The Campus Planning Office, the Friends of the Maud Gordon Holmes Arboretum, and the Buffalo State University Sustainability Committee invite the Buffalo State University community to the 2024 Earth Day and Arbor Day Sustainability Information Fair on Thursday, April 18, from noon to 2:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union lobby.

This annual event showcases the various departments from Buffalo State University and public and private industries of the greater Buffalo Niagara area as they promote sustainability programs to combat climate change and promote planting trees to improve the local ecology and aesthetic. There will be great activities and giveaways that you will not want to miss, including plants for your dorm or office.

Please contact Steven Sypniewski, campus arborist, for more information.

The Campus Planning Office and the Friends of the Maud Gordon Holmes Arboretum invite the Buffalo State University community to a fascinating talk of the past, present, and future of the South Park Arboretum, a jewel of the Olmsted parks system, on Tuesday, April 16, at 6:00 p.m. in the LoRusso Alumni and Vistor Center's Costello Hall. Margaret Lapp, director and curator of the South Park Arboretum for the Olmsted Parks Conservancy, will discuss the unique challenges of the short- and long-term plans of restoring the South Park Arboretum back to its former glory. She will discuss how the restoration of the arboretum will bring back Frederick Law Olmsted's vision of this great park. In recent years, the South Park Arboretum, under Ms. Lapp's leadership, has done incredible work to become an accredited ArbNet arboretum.

This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. 

Please contact Steven Sypniewski, campus arborist, for more information. RSVPs recommended but not required.

Please join us for the final workshop in the Butler Library Faculty Scholarship Series, "Playing the Open Access 'Mind' Field: Dodging Predatory Journals and Article Processing Charges," on Tuesday, April 9, at 12:15 p.m. in Butler Library 318 (or online synchronous).

Publishing open access (OA) has become ubiquitous in academia and will continue to grow, as any federally funded study must be open access when published starting in 2026. Many obstacles and concerns surround open access publishing, especially predatory journals and avoiding the escalating costs of article processing charges (APCs). We will discuss strategies to avoid predatory publishers and dodge APCs in the open access realm. We will also discuss recent agreements that may waive OA publishing APCs for Buffalo State faculty now and in the future for some publishers.

Please register to attend either in person or remotely. Please contact Chris Hulsman, electronic and educational resources librarian, with questions.

Because of the solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, the Fitness Center will be open from 7:00 a.m. to noon. The center will operate at normal hours the rest of the week. 

The Buffalo Region SUNY Alliance received funding from the National Science Foundation to provide student enrichment programs to underrepresented students through undergraduate research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. This program, the SUNY Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (SUNY LSAMP), aims to increase the numbers of students matriculating into and successfully completing degree programs so that the STEM workforce can be diversified. Emphasis is placed on transforming undergraduate STEM education through innovative, evidence-based recruitment and retention strategies and relevant educational experiences.

An orientation meeting will take place Friday, April 5, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Technology Building 16 for students who are underrepresented in STEM. Criteria and opportunities will be shared. Qualified students will be eligible for funding to support their research. Please encourage students to visit the LSAMP website and register for the meeting. Thank you!

The Buffalo Region SUNY Alliance received funding from the National Science Foundation to provide student enrichment programs to underrepresented students through undergraduate research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. This program, the SUNY Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (SUNY LSAMP), aims to increase the numbers of students matriculating into and successfully completing degree programs so that the STEM workforce can be diversified. Emphasis is placed on transforming undergraduate STEM education through innovative, evidence-based recruitment and retention strategies and relevant educational experiences.

An orientation meeting will take place Friday, April 5, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Technology Building 16 for students who are underrepresented in STEM. Criteria and opportunities will be shared. Qualified students will be eligible for funding to support their research. Please encourage students to visit the LSAMP website and register for the meeting. Thank you!

Buffalo State University's Anne Frank Project is thrilled to announce its 16th annual social justice festival AFP 2024: Home: Building Our Collective Story September 25 and 26. We are currently seeking proposals from a variety of disciplines, cultures, perspectives, and communities to share and teach ways to build our collective homes. 

Here at Buffalo State, we welcome students from all over the world to immerse themselves in education, diversity, and social justice. This is our community. What if we took this one step further and created an environment not only considered a community but also a home?  

This year, we challenge our university students, faculty, staff, alumni, and off-campus audiences to define "home." How can we collectively bring our different stories together to build our collective story, our home? A home where our stories are protected, honored, and shared without fear.

Using our annual festival as a platform, we have the opportunity to achieve Anne Frank's wish to "repair the world" by deconstructing and rebuilding what we call home.  

We invite artists, activists, educators, and students to submit proposals to AFP 2024: Home: Building Our Collective Story. All proposals must reflect directly on this year's theme and follow AFP's kinesthetic and experiential pillars: one-third theory, two-thirds practice. Our annual festival, an academic ritual at Buffalo State, is a unique way to emphasize the importance of doing for a more meaningful and effective educational experience. This reflects Buffalo State University's commitment to applied research and experiential education.  

AFP staff members are available to assist proposers in crafting the kinesthetic element of their sessions. 

Please visit our website to submit your proposal! 

Questions about the festival? Please contact AFP's assistant director, Jonise Hall.

Please save the date for a retirement celebration and alumni networking event honoring Ted Schmidt, professor of economics and finance, on Friday, May 17, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Campus House. 

The Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship (USRF) program supports full-time research, scholarly, and creative activities each summer. USRF 2024 applications are welcome from Buffalo State undergraduates in all disciplines with a graduation date of December 2024 or later. Each fellowship provides student and faculty stipends, as well as support for necessary supplies (levels contingent on budgetary projections). All USRF award winners are required to present their projects at the 27th annual Student Research and Creativity Conference (SRCC) in May 2025. To learn more about the program and view the preview application, please visit the USRF program page on the Undergraduate Research website. Deadlines for digital applications are Friday, April 12, at 10:00 p.m. (student portion) and Wednesday, April 17, at 10:00 p.m. (faculty mentor portion).

Butler Library will host two 45-minute interactive workshops on editorial citation and formatting on Monday, April 15, in Butler Library 314: 

Using MS Word and APA Formatting Seamlessly (5:00-5:45 p.m.) 

Using MS Word and Chicago Style (Notes and Author/Date) Seamlessly (6:00-6:45 p.m.)

The workshops are interactive and will focus on using MS Word processing software in conjunction with American Psychological Association (APA) and Chicago styles to seamlessly and correctly format your research paper. Attendees will learn MS Word basics with citation and formatting concepts. These workshops are designed for graduate students, but all students and faculty members are welcome. Laptops will be provided. This is an in-person workshop, but online asynchronous options are being made available for distance learning students.

Attendees must register for the APA workshop and/or the Chicago workshop in order to reserve space in the computer lab.

Questions can be submitted to Chris Hulsman, electronic and educational resources librarian.