It’s that time of year again where we welcome our new first-year and transfer residential students! New Student Move-In will take place today, August 22, beginning at 8:00 a.m. All students will check in at the Sports Arena, but please expect additional traffic across campus all day. University Police will have officers assisting with traffic flow, unloading, and parking. We thank you for your assistance in welcoming our new students.

Rita Argen Auerbach, ’54, ’74, Buffalo State alumna and internationally recognized watercolorist, will lead a private tour of her current exhibit, Legacy, a career-spanning celebration of her artistic vision. Join us for a wine and cheese reception and an opportunity to personally meet Ms. Auerbach on Thursday, September 7, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center. The exhibition bridges the creative and the familial in paintings selected by Ms. Auerbach’s children, revealing a personal perspective on their mother’s work. Registration is $5 and includes entrance to the museum, the reception, and a signed exhibit catalog. For more information, please call the Alumni Engagement Office at (716) 878-6101.

All Independent Study, Course by Contract, and Special Project applications for undergraduate students and Graduate Individual Study applications for graduate students are due in the Registrar’s Office by Friday, September 1. Forms are available in most academic department offices as well as in the Moot Hall lobby in front of the Registrar’s Office. All required signatures must be obtained before applications can be processed.

If an override is granted in Banner, the student must then attempt to register for the course again by entering the CRN on the Add Classes Worksheet at the bottom of the Add or Drop Classes page and select Submit. The student must select Submit to be successful.

It is critical that the student does not attempt to search for the section using Look Up Classes. The course may not appear available, especially if it is closed because it has reached maximum enrollment capacity.

Fall 2023 registration is continuous. All continuing students are strongly encouraged to complete all registration for the semester now. Be sure to review and bookmark the Registration Add Errors page for reference when assisting students.

A boom truck will be in the Student Union Plaza tomorrow, August 22, from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. to lift equipment for the air handling unit replacement project at the Campbell Student Union.

The area will be marked with tape and cones, and construction personnel will be present to indicate the extent of the lift safety area and to make sure no unauthorized people are present within this area.

Please call Joe Fuchs, engineering manager in Facilities Design and Construction, at (716) 878-5108 with questions.

A boom truck will be in the Student Union Plaza on Tuesday, August 22, from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. to lift equipment for the air handling unit replacement project at the Campbell Student Union.

The area will be marked with tape and cones, and construction personnel will be present to indicate the extent of the lift safety area and to make sure no unauthorized people are present within this area.

Please call Joe Fuchs, engineering manager in Facilities Design and Construction, at (716) 878-5108 with questions.

The Maurene Callahan Bouras Center for Global Engagement invites you to gather with our new international students for a welcome reception today, August 21, at 3:00 p.m. in the lobby of Butler Library. Buffalo State is proud to enroll students from Bangladesh, Benin, Canada, China, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Nepal, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom this academic year. Students will be welcomed to campus by James Mayrose, provost and vice president for academic affairs, and Rosanna Masucci, director of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Commercial Service, Buffalo office. Please help us welcome our new students to their new home at Buffalo State University.

The Maurene Callahan Bouras Center for Global Engagement invites you to attend the international student reception on Monday, August 21, at 3:00 p.m. in the lobby of Butler Library. This fall we are welcoming bachelor’s, master’s, and exchange students from 20 different countries. These students are excited to call Buffalo State University their home. Please help us welcome these students to the Buffalo State family.

Buffalo State University's Anne Frank Project will host its 15th annual Social Justice Festival: Ideas + Action = Justice on campus on Wednesday and Thursday, October 4 and 5. Please join us for two days of diverse workshops and exhibits that will actively engage participants in kinesthetic learning opportunities on ways to respond vs. react. View the schedule of events on the AFP website, and be sure to save the dates! Registration opens Friday, September 1.

About our Theme: Ideas + Action = Justice
We live in a world where the “Twitter-verse” and “TikTok-land” can falsely reward ideas presented in isolation. Ideas without action require no courage, no research, and no truth, all fitting underneath the umbrella of “reaction.” Reactions do not require education, and they have no lasting impact. When ideas are followed up with action, positive impact becomes possible. This is a response, not a reaction. This is the only way to make positive personal and social change: justice. 

The AFP 2023 Donn Youngstrom featured presenter is activist and model Autumn Rose Williams. Ms. Williams will open the festival with a keynote address on Indigenous awareness, self-love, and empowerment on Tuesday, October 3, at 7:00 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center’s Tower Auditorium, with an interactive workshop the next morning.

Please contact AFP’s assistant director, Jonise Hall, with any questions about this year’s social justice festival.