The Daily Bulletin

The Buffalo State University Sustainability Committee is pleased to share the schedule of events established to recognize Earth Day, April 22, and Arbor Day, April 28. The Sustainability Committee, co-chaired by Susan McCartney, director of the Small Business Development Center, and Robert Warren, professor of biology, and co-facilitated by Sarah Reid, campus planner, and Steven Sypniewski, assistant campus planner and arboretum manager, is the coordinating body for sustainable practices at Buffalo State. The committee is charged with identifying strategies for conserving natural resources and coordinating initiatives, projects, and events that support environmentally and socially responsible practices for Buffalo State and its surrounding neighborhood.

An additional cause for celebration is that in recognition of our campus’s commitment to trees and green space, the Buffalo State Maud Gordon Holmes Arboretum has been granted 2022 Tree Campus Higher Education designation from the Arbor Day Foundation. Help us celebrate this honor by attending one or more of the following events that have been planned for the month of April:

Thursday, April 20

• Earth Day and Arbor Day Environmental Information Fair
  Noon–2:00 p.m.
  Campbell Student Union 

Fridays, April 21 and 28

• Campus Bird Watching Tours
  8:00–9:00 a.m.
  Southwest Corner of Rockwell Hall

Friday, April 21

• Farmers Market
  Campbell Student Union Mezzanine
• Earth Day Celebration and Menu
  Campbell Student Union Bengal Kitchen

Tuesday April 25

• Arboretum Tour
  12:15–1:15 p.m.
  West Entrance of Campbell Student Union

Thursday, April 27

• Stop Food Waste Day - Root to Stem Recipes
  Campbell Student Union

Friday, April 28

• Arbor Day Ceremonial Tree Planting
  Noon–1:00 p.m.
  East Side of Bishop Hall
• Arbor Day Speaker
  “Ancient Trees and Old Growth Forests of WNY”
  Presented by Horticulture Instructor David Clark, CNLP
  3:00–4:00 p.m.
  Technology Building 160
  Sponsored by the Friends of the Maud Gordon Holmes Arboretum

For more information about these activities, please visit the Maud Gordon Holmes Arboretum website or contact Steven Sypniewski, campus arborist. We hope you will participate in one or more of these upcoming events!

Campus map (PDF, 3.6 MB)