Please note that there will be ongoing maintenance performed to the GSA website and all associated club websites beginning at 12:00 P.M. on Friday, October 18th through 11:59 P.M. on Sunday, October 20th. There may be interruptions to website accesses during this time, and there should be no content updates performed during this time frame at the request of UBIT. If there are any issues with club websites after the upgrade has completed, please contact Hector Rodriguez directly at hectorro@buffalo.edu.
Save the Date ~ Inclusive Excellence Summit 2020
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO PRESENTS:
Living Our Commitment:
Inclusive Excellence Summit 2020
SAVE THE DATE: APRIL 30, 2020
CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS AND PANELS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN OCTOBER PROPOSALS WILL BE DUE NOV. 25, 2019
Faculty, staff, and graduate students are invited to propose programs on a range of topics that address one of the following themes:
- Moving Beyond the Walls of the University
- Exploring Privilege and Bias
- Creating Cultural Competence on Campus
- Promising Practices for Diversity and Inclusion
Summit highlights include:
- Nationally renowned keynote speaker
- Engaging panels and presentations by faculty, staff and graduate students
- Creating opportunities for sustained collaborations on diversity and inclusion work among faculty, students and staff
- Networking opportunities
DATE: April 30, 2020
LOCATION: Student Union & Capen Hall, North Campus
More information coming soon www.buffalo.edu/inclusion
UBIT ~ October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Learn how to spot a scam, create a strong password and find other tips and tools to keep yourself, and your personal information, safe Visit buffalo.edu/ubit/safe.
Photographer: Douglas Levere
October Events
Check out the great events that GSA has to offer this Month!
*Paid for by your Mandatory Student Activity Fee.*
New Two-Step Verification on UBIT Name Accounts
Coming soon: lock down your UBITName login with two-step verification.
Find out why it’s coming to UB, and what students, faculty and staff are saying about this extra layer of security. bit.ly/TwoStepAtUB
Free Zipcar Membership and $35 in Driving Credits
The University partners with Zipcar to offer car sharing services to our campus as another sustainable transportation option. This way, students who do not own, or only need a personal vehicle occasionally, can consider using Zipcar rather than bringing a car to campus. Zipcar members can use all cars on our campus, in the local community and nationwide, anywhere in the Zipcar system for as little as $8.50 per hour (gas and insurance included).
Zipcar offers all members of Student Government a free membership and $35 in driving credits.
If you would like to offer this benefit to the members of Student Government, please share this link:
http://members.zipcar.com/ubuffalo.leaders
Year of Yoga for Every Body Initiative ~ Fall Events Calendar
Community-University Collaborations in Research Series
Community-University Collaborations in Research series organized by the Workforce development and Community engagement core at the Clinical and Translational Science Institute. These workshops are open for everyone, students, fellows, faculty, staff as well as the general community of Western New York.
This series aims to increase research collaborations at UB and the WNY community to reduce health disparities and generate a more inclusive atmosphere at UB and in healthcare.
The workshop is in the Lafayette International High school. The students there are all either Refugees, Immigrants or Latinos, and they would love to have some students from UB provide mentorship if possible.
Please find attached the pdf of the series flyer as well as the flyer for inaugural workshop on the Refugee-Immigrant-Latino communities. The flyers also have registration links which are hosted on EventBrite as public events. We encourage registration but also welcome walk-ins. We are hoping for about a 100 attendees.
GSA Cancelling All September Events
Due to the fact that the University has failed to provide a contract for accounting services with FSA as part of their mandatory transition to a new fiscal agent for all student governments, the GSA has been forced to cancel all events planned for the month of September. We will continue to work as diligently as possible to rectify the situation and resume offering funding and programs to our students as soon as possible. We apologize for these delays and hope to have everything fully operationally by October.
Job Posting ~ Two Hourly Editor Positions
The GSA is currently hiring two Hourly Editors for the 2019-2020 academic year. 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, August 9th 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.