GSA Graduate Student Welcome to Spring 2024 Semester!
Thursday, February 15, 2024, 4-7 pm
Assembly Hall in Campbell Student Union
The Graduate Student Association (GSA) and Graduate Studies Office are hosting a social mixer for new and returning graduate students. Join us for a few minutes or an extended time to meet and connect with fellow graduate students across majors, faculty, staff and administrators. Attend and learn about the various forms of scholarships and professional development funding available for graduate students through GSA and how to apply. The social provides an opportunity for you to offer suggestions for professional and social networking opportunities/events, professional development workshops, as well as recommendations to enhance the graduate experiences at Buffalo State. Light refreshments will be served. GSA merchandise prizes will be given to attendees and light refreshments will be served. Registration is not required, however, registering will help us with the planning of refreshments.
GSA's mission is to serve as your representative body on campus and to support and speak for the interests of Buffalo State's current and future graduate students. Come and find out how you can become involved! See you then!
GSA invites you to the Developing Your Professional Brand workshop, lead by Dr. Amy Wilson. The workshop will run approximately 45-minutes and is offered free of charge.
This session is designed to get you thinking intentionally about designing your own professional brand, one that allows you to be your authentic self yet acknowledges your potential for growth! Defining your desired professional brand can be the necessary foundation for building a sustainable career in any field! Your professional brand should encompass both your personal and professional values, requiring authenticity and consistency in how you show up…just like our go-to products. In addition, the event includes light refreshments.
Are you seeking skills to make you and your work stand out? The Graduate Student Association is excited to invite you to Super Charge Your Creativity: It’s a 21st Century Success Skill Workshop, lead by Dr. Gerald Puccio. This approximately 45-minute workshop is offered free of charge. In addition, the event includes light refreshments, the opportunity to get a professional headshot for social media (including LinkedIn), help with resumes and a chance to network.
Creativity and creative thinking are considered key success skills. As a result of this
high-energy, hands-on, workshop, participants will walk away with:
Perhaps the most widely used social media site for job seekers, LinkedIn acts as a unique platform to put your personal and professional attributes on display for employers. Catherine Vivacqua from the Career Development Center leads students through a virtual workshop aimed at improving your LinkedIn profile and maximizing your exposure on the platform.
Sometimes life just happens – your car is frozen shut, the computer crashes, or the phone number of the school nurse pops up on your phone. In this interactive session, Kristin Fields, Director of the Continuing Professional Studies Program helped attendees explore ways to navigate and prepare for the unexpected. Participants will come away with strategies to foster a proactive mindset.
Proper time management can improve your overall wellbeing and effectiveness during your day-to-day routine. But compounded activities such as school, work, family matters and other important tasks may make this possibility seem difficult to impossible at times. During this workshop Luke Haumesser from Student Leadership and Engagement discusses many of the crucial skills that are needed and ideas to keep in mind in order to achieve a well-balanced lifestyle.
Are you interested in public office, administration, and or becoming the leader of an organization? If so, then a fundamental understanding of the procedures outlined by Robert's Rules of Order will be essential for your success. The most commonly used meeting stratagem in government agencies across the United States, Robert's Rules of Order provides an effective meeting framework that allows for equal participation by members and a clear code of conduct. This event took place Friday, February 25th at 6:00pm via Zoom for this special presentation by Dr. Frederick Floss, and learn about how to run an effective and efficient meeting of your own.
A modern workforce is often composed of individuals that come from a variety of backgrounds and bring with them an equally diverse set of skills that can aid in the task at hand. Proper leadership can enhance a group’s moral, performance, and overall cohesiveness. To aid students transitioning into their career path, Dr. Amy Wilson of Buffalo State’s Higher Education Administration Department will provide students with valuable insights into how to be an effective leader in today’s diverse workplace. This event was held on Friday, February 18th at 5:00pm via ZOOM.
Species are disappearing at an alarming rate, which has led to scientists to suggest humans are causing a sixth mass extinction event on Earth. This talk will explore human impacts on biodiversity, including causes and magnitudes of recent extinctions and how these compare to past mass extinctions. The talk will also explore strategies for conserving biodiversity.
The Finger Lakes Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (PRISM) is a program of the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation focused on invasive species in the 17-counties included in the region. This presentation will briefly explore the history of AIS in the Finger Lakes, and will describe how the Finger Lakes PRISM is addressing those problems through outreach and education, management, and research.
Erie County has made a commitment to address climate change. Starting first with their own operations and now moving to a Community Climate Action Plan, this presentation touches on the County's goals, progress and next steps; and discusses opportunities for you to get involved.
Three scientists share their education and career journeys from Buffalo, NY to the U.S. EPA in Durham, NC. They also provide guidance on how to find and apply for jobs at the EPA throughout the U.S.
Anthony Jones is with EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation and is a Life Scientist working in the Ambient Standards Group which is part of the Health and Environmental Impacts Division.
Mick Piombino (https://www.epa.gov/rtp-speakers-bureau/forms/michael-mick-piombino) works on mitigating human-insect conflicts in areas such as agriculture, disease transmission, toxicology and conservation of the environment.
Kelly Witter (https://www.epa.gov/rtp-speakers-bureau/forms/kelly-witter) is an Environmental Engineer and Director of EPA's Community Engagement & STEM Education Program in Research Triangle Park, NC and focuses on STEM outreach in low-income schools to help close the opportunity gap and build capacity for a more diverse workforce.
Ecosystem-based management (EBM; management that considers the holistic ecosystem, including its biological, physical, chemical, social, and economic components) is a long-standing goal in the Great Lakes, but progress has been slow. To help build the foundation for EBM, my collaborators and I have collected and analyzed many of the long-term monitoring datasets available for Lake Erie and have also used land-to-lake models for more focused studies. I will first talk about how the western Lake Erie ecosystem has changed over recent decades and which environmental drivers have been linked to these changes, then how climate and agricultural land management may interact to influence the downstream ecosystem, including stream fish, lake fish, and harmful algal blooms.
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