A lecture by renowned French wine expert Alexandre Martin, followed by a wine tasting and finger food buffet, will be presented by Buffalo State College and the Alliance Française of Buffalo on Tuesday, November 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center West. Tickets are $10 for students (over 21 with ID); $20 general. Contact/more info, 886-0886 or mvs52@verizon.net.
If you are traveling this Thanksgiving, please remember to save the small hotel toiletry items that you do not use. The Office of College and Community Partnerships and the Buffalo State College Alumni Association will once again be collecting these items for the kids at the Asarese Youth Center (located on Rees and Grant Streets).
View the academic calendar online. Registration-related information and student deadlines can be found in detail on the Registrar's Office Web site. Click on Registration and Deadline Calendar.
Learn about ANGEL Learning Object Repositories (LOR’s) by attending a Webinar on Wednesday, November 19, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. This Webinar will be shown in Bulger Communication Center 120. Space is limited, so R.S.V.P. to Cara Angie at ext. 3841.
This workshop will introduce you to Endnote, the productivity tool which allows you to build a library of scholarly resources for use in all of your publications. Workshop held Thursday, November 20, at 1:00 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 318. Register online.
With more veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars entering our colleges, it is critical to their success that we provide them with the appropriate programs and services to meet their needs. This one-hour seminar will discuss the special needs of our veteran student population and what colleges can do to assist with their transition and promote an environment that encourages their success. Houston L. Crum, Jr., ACSW, team leader, Buffalo Vet Center will present a seminar on this topic today, November 13, from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in Butler Library 210.
So many of the food banks in our Buffalo area are struggling to provide food to those less fortunate than ourselves this holiday season. Although all of us have been affected by the current economy, we hope that you can find a little room in your budget to help our friends and neighbors who desperately need a helping hand.
You granted a student a capacity override but the student reports that he/she still cannot register for your class. What should you do? Answer: Once a student has been given an override for a closed course (capacity override), he/she must enter the CRN directly into the worksheet to register. The "Look Up Class" feature will not work, because it will still show that the course is closed.
Dr. Michael Sampson, Country Director of Resource Development International–Cambodia, will provide an inspiring, and at times heartbreaking, overview of clean water and health problems facing Cambodia on Thursday, November 13, at 5:30 p.m. in Upton Hall 230. He will focus on the highly effective work that his non-government organization has been doing for the past 10 years in helping the people of Cambodia.
Buffalo State students and faculty from the Exceptional Education Department will volunteer at the 2008 WNY Polar Plunge, a fundraiser for Special Olympics Western New York, on Saturday, November 22, at Beaver Island State Park in Grand Island. Registration begins at 9:00 a.m.