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The GSA is currently hiring a Webmaster for the Spring and Summer semesters.  A description of the position is attached.  If you are interested in the posting, please email the required materials listed to the GSA Vice President, Connor Walters, at gsa-vicepresident@buffalo.edu by Friday, February 8th in order to be considered.  Applicants must be currently enrolled graduate students who have paid their mandatory student activity fee and must be able to serve for the full term of the position.

Please see the attached Call for Applications for UB Curriculum Capstone Instructors.

To apply for a Capstone Instructor position, please submit a cover letter and curriculum vitae (CV) or resume to Dr. Jeffrey Kohler, Capstone Clinical Instructor, at jkohler2@buffalo.edu. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis through July 31, 2019.

Program: The Data Incubator is an intensive 8 week fellowship that prepares masters students, PhDs, and postdocs in STEM and social science fields seeking industry careers as data scientists. The program is free for Fellows and supported by sponsorships from hundreds of employers across multiple industries. In response to the overwhelming interest in our earlier sessions, we will be holding another fellowship.

Who Should Apply: Anyone who has already obtained a masters or PhD degree or who is within one year of graduating with a masters or PhD is welcome to apply. Applications from international students are welcome. Everyone else is encouraged to sign-up for a future session.

Locations: In addition to the below in-person locations, we will have a remote online session:

• New York City
• San Francisco Bay Area
• Boston
• Washington, DC.

Dates: All sections will be from 2019-04-01 to 2019-05-24.

Application Link: https://www.thedataincubator.com/fellowship.html#apply?ref=wc3BjaGVhaEBidWZmYWxvLmVkdQo=

Early Deadline: 2019-01-14.
Regular Deadline: 2019-01-21.
We are assessing and interviewing candidates who apply for the Early Deadline first and then based on remaining availability, will take candidates who applied for the Regular Deadline on a first-come first-serve basis.

Data Science in 30 minutes: Learn how to build a data-science project in our upcoming free Data Science in 30-minutes webcast. Signup soon as space is limited.

Learn More: You can learn about our fellows at The New York Times, LinkedIn, Amazon, Capital One, or Palantir. To read about our latest fellow alumni, check out our blog. To learn more about The Data Incubator, check us out on Venture Beat, The Next Web, or Harvard Business Review.

Buffalo Bills 50/50 Raffle

o   When: Sunday, December 9^th from 9:15am-3:00pm (approximate end time)
o   Where: New Era Field- 1 Bills Dr., Orchard Park, NY 14127
o   What: Assist with selling 50/50 tickets
o   Details: We will have parking passes and credentials that must be picked up before the game at the Oishei Children’s Hospital volunteer office on the 2^nd floor near Joe’s Deli the week prior to the game. All volunteers will need  to arrive by 9:15 a.m. for orientation on the day of the game at New Era Field (December 9^th).

Buffalo Bills 50/50 Raffle

o   When: Sunday, December 16^th from 9:15am-3:00pm (approximate end time)
o   Where: New Era Field- 1 Bills Dr., Orchard Park, NY 14127
o   What: Assist with selling 50/50 tickets
o   Details: We will have parking passes and credentials that must be picked up before the game at the Oishei Children’s Hospital volunteer office on the 2^nd floor near Joe’s Deli the week prior to the game. All volunteers will need  to arrive by 9:15 a.m. for orientation on the day of the game at New Era Field (December 16^th).

All proceeds benefit Oishei Children’s Hospital on Dec 9th and Kaleida Health Foundation on Dec 16th.

If interested in volunteering, please contact:

Anna Jaremko
Volunteer Services Coordinator
John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital
Email: AJaremko@KaleidaHealth.org
Phone: (716) 307-2177

Spring 2019 SBI Programming Grant applications are due Tuesday, February 12th.

All grant applications must include the signature of the GSA Treasurer in order to be considered, so please make sure to bring all applications to the GSA office (310 Student Union) by Monday, February 11th at 4:30pm in order for them to be signed.

“The primary purpose of the Programming Grant is to fund programs that further the quality of student life, and enrich the educational, cultural and social experiences at the University at Buffalo. In light of these goals, organizations that receive awards are to use them to launch new programs, expand existing programs, or produce publications.”

Grants of up to $3,000.00 may be awarded to any recognized university affiliated student organization.

The application is attached here, and hard copies can be picked up from the GSA Office (310 Student Union) or the SBI Office (341 Student Union). The deadline for submission is Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. Please note that this is a rigid deadline, after which grant applications will not be accepted.

SBI Programming Grant Notifications will be distributed to the grant applicants by Wednesday, February 20th by 4:30pm.

The Graduate School is looking to address the rising mental health crisis across graduate-level academia. Answers to this one question survey will be provided anonymously to the graduate school’s leadership in December.

https://goo.gl/forms/Mch9RhkNZHCOrL8c2

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The Graduate School is looking to figure out how to best support the needs of graduate students in building teaching skills. Answers to this one question survey will be provided anonymously to the graduate school’s leadership in December.

https://goo.gl/forms/XnOPRLBsTYJQypUz1

Good afternoon,

My name is Anthony Vargas, a current undergraduate student here at the University at Buffalo, studying Sociology and Criminology.

The purpose of this email is to reach out in regards to a Stop School Violence Campaign that I’ve started. The campaign’s objective is to urge our legislators to implement peer-to-peer mentoring programs in our schools. As a student who experienced bullying in middle school, this is an issue that is very dear to me. My work on bullying has led me to present at the United Nations for the International Day of Peace in September 2014, and place as a Semi-Finalist for the Peace First Prize Award in April 2015.

The purpose of my campaign is to implement these peer-to-peer mentoring programs in our schools. The peer-to-peer mentoring program ideology has been proven to be successful, and I was apart of the pilot program to institute this at my high school. The petition currently has 1,400 signatures, including support from organizations such as: Teach For America, The Robin Hood Foundation, Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention at the University at Buffalo, NY Local Officials, and many more.

It would be my sincere honor to have UB’s Graduate Student Association help support, and promote this campaign. The more support the petition gets, the more awareness for this issue, and the quicker we can help create a prevention plan for bullying in our schools. Every signature counts, and everyone’s opinion does too.

I know that we can’t end bullying, but we can sure help in preventing it, and aiding those going through these issues.

Below are some articles from the New York Daily News on the campaign:

• Teen Calls on Lawmakers to Help PreventSchool Bullying
• Teen’s Anti-Bullying Plan Gets a Champion in the City Council

Thank you very much for your consideration on this matter. Please let me know if there is anything that I can do.

Very Respectfully,

Anthony J. Vargas
University at Buffalo ’20
Sociology ll Criminology Minor
Resident Advisor ll Clement Hall ll UB Campus Living