Meet some successful WBNY alumni on Thursday, October 25, during Bengal Pause  (12:15–1:30 p.m.) in Butler Library 210. They will be networking with students and sharing how their involvement through the radio station as an undergraduate helped them get to where they are today. This event kicks off New Media Weekend, a 25th anniversary celebration of WBNY, and is being sponsored by WBNY, the WBNY Alumni Chapter, the Alumni Association, the Faculty-Student Association, VH1 and VH1.com. For reservations and more information, contact the Alumni Office at ext. 6001. Visit www.wbnyalumni.com for a complete schedule of events.

The Write Approach: Discovering Your Topic is the next session in the Workshops to Success series, sponsored by University College’s Academic Skills Center and offered free to students on Wednesday, October 24, from noon to 1:00 p.m. in Butler Library 210B. If you’re suffering from the dreaded writer’s block, instructor-tutor Anne Marie Golaszewski will show you how to overcome the obstacles that keep you from getting that essay written. By using sure-fire methods of brainstorming, freewriting, and clustering, you will not only discover what to write about, but you will also learn how to organize your ideas. If you have any questions, please call the Academic Skills Center at ext. 4041.

Learning communities are built to allow students and faculty to experience intellectual kinship and academic discourse at its best. University College is sponsoring a conversation for faculty to explore teaching in learning communities for the 2008–2009 academic year. We will meet during Bengal Pause (12:15–1:30 p.m.) on Tuesday, October 30, in Cleveland Hall 205. Lunch will be provided. Call ext. 5906, e-mail Scott Johnson, assistant dean, first-year and academic support programs, or visit the First-Year Programs Web site for more information.

Any student, faculty, or staff member interested in the multiple possibilities offered by the Fulbright Program is welcome to attend the Fall Fulbright Seminar of the Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania Chapter of the Fulbright Association on Saturday, October 27, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania. This event is free and open to the public.

All faculty and staff should soon receive a faculty and staff information guide for spring 2008 registration. Copies were mailed on October 18. Extra copies are available at the Registrar's Office if needed.

Buffalo State students, faculty, staff, and children are invited to attend a Halloween fundraiser party sponsored by the Social Work Honor Society on October 29 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Fireside Lounge (second floor). Please come in costume. Admission is free. Come and enjoy refreshment, games, and other surprises.

ANGEL: Introduction

Spring 2008 courses are now available in two formats: the familiar listing by department, and a new version listing all departments together. This new choice provides a search option by course. To search, click on Edit > Find > then enter the course you want to see, e.g., PSY 101. The page automatically scrolls to the course sought. This version allows copying and pasting sections to a Word document or printing all course listings at once.

You are invited to the second Postpartum Mood Disorders Task Force meeting, sponsored by the Social Work Department, on Thursday, November 8, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in Classroom Building C122. Who should attend this meeting? Anyone interested in medicine, mental health, counseling, and advocacy. During this meeting you will be able to experience coalition building, organizing the community to create change, and give a voice to those experiencing postpartum depression. Please contact Kimberley Zittel-Palamara, associate professor of social work, ext. 4767, by November 8 to confirm your attendance.

Dr. Hongliang Xu, from the Hauptman-Woodward Institute, will give the second lecture in the series on x-ray crystallography on Friday, October 26, at 3:00 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 210. The title of the talk is "Direct Methods of X-ray Crystallography."