Effective Monday, September 23, all P-Card reconciliation documentation will be required to be submitted electronically in Bengal Buy.

Procurement Services has created a new method for submission of P-Card reconciliation documentation. This new electronic method will replace the current practice of submission of paper P-Card reconciliation documentation and will provide for the use of electronic approvals and document submission.

This new method of submission will eliminate paper submissions via campus mail and will facilitate better document retention for the campus.

Please refer to the Bengal Buy Guide for Submission of P-Card Reconciliation for step-by-step instructions on how to use this new efficiency.

Please contact Bonnie Heim, director of noncontract procurement, (716) 878-4113, with related questions.

Buffalo State Athletics invites all faculty and staff members to support our student-athletes as they compete on their various venues of play throughout the season. Faculty and staff will receive free admission for themselves and their guests to any home Buffalo State Athletics contest. (Presentation of ID required for football, basketball, and hockey games.)

Please visit the Intercollegiate Athletics website for all schedules and to stay up-to-date on Bengals teams.

Did you know?

• Buffalo State supports nearly 475 student-athletes, which is almost 8 percent of our student body.
• Our student-athletes compete just as hard in the classroom! During the fall 2024 semester, Bengals student-athletes averaged a 3.02 overall grade point average (GPA), and 133 student-athletes achieved a 3.50 or higher GPA for the semester.
• Our student-athletes are retained and graduated at a significantly higher rate than the general student body.
• Buffalo State placed 130 student-athletes on the SUNYAC Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll last season. The honor recognizes student-athletes with a 3.30 or higher cumulative GPA.
• In addition to hailing from across New York State, student-athletes also come from Pennsylvania, Texas, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio, Arizona, California, Minnesota, Nebraska, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Alabama, Maryland, and Kansas, as well as from Puerto Rico, Canada, Spain, Portugal, England, Finland, South Africa, Belarus, Russia, Wales, Colombia, and Italy.
• Buffalo State offers the following sports:

  > Fall - Football, Men's and Women's Soccer, Men's and Women's Cross Country, Women's Volleyball

  > Winter - Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Ice Hockey, Women's Wrestling, Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field

  > Spring - Women's Softball, Women's Lacrosse, Men's Volleyball, Women's Acrobatics and Tumbling, Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field

The Art and Design Department is excited to announce a new exhibition, The Art of Rock and Roll: Homage to Music is Art, now on view in Upton Hall's Margaret Eschner Bacon Gallery through Friday, September 20.

This exhibition 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 join us for a closing reception on Thursday, September 19, from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served.

Gallery Hours for This Exhibition Only
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Wednesday: 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Friday: 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

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

The English Department book sale in Ketchum Hall 327 has reopened, with a large selection of fiction, nonfiction, biography, poetry, drama, art, and detective fiction. New stock has been added, and prices have been reduced! Most paperbacks are three for $1, and hardcovers are two for $1; sale proceeds benefit student research. The sale is open Tuesdays during Bengal Pause (12:15-1:30 p.m.) and also by appointment through the English Department office.

Ally is an embedded tool within Brightspace that focuses on making digital course content more accessible. Ally provides feedback on the accessibility of course content and step-by-step instructions to improve content accessibility. It also provides students with alternative formats to support personalized learning.

In this session, Meghan Pereira, director of instructional design and distance learning, and Sumana Silverheels, interim director of student accessibility services, will demonstrate how to view reports and make adjustments to content, creating a more inclusive online learning environment in Brightspace.

The session will be held on campus and online via Microsoft Teams.

• Thursday, September 12  |  1:00-2:00 p.m.  |  Butler Library 314
• Wednesday, September 25   |  11:00 a.m.-noon in Teams

Please join us! Register through the Workshop Registration System. If you are unable to join us, check out the Knowledge Base article Accessibility: Ally in Brightspace in the IT portal.

The Teaching and Learning Center recently published a call to gauge interest in a new initiative for writing circles on campus. We are happy to report that interest has been strong; however, because of an error in the registration form, many responses were submitted anonymously.

If you previously submitted a response to participate in the writing circles project, we kindly ask that you take a moment to resubmit the form. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Writing circle groups will meet approximately six times during the fall semester for roughly 90 minutes at a time with about five members in each circle. The first meeting will be organizational. Subsequent meetings will be split between brief project updates from members and a focused discussion of one member's work. Each member will agree to share a draft of their work once during the semester and circulate their draft approximately one week before the meeting. The other members will agree to read the draft and offer feedback. It is fully expected that these drafts will be works in progress. The hope is that the circle meetings can help members continue moving forward.

If you're interested in participating, please sign up online. Once we collect the names of those interested, we'll reach out to form the groups.

The Teaching and Learning Center recently published a call to gauge interest in a new initiative for writing circles on campus. We are happy to report that interest has been strong; however, because of an error in the registration form, many responses were submitted anonymously.

If you previously submitted a response to participate in the writing circles project, we kindly ask that you take a moment to resubmit the form. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Writing circle groups will meet approximately six times during the fall semester for roughly 90 minutes at a time with about five members in each circle. The first meeting will be organizational. Subsequent meetings will be split between brief project updates from members and a focused discussion of one member's work. Each member will agree to share a draft of their work once during the semester and circulate their draft approximately one week before the meeting. The other members will agree to read the draft and offer feedback. It is fully expected that these drafts will be works in progress. The hope is that the circle meetings can help members continue moving forward.

If you're interested in participating, please sign up online. Once we collect the names of those interested, we'll reach out to form the groups.

The Buffalo State Center for Integrated Studies in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology is pleased to present "Empowering Clean Futures: A Symposium on Next Gen Clean Tech" on Saturday, September 7, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.* in Technology Building 160.

Speakers include successful alumni from the Nano Center, Joseph Wikar (national laboratory) and Nicholas White (industry); and center leaders Saquib Ahmed, associate professor of engineering technology; Sourav Biswas, assistant professor of chemistry; Adamu Shauku, assistant professor of political science, public administration, and planning; and Joaquin Carbonara, professor of mathematics.

Benefits include professional development, networking opportunities, and a student stipend.

Please email to let organizers know of your attendance.

* The symposium will likely finish by noon.

The Music Department announces its 2024-2025 concert and community events season. More information and tickets are available on the Music Department website.

The Kidney Foundation of WNY is dedicated to increasing awareness and improving the lives of those with kidney disease. Please join us in the Campbell Student Union lobby from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 26, to see how you can help.

Please contact the Civic and Community Engagement Office or call (716) 878-3919 with any questions you may have.