Graduate Student Association

Finance Committee Meeting
2019-01-30 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | GSA Conference Room, 310A Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Finance Committee meeting to review group funding requests for events to take place in February or later.

Fall Paperwork Deadline
2019-01-31 | GSA Office, 310 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260-2100, United States
All paperwork for pre-encumbered Fall expenditures (August – December) are due by this date, or the requests will be voided as of February 15, 2019!

MDRF Grant Application Workshop
2019-01-31 15:00 - 16:00, 2019-02-01 12:00 - 13:00 | GSA Conference Room, 310A Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
The Spring deadline for Mark Diamond Research Fund (MDRF) applications is Friday, February 15, 2019. Grant applications are for research to be conducted April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020. The MDRF Director will be holding grant writing workshops on the dates below to go over the application, instructions, the review process and to answer any questions:
Monday, January 28, 2019 at 11:00am in 310 Student Union
Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 12:00pm in 310 Student Union
Thursday, January 31, 2019 at 3:00pm in 310 Student Union
Friday, February 1, 2019 at 12:00pm in 310 Student Union
Please register for the session you plan to attend, as space is limited: https://goo.gl/forms/ke2OpFTkNON7Sd2s2
(more dates may be added as necessary)
*PLEASE NOTE* The last day to submit your application for review by the MDRF Director before submission is Wednesday, February 6, 2019 (by 4:30pm).

Java Junction
2019-02-01 11:00 - 13:00, 2019-03-01 11:00 - 13:00 | GSA Conference Room, 310A Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Free Tim Horton’s coffee and doughnuts for graduate students in the GSA office.

Discount AMC Movie Tickets Available
2019-02-04 | Buffalo, United States
GSA will have discount AMC Movie Tickets available for sale on February 4th at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 135 Diefendorf Hall) for $6 each. 1 per UB ID. Tickets can be used for all movies at AMC theatre locations. Limited quantity available. First come, first served.

MDRF Grant Application Workshop
2019-02-04 12:00 - 13:00, 2019-02-05 11:00 - 12:00 | GSA Conference Room, 310A Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
The Spring deadline for Mark Diamond Research Fund (MDRF) applications is Friday, February 15, 2019. Grant applications are for research to be conducted April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020. The MDRF Director will be holding grant writing workshops on the dates below to go over the application, instructions, the review process and to answer any questions:
Monday, January 28, 2019 at 11:00am in 310 Student Union
Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 12:00pm in 310 Student Union
Thursday, January 31, 2019 at 3:00pm in 310 Student Union
Friday, February 1, 2019 at 12:00pm in 310 Student Union
Monday, February 4, 2019 at 12:00pm in 310 Student Union
Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at 11:00am in 310 Student Union
Please register for the session you plan to attend, as space is limited: https://goo.gl/forms/ke2OpFTkNON7Sd2s2
(more dates may be added as necessary)
*PLEASE NOTE* The last day to submit your application for review by the MDRF Director before submission is Wednesday, February 6, 2019 (by 4:30pm).

February Senate Meeting
2019-02-06 18:30 - 21:30 | 330 Student Union, 330 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
GSA Senate 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.

Buffalo Young Alumni ~ Open Skate and Social
2019-02-13 19:00 - 22:00 | Northtown Center, 1615 Amherst Manor Dr., Williamsville, NY, 14221, United States
Office of Alumni’s Class of 2019 series event, Open Skate and Social.
This event will take place on Wednesday February 13th from 7pm to 10pm and takes place right across the street from North Campus at the North town Center at Amherst.
Package includes a 2-hour open skate, drink ticket, light appetizers, and an exclusive mixer in the Skybox Grille overlooking the Lexus Feature Rink. Need skates? Skate rental is only $3.
Registration Deadline is Monday, February 11th. More information available at the link below.
https://www.ub-connect.com/s/1703/alumni/index.aspx?sid=1703&pgid=2510&gid=2&cid=4758&ecid=4758&post_id=0
Discount code available for GSA members! Use “GSA2”

Deadline for March Conference Funding Applications
2019-02-15 | GSA Office, 310 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260-2100, United States
All applications for Conference Funding for conferences during the month of March are due in the GSA office (310 Student Union) by the close of business.

MDRF Spring Application Deadline
2019-02-15 | GSA Office, 310 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260-2100, United States
Deadline for MDRF grant applications for research to be conducted between April 1, 2019 and March 31, 2020.
Electronic application materials must be submitted online to ubmdrf@gmail.com by 3:00pm on Friday, February 15, 2019.
Hard copy application materials with original signatures are due in the GSA office (310 Student Union) by noon on Monday, February 18, 2019.
*PLEASE NOTE* Both application deadlines must be met in order for your grant to be considered for funding. NO EXCEPTIONS!
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, February 6th at 5:00pm.

South Campus Siesta
2019-02-15 12:30 - 14:30 | 105 Harriman Hall, 105 Harriman Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Free food and beverages for graduate students at South Campus.

Buffalo Sabres Hockey Game vs. New York Rangers
2019-02-15 19:00 - 23:00 | Key Bank Center, 1 Seymour H Knox III Plaza , Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States
Tickets on sale November 26th at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 135 Diefendorf Hall) for $15 each. 2 per UB ID. Limited quantity available. First come, first served.

Free Screening ~ Chisolm '72: Unbought and Unbossed
2019-02-16 11:30 - 13:30 | North Park Theatre, 1428 Hertel Ave., Buffalo, NY, 14216, United States
Saturday, February 16th at 11:30am, North Park Theater (1428 Hertel Avenue) is hosting a free screening of a film about Shirley Chisholm, one of the leaders highlighted in our Civil Rights Exhibition in Silverman Library. The film is entitled “Chisolm ’72: Unbought and Unbossed,” and won the 2006 Peabody Award. For more information on the screening, visit the North Park Theater website at this link: https://www.northparktheatre.org/presidents-day-free-screenings/.

CSSA ~ Spring Festival Gala
2019-02-16 17:00 - 21:00 | Student Union Theater, 201 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Spring Festival Gala is one of CSSA’s largest events held annually. It’s a big performance show, including singing, dancing, comedy show, magic show, band show, musical instrument playing, etc. by mainly Chinese students at UB for EVERYONE to watch and celebrate the joyful festival together. Before the show, we will also have a dinner of authentic Chinese food at Student Union lobby. Free tickets can be picked up at the SBI Ticket Offices.

Mr. Goodbar Fundraiser for Haiti Medical Mission
2019-02-16 21:00 - 23:30 | Mr. Goodbar, 1110 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, NY, 14222, United States
Each year a group medical students from UB go on a medical mission trip to Fontaine, Haiti for Spring Break. We set up a clinic to provide physical exams, pre-natal, and gynecological care. During the week there, we are able to see about 600 patients. This trip is biannual, and provides continuity of medical care to a rural area of Haiti.
This weekend we have a fundraising event at Mr. Goodbar that I would like to invite everyone 21+ to attend. Beginning at 9pm, a $5 donation to our trip will get you a free drink ticket to be used at the bar! The money raised will be used for medications, translators, and health education materials needed to make the trip a success. Please share this event with any listserv of students or faculty available. Hope to see you there!
Thanks for your support,
The 2019 Haiti Team and UB Global Health

March/April Group Funding Applications
2019-02-20 | GSA Office, 310 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260-2100, United States
Application materials are due for Special Activities, Interdepartmental Activities, Symposium and Community Outreach funding for events occurring after the March Senate meeting, or before the April Senate meeting. All application materials due in the GSA office by the close of business.

Chipotle Fundraiser for Haiti Medical Mission
2019-02-26 17:00 - 21:00 | Chipotle, 1717 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga, NY, 14225, United States
Each year a group medical students from UB go on a medical mission trip to Fontaine, Haiti for Spring Break. We set up a clinic to provide physical exams, pre-natal, and gynecological care. During the week there, we are able to see about 600 patients. This trip is biannual, and provides continuity of medical care to a rural area of Haiti.
We need to raise money to pay for medications, supplies, and some hospital fees for patients who need a higher level of care.

DifCon ~ Legacies on the Landscape: Buildings and Names at UB
2019-02-27 12:00 - 13:30 | 210 Student Union, 210 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States

Finance Committee Meeting
2019-02-27 19:00 - 21:00 | GSA Conference Room, 310A Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Finance Committee meeting to review group funding requests for events to take place in March or later.

Distinguished Speaker Series ~ Angela Davis
2019-02-27 19:30 - 21:30 | Alumni Arena, Alumni Arena, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, 14260
Angela Davis | Feb. 27 | Alumni Arena
Free tickets will be available for graduate students starting on February 18th at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 135 Diefendorf Hall). 1 per UB ID.

Legendary Human Rights Activist and Author

UB’s 43rd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Keynote Speaker

Graduate Student Choice Speaker

More About Angela Davis

Through her activism and scholarship over many decades, Angela Davis, PhD, has been deeply involved in movements for social justice around the world. Her work as an educator – both at the university level and in the larger public sphere – has always emphasized the importance of building communities of struggle for economic, racial and gender justice. Davis’ teaching career has taken her to San Francisco State University, Mills College and UC Berkeley. She has also taught at UCLA, Vassar, Syracuse University, the Claremont Colleges, and Stanford University. At the University of California Santa Cruz she is Distinguished Professor Emerita of History of Consciousness – an interdisciplinary PhD program – and of Feminist Studies.
Davis has lectured throughout the United States as well as in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Caribbean. In recent years a persistent theme of her work has been the range of social problems associated with incarceration and the generalized criminalization of those communities that are most affected by poverty and racial discrimination. She draws upon her own experiences in the early seventies as a person who spent 18 months in jail and on trial, after being placed on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted List.” She also has conducted extensive research on numerous issues related to race, gender and imprisonment.
Davis has authored numerous books including ““Abolition Democracy” and “Are Prisons Obsolete?” about the abolition of the prison industrial complex, a new edition of “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, and two collections of essays titled “The Meaning of Freedom” and “Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement.”
Davis is a founding member of Critical Resistance, a national organization dedicated to the dismantling of the prison industrial complex. Internationally, she is affiliated with Sisters Inside, an abolitionist organization based in Queensland, Australia that works in solidarity with women in prison. Like many educators, Davis is especially concerned with the general tendency to devote more resources and attention to the prison system than to educational institutions. Having helped to popularize the notion of a “prison industrial complex,” she now urges her audiences to think seriously about the future possibility of a world without prisons and to help forge a 21st century abolitionist movement.

For source or more information, please visit:

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Spring Fee Waiver Deadline
2019-03-01 | Buffalo, United States
Applications for a waiver of any applicable Spring semester student activity fees ($85) are due in the GSA office (310 Student Union) by close of business.
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.

CSEE Poster Competition
2019-03-01 13:00 - 17:00 | Davis Hall Atrium, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States

Turkish GSA ~ Tavla Night
2019-03-01 18:00 - 21:00 | 228 Student Union, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Turkish GSA will be hosting a Tavla Night on March 1st from 6-9PM in SU228.
Link: https://buffalo.campuslabs.com/engage/event/3213710

Mardi Gras Party
2019-03-02 19:30 - 23:30 | Pearl Street Grill & Brewery, 76 Pearl St., Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States
Open Bar, DJ, Food and Prizes!!
Tickets on sale January 28th at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 135 Diefendorf Hall) for $20 each ($25 at the door if still available). 2 per UB ID.
*Please remember to bring photo ID as proof of age to the event. EVERYONE WILL BE CARDED AT THE DOOR!*

Discount AMC Movie Tickets Available
2019-03-04 | Buffalo, United States
GSA will have discount AMC Movie Tickets available for sale on March 4th at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 135 Diefendorf Hall) for $6 each. 1 per UB ID. Tickets can be used for all movies at AMC theatre locations. Limited quantity available. First come, first served.

March Senate Meeting
2019-03-06 18:30 - 21:30 | 330 Student Union, 330 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States

History GSA ~ Milton Plesur Conference
2019-03-08 - 2019-03-09 | 105 Harriman Hall, 105 Harriman Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
This year will be the 28th year that the Graduate History Association (GHA) has held the annual Milton Plesur Graduate History Conference as an opportunity for M.A. and Ph.D. students from across the United States and around the world to present original research from a variety of fields. This year’s conference is entitled “(Im)Material Culture: Identity and Agency in Commonplace Objects” and continues our department’s work towards re-orienting the historical gaze away from traditional (masculine, political) histories toward a more inclusive and diverse social narrative. The goal of this year’s conference was to gather interdisciplinary work that transcends geographic and temporal boundaries, but that fits within our theme of the study of material culture. Our Call for Papers was sent to over 80 colleges and universities in the United States and was posted on H-Net for reference by graduate level historians around the world. We have received submissions from five U.S. states, Canada, Nigeria, the United Kingdom and South Korea, as well as from University at Buffalo students in the History, Transnational Studies, and Architecture departments. This year we are pleased to welcome Dr. Katherine Ott, Curator of the Division of Medicine and Science at the National Museum of American History to open the conference with a keynote address on Friday. Following the address, participants are invited to dinner. Saturday will begin with a continental breakfast followed by two panels in the morning, a break for lunch, four panels in the afternoon, followed by a closing reception.
