Employees in the CSEA, PEF, PBANYS, and NYSCOPBA bargaining units are reminded that any vacation accrual balances that exceed 40 days on April 1, 2014 (October 1, 2014, for PBANYS and NYSCOPBA), must be adjusted downward to stay within the maximum allowed by NYS attendance rules and agreements between the public employee unions and the State of New York.

If your vacation balance exceeds 300 hours (for employees who work a 7½-hour day) or 320 hours (for employees who work an 8-hour day), you may wish to request to use vacation time before April 1, 2014 (October 1, 2014, for PBANYS and NYSCOPBA), to avoid losing leave accruals.

Bengal Basics: On Your Way to an A is a workshop series coordinated by the Academic Skills Center aimed at helping students succeed academically. Our next workshop is as follows:

Is That Due Today? Fighting Procrastination with Time Management
We'll give you the tools to keep your life in order and fight procrastination.
Tuesday, March 11
2:00–3:00 p.m.
Bacon Hall 217
Presenter: Guest speaker from the Counseling Center

Buffalo State Dining is conducting its spring 2014 customer satisfaction surveys. Your feedback on our dining operations is very important to us, because it allows us to make adjustments to the program to better fit our guests' needs. Please take a moment to fill out a brief survey. For your participation, you will receive a coupon for a complimentary fountain beverage from the Campbell Student Union Food Court.

For more information on Buffalo State Dining, please visit our website.

Students are invited to learn more about an international teach and study opportunity in the Dominican Republic during this information session on Thursday, March 13, at 3:00 p.m. in Bacon Hall 116B.

This unique international education program will engage teacher candidates in nearly three weeks of study, teaching, traveling, and research in and around the coastal city of Cabarete, Dominican Republic. Students will work with local children and families, complete an intensive Spanish-language course, participate in pre-travel meetings, and learn about and experience Dominican history, culture, and education.

This program is open to students from the departments of Elementary Education and Reading and Exceptional Education. Visit the School of Education website or e-mail Tamara Horstman-Riphahn for more information.

Blackboard training sessions have been added for the month of March. Don't let the semester get away from you without knowing how to create a drop box or weight your final grades. Visit the CyberQuad Workshop Registration System today.

E. H. Butler Library 316 is a generally scheduled classroom designed for active learning. This room can be scheduled for use for the semester by the Registrar's Office as part of our regular scheduling system. For additional information about Butler Library 316, please view details online. We are currently scheduling for summer 2014 and fall 2014.

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra concertmaster Michael Ludwig will present a recital of violin music featuring works of Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms this evening, March 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Louis P. Ciminelli Recital Hall in Rockwell Hall. Ludwig will be accompanied by Buffalo State faculty pianist Emily Boyce. Tickets are $15 and free for students.

Marcus Burns, public relations officer of the International Student Organization, will present "Decoding Jamaican Culture" on Tuesday, March 11, from 12:10 to 1:30 p.m. in Technology Building 160. This lecture is given at the invitation of Buffalo State’s International Student Advisory Council. The talk is free and everyone is welcome.

For more information, please contact Jean F. Gounard, director of international student affairs, ext. 5331.

Any student, faculty, or staff member interested in the multiple possibilities offered by the Fulbright program is welcome to attend the spring conference of the Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania Chapter of the Fulbright Association, which will be held at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, on Friday, April 4, from noon to 4:00 p.m.

The guest speaker will be Charles Brock, senior research associate in religious studies at Penn State-Behrend in Erie, Pennsylvania.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call Jean F. Gounard, director of international student affairs and vice president for advocacy of the WNY/NWPA Fulbright Association Chapter, at ext. 5331.

The college will upgrade the Drupal web server environment on Thursday, March 6, starting at approximately 7:30 a.m. and concluding an estimated 45 minutes later, barring any unforeseen issues. All Drupal sites, including the Daily Bulletin and the main site’s news section and events calendar, will be unavailable during this time. The main site and all other sites still in Ingeniux will remain online. Thursday's issue of the Daily Bulletin will be issued after the server upgrade is completed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.