News Clips September 21-27, 2015

Buffalo State and its students, faculty, staff, and alumni are making news. The following articles appeared in the media the week of September 21-27, 2015.   Please note that links may expire or change as news outlets archive stories.

September 21

Niagara Gazette:  Area restaurants use golf carts to lure tourists to their establishments (Buffalo State student, Joe Hill, quoted)

September 22

Buffalo News:  Buffalo Niagara unemployment rate drops to 8-year low of 5.2% in August (Buffalo State alum, Bob Warham, quoted)

September 23

Clarence Bee:  Senior News (Laurie Buonanno, Professor of Political Science, mentioned)

Buffalo Business First:  West Seneca native on the move from GM Tonawanda Engine to plant in Michigan (Buffalo State alum, Mary Barra, featured)

Buffalo Business First:  Greenleaf ready to start Buffalo State housing project

WBFO:  Jill Lepore to speak at Buffalo Humanities Festival (Buffalo State mentioned)

September 24

Orchard Park Bee:  What’s Going On (Holly Bewlay, Assistant Professor of Music, mentioned)

September 25

Buffalo News:  West Side Rowing Club seeks to preserve its history (Jonathan Thornton, Professor Art Conservation, quoted)

WIVB:  Buff State students head to NYC to see the Pope

WBFO:  Theater Talk (Buffalo State mentioned)

September 27

Buffalo News:  Slow and steady still the story in Buffalo Niagara’s economic growth (Frederick Floss, Professor of Economics and Finance, quoted)

Buffalo News:  As possible sale looms, only one WNYer on First Niagara board (Frederick Floss, Professor of Economics and Finance, quoted)

Buffalo News:  Poetry and Literature Calendar (Laurence Shine, Lecturer of English, mentioned)

Niagara Gazette:  Ljiljanich gets right to work at Niagara-Wheatfield (Buffalo State alum, Daniel Ljiljanich, featured)

Niagara Gazette:  Woytila stays close to home as North Tonawanda superintendent (Buffalo State alum, Gregory Woytila, featured)