Stop by the bookstore during the cap & gown pickup/sale for a grad fair style event from the Office of Alumni Engagement.
Enjoy a photo booth area for seniors/grads to take pictures and celebrate with their cap/gown, 2022 themed props, and our inflatable 8ft Victor E. Bull!
Enjoy a special alumni giveaway prize; a bottle coozie w/ Class of 2022 carabiner clip for every senior that stops in!
Take advantage of these connections, resources, and relevant information for seniors! Highlighted participants include:Alumni Engagement – Volunteerism & Involvement, Alumni Careers and Life-Long LearningUBIT – Alumni Gmail Account InfoIntercultural & Diversity Center – ALANA/Lavender CeremoniesCollege of Arts and SciencesSchool of Management – MS Finance & MS AccountingSchool of Public Health and Health Professions
Location: UB Bookstore North Campus Date and Time: Tues., Mar. 8 – Thurs., Mar. 10 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Apply to be a Student Engagement Ambassabor (SEA) where you serve as a mentor to UB students, serve the community, present at the LEAD UB conference, and help to create a sense of belonging and community at UB.
LEAD stands for Leadership, Engagement, Advocacy and Development. This conference is designed to bring students from across UB and the surrounding communities together to learn about and engage in topics related to leadership, service, and overall student development.
You can expect engaging and relevant speakers, roundtable discussions, and the discovery of new skills and programs for you to be involved with.
Presenting at a conference is an excellent way to enhance your public speaking skills as well as your resume!
At Samsung, you’re passionate about technology. You see the potential the world can become through the very hands of your own, defying barriers and striving to excel limits. Here at Samsung, we see beauty in achieving excellence and our passion for change fuels our discoveries, inventions, and breakthrough technology. We believe that technology can, and should, make the world a better place, so we create new possibilities for people everywhere, push the limits of what’s possible, and constantly innovate. We take pride in the creativity and diversity of our talented people—they are the forefront of everything that drive our success. We are constantly looking for dynamic individuals who share our relentless ambition, and in return offer people opportunities to make the impossible possible and ways to express themselves in a truly global enterprise. At Samsung, we Own the Unknown. Are you ready to #OwntheUnknown? Youth Marketing Connection (YMC) is looking for passionate, outgoing, confident, tech-savvy, and well-connected college students to join the launch of the Samsung College Program this upcoming year (late January – December 2022). As a Samsung Influencer, you’ll have inside access to the Samsung North America team, gaining valuable resume-building professional experiences. You’ll be tasked with spreading the word about Samsung by creating engaging social media content and spreading the word about ambassador-led events across your social channels. You’ll also receive a generous program stipend, the latest Samsung products, exclusive discounts to share with your peers, and more. WHO YOU ARE ● Passionate about technology, trends, and marketing ● Creative with an eye for aesthetics ● Well versed in creating, filming, and editing social content – a natural in front of the camera ● Enthusiastic about the brand, creative, authentic, well-organized, and technologically savvy ● Active on social media with experience in creating lifestyle content on TikTok + Instagram ● Well-connected with a diverse social network ● Excellent communication skills ● Prior social media and/or brand ambassador experience ● Excited to use and share experiences with Samsung products WHAT YOU’LL DO ● Create trendy lifestyle content prompting discount codes, new technology devices, and events ● Be a social influencer and ongoing advocate of the Samsung brand ● Lead digital outreach efforts to increase event, brand, and product awareness ● Get creative and propose ideas that are unique, innovative, and specific to your campus ● Maintain a consistent line of communication with YMC’s management team WHAT WE OFFER ● Flexibility: You’ll manage and adapt your hours (1 – 2 hours per week) to fit your lifestyle ● Support: You’ll have the support of YMC, the Samsung team, and your peers ● Growth: You’ll gain professional marketing experience and access to career advancement opportunities ● Compensation: You’ll be stocked with all of the latest Samsung devices, earn a generous cash stipend, and have access to cash bonus opportunities
Heart, Love & Soul is a non-profit hunger-relief and social services agency in Niagara Falls dedicated to serving those in need. They are currently in need of more volunteers, especially Monday afternoons, Tuesday mornings, Wednesday afternoons, and Thursdays. Any help would be appreciated! If you’d like to volunteer, please visit their website and click on the volunteer section to learn more about how you can help!
We are happy to share the March 2022 edition of our UB Study Abroad Alumni Spotlight series, which highlights the impact that studying abroad, has had on the careers and lives of UB Alumni! Along with sending students abroad this semester to Denmark, France, and on the Semester at Sea Program, I’m happy to add South Korea to the list. Although international travel comes with its challenges, especially during these times, we are happy to report that our students are doing well and enjoying their time overseas.
Meet Alexandria Colling, UB Study Abroad Alumna, and hear her speak about how participating in three study abroad programs (SUNY Brockport – Antarctica Winter 2013 Program, UB – Denmark: Technical University of Denmark Fall 2013 Program, and SUNY Albany – Finland: Field Course in Terrestrial Animals Summer 2014 Program) helped not only expose her to a career in Environmental Science, but prepared her to pursue her M.S. in Ecology and Biodiversity at Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium. Alexandria earned a B.S. in Environmental Studies and a B.A. in Psychology from UB. Not having met many people from different countries before, she values her study abroad programs for giving her another point of view from which to draw and has been able to use her study abroad experiences to help her stand out in job interviews. As a biologist, Alexandria highlighted her international experiences by creating a section on her résumé titled Field Experience and Fieldwork to include the projects she worked on while studying abroad in Antarctica and Finland. Alexandria is now a NEPA Specialist in Denver, Colorado and credits her study abroad programs to making her a better person!
We are reaching out to ask to distribute an announcement to any and all of your listserves as to an inaugural program that we are launching next week; it is called Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Week, and this is the first time at UB that any such programming has been offered. This set of events will take place across the week of March 7th-March 11th in the Student Union. The goal of programming is to impart knowledge and create connections in the realm of social entrepreneurship, which we have found has not been given the same profile that other entrepreneurial activity has on campus. The events will include opportunities for students to engage in workshops, panels, fairs, pitches and networking events across themed days, which include Sustainability, Women’s Empowerment, and Social Justice. We are hoping that the programming will kick-start interest in forming their own organizations, working on initiatives they might not have normally considered (example-grassroots work), and building stronger community connections that will hopefully lead to tackling the challenges in our community that can prevent many from reaching socioeconomic prosperity in our region and beyond.
For questions about whether these courses will count toward your university requirements, please speak to your academic advisor.
SW130LEC Dismantling Anti-Blackness: On Becoming Antiracist
T/R 2:00-3:20 PM SEATED Instructor J. Diebold
This foundational course examines historic and contemporary anti-Black racism and white supremacy in the United States. Students will analyze policies and strategies to identify, challenge, and transform the values, structures, and behaviors that perpetuate systemic racism, white supremacy, and anti-blackness. Students will also engage in self-reflection, develop self-awareness, and participate in critical analysis of systems of privilege and oppression, as well as develop personal strategies for becoming antiracist and facilitating change in communities and society.
SW150LEC Social Media in Social Change
T/R 6:00-7:20 PM SEATED Instructor M. Schwartz
This course will familiarize students with social media and social networking as they influence community change. Specifically, students will be introduced to the fundamental terms and concepts of social media and networking, including various interfaces, tools, and platforms that may be leveraged to promote community change and development. Students will also explore existing scholarship and best practices, as well asissues of social justice, trauma and adversity, social disadvantage, and human rights as they apply to the democratization of technology.
SW220LEC Intro to Community Organizing and Development
T/R 10:00-11:20 AM HYBRID Instructor M. Lewis
This course provides a general introduction to the history, organizations, strategies, and practice issues related to community organizing and development. Specifically, this course examines different types of community organizing and development approaches including, but not limited to workforce development, neighborhood revitalization, and arts and culture. Current trends and strategies for organizing residents and collaborating with community-based organizations on development initiatives are explored. This course also introduces empowerment, strengths-based, human rights, and trauma-informed perspectives as frameworks for developing, exploring, and analyzing community organizing and development efforts in urban and rural settings.
SW225LEC Perspectives on Child Maltreatment and Advocacy
M/W 9:10-10:30 AM SEATED Instructor P. Logan-Greene
This course provides the foundational knowledge to understand and recognize child maltreatment in diverse settings. The course covers the historical and comparative perspectives, including a trauma-informed and human rights perspective, on child maltreatment, with an emphasis on improving outcomes for children and families. This course is designed for, but not limited to, students who are interested in public health, social work, human services, nursing and other health professions, sociology, psychology, law, and education.
SW245LEC Global Child Advocacy Issues
T/R 11:00 AM-12:20 PM SEATED Instructor S. Richards-Desai
This course is designed to increase student understanding of the adverse experiences of children growing up in various countries. The purpose of this course is to expose students to considerations of socioeconomics, health, culture, religion, and politics and how these affect the welfare and well-being of children across the world. This course examines advocacy efforts using a trauma-informed, human rights framework.
SW380LEC Mediating Conflict through Negotiation
T/R 6:00-7:20 PM REMOTE Instructor K. Heim
This course is designed to provide students with practical and theoretical knowledge and skills for addressing and resolving conflict through the use of mediation and negotiation strategies and tactics. Students will explore the ways in which power operates in a variety of approaches, theories, and perspectives, including conflict theories and styles, strategies for empowering relevant parties in managing conflict through negotiation, and techniques and frameworks for third party intervention.
Child Advocacy STudies (CAST) classes teach students how to recognize and respond to child maltreatment.
CAST is open to ANY MAJOR with career goals involving children or families including nursing, sociology, education, human services, medicine, law, psychology, or many other fields.
Fall 2022 Courses
SW 245: Global Child Advocacy Issues
T/R 11:00 AM-12:20 PM | Seated
Instructor: S. Richards-Desai
This course is designed to increase student understanding of the adverse experience of children growing up in various countries. The purpose of this course is to expose students to considerations of socioeconomics, health, culture, religion and politics and how these affect the welfare and well-being of children across the world. This course examines advocacy efforts using a trauma-informed, human rights framework.
SW 225: Do we really care about kids? Rethinking child welfare in the U.S.
M/W 9:00-10:30 AM | Seated
Instructor: P. Logan-Greene
This course focuses on community responses to child maltreatment and the clashes between the current structures, societal values, and investment in child wellbeing. The course explores responses, including trauma-informed and human rights approaches, across multiple community systems, including child welfare agencies, social safety nets, health care systems, law enforcement, and schools.
For more information Contact: Patricia Logan- Greene
Are you interested in becoming a medication expert in the healthcare field? UB SPPS and CSTEP have collaborated to offer a PharmD student and alumni panel to learn more about our Doctor of Pharmacy PharmD program and career opportunities. We will discuss what pharmacists do and the admissions process. Our CSTEP PharmD student and alumni panelists will be there to answer any questions you might have about their experiences in the program and their pathways to pharmacy!
