Graduate Student Association

GSA Closed
2022-03-25 | NY
Spring Recess: GSA Office open Monday – Thursday 8:30am – 4:00pm, closed on Friday, March 25th.

May-July Group Funding Applications Deadline
2022-03-23 | NY
Application materials are due for Special Activities, Interdepartmental Activities, Symposium and Community Outreach funding for events occurring after the April Board of Directors meeting. All application materials due by the close of business at 4:30pm.

GSA on Summer Hours
2022-03-21 - 2022-03-24 | NY

Spring Recess
2022-03-21 - 2022-03-26 | NY

Deadline for April Conference Funding Applications
2022-03-15 | NY
All applications for Conference Funding for conferences during the month of April are due by the close of business at 4:00pm.

Buffalo Museum of Science Antarctic Dinosaurs Exhibit Passes
2022-03-14 | Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humbolt Parkway, Buffalo, New York, 14211, United States
GSA will have passes for the Buffalo Museum of Science’s Antarctic Dinosaurs exhibit on sale for $5 each starting on March 14th at the UB Ticket Office (online or in 221 Student Union). 2 per UB ID. Limited quantity available. First come, first served.
Passes include admission to the museum and to the special exhibition, however students must book their entrance time with the Buffalo Science Museum directly.

Tickets have designated entry times with the last time slot an hour and fifteen minutes before close.
Once entered, you may stay in the exhibition for as long as you’d like, or until the Museum closes, whichever comes first.

*PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PICK UP YOUR PHYSICAL VOUCHER FROM THE UB TICKET OFFICE IN 221 STUDENT UNION. THE EMAIL CONFIRMATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BY THE VENDOR.

Java Junction
2022-03-11 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | 210 Student Union, 210 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Free Tim Horton’s coffee and doughnuts for graduate students in 210 Student Union.

All participants must complete the GSA Liability Waiver before they will be admitted to the event.

New York Beer Project Tour Tickets Available
2022-03-07 | New York Beer Project, 6933 S. Transit Rd., Lockport, NY, 14094, United States
GSA will have free New York Beer Project tour tickets available starting on March 7th at the UB Ticket Office (online or in 221 Student Union). 1 per UB ID. Limited quantity available. First come, first served.
Tours are offered Saturdays and Sunday at 1:00pm (http://www.nybeerproject.com/shop/brewery-tours). Please call 716-743-6927 at least 72 hours in advance to book your space on the tour . Your order confirmation from the UB Ticket Office will serve as your admission voucher.

Discount AMC Movie Tickets Available
2022-03-07 | NY
GSA will have discount AMC Movie Tickets available for sale on March 7th at the UB Ticket Office (online or in 221 Student Union) for $5 each. 2 per UB ID. Tickets can be used for all movies at AMC theatre locations. Limited quantity available. First come, first served.
*PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PICK UP YOUR PHYSICAL TICKET(S) FROM THE UB TICKET OFFICE IN 221 STUDENT UNION. THE EMAILED TICKET IS ONLY A VOUCHER AND WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION BY THE VENDOR.

March Board of Directors Meeting
2022-03-02 18:00 - 21:00 | Online via Zoom
The March 2nd Board of Directors meeting will be held online via Zoom starting at 6:30pm. GSA Board of Directors meetings are open to the public, but only designated representatives from Departmental and International clubs may vote. Sign-in begins at 6:00pm so that the meeting can begin promptly at 6:30pm.
PLEASE NOTE: Every club will need to email Stephanie at slfrank@buffalo.edu no later than 12:00pm on Wednesday, March 2nd with who will be attending the meeting on the club’s behalf so that eligible representatives can be verified in advance. Once representatives are verified they will be sent the Zoom meeting link and password directly, along with some instructions on how the meeting will be managed, in order to be able to participate and vote. Only previously verified representatives will be admitted to participate in the Zoom meeting.
For attendance purposes each Special Interest Club may have one representative participate directly in the Zoom meeting, but they will not have voting privileges.
The meeting will also be live streamed via GSA’s Facebook Page for anyone else that is interested in attending/watching the meeting without voting privileges, as meetings are open to the public.

Spring Fee Waiver Deadline
2022-03-01 | NY
Applications for a waiver of any applicable Spring semester student activity fees ($85) are due by close of business at 4:30pm.
Fee waivers may be granted to students who are located at least 75 miles from Buffalo, or who suffer unusual financial hardship. Please note that being an online student only does not necessarily qualify students for a fee waiver. Graduate students who have their fees waived will be ineligible for all GSA services.

Free KN95 Masks Available for Graduate Students
2022-02-28 | NY
GSA will have free KN95 masks available for graduate students starting on February 28th at the UB Ticket Office (reserve online and pick up in 221 Student Union). 1 per UB ID while supplies last.

Arrowhead Spring Vineyard Wine Tasting Vouchers Available
2022-02-28 | Arrowhead Spring Vineyard, 4746 Townline Rd., Lockport, NY, 14094, United States
GSA will have free Arrowhead Spring Vineyard wine tasting vouchers available starting on February 28th at the UB Ticket Office (online or in 221 Student Union). 1 per UB ID. Limited quantity available. First come, first served.

Finance Committee Meeting
2022-02-23 18:30 - 20:30 | Online via Zoom
Finance Committee meeting to review group funding requests for events to take place in March or later.

Distinguished Speaker Series presents Nikole Hannah-Jones
2022-02-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Center for the Arts, Center for the Arts, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Nikole Hannah-Jones

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Creator of “The 1619 Project” | New York Times Magazine Staff Writer

ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. COMMEMORATION KETNOTE SPEAKER
Free tickets available for graduate students starting February 1st at 9:00am online through the UB Ticket Office. 1 per UB ID.

Wed., Feb. 16, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.
Center for the Arts, UB’s North Campus

Presented in part by

More About Nikole Hannah-Jones

Nikole Hannah-Jones is a MacArthur Genius for “reshaping national conversations around education reform.” This is but one honor in a growing list: She is the creator of the New York Times Magazine’s “The 1619 Project,” about the history and lasting legacy of American slavery, for which her powerful introductory essay was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. She’s also won a Peabody, two George Polk awards, and the National Magazine Award three times.
Nikole Hannah-Jones covers racial injustice for The New York Times Magazine, and has spent years chronicling the way official policy has created—and maintains—racial segregation in housing and schools. Her deeply personal reports on the Black experience in America offer a compelling case for greater equity. Hannah-Jones is the creator and lead writer of the New York Times’ major multimedia initiative, “The 1619 Project.” Named for the year the first enslaved Africans arrived in America, the project features an ongoing series of essays and art on the relationship between slavery and everything from social infrastructure and segregation, to music and sugar—all by Black American authors, activists, journalists and more. Hannah-Jones wrote the project’s introductory essay, which ran under the powerful headline “Our Democracy’s Founding Ideals Were False When They Were Written. Black Americans Have Fought to Make Them True.” The essay earned Hannah-Jones her first Pulitzer Prize, for commentary. Random House has also announced it will be adapting the project into a graphic novel and four publications for young readers, while also releasing an extended version of the original publication, including more essays, fiction, and poetry. Two of these, “The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story” and “Born On The Water” will be released in November 2021.
Hannah-Jones has written extensively on the history of racism, school resegregation, and the disarray of hundreds of desegregation orders, as well as the decades-long failure of the federal government to enforce the landmark 1968 Fair Housing Act. She is currently writing a book on school segregation called “The Problem We All Live With,” to be published on the One World imprint of Penguin/Random House. Her piece “Worlds Apart” in The New York Times Magazine won the National Magazine Award for “journalism that illuminates issues of national importance” as well as the Hillman Prize for Magazine Journalism. In 2016, she was awarded a Peabody Award and George Polk Award for radio reporting for her “This American Life” story, “The Problem We All Live With.” She was named Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists, and was also named to 2019’s The Root 100 as well as Essence’s Woke 100. Her reporting has also won Deadline Club Awards, Online Journalism Awards, the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service, the Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize for Distinguished Education Reporting, and the Emerson College President’s Award for Civic Leadership. In February 2020, she was profiled by Essence as part of their Black History Month series, celebrating “the accomplishments made by those in the past, as well as those paving the way for the future.”
Hannah-Jones co-founded the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting with the goal of increasing the number of reporters and editors of color. She holds a master of arts in mass communication from the University of North Carolina and earned her bachelor of arts in history and African-American studies from the University of Notre Dame.

March/April Group Funding Applications Deadline
2022-02-16 | NY
Application materials are due for Special Activities, Interdepartmental Activities, Symposium and Community Outreach funding for events occurring after the March Board of Directors meeting. All application materials due by the close of business at 4:30pm.

Financial Self-Care: Your Relationship with Money
2022-02-15 16:30 - 17:30 | Online via Zoom
Many of us associate the concept of self-care with elements of consumerism (e.g., retail therapy) but we don’t always have a good sense of our own relationship with money and where it all started. Our relationship with money is complex, endures a lifetime, and it can lead to behaviors that do not always serve us well.
Based on decades of research and common sense principles, this talk explores common traps many of us fall into that get in the way of achieving real financial security and stability. It will reframe the idea of what wealth actually is and also identify some of the unique challenges for women in regard to money through the lifespan. We will also highlight important on-campus resources that promote professional development, financial well-being, and self-care for UB’s graduate students. This presentation is in collaboration with the Exploratory and Pre-Professional Advising Center, the Graduate School, and Health Promotion’s Financial/Wellness Coaching Programs.
* Note: to attend this program online, you will need to sign-in to Zoom using your UBIT name and password
Join us online: https://buffalo.zoom.us/j/92123680658?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 921 2368 0658
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Sponsored by: Health Promotion, Exploratory and Pre-Professional Advising Center, and the Graduate School

Deadline for March Conference Funding Applications
2022-02-15 | NY
All applications for Conference Funding for conferences during the month of March are due by the close of business at 4:30pm.

MDRF Spring Application Deadline
2022-02-11 | NY
Deadline for MDRF grant applications for research to be conducted between April 1, 2022 and March 31, 2023.
Complete grant applications must be submitted online by 3:00pm on Friday, February 11, 2022.
The last date that applicants may submit their grant to the MDRF Director (gsa-mdrf@buffalo.edu) for review prior to the deadline is Wednesday, January 26th at 4:30pm.

Discount AMC Movie Tickets Available
2022-02-07 | NY
GSA will have discount AMC Movie Tickets available for sale on February 7th at the UB Ticket Office (online or in 221 Student Union) for $5 each. 2 per UB ID. Tickets can be used for all movies at AMC theatre locations. Limited quantity available. First come, first served.
*PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PICK UP YOUR PHYSICAL TICKET(S) FROM THE UB TICKET OFFICE IN 221 STUDENT UNION. THE EMAILED TICKET IS ONLY A VOUCHER AND WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION BY THE VENDOR.

February Board of Directors Meeting
2022-02-02 18:00 - 21:00 | Online via Zoom
The February 2nd Board of Directors meeting will be held online via Zoom. GSA Board of Directors meetings are open to the public, but only designated representatives from Departmental and International clubs may vote. Sign-in begins at 6:00pm so that the meeting can begin promptly at 6:30pm.
PLEASE NOTE: Every club will need to email Stephanie at slfrank@buffalo.edu no later than 12:00pm on Wednesday, February 2nd with who will be attending the meeting on the club’s behalf so that eligible representatives can be verified in advance. Once representatives are verified they will be sent the Zoom meeting link and password directly, along with some instructions on how the meeting will be managed, in order to be able to participate and vote. Only previously verified representatives will be admitted to participate in the Zoom meeting.
For attendance purposes each Special Interest Club may have one representative participate directly in the Zoom meeting, but they will not have voting privileges.
The meeting will also be live streamed via GSA’s Facebook Page for anyone else that is interested in attending/watching the meeting without voting privileges, as meetings are open to the public.

Free Tim Hortons Gift Cards Available
2022-01-31 | NY
Pick up a free $5 Tim Hortons gift card at the UB Ticket Office (purchase online and pick up at 221 Student Union) and enjoy a coffee and donut at your convenience.
Limited quantity available. First come, first served. 1 gift card per UB ID.

Spring Classes Begin
2022-01-31 | NY

GSA Closed
2022-01-28 | NY
The GSA office will be open for Summer Hours: Monday to Thursday 8:30am – 4:00pm, closed on Friday, January 28th.

GSA on Summer Hours
2022-01-24 - 2022-01-27 | NY

GSA Closed
2022-01-21 | NY
The GSA office will be open for Summer Hours: Tuesday to Thursday 8:30am – 4:00pm, closed on Friday, January 21st.

February Group Funding Applications Deadline
2022-01-19 | NY
Application materials are due for Special Activities, Interdepartmental Activities, Symposium and Community Outreach funding for events occurring after the February Board of Directors meeting. All application materials due by the close of business at 4:00pm.

GSA on Summer Hours
2022-01-18 - 2022-01-20 | NY

GSA Closed
2022-01-17 | NY
The GSA will be closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance.

Deadline for February Conference Funding Applications
2022-01-15 | NY
All applications for Conference Funding for conferences during the month of February are due by the close of business at 4:00pm.
