The vice president for student affairs is conducting a search to fill the position of secretary 2, which serves as the vice president’s secretary. This is a noncompetitive civil service position for which no civil service exam is required. Applications will be accepted until the close of business Thursday, April 7. Please refer to the vacancy announcement on the Human Resource Management website for details.

The New Student and Family Programs Office has begun registration for the fall 2016 mandatory Orientation programs for all new matriculated students:

First-Year Orientation: Wednesday, August 24, and Thursday, August 25
Transfer Student Orientation: Friday, August 26

Information about summer departmental advisement for transfer students is also available on our website. For more information, please visit the Orientation website or e-mail orientat@buffalostate.edu.

Buffalo State EOP counselor Neil O'Donnell will sign copies of his book The Career-Minded Student on Thursday, March 31, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Barnes & Noble at Buffalo State Bookstore.

The Career-Minded Student provides undergraduates with a complete tool kit for excelling in classes, researching their strengths and interests, finding a suitable major, and preparing to compete for jobs immediately after graduating from college. Refreshments will be served.

Faculty, staff, and students can search the online summer 2016 master schedule by course, department, or 100 percent online offerings. The deadline calendar (PDF) and web registration schedule (PDF) are also available.

Are you interested in integrating service learning in your courses but aren't sure where to start? Join the 80-plus Buffalo State faculty members who have become service-learning faculty fellows with the Volunteer and Service-Learning Center (VSLC). 

Faculty fellows must commit to attending a two-day training conducted by national experts on Wednesday, May 25, and Thursday, May 26. Fellows acquire an in-depth understanding of service-learning pedagogy and are then supported through the process of converting an existing course or creating a new course that incorporates service learning.

Details and application materials can be found on the VSLC website. The application deadline is Friday, April 25. Please contact Gary Welborn, faculty coordinator for service learning, or Laura Hill Rao, VSLC coordinator, with questions.

The Student Life Office, the African American Student Organization (AASO), and Recreation and Intramurals will present Rec-a-Thon on Friday, April 1, from 8:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. in the Houston Gym.

This free event features a zumba class, yoga, bubble soccer, rock climbing, a smoothie bar, and much more. Join us for a night of fun and relaxation. For more information, please contact the Student Life Office, 878-4631.

The campus community is welcome to attend the following campus presentation by a candidate for the position of director of new student and family programs at Buffalo State. For a complete description of the duties of the position, please visit the Human Resource Management website.

Andrew Fulton
Friday, April 1
3:00 p.m.
Ethel Lockman Newman Lecture Hall (Bulger Communication Center South)

The campus community is welcome to attend the following campus presentation by a candidate for the position of director of new student and family programs at Buffalo State. For a complete description of the duties of the position, please visit the Human Resource Management website.

Nuriyah Clark
Wednesday, March 30
2:00 p.m.
Ethel Lockman Newman Lecture Hall (Bulger Communication Center North)

The International Education Office will host Salamanca Night with Raul Neira, associate professor of modern and classical languages, today, March 29, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. in Butler Library 208.

Professor Neira will share details of the Programa de Estudios Hispanicos, a summer program that offers participants the opportunity to sample Spain's historical and artistic treasures and to earn 6 undergraduate credits in Spanish language and culture at the University of Salamanca, Spain's oldest university. By staying with a Spanish family, students strengthen their language skills and experience Spanish culture firsthand.

Come and learn more about this exciting opportunity to study abroad in Spain this summer. Refreshments will be served.

The International Education Office will host Salamanca Night with Raul Neira, associate professor of modern and classical languages, on Tuesday, March 29, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. in Butler Library 208.

Professor Neira will share details of the Programa de Estudios Hispanicos, a summer program that offers participants the opportunity to sample Spain's historical and artistic treasures and earn 6 undergraduate credits in Spanish language and culture at the University of Salamanca, Spain's oldest university. By staying with a Spanish family, students strengthen their language skills and experience Spanish culture firsthand.

Come and learn more about this exciting opportunity to study abroad in Spain this summer. Refreshments will be served.