Feel the Bengal Fire, Homecoming/Parents Weekend 2005, is just one month away, and here's your chance to get into the spirit by participating in the second annual Miniature Shopping Cart Float Competition. It's simple and fun! The first 12 offices to e-mail (kollertc@buffalostate.edu) or call (ext. 6514) Tom Koller's office will receive a miniature shopping cart. It's your job to decorate the cart in the Homecoming spirit. We'll be in offices on October 5 to judge the carts. The winning office receives lunch, and the top judged carts will be displayed in the Union bookcase two weeks prior to Homecoming. We “sold out” last year, so hurry and reply or call!

Buffalo State College Foundation’s Golf and Tennis Scholarship Classic was held last Monday, September 12, 2005 at Brookfield Country Club. We would like to thank all those who supported the event. The weather was perfect; we had a record number of participants and most importantly raised over $55,000 for our scholarship fund and increase the profile of our honors students!

The men’s winning foursome included; Tom Ansuini, Jim Doherty, Elmer Covelli and E.J. Flammer and the women’s included; Susan Baldwin, Judy Basinski, Claire Jones and Gail Maloney. Fred Howe and Cheryl Duggan won in tennis. Congratulations to our grand raffle winners Shawn Schlifke and Mary Boldt.

The first issue of the PSC CHRONICLE is now available online at www.buffalostate.edu/psc/x504.xml.

The Buffalo State community is invited to attend and participate in a Tree of Peace Dedication Ceremony on New York State Indian Day, Friday, September 16, at 3:15 p.m. An eastern white pine, a Haudenosaunee symbol of peace and unity among nations, will be planted outside Cassety Hall. This event is sponsored by the Native American Students Organization, a USG-funded organization.

"What Price Freedom? The Centennial Celebration of the Niagara Movement in Buffalo, New York," a distinguished lecture series highlighting Buffalo’s legacy as the birthplace of the early civil rights struggle, begins Thursday, September 15, with a screening of Tales of the Underground Railroad: On the Erie Canal, a film produced by Buffalo State graduates James P. Gribbins and Bernadette Medige.

Yes, we DO mean EZ, as in easy. No newspaper or magazine articles, either. Peer Reviewed Articles EZ is as an introductory source for quick retrieval of a few citations, many with full-text availability, from peer reviewed journals in many subject areas. Millions of full-text, online journal articles are one click away; thousands of others may be available full-text from the link called “Can I get this article online?” Developed by Butler Library and Ebsco Publishing exclusively for Buffalo State. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out how to use Peer Reviewed Articles EZ, but they’d benefit from it, too. Try it by clicking on “Peer Reviewed Articles EZ” directly under the “Find Articles” link on the library’s Web page. Tell your colleagues and your students about it! Send any comments and questions to Al Riess, electronic database librarian and interim college archivist, riessaf@buffalostate.edu, 878-6320. “Think smart … make the grade!” Use Peer Reviewed Articles EZ.

Please be our guest and sample a member experience at Campus House today, Tuesday, September 13. Information on joining will be available all day! For lunch the chef has prepared a special sampling menu that features a surf & turf entrée of filet mignon and housemade crab cakes for parties of two to six at just $10 per person. During networking hour (4:00–7:00 p.m.), Campus House will feature cocktails, beer, and wine at a cash bar and complimentary hors d’oeuvres. To make reservations or for questions, please call 878-3300.

Make breast cancer history! We are forming a team from Buffalo State College for the 5k (3.2 mile) walk on Sunday, October 2 at Niagara Square. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the walk begins at 10:00 a.m. There is no preregistration or registration fee. E-mail me at binklm@buffalostate.edu or call me at 878-4419 to join the team, order an optional t-shirt (must order by 9/16), receive a pledge sheet, or for more information. Hope starts here!

Enrollment data for fall 2005 will be frozen for reporting to SUNY on Friday, September 16. As you know, enrollment data sent to SUNY affects our budget. Please contact the Registrar's Office at 878-4811 for any unresolved registration issues as soon as possible.

Effective today, the Registrar’s Office Web site has been moved and revised. The new address is www.buffalostate.edu/registrar. One new feature is a list of the “top five” links for faster navigation to the most requested pages. Although forwarding is in place for key pages, it is recommended that you update your bookmarks.