All faculty members are encouraged to begin training in Brightspace, the new SUNY-wide learning management system selected to replace Blackboard. The Brightspace Fundamentals Workshop Series is designed for instructors new to Brightspace and is suitable for instructors teaching in any modality: face-to-face, hybrid, or online.

Workshops in the series are Navigation and Interface; Communication Tools; Authoring and Publishing Content; Gradable Activities: Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes; and Gradebook.

Starting with J-Term 2023, all courses will use Brightspace, and content and student data will begin to be archived for historical purposes. Faculty members teaching in J-Term and spring 2023 are able to access their courses now. Log in at Buffalo State's Brightspace, and be sure to use the network log-in and your Buffalo State credentials. If you are experiencing log-in issues, please submit a ticket via the IT portal.

Training Options
Online synchronous workshops will be provided by the SUNY Center for Professional Development. Registration is open.

Online asynchronous modules are available within the Buffalo State Brightspace environment. You can log in to mylearning.buffalostate.edu using the Network Login option with your Buffalo State username and password. If you are experiencing log-in issues, please submit a ticket via the IT portal.

In-person sessions will be offered by Instructional Design and Distance Learning (IDDL) and the Teaching and Learning Center. These sessions will be hosted on campus in a variety of labs across campus. Registration is through the Workshop Registration System.

Please contact Jamie Tabone, instructional designer, with questions. Please see the IDDL website for more information.

Please join us for a panel discussion with faculty members who are currently working in the new Brightspace learning management system on Thursday, November 17, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Butler Library 314.

Buffalo State has 25 pilot faculty members teaching more than 90 course sections to over 900 Buffalo State students for the fall 2022 semester. This is your opportunity to ask questions of your colleagues who can share their experience with you! We will begin the session with a brief overview of the project and where we are currently are with the implementation.

Please register through the Workshop Registration System.

Desire2Learn Brightspace was selected as the new learning management system for the SUNY Digital Learning Environment. Starting with J-Term 2023, all courses will use Brightspace, and content and student data will begin to be archived for historical purposes.

Please contact Jamie Tabone, instructional designer, with questions. Please see the Instructional Design and Distance Learning website for more information.

Please join the Biology Department and the Great Lakes Center for the seminar "Genetic and Environmental Reprogramming of the Cancer Epigenome," presented by Joyce Ohm, associate professor of oncology with Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Institute, on Monday November 14, at 3:00 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 214.

Dr. Ohm received her Ph.D. in cancer biology from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 2003. Before starting her independent research laboratory, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship in oncology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Ohm’s research interests include cancer epigenetics, environmental exposures and tumor initiation, stem cell biology and cellular reprogramming, and molecular signatures for lung cancer.

Abstract
Dr. Ohm’s laboratory is actively investigating how both genetic and environmental determinants may reprogram the epigenome and contribute to tumor initiation and progression. She is currently executing research associated with an NIH RO1 grant, which is focused on epigenomic remodeling in stem cells following exposures to environmental toxicants. Other projects that Dr. Ohm’s laboratory is involved in include the examination of epigenetic reprogramming in translocation associated soft-tissue sarcomas with regard to epigenetic remodeling, epigenetic aging, and novel therapeutic strategies including immunotherapy. As Dr. Ohm’s research is analytically intensive, her lab regularly performs –omics level molecular analysis of normal, pre-malignant, and malignant cell populations including RNA-sequencing, ChIP-sequencing, and global methylation analysis, all of which are key elements of her ongoing research. Her long-term goals are to identify novel therapeutic strategies for the treatment of aggressive human cancers based on their molecular profiling.

Join Weigel Health Promotion for a series of events to leading up to this year's Great American Smokeout on Thursday, November 17. Created by the American Cancer Society and supported across the nation to encourage tobacco users to become empowered and face their addiction, the Great American Smokeout is observed the third Thursday of November each year.

New this year: Student Affairs is co-sponsoring Quit Cold Turkey Coupons. Bring your cigarettes, vapes, juice, nicotine gum, chew, snuff, or other smoking or vaping paraphernalia to one of our health ambassadors at a tabling or other event and receive a coupon toward a Subway sandwich in Retail Dining. You must surrender some form of smoking or vaping product (it cannot be empty). Available while supplies last. 

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Do Your Part: Campus Clean Sweep
Thursday, November 10
3:00–4:00 p.m.

Volunteers will meet at 2:45 p.m. in the Weigel Wellness Center vestibule: Do Your Part and join the health ambassadors by participating in a sweep of the campus picking up cigarette butts, e-cigs, and other tobacco and vaping paraphernalia. The debris will be gathered and weighed. We will display the items collected on the Weigel Health Promotion table in the Student Union during tabling with a contest to guess the weight of the items collected. Make a guess on our Instagram page or text your guess to (716) 992-7077. We will announce the weight and the winner on Friday, November 18.

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BOW Lounge Activities, Trivia, and Tabling
Tuesday, November 15
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Campbell Student Union lower lobby

The BOW Lounge health promotion table will have activities and trivia questions about tobacco, vaping, and marijuana products. We will also host guests from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Institute and a therapy dog. Roswell will have a table with information about smoking and vaping and what do if you decide to quit. Fill out a card saying why or who you would quit for. These cards will be hung in the Health Promotion office and shared on social media.

Wednesday, November 16
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Campbell Student Union lower lobby

Weigel Health promotion will be tabling in the lobby with information about smoking. We will also have a foam dart board and trivia questions surrounding smoking and tobacco products.

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Great American Smokeout Information and Activities
Thursday, November 17
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Campbell Student Union lobby

Guess the weight from the Clean Sweep. The winner will be announced on Friday. We will have the foam dart board and trivia questions about tobacco products. If you answer questions correctly, you can win a prize.

Chartwells will also be cooking some delicious smoked foods to support awareness.

Learn how to talk about the campus Tobacco-Free Policy and how to do your part to educate others about the information and resources available.

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Follow us on social media for additional information, events, contests, and more.

Please contact Paula Madrigal, assistant director of prevention and health promotions, with questions.

Follow us on social media for updates or cancellations:
Like us on Facebook (Buffalo State Health Promotions)
Follow us on Instagram  (@Buffalostate_healthpromotions)
Follow us on Twitter (@BSCHealthPromo)
Watch us on YouTube (BSCHealthPromotions)
Follow us on Pinterest (bschealthpromo)

The Buffalo State Percussion Ensemble concert with special guest WADE has been rescheduled for Thursday, November 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center. Admission is free. Please visit the Music Department website for more information about concerts and events.

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Correction: November 8, 2022
The original version of this announcement, published November 8, 2022, listed the incorrect date in the headline (December 10).

International Education Week is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. This joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education is part of our efforts to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences. Buffalo State has participated in International Education Week for the past decade. This year we celebrate students and scholars from 26 countries. Please consider sharing the events next week with your students and know that the entire Buffalo State community is welcome.  A list of events taking place during the weeklong celebration can be found on the International Student and Scholar Services website.

Thank you for joining the Maurene Callahan Bouras Center for Global Engagement for one or more events during International Education Week. Today's events are listed below. Events are also posted on the International Student and Scholar Services website. Please contact Tricia Herritt, ISSS director, with questions.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18

Cultural Café
3:00–4:00 p.m.
Butler Library
The campus community is invited to share a cup of coffee as we end International Education Week 2022. Help us decorate fall leaves with reasons we are thankful. We will be sampling a signature Bangladesh dish, chicken biryani.

Thank you to our International Education Week sponsors: E. H. Butler Library, the Equity and Campus Diversity Office, the Maurene Callahan Bouras Center for Global Engagement, and the Faculty-Student Association.

The Maurene Callahan Bouras Center for Global Engagement invites students, faculty, and staff members to celebrate 2022 International Education Week November 14–18. Today's events are listed below. Events will also be posted on the International Student and Scholar Services website. Please contact Tricia Herritt, ISSS director, with questions.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17

Dancing around the World
12:15–1:30 p.m.
Butler Library lobby
Dance Appreciation students showcase videos of dances from around the world. Stop by the main lobby in Butler Library and move to the beat!

Peace Corp Presentation (Virtual)
4:00 p.m.
Amanda Cady, representative for the Peace Corps, will discuss how to go abroad after graduation with the Peace Corps. Through the Peace Corps’ two-year program of life-defining experiences, volunteers can fully integrate into a host country community, where they live and work on education, health, economic development, environment, agriculture, and youth development projects. This workshop will cover Peace Corps programs, benefits and commitment, the requirements, and how to apply.
Registration required.

'Immigration Art' with International Food
6:00 p.m.
Campbell Student Union Assembly Hall
Nationally known immigration attorney Arthur "Immigration Art" Serratelli will discuss employment-based visa options beyond F-1 OPT and J-1 Academic Training. Refreshments provided afterward. Sponsored by the Faculty-Student Association.
Microsoft Teams link

Live Cooking Show with Chef Forman
7:00 p.m.
Are you hungry for good international food? Chef Forman, alumnus of Buffalo State, owner of Thyme & Honey, and certified executive chef at Delaware North for the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres, will be cooking Kefta Kabobs. Find the recipe on the International Education website. Join our watch party in person in the Student Union Assembly Hall or join us virtually at Facebook Live.

Thank you to our sponsors: The Faculty-Student Association and Weigel Health Promotion

The Maurene Callahan Bouras Center for Global Engagement invites students, faculty, and staff members to celebrate 2022 International Education Week November 14–18. Today's events are listed below. Events will also be posted on the International Student and Scholar Services website. Please contact Tricia Herritt, ISSS director, with questions.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16

Music Department’s Wind Ensemble
7:30 p.m.
Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall
Celebration of International Education Week through music

Registration for Peace Corps Event (November 17)
Students interested in the Peace Corps are invited to meet with the area representative on Thursday, November 17, at 4:00 p.m. via Zoom. Advance registration required.

The Maurene Callahan Bouras Center for Global Engagement invites students, faculty, and staff members to celebrate 2022 International Education Week November 14–18. Today's events are listed below. Events will also be posted on the International Student and Scholar Services website. Please contact Tricia Herritt, ISSS director, with questions.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15

Dancing Around the World
12:15–1:30 p.m.
Campbell Student Union
Dance Appreciation students share their research of dances from around the world. Stop by their table in the Campbell Student Union and get ready to wiggle your toes with new dance moves.

Attorney Gabriella Agostinelli Consultations
12:30–2:30 p.m
Campbell Student Union Study Hub
The Faculty-Student Association is sponsoring free consultations for Buffalo State students with immigration attorney Gabriella Agostinelli from Berardi Immigration Law in Buffalo. Students must register in advance for a consultation. No walk-ins accepted.

Women’s World Empowerment Panel
6:00 p.m.
Campbell Student Union Assembly Hall
Buffalo State faculty members Graziela Rondon-Pari, Ann Liao, and Rafika Merini will present on topics affecting women from around the world. Discussed will be "Advantages and Challenges Faced by Peruvian Women," "Women Migrant Workers' Situated Experience in Asia," and "Empowering Women of the Middle East and North Africa."