UUP will sponsor a Bone Marrow Registry Program to raise awareness of becoming a marrow donor, Friday, August 7, 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. in the Ice Arena. There is a great need to increase the number of ethnic minorities and biracial ethnicities in the database. Anyone between the ages of 18 and 60 years old can donate, just bring photo identification. You can possibly save a life and help one of our own UUP colleagues in need of a bone marrow transplant.

If so, please join the bookstore for a free, informational luncheon. We have partnered with a great company, Campus Casuals, to offer you thousands of low cost, no minimum purchase products. To find out more, join us Thursday, August 6, at noon in the Campbell Student Union Assembly Hall. Lunch will be provided and you will receive a free gift. R.S.V.P. to Lynn Puma at ext. 5509.

The attendance form for classified staff has been revised. Effective Thursday, August 6, 2009, classified employees should use the new form and discard any previous versions. The new form is available at www.buffalostate.edu/offices/hr/payroll.asp.

The UPS delivery service has located and delivered Direct Deposit advices (statements) that were misplaced for the July 22 payday. These Direct Deposit advices are available for pickup in the Payroll Office. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. If you have any questions or concerns, please call the Payroll Office at ext. 4124.

There will be four course input "drop-in" sessions held for spring 2010: Monday–Wednesday, August 10–12, and Friday, August 14, from 9:00 a.m. to noon in E. H. Butler Library 316. You do not need to register for these sessions and can attend as many as needed. Bring all course input materials with you. The sessions are hands-on data; no handouts or instructional packets will be provided. A staff member from the Registrar's Office will be there to assist you as needed.

Buffalo State alumnus Vincent Masci will perform at the closing ceremonies of this year's Infringement Festival on Sunday, August 2. He will perform songs from Broadway and pop of the sixties with his band Revelation. The show will run from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Nietzsche's on Allen Street. There is a $5 door charge.

The graduate assistant (GA) in the Student Personnel Administration (SPA) Department assists the chair, faculty, and departmental secretary with administrative, programming, and research functions critical to the mission and goals of the program. This involves a 20 hour per week obligation for the fall and spring semesters and 100 hours during the summer session(s). Remuneration includes tuition remission for three graduate courses per fall and spring semester and one course during the summer (if applicable).

UG non-matric registration for students in NON, SON, or PDG majors will begin in Banner on Friday, August 14, at 6:00 a.m. Please note that this is a change from past registrations, is two weeks earlier, and the day after the last new transfer orientation session. Also, please share this date with students so they can prepare to register on Friday, August 14.

When equipment is no longer needed, please send an original surplus form to Business Services. We will no longer be accepting faxed forms. It must be signed by a department chair/director or the form will be returned. When the completed form is received, a work order will be placed for the removal of the equipment. Questions and comments? Contact our office at ext. 6835. Thank you.

Due to a problem with the UPS delivery service (from Albany) some direct deposit advices (statements) may not be available for distribution from the Payroll Office today, Wednesday, July 22. However, monies attributed to the late direct deposit statements will be deposited timely in employee's bank accounts. If you are on direct deposit and do not receive an advice statement on July 22, you can contact the Payroll Department at exts. 4124, 4125, or 4126 for deposit information or for a print out of your deposit.