How Do I Join?
- Communities are available by April 1st for the fall semester
- When you speak with your professional academic adviser, to register for classes, please indicate your top three choices, they will attempt to register you for one of them.
- When you sign up for housing, please indicate you are interested in a Learning Community and a staff member will reach out to you to gather further information.
It's that simple!
Explore| Discover | Engage | Connect | Empower
Bengal Community of Scholars Program foster success
- Classes are woven together by a common theme
- Intentional planning by professors promotes deep learning
- Bengal Community of Scholars Program provide opportunities to explore interests
- Out of classroom learning activities expose students to new possibilities for learning
Bengal Scholars go on to achieve great things at Buffalo State
- Sarah Fehskens (2010) and Watoii Rabii (2011) won the President’s Medal for Outstanding Undergraduate Student and the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence
- Elizabeth Desimone won the Mildred Campbell Student Leadership Award
Bengal Community of Scholars Program provide opportunities to connect with others
- Students from diverse backgrounds join learning communities
- Students enjoy close working relationships with Buffalo State faculty and staff
- There are multiple opportunities to get involved in campus and community life
Bengal Community of Scholars Program expand the boundaries of a traditional classroom
- The communities have extended the classroom to local, national, and international destinations. Students have visited historic sites in the Buffalo community, the National Museum of Play, the Susan B. Anthony House, the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame, and Detroit Motown Historical Museum. Many students have had the opportunity to travel to Ireland as part of their learning community experience
- Students have participated in various service-learning opportunities like the Habitat for Humanity and the Buffalo State Saturday of Service
