The Social Work Department is hosting a postpartum depression advisory meeting for health/mental health professionals, educators, spiritual directors, and students on Wednesday, April 4, in Classroom Building C122 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. Come to learn more about what professionals, educators, and spiritual directors need to know to help these women, children, and families. You will hear personal examples from a woman who experienced postpartum ocd, a case study from a psychiatrist who specializes in women's health, and results of an access to postpartum depression care study. Your active participation is encouraged as we brainstorm ways to address postpartum depression in Erie County. Contact Kim Zittel-Palamara, assistant professor of social work, ext. 4767, for more information. We hope to see you there!

The Fine Arts Department is proud to present the Spring Student Exhibition, on view Wednesday, March 7, through Friday, March 23, in Upton Gallery. A closing reception will be held Thursday, March 22 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

The International Student Advisory Council (ISAC) is sponsoring an International Coffee Hour, Resume Writing for Internationals, with Lisa August, associate director of the Career Development Center, on Tuesday, March 13, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Campbell Student Union 414.

Please join the Rooftop Poetry Club for a special reading featuring accomplished poets and translators of Latin American poetry Rosa Alcalá and Kristin Dykstra at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, March 15, in Butler Library 210. Currently assistant professor in the Bilingual Creative Writing Department at the University of Texas at El Paso, Alcalá has published poetry and translations in a variety of literary magazines, including The Kenyon Review, Superflux, Bombay Gin, P-Queue, Chain, Mandorla, and XCP (Cross Cultural Poetics). Dykstra's "The Winter Garden Photograph," a translation of Reina Maria Rodriguez's "La Foto del Invernadero," is forthcoming from Green Integer Press.

The Buffalo State Student Chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) will hold its first meeting at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, March 15, in Classroom Building A205. Refreshments will be provided. Please share this information with any graduate or undergraduate students interested in careers involving human resources. We are looking for students to join the chapter. Open to all majors who would like to network with professionals and participate in interesting activities. Please consider using this as an extra-credit opportunity or internship experience. Contact Rob Delprino, associate professor of psychology, ext. 6669, or Ellie Fleetwood, research administrator in the Center for Health and Social Research, ext. 6137, for more information.

Want to study abroad? A financial aid workshop will be held tomorrow at 12:15 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center East. Don't assume you can't afford it. Learn how financial aid applies to study abroad, how you may qualify for additional aid, and the timeline for processing aid applications. Find out about scholarships that are available, and other creative ways that students finance participation in overseas programs.

The Rooftop Poetry Club will host a poetry reading featuring Jennifer Campbell at 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, in Butler Library 210. Campbell's poetry has been published in Earth's Daughters, A Hudson View Poetry Digest, Skyline Magazine, the Buffalo News, and ArtVoice. There will be open mic slots available following Campbell's reading.

The College and Community Partnerships Office is sponsoring a coffee/information session on partnership minigrants for tenured and tenure-track Buffalo State faculty members on Thursday, March 22, from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. in Cleveland Hall 211A. Learn more about minigrant opportunities and visit the new office.

Vern L. Bullough, Ph.D., R.N., arrived at Buffalo State College in January 1980 as the new dean of Natural and Social Sciences. By the end of the year, his personal and professional commitment to the college was evident.

As we move forward in our preparations for fall ’07 registration using the new Banner student information system, don’t forget to sign up for one of the training sessions for faculty and staff. See the schedule on the CyberQuad registration page.