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EOP Celebrates 50 Years.
The Arthur O. Eve Educational Opportunity
Program at Buffalo State celebrated its 50th
anniversary in May during the annual EOP Honors
Convocation in the Performing Arts Center at
Rockwell Hall. Former New York assembly member
Arthur O. Eve founded EOP in 1967 to give
promising students from low-income families a
chance to attend college. Fourteen Buffalo State
EOP staff members provide tutoring, academic
advisement, and counseling services. EOP students
are expected to earn the same grades as their
counterparts, and their retention rates are
comparable to the campus as a whole. The Buffalo
State program currently has a roster of 776 students
and has served more than 3,600 Buffalo State
students since its inception.
06 Scholarship Gala Marks
20th Anniversary.
The Buffalo State College Foundation Scholarship
Gala celebrated its 20th anniversary with a clever
new name-Bengala-at a sold-out event on April
29, 2017, in the Campbell Student Union Social
Hall. M&T Bank and Merchants Insurance Group

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07 Student Art Sale Celebrates 20 Years.

Buffalo State art education, design, and fine arts
students held their 20th annual Student Art Sale
on campus in early December 2016. Timed to
coincide with the holiday shopping season, the
wildly popular event provides the campus community
with a wide selection of unique handcrafted gift
items and allows students to test their wares in the
marketplace, all while supporting their programs
and departments. One-of-a-kind items included
jewelry, pottery, scarves, paintings, photos, prints,
furniture, and more.
08 Runway Celebrates 10th Anniversary.

Buffalo State's Fashion and Textile Technology
(FTT) program students celebrated the 10th
anniversary of Runway, the college's annual
student-run fashion show, in April 2017. The
popular and well-attended event showcases student
designs selected by a jury of industry experts. The
show is composed exclusively of student designers
and incorporates student work from other majors
including interior design, graphic design, and media
production. The anniversary theme, "Remember/
Imagine," focused on inspiration and fashion-forward
trends while simultaneously reflecting on influences
of the past. Event proceeds benefit the FTT
Scholarship Fund.

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The EOP program
currently has a roster
of 776 students and
has served more
than 3,600 students
since its inception.

served as the presenting sponsors, and Robert and
Margaret Zak co-chaired the event, which raised
$201,300 for scholarships for students enrolled in
the college's prestigious Muriel A. Howard Honors
Program. Since the fundraiser began in 1998, the
gala has helped raise nearly $4 million in scholarship
funds. Currently, about 200 students are enrolled
in the program.



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