Waitlists for fall 2023 will be turned off at the end of the second day of classes—that is 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, August 29. After this deadline, students will no longer be able to add themselves to a waitlist; however, students who are already on a waitlist will continue to have the opportunity to register for the class if a seat becomes available. Students will have 24 hours from the time the seat becomes available or until the end of drop/add (11:59 p.m. Tuesday, September 5)—whichever deadline comes first.

Additional information on waitlisting can be found on the Registrar's Office website.

The SUNY/CUNY Southeast Asia Consortium (SEAC) invites applications from Buffalo State University faculty members and students (graduate and undergraduate) for the inaugural SUNY/CUNY SEAC Workshop and Field School in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in January 2024. The deadline for applications is Sunday, September 10. The SUNY/CUNY SEAC will cover all major travel and lodging expenses for accepted participants.

Funded by a $550,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation Initiative on Southeast Asia, SUNY/CUNY SEAC is a statewide consortium designed to promote research, teaching, and related efforts around Southeast Asia and Southeast Asian Americans in New York’s public universities. Vida Vanchan, Buffalo State professor of geosciences and political science, public administration, and planning, is the lead faculty member representing Buffalo State. Vanchan is a founder and principal organizer of Buffalo State’s annual Southeast Asia Week on campus, now in its 13th year.

The Luce grant will establish a Southeast Asian studies network spanning all schools in the SUNY and CUNY systems. Among the activities will be an interdisciplinary Southeast Asia–related course each year, open to all SUNY and CUNY students, on an annual theme; a workshop and field school held in Southeast Asia on that theme; a speaker series; grants for research, language training, and publications; and more. Themes for the first three years of the SEAC are as follows:

• 2023–2024: Sites and Spaces of Mobilization
• 2024–2025: Southeast Asian Identities in Popular Culture and Literature
• 2025–2026: Climate Change, Sustainability, and Geography

Participants in the three-day SEAC workshop and seven-day SEAC field school will explore creative scholarly approaches, including applied methods, to examine the work that ordinary people and marginalized communities do to carve out and sustain varied spaces of justice, peace, and solidarity, including across borders.

This year’s theme is “Sites and Spaces of Mobilization.” Papers for the workshop may address political or social mobilization in any area of Southeast Asia, from any disciplinary perspective. (Paper presentations are optional for undergraduate student attendees.)

More information, including application guidelines, is available on the SEAC website.

The SUNY/CUNY Southeast Asia Consortium (SEAC) invites applications from Buffalo State University faculty members and students (graduate and undergraduate) for the inaugural SUNY/CUNY SEAC Workshop and Field School in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in January 2024. The deadline for applications is Sunday, September 10. The SUNY/CUNY SEAC will cover all major travel and lodging expenses for accepted participants.

Funded by a $550,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation Initiative on Southeast Asia, SUNY/CUNY SEAC is a statewide consortium designed to promote research, teaching, and related efforts around Southeast Asia and Southeast Asian Americans in New York’s public universities. Vida Vanchan, Buffalo State professor of geosciences and political science, public administration, and planning, is the lead faculty member representing Buffalo State. Dr. Vanchan is a founder and principal organizer of Buffalo State’s annual Southeast Asia Week on campus, now in its 13th year.

The Luce grant will establish a Southeast Asian studies network spanning all schools in the SUNY and CUNY systems. Among the activities will be an interdisciplinary Southeast Asia–related course each year, open to all SUNY and CUNY students, on an annual theme; a workshop and field school held in Southeast Asia on that theme; a speaker series; grants for research, language training, and publications; and more. Themes for the first three years of the SEAC are as follows:

• 2023–2024: Sites and Spaces of Mobilization
• 2024–2025: Southeast Asian Identities in Popular Culture and Literature
• 2025–2026: Climate Change, Sustainability, and Geography

Participants in the three-day SEAC workshop and seven-day SEAC field school will explore creative scholarly approaches, including applied methods, to examine the work that ordinary people and marginalized communities do to carve out and sustain varied spaces of justice, peace, and solidarity, including across borders.

This year’s theme is “Sites and Spaces of Mobilization.” Papers for the workshop may address political or social mobilization in any area of Southeast Asia, from any disciplinary perspective. (Paper presentations are optional for undergraduate student attendees.)

More information, including application guidelines, is available on the SEAC website.

Please save the date for the Maureen Callahan Bouras Center for Global Engagement’s annual Study-Abroad Fair on Thursday September 7, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union lobby.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to study in Europe for a semester or what it would be like to work for a company in Asia? Representatives from our partner institutions abroad, other SUNY campuses, National Student Exchange, international internship providers, and faculty members promoting their faculty-led programs will be on-site and available to chat with students. Come and learn about all the amazing opportunities available to you as a Buffalo State Bengal!

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As we begin the semester, you may observe or interact with students in your courses, in group activities, or through other modes of communication who are struggling or may need extra support. We urge you to connect with students and remind them of the resources of the Care Team. Members of the Students of Concern Care Team are available to assist faculty, staff, and students by providing information, strategies, and techniques for working with students of concern on campus. When reports come in, our team reaches out to students to offer support and connect them with someone from the Care Team they can communicate to if they need help.

The Care Team seeks to identify and provide support for students in distress who may threaten harm to themselves or others. Your help in providing notice of any students of concern is essential to keeping our campus community safe. Notify the Care Team whenever a student’s behavior gives reason for uncertainty about harm so that we can investigate the situation, develop a plan for action, and follow up with appropriate intervention.

To contact the Care Team, please complete an online report form.

If you wish to invite members of the team to meet with your department or office to discuss “red flag” warning signs, ways to report a concern, legal or FERPA issues, or how to respond when confronted by a student in distress, please email Sarah M. Young, dean of students.

As a reminder, if your concern is an emergency, please call our University Police Department for immediate response at (716) 878-6333.

Buffalo State will hold a campuswide Major and Minor Fair on Thursday, October 26, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall. Students will have the opportunity to explore our vast curricular offerings, speak with faculty and students currently declared in programs, and talk with staff members from the Academic Commons, the Career and Professional Education Center, and Student Accessibility Services.  

The Major and Minor Fair website includes valuable information for students about what to expect and how to prepare for the fair, tips for them based on their class level, and a link for them to register for the fair through Bengal Connect. Please encourage your students to attend the fair. Refreshments will be served, and there will be raffles for students, including a raffle for one student to win a pair of custom Buffalo State AirPods.

The schools’ associate deans will be working with departments on table staffing. Table setup will begin at 10:30 a.m. on October 26.

The Student Conduct and Community Standards Office is seeking faculty volunteers to serve as board members.  

The Student Conduct Board consists of volunteer members of the campus community who are current faculty members, staff members, or students. Board members hear cases on a rotating basis. If you are interested in serving as a board member, please complete the form on our website, located in the Documents section. Hearings are primarily held during Bengal Pause on Tuesdays and Thursdays and from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. on Fridays. 

Please call the Student Conduct and Community Standards Office at (716) 878-3051 with questions.

The 2023–2024 “Conversations in and out of the Disciplines” series kicks off Friday, September 22, as Gavin Leighton, assistant professor of biology, presents “The Evolution of Complex Communication and Visual Deception in Birds” 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 Naomi McKay, associate professor of psychology, will present “Stress Eating: It Can’t Be All Bad!” at 3:00 p.m. Friday, November 17, 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 Jason Knight, associate professor in the Political Science, Public Administration, and Planning Department.

The “Conversations” series was started 16 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 and to attend an introductory session on Tuesday, September 5, at 5:30 p.m. in Bacon Hall 215. 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. Moot Court 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 is lots of fun!

If you have an interest in joining Buffalo State’s Moot Court team, please attend the introductory session on September 5 or email Peter Yacobucci, associate professor of political science, public administration, and planning.

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 whether a women’s right to privacy restricts the government from prohibiting the distribution of contraceptives as well as whether the government may pass a law imposing a religiously based moral stance on all U.S. citizens. A copy of next 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!

The Great Lakes Center is pleased to present its 2022–2023 Annual Report (PDF, 5.5 MB). We hope you will take a few moments to see what we have been up to this past year. Our prior reports can be found on the GLC website.