Please join the Small Business Development Center for Social Enterprise 201, a free workshop for small businesses and entrepreneurs on how to measure and improve social and environmental impacts and begin to “measure what matters,” on Friday, October 28, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. in Cleveland Hall 205. We will assess how your business performs against best practices on employee, community, and environmental impact; see how your company stacks up against thousands of other businesses; and create a plan to improve your company’s practices and help your staff implement them easily with best practice guides.

Optional: Bring your laptop to participate in a Quick Impact Assessment. You are also welcome to attend without one, and follow along with the presenter.?

Social Enterprise 201 is free and open to students, staff, and the public. Please register by phone at (716) 878-4030 or by e-mail at delmonas@buffalostate.edu.

Re-seen, an exhibition of works by Cynthia Lin, assistant professor of art and design at Purchase College, is on view in the Czurles-Nelson Gallery through October 29. A reception will be held in the gallery on Thursday, October 20, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., with an artist talk at 5:30 p.m.

Scanned, digitally reconfigured, and reprinted, these new interpretations of earlier artworks reveal how an artist explores an image. Intertwining technology with the handmade, a hybrid of specific and unaccountable events creates a new language.

For more information, please contact Kathy Gaye Shiroki, curator of museum learning and community engagement at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, 878-3549.

Students interested in public relations careers are invited to attend Meet the PR Professionals Night on Thursday, October 13, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Butler Library 210. About a dozen local public relations professionals in various PR careers will take part in the speed networking event, hosted by the Buffalo State chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America. Refreshments will be served. The dress code is business casual, and students are encouraged to bring their rsums. Please contact Deborah Silverman, associate professor of communication and PRSSA faculty adviser, with questions.

Reference librarians in Butler Library are updating a list of notaries on campus. If you are a notary public licensed in New York State and are willing to be contacted for your services, please send your name and contact information (campus phone number, office building, and room number) to Donna Davidoff, associate librarian, Butler Library.

J-Term 2017 and Spring 2017 deadline calendars have been posted online. Please be sure to bookmark or print for reference. Additional information and links can be found using the Registration Tool Kit page.

J-Term/Spring 2017 Banner Preview begins Wednesday, October 12. Starting on this date, students can log into Banner self-service (SSB) to view any holds on their account (if applicable); search a draft copy of the master schedules for both J-Term 2017 and Spring 2017; and view their assigned registration time ticket (the actual date they can begin registering).

All registration time tickets begin at 6:00 a.m. on their assigned date and are then continuous. Time ticket dates are determined by the actual number of earned credit hours a student has (Buffalo State and transfer). Students should not count current or "in progress" credit hours that they are registered for in fall 2016.

J-Term and Spring 2017 Web Registration Schedule

Important Reminders for Students:

• J-Term/Spring 2017 registration starts on Wednesday, November 2, 2016. If students have a HOLD on their account, they should make all attempts to resolve that hold at least two weeks before the start of registration or as soon as possible to not delay their ability to register.
• Students should use Schedule Planner to see all possible schedules for the courses they want.
• Students should meet with their advisers to review the courses they need.
• All continuing students are encouraged to register in November.
• All undergraduate students should register for 15 or more credit hours to stay on track to graduate in four years.
• Students should not wait; students should secure their desired schedule early.

J-Term 2017 classes begin January 3, 2017.
Spring 2017 classes begin January 23, 2017.

Additional information and updates can be found on the Registrar's Office website.

The Registrar’s Office creates a list each fall of the Top 10 Reasons Baccalaureate Degree Candidates Do Not Graduate to help educate students, faculty, and staff members. If you are working with a student who is applying for graduation, you can use Degree Works to check to see that all requirements have been met.

For more information about graduation preparation, please visit the Registrar's website.

Academic Support Programs announces the first offering in its Workshops to Success series, "How to Use Your Textbook to Study Successfully," on Tuesday, October 11, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Butler Library 210. All our workshops are designed to help students study so as to learn more effectively. They’re also designed to occur at the most appropriate time to address student need. Workshops are free. Each presenter maintains a student sign-in sheet so that we can verify student participation. To access Lauren Copeland’s workshop information in a printable poster format, please download the flier Workshops to Success: Fall 2016 (PDF, 339 KB). We’re offering this session in conjunction with the college’s new Academic Achievement Center.

All members of the campus community are invited to participate in a planning and discussion meeting on the revitalization of the Buffalo State's Maud Gordon Holmes Arboretum on Tuesday, October 11, at 12:15 p.m. in Bacon Hall 115. For further information, please contact Susan McCartney, director of the Small Business Development Center, 878-4030.

The Faculty-Student Association (FSA) is accepting applications for grants to enhance the educational and cultural life of the Buffalo State campus. The deadline is Thursday, December 1. Application information and links to application forms are available on the FSA website.

For further information, please contact Gary Vickers, FSA executive director, 878-5211.