in residential boarding schools in Canada and the United States on Monday, September 30, between noon and 1:00 p.m. in Horace Mann Quad.

Known as Every Child Matters or the Orange Shirt Day of Remembrance, commemorative ceremonies or walks have occurred for the last decade in Canada and the United States. The orange shirt relates to the intake story of survivor Phyllis (Jack) Webstad.

Information about the residential boarding schools and Indigenous survivors' experiences will be available.

This event is sponsored by the Indigenous Initiatives Caucus, the Center for Social Justice, and the Indigenous studies minor hosted by the Anthropology Department.

Please email Lisa Marie Anselmi, associate professor and chair of the Anthropology Department, with questions.

Please join the Teaching and Learning Center for the session "No More School House Rock: Decolonizing Our Curriculum" on Wednesday, October 23, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in Butler Library 318. This workshop will be facilitated by Alexandra Allen, assistant professor of art and design; Holly Bewlay, professor of music; Jennifer Ryan-Bryant, professor of English; Fox Connelly, associate director of the Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium; Erin Habes, lecturer of fashion and textile technology; and Katie McCabe, assistant professor of exceptional education.

This workshop offers participants some insights into the pedagogical assumptions that have hindered our representations of diverse identities and experiences in the classroom. We provide information about some relevant historical contexts that inform our teaching, screen two short videos that illustrate the pervasiveness of Western colonial attitudes, and discuss the differences between explicit, implicit, and null curricula. Attendees will participate in an activity that illustrates different types of intersectionality and will contribute to a glossary of terms related to intersectionality and decoloniality.

Please register through the Workshop Registration System.

We warmly invite the campus community to visit the Garman Art Conservation Department's annual Fall Open House on Friday, October 25, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Our open house gives visitors a peek into the world of art and cultural heritage conservation. Come 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. Learn more about our graduate program and how to apply. Even if you have visited in the past, we have new projects on view and demonstrations to see. The event is free and open to the public. For questions about this event, please email artcon@buffalostate.edu.

Please join us for a closing reception for the exhibition The Art of Rock and Roll: Homage to Music is Art today, September 19, from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. in Upton Hall. All are welcome; refreshments will be served. The exhibition is on view in Upton Hall's Margaret Eschner Bacon Gallery until Friday, September 20.

The Art of Rock and Roll: Homage to Music is Art is a nod to the 22nd annual Music is Art Festival at Buffalo's Outer Harbor on September 21 and features work by photographers Bob Collignon, Eric Jensen, Curtis Kreutter and Michael Mulley.

Please contact Marie Bogner, visual resources curator, (716) 878-4390, with questions.

The Global Studies Institute at Buffalo State University is pleased to present a timely documentary on Thailand, Breaking the Cycle, on Tuesday, October 1, at 6:00 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 423. The film is presented in conjunction with the SUNY/CUNY Southeast Asia Consortium and the Graduate Education and Training in Southeast Asian Studies (GETSEA) consortium.

Directed by Aekaphong Saransate and Thanakrit Duangmaneeporn, the film tracks the rise and fall of Thailand's Freedom Forward Party and the political movement to restrain the Thai military's power in 2018, before the party was dissolved by the Constitutional Court in 2020. The de facto successor party to the movement was again dissolved by the Constitutional Court in August 2024. The film has been a hit in Thailand and at film festivals since its release in May and offers an amazing insight into the history of military rule in Thailand. The event will be simulcast at over 20 universities across North America, including Cornell, Yale, and Harvard universities. 

Popcorn will be provided. 

Join director Jennifer Chang Crandall for a screening and discussion of Whitman, Alabama today, September 19, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center's Tower Auditorium. This event it free and open to the public.

Filmmaker Jennifer Chang Crandall describes Whitman, Alabama as an experiment in using documentary and poetry to reveal the threads that tie us together as people, as states, and as a nation. She crisscrossed the state of Alabama interviewing diverse residents and asking them to recite verses from Walt Whitman's great poem "Song of Myself." The results are uniquely beautiful and moving. This evening, she will screen eight of the short films and discuss them, joined by

• Karen Karbiener, founder of the Walt Whitman Initiative and professor of English at New York University
• Curtis Lovell, artistic director of Ujima Company, composer of songs, and director of films based on Whitman poems
• Sam Magavern, senior policy fellow, Partnership for the Public Good, and founder of the Calamus Project

Additional Events:

Walt Whitman's Open Road (Virtual Event)
Thursday, September 19, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Professor Karbiener will offer an interactive introduction to Whitman and his great poem "Song of Myself." Participation via Zoom is free and open to the public; register online. 

Embracing Earth: Burchfield & Whitman Guided Tour 
Thursday, September 19, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
A guided tour of the exhibition Embracing Earth: Burchfield & Whitman at the Burchfield Penney Art Center with co-curators Nancy Weekly and Sam Magavern. Free and open to the public.

The Academic Center for Excellence offers a variety of free and comprehensive academic support to our students. Please visit the Tutoring website, where you can find information about math, writing, and general subject support services:

Writing Support Services
Butler Library 143
Walk-ins welcome and appointments through the Bengal Success Portal

Math Support Services
Butler Library 147
Walk-ins welcome and appointments through Bengal Success Portal

General Subject Support Services
Butler Library 145
Walk-ins welcome

The Academic Center for Excellence is transitioning from using STAR-NY tutoring to focus on on-campus services. Virtual options may be available if needed. Please bookmark the website and check back regularly, as the list of academic mentors and subject areas is updated frequently. Encourage students to visit the center in Butler Library 145 and complete an Academic Mentor Request Form if no academic mentor is listed for a particular course. Thank you for your assistance in referring students to these important support services, and for recommending qualified academic mentors to work in the Academic Center for Excellence!