GSA Closed
2024-11-27 - 2024-11-29
GSA will be closed for Thanksgiving Break.

Discount AMC Movie Tickets Available
2024-12-02
GSA will have discount AMC Movie Tickets available for sale on December 2nd at the UB Ticket Office (online or in 221 Student Union) for $5 each. 1 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.

Winter Break Paperwork Deadline
2024-12-04
Please note that the GSA will be closing for Winter Break from Tuesday, December 10th until Thursday, January 2nd. Because of this, all paperwork for payments that must be processed before this shut down will be due by Wednesday, December 4th. Any payment documentation submitted after this date will not be processed until after we re-open, which means that checks will not be cut until mid to late January. Please make sure that all students and vendors are aware of the deadline in order to avoid delays in payment.

December Board of Directors Meeting
2024-12-04 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | Online via Zoom
The December 4th 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. Once the meeting begins no one else will be admitted for attendance purposes.
PLEASE NOTE: Every club will need to email Stephanie at slfrank@buffalo.edu no later than 12:00pm on Wednesday, December 4th 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. Additional special requests for guests and/or speakers to be admitted may be sent to gsa-feedback@buffalo.edu.
The meeting will also be live streamed via GSA’s Facebook Page for anyone else that is interested in watching the meeting without voting privileges or an official attendance record, as meetings are open to the public.

Java Junction
2024-12-06 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-02-07 11:00 - 13:00 | 145 Student Union
Free Tim Horton’s coffee and doughnuts for graduate students in 145C&D Student Union.
All participants must review the GSA’s Safety Acknowledgement and Participant Disclaimer before attending.

Last Day of Fall Classes
2024-12-09

GSA Closed for Winter Recess
2024-12-10 - 2025-01-01
The GSA will be closed for Winter Recess from Tuesday, December 10th until Thursday, January 2nd.
The office will be open for Summer Hours (Monday – Thursday 8:30am – 4:00pm) from January 2nd – 21st.
Regular business hours will resume with the start of classes on January 22nd.

Deadline for January Conference Funding Applications
2024-12-15
All applications for Conference Funding for conferences during the month of January are due by the close of business at 4:00pm.
The GSA Conference Funding Application is now available as an online form on GSA’s UBLinked page. Please note that you must be signed in to UBLinked and “Join” as a member of GSA in order to be able to access the form on the Homepage.

Discount Canalside Ice Skating Packages Available
2024-12-16 | Canalside Ice Rink, 44 Prime St., Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States
Vouchers on sale December 16th at the UB Ticket Office (online or in 221 Student Union) for $2 each. 2 per UB ID. Tickets include admission and skate rental. Vouchers must be used by February 28, 2025!
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.

Buffalo Bills Football Game vs. New York Jets
2024-12-29 13:00 - 16:30 | Highmark Stadium, 1 Bills Dr., Orchard Park, 14127, United States
Tickets on sale November 25th at the UB Ticket Office (online or at 221 Student Union) for $50 each. 1 per UB ID. Limited quantity available. First come, first served.
**DIGITAL ADMISSION TICKETS WILL BE EMAILED OUT 24 HOURS PRIOR TO GAME TIME. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE EMAILED TICKET FROM THE UB TICKET OFFICE IS ONLY A VOUCHER, AND WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION BY THE VENDOR.**

GSA on Summer Hours
2025-01-02
GSA will be open for Summer Hours: Thursday 8:30am – 4:00pm, closed on Friday, January 3rd.

GSA Closed
2025-01-03

GSA on Summer Hours
2025-01-06 - 2025-01-09
GSA will be open for Summer Hours: Monday to Thursday 8:30am – 4:00pm, closed on Friday, January 10th.

GSA Closed
2025-01-10

GSA on Summer Hours
2025-01-13 - 2025-01-16
GSA will be open for Summer Hours: Monday to Thursday 8:30am – 4:00pm, closed on Friday, January 17th.

Deadline for February Conference Funding Applications
2025-01-15
All applications for Conference Funding for conferences during the month of February are due by the close of business at 4:00pm.
The GSA Conference Funding Application is now available as an online form on GSA’s UBLinked page. Please note that you must be signed in to UBLinked and “Join” as a member of GSA in order to be able to access the form on the Homepage.

GSA Closed
2025-01-17

GSA Closed
2025-01-20
GSA will be closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance.

GSA on Summer Hours
2025-01-21
GSA will be open for Summer Hours: Tuesday 8:30am – 4:00pm.

February Group Funding Applications Deadline
2025-01-22
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.

Spring Classes Begin
2025-01-22

Finance Committee Meeting
2025-01-29 18:30 - 20:30
Finance Committee meeting to review group funding requests for events to take place in February or later.

Discount AMC Movie Tickets Available
2025-02-03
GSA will have discount AMC Movie Tickets available for sale on February 3rd at the UB Ticket Office (online or in 221 Student Union) for $5 each. 1 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.
**All sales are non-refundable**

February Board of Directors Meeting
2025-02-05 18:00 - 21:00 | Online via Zoom
The February 5th 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. Once the meeting begins no one else will be admitted for attendance purposes.
PLEASE NOTE: Every club will need to email Stephanie at slfrank@buffalo.edu no later than 12:00pm on Wednesday, February 5th 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. Additional special requests for guests and/or speakers to be admitted may be sent to gsa-feedback@buffalo.edu.
The meeting will also be live streamed via GSA’s Facebook Page for anyone else that is interested in watching the meeting without voting privileges or an official attendance record, as meetings are open to the public.

International Student Town Hall
2025-02-12 12:00 - 13:30 | Student Union Theater, 201 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States

Distinguished Speaker Series presents Misty Copeland
2025-02-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Center for the Arts, Center for the Arts, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Misty Copeland

Principal Dancer for American Ballet Theatre | New York Times Bestselling Author

ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. COMMEMORATION EVENT

Presented in part by:

Free tickets available for graduate students starting Monday, January 13th through the UB Ticket Office. 1 per UB ID.
Public Ticket Information
Wed., Feb. 12, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
Center for the Arts
UB North Campus

More About Misty Copeland

Misty Copeland is a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, the first Black woman to be promoted to the position in the company’s 75-year history in 2015. She has performed some of the most iconic classical ballet roles, including Odette/Odile in “Swan Lake;” Juliet in “Romeo & Juliet;” “Giselle;” “Manon;” “Coppelia;” Kitri in “Don Quixote;” and “Firebird,” to name a few.
Copeland has been featured in several publications, including the cover of Time Magazine for the Time 100, as well as the covers of ESSENCE, Self, ELLE South Africa, Oxygen and Women’s Health. She has also appeared on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” “CBS Sunday Morning,” ABC’s “Good Morning America,” NBC’s “The Today Show” and “Little Big Shots,” celebrating extraordinary young people.
She made her first awards season guest performances in 2019 with Taylor Swift at the American Music Awards and at the 2020 Grammy Awards alongside Camilla Cabella, Common, Ben Platt, and dancers from the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, as well as the televised Prince Grammy Tribute performing with award-winning recording artist H.E.R. Copeland made her Broadway debut in “On The Town” in 2015 and her major motion picture debut in Disney’s “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” in 2018. She is also featured in an episode of “MasterClass,” the online series.
Copeland started her production company, Life In Motion Productions, focused on bringing representative stories of artists past, present and future, and normalizing the arts experience. Her first independently produced project, “Flower,” premiered at the Tribeca Festival in 2023 and is a silent arts activism film using dance to help raise awareness about intergenerational equity.
Copeland is an avid philanthropist and is an ambassador of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, of which she is also an alum, and MindLeaps, an arts education program based in Rwanda that helps young people get off the streets and into an academic setting to help enhance their lives.
In 2022, Copeland launched The Misty Copeland Foundation, with its first signature program BE BOLD, which aims to bring greater diversity, equity and inclusion to dance, especially ballet. In 2023, she launched the women’s line of Greatness Wins, an athletic wear business she co-founded with Derek Jeter and Chris Riccobono.
Copeland is the New York Times bestselling author of “Life In Motion,” “Ballerina Body,” “Black Ballerinas,” and a picture book titled “Bunheads.” She is also author of the award-winning children’s picture book, “Firebird.” Copeland’s newest book, “The Wind At My Back,” in tribute to her late mentor and friend, pioneering ballerina Raven Wilkinson, was published November 2022.
In 2021, Copeland was the recipient of the Spingarn Medal, the NAACP’s highest honor and in 2023, she received the Trailblazer Icon Award at The Grio Awards, was named for the second time to The Root 100, and was awarded an honorary doctorate of fine arts from New York University. In 2024, Copeland received the Innovator Award from the African American Film Critics Association.

South Campus Java Junction
2025-02-14 11:00 - 13:00 | 105 Harriman Hall, 105 Harriman Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Free Tim Horton’s coffee and doughnuts for graduate students at South Campus in 105 Harriman Hall.
All participants must review the GSA’s Safety Acknowledgement and Participant Disclaimer before attending.

Deadline for March Conference Funding Applications
2025-02-15
All applications for Conference Funding for conferences during the month of March are due by the close of business at 4:30pm.
The GSA Conference Funding Application is now available as an online form on GSA’s UBLinked page. Please note that you must be signed in to UBLinked and “Join” as a member of GSA in order to be able to access the form on the Homepage.

Interprofessional Mixer
2025-02-15 19:00 - 22:00
