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Join us for Bengala 2025!
 

We hope you join us for Bengala 2025, Buffalo State University's annual Foundation Scholarship Gala which will be held from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 5 in the E. H. Butler Library.

Hosted by Interim President Bonita R. Durand and James M. Finnerty and our Bengala 2025 alumni chairs Judy Elliott, Ph.D, '82 and Tracy Sawicki, '84.

If you have any questions about Bengala 2025, please contact Elizabeth Grady at GradyES@Buffalostate.edu

4:00 p.m. Cocktails and Conversations

  • Food stations available throughout the event.
  • Visit the Alumni Celebrity Human Slot Machine to win a top shelf bottle of wine.
  • Engage students and faculty about their research on the second floor Library Lounge
  • Bid in the silent auction.

5:30 p.m. Live broadcast interviews will be displayed in anticipation of the main program.

6:00 - 6:30 p.m. President's Welcome and Stand for a Student

6:30 p.m. Dancing and Desserts

7:00 p.m. Silent Auction Closed

7:15 p.m. Check-out Open