Global Learning Research and Creativity Conversations were held in conjunction with the 10th annual Faculty/Staff Research and Creativity Fall Forum on Thursday, October 29. The keynote address, “Internationalism, Multiculturalism, and Global Collaboration in Twenty-First-Century Higher Education,” was delivered by Dr. H. Stephen Straight, from Binghamton University. The videocast and PowerPoint of his presentation are available on the Research Foundation Web site.

The Campbell Student Union is now accepting reservations for space for the spring 2010 semester. This includes all lobby advertising tables, display cases, and room reservations. You can obtain a reservation form at the Information Center or on our Web site.

Please join us for a book signing with Geoffrey R. Skoll, associate professor, Criminal Justice Department, Thursday, November 12, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the Barnes & Noble at Buffalo State Bookstore. We will feature Skoll's new book Contemporary Criminology and Criminal Justice Theory. Please join us .

Join the Burchfield Penney for RendezBlue: The Anniversary Celebration, Thursday, November 19, through Sunday, November 22.

On Friday, November 13, at 7:30 p.m., the Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall will host the third annual Lois Klein Piano Recital Series. This year's guest artist is Cuban pianist Orlay Alonso. Mr. Alonso has garnered top prizes in numerous piano competitions and has concertized throughout the United States. His program will feature works by Liszt, Beethoven, and Albeniz. In addition, Mr Alonso will perform Erik Satie's suite "Sport et Divertisment" with special guest narrator Peter Hall, program host on WNED 94.5. Tickets are $10; free for all faculty, staff, and students.

Butler Library recently acquired additional content in the Discovery Education Streaming video database. The new “Streaming Plus” segment adds material from the producers PBS, AIMS Multimedia, and ClearVue, and increases access for the Buffalo State community to over 8,800 full-length videos in the database, plus teacher resources, and nearly 3,000 audio files. All content is searchable via keyword and other options.

The Buffalo State College Student Chapter of the Club Managers Association of America (CMAA) wants to thank all of the faculty, staff, and students who supported the CMAA Soup Sale. The proceeds will help fund student attendance at the World Conference on Club Management in San Diego in 2010.

Effective immediately: Please note the following change in the calculation of survey results for scanner forms submitted to Computing and Technology Services for processing. In the past, blank responses to individual survey questions were erroneously counted as responses when calculating the mean and standard deviation for each of the survey questions. This has been corrected, and the missing and multiple responses are no longer included in these calculations.

The Writing Room, Bulger Communication Center 104, is now open on Tuesdays from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and Fridays from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. It offers a quiet location where faculty and staff can prepare their manuscripts or other scholarly works for publication or dissemination.

In recognition of Veterans Day, members of the Buffalo State community are invited to a ceremonial march to be held today, Monday, November 9, and led by student veterans from Buffalo State College’s Armed Services Organization. The honor guard of the Buffalo-based India Co., 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment will also participate. The processional begins at 12:15 p.m. in front of Chase Hall and proceeds across campus to the Veterans’ Memorial plaque near Rockwell Hall where 300 American Flags, each representing 11 dead from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, have been placed by student veterans.