At the October 14 bimonthly meeting, members of the Curriculum Committee approved a motion to change the Course/Program Proposal deadline from March 31, 2009, to March 1, 2009. This new deadline will allow parties to push courses through for fall 2009, before the end of the spring 2009 semester. Please submit electronic and hard copies of all proposals to the Senate Office, Cleveland Hall 211. Call ext. 5139 with questions.

Family College and Residence Life invite students, faculty, and staff to bring their children to our safe Halloween Trick or Treat Night, Friday, October 31, from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. We will begin at Moore Complex, near Lot R. I would like to thank all the resident assistants for making the children’s Halloween experience a safe and great one!

Dr. Slawomir Jozefowicz, Kosciuszko Foundation Scholar at the University of Buffalo, will give a lecture, "Tradition and Change versus Modernization - Polish Identity in a Time of Change," on Sunday, October 26, at 2:00 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 210. Professor Jozefowicz teaches history and political science at the University of Warsaw and in the new Collegio Civitatis, also in Warsaw. He specializes in the philosophy of liberalism and gives meaning to post-modernism in philosophy and the phenomenon of "political correctness." His talk will be of special interest to those who are interested in Poland's transition to democracy and a market economy.

The Buffalo State Alumni Association has partnered with Kissing Bridge and is proud to offer members of the Buffalo State College Community an opportunity to save money when they ski/snowboard at Kissing Bridge Ski Area this winter.

Faculty and staff are cordially invited to a breakfast meeting with Dr. Akbar Ahmed, Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University and the Distinguished Chair for Middle East/Islamic Studies at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, on Monday October 27, from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. in Cleveland Hall 418.

The Weigel Health Center, Health Promotion Office, offers many educational programs and events throughout campus. We encourage all faculty to utilize them as extra credit opportunities for their students. If you would like to do so, please contact Tammy Kresge who will make sure a sign sheet is available for your class. Please view our programs and events at http://www.buffalostate.edu/weigel/x525.xml.

Members of the faculty of the College of Music at Capital Normal University in Beijing, China will perform a concert on traditional Chinese instruments in the Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall on Monday, October 27, at 8:00 p.m. Traditional music selections will be performed on xun, pipa, and piano by Shi Bin Zhou, Chao Hui Wang and Xiao Xue Sun. This event, part of the ongoing relationship between Buffalo State and Capital Normal, is free and open to the public.

As part of the Contemporary Mathematics Seminar series, Professor Valentin Brinkov will give a presentation titled "How to Evaluate the Quality of a Joural or a Conference" on Thursday, October 23, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center N2D. The discussion will apply to any scientific discipline, but the majority of examples will concern mathematics and computer science.

Applications are being accepted through Friday, October 24, for the May 2009 Emerging College Leaders program for faculty and professional staff. The program dates are May 19–21 and 27–28, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., with follow-up sessions in September and January. See the Leadership Development section of the Strategic Planning Web site for program and participant time commitment information. Applications and nomination forms are also available on the Web site. Contact Marie Mance or Cara Angie at ext. 3841 with questions.

Captain John passed away while scuba diving in Lake Ontario one year ago (October 19, 2007). The field station manager for the Great Lakes Center’s Aquatic Field Station at Porter Avenue, John was known for his famous smile and willingness to help anyone at any time. His laugh and jokes are what those of us who knew him remember best. He converted the field station from a research facility into a viable community resource open to all. He involved kids from high schools, boy scouts, sea scouts, and community groups in research projects to help them gain experience and knowledge of the Great Lakes.