The Buffalo State Alumni Association has teamed up with Liberty Mutual to offer defensive driving classes to Buffalo State faculty, staff, alumni, and students on Saturday, September 30, and Saturday, November 4, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Ketchum Hall 219.

Please encourage students to attend the annual Study Away Fair on Tuesday, September 12, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Assembly Hall. At this event, sponsored by the International Education Office, students will be able to speak with representatives of the National Student Exchange and overseas programs administered by Buffalo State and other SUNY campuses, find out how financial aid applies to off-campus study, receive information on scholarships that are available, and learn about internships and work abroad.

Withdrawing from a class or from school may affect a student's eligibility for financial aid in both the current and future semesters. Similarly, if they simply stop attending classes, i.e., unofficially withdraw, they may forfeit aid for the current semester and be ineligible for aid in future semesters. Please be familiar with the policies before recommending that a student withdraw from classes.

Please join us on Wednesday, November 15, at 7:00 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 208 for a Beginning Reader's Workshop with Matthew Baker Thompson. This peer-based workshop will show you how YOU can effectively and confidently read your poetry in public. We will watch and listen to the readings of famous poets and practice reading on our own. No reading experience is required. All are welcome! Please bring an open mind and poems you enjoy (your own would be best, but are not necessary).

EVERGREEN is coordinating a campus cleanup initiative to be held on Thursday, April 20, from noon to 3:00 p.m. We will be assembling in front of Central Receiving at 11:45 a.m. to get necessary supplies. Come help us fulfill our mission to improve Buffalo State College’s environmental relationships! Interested volunteers should call ext. 3169, e-mail us at evergreen@buffalostate.edu, or visit www.buffalostate.edu/orgs/evergreen/campuscleanup.htm.

Honors Convocation will be held on Thursday, April 20, at 12:15 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall. Please join us as we recognize the academic excellence of our students. A light reception will follow the event. All are welcome to attend.

Employees in the CSEA, PEF, and Council 82 bargaining units are reminded that any vacation accrual balances that exceed 40 days on April 1, 2006, must be adjusted downward to stay within the maximum allowed by the NYS Attendance Rules and the Agreements between the Public Employee Unions and the State of New York.

The Buffalo State Alumni Association has teamed up with our affinity partner, Liberty Mutual, to offer the campus community a great opportunity! Save money on your auto insurance by taking a Defensive Driving Class offered through Liberty Mutual Insurance Group’s local representative Kevin M. Lorigo. The class is open to alumni, faculty, staff, and students. Friends and relatives are also welcome if accompanied by a graduate, employee, or student.

The Buffalo State community is encouraged to nominate deserving colleagues for the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching; Research, Scholarship, and Creativity; Librarianship; Academic Advisement; Service to the College; or the Advancement of Equity and Campus Diversity. Guidelines are available on the Academic Affairs Web site under the Faculty and Staff Awards link. Nominations are due to the provost, Cleveland Hall 519, by Monday, March 6. Questions may be directed to Carolyn Martino at ext. 5903.

Planning to use ANGEL for the spring semester? Please submit course site requests online at http://angel.buffalostate.edu/frameIndex.htm. Or you can click on the Course Site Request Form off the ANGEL logon page. Instructors new to ANGEL are required to participate in Introduction to ANGEL 7. We are also offering a What’s New in ANGEL 7 for instructors who have used ANGEL in previous semesters. For dates and times of the trainings, visit http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/registration/classlist.asp.