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Wegmans Named Winner of Equity and Campus Diversity Program Award Wegmans was presented the 2012 Buffalo State Equity and Campus Diversity Program Award in recognition of its support of the Global Book Hour. Hosted at the Wegmans Amherst Street store on Buffalo’s West Side, the Global Book Hour promotes family literacy and global awareness. Buffalo State teacher candidates provide an interactive read aloud, reading strategies and activities for local families, and each child leaves with a copy of the multicultural book at the end of each session. Bannon Appointed Director of Burchfield Penney Art Center Buffalo State appointed Anthony Bannon, Ph.D., as the new director of the Burchfield Penney Art Center in February 2012. Bannon guided George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, located in Rochester, New York, to national and international acclaim for 16 years. This is the second term as director of the Burchfield Penney for Bannon, who led the museum from 1985 to 1996. ACCREDITATION CAPITAL PROJECTS Buffalo State Continued Middle States Process Buffalo State continued the process of preparing its 10-year selfstudy as part of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education reaccreditation process. This self-study addresses 14 Standards of Excellence as identified by the commission. A draft of the self-study was prepared by 80 faculty and staff members, administrators, and students in anticipation of the spring 2013 site visit by Middle States officials. Student Apartment Complex Opened Buffalo State held a ceremonial ribbon cutting in September 2011 to open its new $45 million Student Apartment Complex. The 125apartment, 500-bed facility provides residents with a fully furnished, state-of-the-art campus dwelling in the heart of Buffalo’s cultural corridor. The 225,000-square-foot complex is located at Letchworth and Grant streets, on the west side of campus, adjacent to the Sports Arena. It is Buffalo State’s largest addition to campus student housing since the early 1970s. APPOINTMENTS Zemsky Appointed Chair of Buffalo State College Council Howard Zemsky, managing partner of the Larkin Development Group and chair of the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, was appointed chair of the Buffalo State College Council in January 2012 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Zemsky succeeded John Hoskins, who served as chair of the College Council from 1998 to 2011. Three Appointed to Buffalo State College Council Gary Brost, Linda Dobmeier, ’71, and Mylous Hairston, ’86, were appointed as members of the Buffalo State College Council in March 2012 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Brost is chairman and CEO of Strategic Investments & Holdings Inc. He is a former member of the Buffalo State Foundation’s executive and investment committees. Dobmeier, ’71, is vice president of Dobmeier Janitor Supply Inc. and former chair of the Buffalo State Foundation. Hairston, ’86, is a longtime local broadcasting professional. Community Academic Center Dedicated Buffalo State dedicated its new Community Academic Center (CAC), located just off campus at 214 Grant Street, in November 2011. The CAC provides cradle-to-career programming for youth and families on Buffalo’s West Side. The programs and workshops run by Buffalo State and a consortium of community groups include tutoring, literacy coaching, a middle school girls’ program, after-school art classes, and English as a second language programs for the city’s rapidly growing refugee community. A $500,000 gift from longtime Buffalo State supporter Eleanore Woods Beals, who graduated from Buffalo State in 1950, and her husband, Vaughn Beals, made the center possible. B U F FA L O S TAT E 4 

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