Fall 2006 courses are now available on the Web at www.buffalostate.edu/registrar/x473.xml.

A National Bond and Trust representative will be on campus from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 16, in Cleveland Hall 205 to discuss the U.S. Savings Bond program available through payroll deduction. A 10-minute presentation will be given at the top of each hour, followed by an open enrollment session; no registration is necessary. If you have questions, please call Christopher Fenski at 536-8550.

Please join us in a dialogue about student leadership on Thursday, March 16, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 210. We will use the results of this conversation to inform our student leadership programs. Lunch will be served. The guiding questions for this dialogue include:

The annual Celebration of Life, a memorial service to honor members of the Buffalo State community who have passed away in the last year, will be held during Bengal Pause in the Burchfield-Penney on Tuesday, April 4. Please forward names of students, staff, and faculty who have died this year and kindly give us family contact information if possible so that we can invite loved ones to the ceremony. E-mail names to counselingcenter@buffalostate.edu or call ext. 4436 by next Friday, March 17.

Faculty and staff are asked to remind their students that applications for 2006–2007 Alumni Association Scholarships are due today! Scholarships range from $250 to $1,000. To apply, students must submit a completed application form, an essay, and two reference forms to the Alumni Affairs Office, Cleveland Hall 305, by 5:00 p.m. For more information visit

Your students benefit when you submit your book orders early. Today's student are savvy shoppers. They expect more, shop early, and want the convenience of shipping and online ordering. They want cheaper books, more used books, and 50 percent back at buyback. Help us meet the needs and requests of our students. Please submit your orders as early as possible. Contact your bookstore staff with any questions. We are happy to serve you.

This year marks the second year in which Project FLIGHT at Buffalo State College leads this important program designed to reach out to the young minds of Buffalo through books. The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literacy Initiative is a program under the auspices of the governor that collects age-appropriate new books for children in grades K–12. To date, more than 12,000 books have been donated to needy children. This year's recipient, selected by Superintendent Williams, is Highgate Heights Elementary School 80.

The Engel Student Humanitarian Award recognizes a Buffalo State undergraduate student who has demonstrated personal character through altruism, volunteer service, and the giving of oneself to the campus and the larger community. The recipient will receive a monetary award.

Stop by the bookstore and pick up your 2006 faculty/staff discount card. This card entitles you to your faculty discount at our sister Barnes & Noble Super Store on Niagara Falls Boulevard. Show the card in our Java-U Café to receive a free cup of coffee, just to thank you for stopping in. Don't forget to use your discount card when you shop at our on-campus Barnes & Noble at Buffalo State Bookstore and our Java-U Café. Check out our winter clearance sale; browse our bargain books and this month's book promotions. You can even use your discount on books that we special order.

Exercise your school spirit and gear up for the Buffalo State College Alumni Association’s ninth annual Bengal 5K Run and Fun Walk on Saturday, March 25, at 9:30 a.m. on the Buffalo State College campus. Proceeds from this event benefit the Alumni Association’s Legacy Scholarship Fund.