The Barnes & Noble at Buffalo State Bookstore is looking forward to holding events or meetings in our store again starting this fall. 

Does your club or organization have ideas for events they would like to have during Bengal Pause? Any department meetings needing a place to come together? Let us help you host them in our café!

Please submit requests to Trista Hayes, textbook manager, or Lynn Puma, store manager, or give us a call at (716) 878-5509. We would love to host you and your team.

Does your course have no additional costs for textbooks or learning materials? Find out how to tag your course as zero textbook cost (ZTC) in Banner during the workshop "Alternative Learning Materials Initiative, OER, and Zero Textbook Cost" on Tuesday, March 28, at 12:15 p.m. in Butler Library 318. This short workshop will reveal the possibilities of reusing, remixing, retaining, revising, and redistributing content to fit your course. Explore the possibilities of open educational resources (OER) and alternative learning materials. We will discuss the use of OER, library subscription content, and courseware available through SUNY OER Services. Discover Butler Library’s new OER repository for Buffalo State faculty to share openly licensed learning materials and track downloads and usage. Please join us in uncovering the possibilities of using and creating materials for your course.

Please register through the Workshop Registration System.

Butler Library will host a "Pocket Poetry" event to celebrate National Poetry Month in April. Students may submit poetry at the Ask Us Desk in the library or via email to Justin Crossfox, senior assistant librarian. Student poetry submissions will be distributed to the Buffalo State community at the library.

Poems are due by Friday, March 31.

The Buffalo State community is cordially invited to attend the 27th annual Hospitality Ambassador Awards event, sponsored by Delaware North, on Wednesday, April 19, beginning with a ceremony at 5:30 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 214 and followed by a reception in the Russell J. Salvatore Demonstration Kitchen in Caudell Hall. Come and celebrate the Hospitality Ambassador Award winners and hospitality students' accomplishments.

Reservations are required. Campus community, friends, and supporters: please make your reservation in advance through email. The cost is $30 per person. Please make checks payable to Campus House Club Student Program Fund. Contact Kathleen O'Brien, chair of the Hospitality and Tourism Department, for tickets or with questions.

We look forward to celebrating with you and our community!

The Barnes & Noble at Buffalo State Bookstore hours for the week of Spring Recess, March 27–April 1, are as follows:

Store
Monday, March 27; Tuesday, March 28; and Thursday, March 30: 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 29; and Friday, March 31: Closed

Café
Monday, March 27; and Tuesday, March 28: 8:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 29; Thursday, March 30; and Friday, March 31: Closed 

Have a great spring break, everyone!

Attention, all fashion lovers! The Buffalo State University’s Fashion and Textile Technology Department and Buffalo Art Movement are excited to announce their upcoming Runway fashion show on Saturday, April 22, at 8:00 p.m. Join us to view the best work of our student designers, centered on the theme Provoking Protopias.

Doors open at 6:00 p.m., so come early, dressed to impress, and enjoy our street-style photo booth by our presenting media sponsor Buffalo Magazine. Our Thrift 2 Fight Pop-up and Runway boutique will also be available for your shopping pleasure. This is a great opportunity to network with fashion enthusiasts, designers, and industry professionals.

Tickets are available now on the Runway website.

We look forward to seeing you there and shining a light on a more equitable and sustainable future for all! 

The Buffalo State community is saddened by the death of Debra B. Howard, secretary 1 in the Sociology Department (retired), who died March 19, 2023. Ms. Howard joined the campus in 1972 and retired in 2008. She is survived by her husband, James. Visitation will be held Thursday, March 23, from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the James E. Grace Funeral Home, 335 Ontario Street, Buffalo, where funeral prayers will be offered Friday, March 24, at 10:00 a.m. More information is available online.

Please join the Chemistry Department for the third seminar in its spring 2023 series, "Organic and Inorganic Explosive Material Detection in Crimes Scenes," presented by Justin Ramsey, M.S. forensic science student in SUNY Buffalo State's Chemistry Department, on Thursday, March 23, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Science and Mathematics Complex 176. 

Abstract
In this presentation about the composition of explosive detection, Mr. Ramsey will discuss in detail the importance of detecting these destructive devices. The origins and fundamentals of the common explosive are the starting point to discuss the principles of how they can be made and where they come from. He will then discuss one of the more common methods in forensics that have been used to detect these materials, giving knowledge of how those techniques hold value but lack in certain areas to where it might be crucial to determine what compounds could have made up that certain explosive. An explanation of how these limitations can be experimented upon as well as what to look for in more detail will be given, and a transition to his two methods of extrapolation for these materials will be the central feature of the presentation. He will then go into detail about how these two methods for explosive analysis can provide possible missing information that certain other methods alone cannot provide. This includes the specification of the additional piece of instrumentation that makes the two methods stand out from most other common methods. For example, it is common for forensic analysts to use ion mobility mass spectroscopy, but what would have the result been if a titration region had been incorporated into the instrumentation? A full experimental analysis will be demonstrated as an example for both methods, and a summary will tie everything together for the conclusion of the presentation.

Please join us for the Teaching and Learning Center’s session "An Introduction to the Institutional Review Board at Buffalo State," presented by Jill Norvilitis, professor of psychology, and Gina Game, research compliance manager for sponsored programs, on Thursday, April 20, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Butler Library 318.

Before the review process, researchers must be sure that their project is, in fact, research with human participants as defined by the federal government. To qualify as research with human participants, the following must be true: (1) The participants must be living. The use of records is still considered research with human participants, although oral history and journalism are specifically excluded. (2) The project is a systematic investigation; that is, it is designed to be a study. For example, instances in classrooms where teachers ask students’ opinions on the material to gauge progress are not research; however, if that same teacher designs a study to evaluate two methods of teaching the material to see which is more effective, this would be research if the third criterion is met. (3) The project is designed to contribute to the generalized knowledge. To qualify as research, the person conducting the project must intend for it to be disseminated at some level. On our campus, we also review student projects that may not be disseminated but that meet the first two criteria so that our students will learn the process of research with human participants and because we have contracted with the federal government to do so.

The Banner Document Manager (BDM) Production platform will be temporarily unavailable as a result of scheduled maintenance starting at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, until approximately 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 22.

There will be no BDM access to perform the following related tasks during this maintenance window: Scanning via Image Capture/Batching/Indexing/Lookups as well as usage of Report Manager (PDF dropbox processing). 

This maintenance time is required so that the Enterprise Infrastructure Services area can install the latest Microsoft update-security patches on the Windows Virtual Server hosting BDM Production to keep security at a high acceptable level.

Please note: Banner 9 Production Admin pages will not be down, and Self-Service Banner (SSB) will not be affected; both areas will be up and available for use.

We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your cooperation.