Buffalo State College http://virb.com/buffalostate 136 undergraduate and 63 graduate programs in the fields of art, science, education, and professional studies. The Buffalo State Virb page welcomes comments from current students, alumni, and students who are interested in attending the college. Visit www.buffalostate.edu for more information, take a tour, or contact us for more information.]]> Virb 2.0 (@buffalostate) en Continuing Professional Studies Office Focuses on Mission of Access http://virb.com/buffalostate/posts/text/6775855
Continuing Professional Studies’ roots can be traced back to 1983, when the Bulger Lifelong Learning Center was dedicated in response to the growing needs of nontraditional students. In the late 1990s, the name changed to the Continuing Education Office, and services shifted to Cleveland Hall 210. In 2005, the office was renamed again to the present Continuing Professional Studies, reflecting its broader constituency.

“We are the front door for adults who are considering returning to college or who are seeking professional development,” said Margaret Shaw-Burnett, associate vice president for continuing professional studies. “Adults return for various reasons, whether due to a job layoff, needing job certification requirements, changing careers, wanting a personal sense of accomplishment, or completing a degree. We provide access for them.”

Read more about the Continuing Professional Studies Office in the Bulletin.]]> Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:38:06 -0800 http://virb.com/buffalostate/posts/text/6775855 Biology Professor Assists in Study of Panda Behavior http://virb.com/buffalostate/posts/text/6722707
Standora has spent many years studying both freshwater and sea turtles, and has served as a co-principal investigator with the Earth Watch Institute on a leatherback sea turtle project in Costa Rica. He is currently a co-PI on a grant studying the continuing viability of the diamondback terrapin, a turtle species of special concern that lives in the estuaries along the New Jersey coast.

However, Standora has an international reputation for his pioneering work in biotelemetry, which has been the constant in his four-decade-long career. As a graduate student at California State University, Long Beach, he developed a telemetry system for studying sharks. Then, while earning his doctorate at the University of Georgia, he studied alligators inhabiting nuclear reactor cooling reservoirs.

Read more about Standora and his work with panda behavior in the Bulletin.
]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:19:52 -0800 http://virb.com/buffalostate/posts/text/6722707 Men's Basketball vs. UB to be Broadcast Live on Time Warner SportsNet http://virb.com/buffalostate/posts/text/6699702
Fans can also listen live on the radio at WBNY-FM 91.3.
]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:51:53 -0800 http://virb.com/buffalostate/posts/text/6699702 Live from Buffalo State, it's Saturday Night! http://virb.com/buffalostate/posts/text/6676136
The performance, “BS Live: A First Class Finale,” starts at 7:00 p.m. in the Donald Savage Building Flexible Theatre. Arrive early to ensure a seat. Admission is free, but donations at the door are welcome.

The two-hour multimedia performance represents a deep collaboration among students and faculty in the TFA program and the Communication, Theater, and Music departments. As part of their senior project, TFA students, working with assistant professor Louis Rera, have scripted and produced short videos to be interspersed with comedic live skits. Host Chet Wild, a Buffalo State creative studies major and local comedy club performer, keeps the audience laughing between videos. Live music is performed by music major Michael Larkin on guitar, accompanied by student musicians. TFA senior Brooke Rewa is the show’s executive producer.

“BS Live: A First Class Finale” will be available on DVD with extra behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the show’s writers and producers.
]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:15:04 -0800 http://virb.com/buffalostate/posts/text/6676136 Student Art Sale December 9, 10 http://virb.com/buffalostate/posts/text/6565945 Czurles-Nelson Gallery (formerly Upton Gallery) features jewelry, pottery, scarves, paintings, photos, prints, and sculptures, all created by students in the art education, design, interior design, and fine arts programs. The sale runs Wednesday, December 9, from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Thursday, December 10, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. For more information, call 878-6014
]]> Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:15:56 -0800 http://virb.com/buffalostate/posts/text/6565945 Contemporary Instrumental Performer George Winston http://virb.com/buffalostate/posts/text/6524413
Inspired by the seasons, solo pianist George Winston plays over 100 solo piano concerts a year in America and beyond. His concerts feature a variety of styles, including his melodic folk piano, stride piano, New Orleans R&B piano, Vince Guaraldi’s "Peanuts" pieces, and more. His latest CD is titled Gulf Coast Blues and Impressions – A Hurricane Relief Benefit. In concert, George will be performing songs from his latest CD as well as selections from his seasonal favorites Autumn, December, Winter Into Spring and Summer, as well as his themed albums Forest, Plains, and Montana: A Love Story, and his albums dedicated to composers: Linus and Lucy: The Music of Vince Guaraldi and Night Divides The Day: The Music of The Doors.

Tickets are priced between $35 and $30 for general admission; $27 for seniors and Buffalo State faculty/staff. Tickets may be purchased at the Rockwell Hall Box Office, 1300 Elmwood Ave. by calling (716) 878–3005 or online at www.buffalostate.edu/pac. Box Office hours are Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The 2009–2010 Great Performers Series is sponsored by M&T Bank and WBFO.

]]> Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:49:38 -0800 http://virb.com/buffalostate/posts/text/6524413 National Inventor of the Year, Physics Alumnus to Speak on Campus Thursday http://virb.com/buffalostate/posts/text/6524412
Kowalsky, who majored in physics at Buffalo State, is president of Flame-Spray Industries, Inc.

In July, he received the Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation’s National Inventor of the Year Award at a ceremony held at the Smithsonian National Museum in Washington, D.C. Kowalsky contributed to the development of a unique process that can deposit a molten metal coating on the internal surface of a cylinder, such as pipes, pumps and engine bores common in the automotive industry. The technology was utilized on the 2009 Motor Trend Car of the Year—the Nissan GT-R.

]]> Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:49:37 -0800 http://virb.com/buffalostate/posts/text/6524412 The Dufala Brothers http://virb.com/buffalostate/photos/6504374 ]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:54:55 -0800 http://virb.com/buffalostate/photos/6504374 The Dufala Brothers http://virb.com/buffalostate/photos/6504373 ]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:54:54 -0800 http://virb.com/buffalostate/photos/6504373 The Dufala Brothers http://virb.com/buffalostate/photos/6504372 ]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:54:53 -0800 http://virb.com/buffalostate/photos/6504372 Work By Ceramics Artist Ronna Mink http://virb.com/buffalostate/photos/6504368

Ronna Mink’s An Unveiling, Thoughts After Tragedy was her graduate show project, influenced by the crash of Flight 3407. All ceramic work in her exhibition is smoke-fired clay either fired in an open pit or placed in a sagar in an open pit.


An Unveiling, Thoughts After Tragedy:


Death is not new to me. But there is something about a horrific death

and watching the people you love suffer through that loss that has caused a

shift in the way I view things. I don’t know how long this will last. But

whether it’s a lifetime, a long time, or simply a brief moment in time, I

have been changed.

My life has been changed.

My family has been changed.

My art has been changed.

]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:54:51 -0800 http://virb.com/buffalostate/photos/6504368 Work By Ceramics Artist Ronna Mink http://virb.com/buffalostate/photos/6504364

Ronna Mink’s An Unveiling, Thoughts After Tragedy was her graduate show project, influenced by the crash of Flight 3407. All ceramic work in her exhibition is smoke-fired clay either fired in an open pit or placed in a sagar in an open pit.


An Unveiling, Thoughts After Tragedy:


Death is not new to me. But there is something about a horrific death

and watching the people you love suffer through that loss that has caused a

shift in the way I view things. I don’t know how long this will last. But

whether it’s a lifetime, a long time, or simply a brief moment in time, I

have been changed.

My life has been changed.

My family has been changed.

My art has been changed.

]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:54:51 -0800 http://virb.com/buffalostate/photos/6504364 Work By Ceramics Artist Ronna Mink http://virb.com/buffalostate/photos/6504358

Ronna Mink’s An Unveiling, Thoughts After Tragedy was her graduate show project, influenced by the crash of Flight 3407. All ceramic work in her exhibition is smoke-fired clay either fired in an open pit or placed in a sagar in an open pit.


An Unveiling, Thoughts After Tragedy:


Death is not new to me. But there is something about a horrific death

and watching the people you love suffer through that loss that has caused a

shift in the way I view things. I don’t know how long this will last. But

whether it’s a lifetime, a long time, or simply a brief moment in time, I

have been changed.

My life has been changed.

My family has been changed.

My art has been changed.

]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:54:50 -0800 http://virb.com/buffalostate/photos/6504358 Work By Ceramics Artist Ronna Mink http://virb.com/buffalostate/photos/6504355

Ronna Mink’s An Unveiling, Thoughts After Tragedy was her graduate show project, influenced by the crash of Flight 3407. All ceramic work in her exhibition is smoke-fired clay either fired in an open pit or placed in a sagar in an open pit.


An Unveiling, Thoughts After Tragedy:


Death is not new to me. But there is something about a horrific death

and watching the people you love suffer through that loss that has caused a

shift in the way I view things. I don’t know how long this will last. But

whether it’s a lifetime, a long time, or simply a brief moment in time, I

have been changed.

My life has been changed.

My family has been changed.

My art has been changed.

]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:54:49 -0800 http://virb.com/buffalostate/photos/6504355 Work By Ceramics Artist Ronna Mink http://virb.com/buffalostate/photos/6504351

Ronna Mink’s An Unveiling, Thoughts After Tragedy was her graduate show project, influenced by the crash of Flight 3407. All ceramic work in her exhibition is smoke-fired clay either fired in an open pit or placed in a sagar in an open pit.


An Unveiling, Thoughts After Tragedy:


Death is not new to me. But there is something about a horrific death

and watching the people you love suffer through that loss that has caused a

shift in the way I view things. I don’t know how long this will last. But

whether it’s a lifetime, a long time, or simply a brief moment in time, I

have been changed.

My life has been changed.

My family has been changed.

My art has been changed.

]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:54:48 -0800 http://virb.com/buffalostate/photos/6504351 Work By Ceramics Artist Ronna Mink http://virb.com/buffalostate/photos/6504348

Ronna Mink’s An Unveiling, Thoughts After Tragedy was her graduate show project, influenced by the crash of Flight 3407. All ceramic work in her exhibition is smoke-fired clay either fired in an open pit or placed in a sagar in an open pit.


An Unveiling, Thoughts After Tragedy:


Death is not new to me. But there is something about a horrific death

and watching the people you love suffer through that loss that has caused a

shift in the way I view things. I don’t know how long this will last. But

whether it’s a lifetime, a long time, or simply a brief moment in time, I

have been changed.

My life has been changed.

My family has been changed.

My art has been changed.

]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:54:47 -0800 http://virb.com/buffalostate/photos/6504348 The Dufala Brothers http://virb.com/buffalostate/photos/6504347 ]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:54:46 -0800 http://virb.com/buffalostate/photos/6504347 The Dufala Brothers http://virb.com/buffalostate/photos/6504346 ]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:54:45 -0800 http://virb.com/buffalostate/photos/6504346 The Dufala Brothers http://virb.com/buffalostate/photos/6504345 ]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:54:45 -0800 http://virb.com/buffalostate/photos/6504345 Work By Ceramics Artist Ronna Mink http://virb.com/buffalostate/photos/6504344

Ronna Mink’s An Unveiling, Thoughts After Tragedy was her graduate show project, influenced by the crash of Flight 3407. All ceramic work in her exhibition is smoke-fired clay either fired in an open pit or placed in a sagar in an open pit.


An Unveiling, Thoughts After Tragedy:


Death is not new to me. But there is something about a horrific death

and watching the people you love suffer through that loss that has caused a

shift in the way I view things. I don’t know how long this will last. But

whether it’s a lifetime, a long time, or simply a brief moment in time, I

have been changed.

My life has been changed.

My family has been changed.

My art has been changed.

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