The Emergency Response Planning Group, part of the campuswide Emergency Preparedness Planning Committee, presents the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training program. The CERT program consists of eight units and a final course review and disaster-simulation exercise. Units will be presented twice per month in three hour intervals, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., in E. H. Butler Library 210. We will be offering this program on a cyclical basis so if a session is missed, it can be attended on the next cycle. The sixth session, Disaster Psychology, will be held on Wednesday, January 18. Refreshments will be served. For more information, including other session schedules and R.S.V.P. contacts, please visit www.buffalostate.edu/campusservices/x587.xml.

The campus community is invited to attend a presentation by Robin Diana, candidate for the position of director of new student and residential life programs. Diana will speak at 10:45 a.m. on Thursday, January 12, in Bacon Hall 217. She is currently the director of orientation and communication coordinator at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

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Faculty teaching intersemester courses may enter their grades on SABRE beginning at 1:00 a.m. Thursday, January 12. All grades must be entered no later than 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 17. For information, visit www.buffalostate.edu/sabre/facstaff and click on SABRE Final Grading Instructions. If you have forgotten your SABRE password, please call SABRE Support at ext. 3434. If you cannot log in to SABRE for any other reason, please call the Computing Help Desk at ext. 4357 for assistance. If you encounter problems with grading, please call the Registrar's Office at ext. 4811. As always, SABRE hours are Thursday–Friday 1:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.; Saturday 1:00 a.m.–Monday 8:00 p.m.

During January, maintenance personnel will visually inspect indoor ceiling lights in all campus buildings to inventory those that could be made more energy efficient. Personnel will be clearly identified by orange Campus Services badges. Anyone who is concerned about unidentified personnel in their area should immediately report their concern to University Police, ext. 6333. For more information about EVERGREEN programs, please visit www.buffalostate.edu/campusservices/x582.xml.

Take advantage of the Web to eliminate photocopies and passing out syllabi, and ensure that all your students have access to the same information. With ANGEL, the college’s new online learning management software, these features are just the tip of the iceberg. To begin, request a course site at http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/AngelRequest, and then register for an ANGEL workshop at http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/registration/classlist.asp. Attendance at a workshop is required to use ANGEL. For workshop registration assistance or for additional information, call Tim Bryant at ext. 3877.

The campus community is invited to attend a presentation by Tracy McFarland, candidate for the position of director of new student and residential life programs. McFarland will speak at 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 6, in E. H. Butler Library 210. She is currently the associate dean of students at Keuka College.

In 1981 I ended my professional music career to dedicate myself 100% to academia.  I am very happy to have done so because I love what I do.  Getting up every day and coming to work is a pleasure. However, music is a contagious disease, and a profitable middle age crisis, says my wife Prish Moran.  In recent years I have rehearsed to perform again.  So "I am back."  I have accepted a steady gig.  I appear Wednesdays, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm, at SOLE in the Walker Center on Main Street, Williamsville.  SOLE is a Mexican/Cuban Bar/Restaurant, therefore, I sing predominantly in Spanish and Portuguese.  Maura Crawford, the owner, is a Buffalo State graduate, and Becky, the manager, is a Buffalo State senior.  It seems that my renewed music career is not taking me that far from “my Buffalo State family” and I love it.  Come on out and see the cozy place Maura Crawford opened up and I’ll sing my heart out for you.  Hasta luego amigos.

Help our students get 50 percent cash back on their textbooks—get your spring book orders to the bookstore today. Let your students know that now through exam week is the best time to sell back their textbooks. They'll get 50 percent back on books that we are using again next semester, and we'll have more used books to save our students even more.

Today at 12:15 p.m. in Caudell Hall's Margaret Grant Lounge, enjoy a traditional British tea while learning how you could spend a semester or an entire academic year studying in England. Find out how credits earned abroad can apply toward requirements here and how financial aid and scholarships can make the experience possible.