Faculty will be able to enter their summer grades on SABRE during the following dates:

Session A: Thursday, June 21–Wednesday, June 27
Session 1: Thursday, July 5–Wednesday, July 11
Session B: Thursday, July 19–Wednesday, July 25
Session C, 2: Thursday, August 9–Tuesday, August 14

It is recommended that you log in to SABRE prior to these dates. If you have forgotten your SABRE password, contact 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.

SABRE will be unavailable from 8:00 p.m. Friday, March 2, through 1:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 28, to prepare for summer registration. Note that fall registration will take place in Banner.

Please be aware that all requests to add courses for the spring 2007 semester must now be completed via academic appeals petition. Please verify the students in your class are the same students as those listed on your final SABRE roster. Advisers, please tell students to check their official registration for accuracy. If there is a registration discrepancy, your student will need to petition to be considered for a late add.

Based on college policy, strong evidence of an extenuating circumstance is needed to petition for a waiver of college policy. Therefore, in order to have their late registration petitions considered, students must provide (a) a documented extenuating circumstance (e.g., serious illness, death of a family member, college error) as to why they did not add the course in the required time frame, and (b) written support for the late add from both the course instructor and department chair.

Petitions are available in the Academic Standards Office in Twin Rise 100 or on the Academic Standards Office Web site, www.buffalostate.edu/
academicstandards. Please note: Petitions are only accepted if supporting documentation is attached.

Faculty may enter their intersemester grades on SABRE through Tuesday, January 23. 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 should encounter problems with grading, please call the Registrar's Office at ext. 4811. SABRE hours are Monday and Tuesday 1:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

All intersemester grades must be entered no later than 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 23.

The deadline for entering Session A grades on SABRE is 8:00 p.m. this evening. For information, visit www.buffalostate.edu/
sabre/facstaff and click on SABRE Final Grading Instructions.

Due to popular demand, a second session of the Yoga and Meditation workshop has been added from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Butler Library 210. Register for this second section at http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/registration/classdetails.asp?class=1265.

The Buffalo State community is invited to the University at Buffalo's Education Outreach Series lecture, "The Influence of Youth Culture on Academic Achievement,"

Applications are now being accepted for Provost’s Incentive Grants for academic year 2006–2007. Grants of up to $1,000 are available to tenured and tenure-track faculty to assist with travel, materials, conference fees, or other costs associated with research, scholarship, and creative activities.

As we begin a new year, don't forget to submit your abstract for CIT 2007, SUNY's conference on instructional technologies! Abstract submissions are being accepted for the following formats: Paper, Panel, Birds of a Feather, Hands-on Demo, Workshop, and Poster.

Wine tasting is back! Josh Blumberg has agreed to do another session on wine tasting. This time he will discuss the wines of Portugal. Go to: http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/registration/classdetails.asp?class=1263