The Daily Bulletin

The Campus Planning Office would like to invite the Buffalo State University campus community to celebrate 2024 Arbor Day and Earth Day with events throughout the month of April! Earth Day is Monday, April 22, and Arbor Day is Friday, April 26. All events are open to the campus community and the public and are free of charge. For more information, please contact the Campus Planning Office.

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Wednesday, April 3
National Walking Day
Walk to work, take the stairs, or park farther away. The American Heart Association encourages you to stretch your legs and walk for health.

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Monday, April 8
Solar Eclipse

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Tuesday, April 16
Arboretum Lecture Series
“Rebuilding Buffalo's South Park Arboretum”
Margaret Lapp, Director, South Park Arboretum, Olmsted Parks Conservatory
6:00 p.m. - LoRusso Alumni and Visitor Center - Costello Hall
RSVP Steven Sypniewski, Campus Arborist

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Wednesday, April 17
NYS Archaeological Association and the Maud Gordon Holmes Arboretum Lecture
“Human Dispersal of the Paw Paw into WNY”
Stephen Tulowiecki, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Geography and Sustainability Studies, SUNY Geneseo
7:00 p.m. - Buffalo Museum of Science - Cummings Room
RSVP Susan Maguire, Associate Professor, Anthropology, Buffalo State

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Thursday, April 18
Earth Day and Arbor Day Sustainability Fair
Noon–2:00 p.m. - Campbell Student Union
Contact for Information Steven Sypniewski - Campus Arborist

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Tuesday, April 23
Arboretum Tour
Noon–1:00 p.m. - Hank Mann Quad
RSVP Steven Sypniewski - Campus Arborist

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Friday, April 26
Campus Bird-Watching Walk and Talk
7:30 a.m. - Location TBA
RSVP Campus Planning Office

Arbor Day Ceremonial Tree Planting
11:00–11:45 a.m. - East Side Bishop Hall
Contact for Information Steven Sypniewski - Campus Arborist

Arbor Day Lecture - “The Relationship of the Common Honeylocust and the Native American Community Before European Settlement”
Robert J. Warren II, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, Buffalo State University
3:00–4:15 p.m. - Technology Building 160
RSVP Campus Planning Office

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All events approved and sponsored by the Buffalo State Campus Planning Office, Sustainability Committee, and Friends of the Maud Gordon Holmes Arboretum. Please contact Campus Planning, (716) 878-6652, for more information.