Do you need to register to vote, need to make changes to your voter registration, or need help applying for or filling out your absentee ballot? Stop by the weekly "Get Election Ready" information table in the Campbell Student Union lobby on Thursday, September 5, between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. to meet civically engaged student advocates from SWK 302 and receive help with your questions. For more information and resources, please visit the Bengals Vote web page. Questions? Email the Civic and Community Engagement Office or call (716) 878-3919.

Little Portion Friary will be on campus Thursday, September 12, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union lobby.

Little Portion Friary provides temporary support to homeless men and women. The organization needs volunteers to provide hospitality in a home-like setting, prepare food for meals, manage and sort donations, clean and do laundry, and much more.

Please email Susan Milde, volunteer and community engagement manager, with your interest or questions.

Do you need help registering to vote, making changes to your voter registration, or applying for or filling out your absentee ballot? Stop by the weekly "Get Election Ready" information table in the Houston Gym lobby on Tuesday, October 22, between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. or in the Campbell Student Union lobby on Wednesday, October 23, between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to meet civically engaged student advocates from SWK 302 and receive help with your questions. For more information and resources, please visit the Bengals Vote web page. Questions? Email the Civic and Community Engagement Office or call (716) 878-3919.

Do you need to register to vote, need to make changes to your voter registration, or need help applying for or filling out your absentee ballot? Stop by the weekly "Get Election Ready" information table in the Campbell Student Union lobby on Tuesday, September 3, between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to meet civically engaged student advocates from SWK 302 and community partner the NAACP and receive help with your questions. For more information and resources, please visit the Bengals Vote web page. Questions? Email the Civic and Community Engagement Office or call (716) 878-3919.

Do you need help registering to vote, making changes to your voter registration, or applying for or filling out your absentee ballot? Then stop by the weekly "Get Election Ready" information table in the west lobby of Butler Library between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 24, when civically engaged student advocates from SWK 302 and community partners from Voice Buffalo will be on hand to answer your questions. For more information and resources, please visit the Bengals Vote web page. Questions? Email the Civic and Community Engagement Office or call (716) 878-3919.

ConnectLife will hold a blood drive on campus Tuesday, September 10, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union. All donors will be entered in a drawing to win a pair of tickets to a regular season Buffalo Bills home game in the all-inclusive M&T Bank Club. Appointments are not needed; donors should bring photo ID and make sure to eat and hydrate before their donations. ConnectLife will have an information table in the Student Union on Wednesday, September 4, in advance of the blood drive.

Please email the Civic and Community Engagement Office or call (716) 878-3919 with questions or comments.

Butler Library has access to thousands of newspapers through ALLsearch, including the following individual titles, which are especially worth noting:

New York Times
The library provides digital access to the New York Times for all members of the campus community. You must follow these steps to create your account.

Wall Street Journal
The library provides digital access to the Wall Street Journal. Please make sure to sign in with your Buffalo State credentials.

Buffalo News
The library has been able to restore access to the Buffalo News, along with another 3,700 magazines and newspapers, through the America's News database. Access to the Buffalo News starts from 1989 and features high-resolution, full-color reproductions of issues from 2018 to the present.

As always, the home page of Butler Library's website is the best place to start interacting with any of our electronic resources. Please direct any questions about access to library resources to Joe Riggie, head of information management.

Butler Library subscribes to about 60 individual journal titles. These are primarily faculty requests, required for scholarship or accreditation. This year we have added three titles and canceled one title. Cancellations are the result of low usage over a sustained period of time.

Additions:

• Social Education 
• Social Studies and the Young Learner
• The Journal of Social Studies Research

Cancellations:

• Journals of Gerontology: Series B  

Please direct any questions to Joe Riggie, head of information management.

The 2024-2025 "Conversations in and out of the Disciplines" series kicks off Friday, September 27, as Anna Zeemont, assistant professor of English, presents "'We Write to Find Our People': Critical Student Literacies and Coalition Building" 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.

Please also mark your calendars for the second talk of the fall semester, when Olga Novikova, assistant professor of biology, will present "Splice & Dice: The Fascinating World of Inteins" at 3:00 p.m. Friday, October 25, in Ketchum Hall 320.

Finally, 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, and 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.

All students are invited to join Buffalo State University's Intercollegiate Moot Court team. Freshmen and sophomores are strongly encouraged to join.

Moot Court is a wonderful introduction to legal thinking and a legal career, but it's more than that. It is an interactive way to build your confidence as a speaker, learn how to work as a team on a complex problem, and grow in your ability to persuade others. Plus it's lots of fun!

If you have an interest in joining Buffalo State's Moot Court team, please attend out introductory session on Thursday, August 29, at 12:30 p.m. in Cassety Hall B14 or email Peter Yacobucci, associate professor of political science and public administration.

Moot Court simulates appellate argument before the U.S. Supreme Court. The team will prepare for competition in at least one pre-regional tournament before competing in the American Moot Court Association's official Midwest Regional Tournament this fall. This year's case involves the right to keep one's electronic communications private from government seizure. A copy of this year's case will be distributed at our introductory session.

Co-coaches William Altreuter, local attorney and partner at Altreuter Berlin, and Dr. Yacobucci will guide all members of the team in preparing their arguments and building their skills at logical reasoning, legal analysis, and oral persuasion.

Please attend our introductory session. If you cannot attend, please email Dr. Yacobucci to let him know you are interested.