Saturday's clothing giveaway at the Asarese-Matters Youth Center (one block from Buffalo State on Rees Street) was a heartwarming success. Thanks to our wonderful on- and off-campus partners who donated generously to this effort, we were able to help more than 25 families (which equates to approximately 100 people), with the remaining clothing going to a charitable group on the West Side.

Are you a Mac user who wishes you could run PC-based software on your computer? Are you using a Mac and a PC and finding it's hard to maintain both systems? Attend this webinar on using dual-boot Mac computers to learn how to work more efficiently. Get more information and register for this webinar online.

If you are looking for a one-of-a-kind gift this Mother's Day, look no further than The Museum Store at the Burchfield Penney.

With the encouragement of the provost and deans, the Online Planning Committee is assessing the campus infrastructure supporting online teaching in order to develop an action plan for appropriately expanding online offerings.

Learn how to better manage citations of your research resources, export book and journal article citations from a database into Endnote, edit Endnote citations, and use the Endnote plug-in for MS Word to import citations directly into your document using any citation style you want. This session will introduce you to the Endnote citation management tool to create research bibliographies which you can use when writing papers or creating libraries of scholarly resources. Endnote is a real research and writing time saver!

All commencement marchers, hooders, and volunteer ushers are asked to register online (www.buffalostate.edu/commencement/x543.xml) by Thursday, May 7. Ushers are still needed for the 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. ceremonies. Final confirmation notices will be sent via e-mail on Monday, May 11, to all marchers, hooders, and ushers.

This Thursday, May 7, at 3:30 p.m., the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) celebrates the exemplary academic performance of its students at the annual EOP Honors Convocation in Rockwell Hall. EOP invites the campus community to celebrate with us and enjoy the catered reception afterwards. Recognition is given to students who have obtained a 3.0 during the semester and/or cumulative GPA during the 2008 calendar year. This year's theme is "Imagine, Believe, Achieve: A Tribute to Our Educators." Please join us as we celebrate 42 years of student success. For additional information, contact Lily Bink at 878-4419.

The following forms have been revised: extra service for UUP (UP-8), extra service for M/C (UP-6), and dual employment. To download the latest version of these forms and review instructions, please visit http://www.buffalostate.edu/offices/hr/forms.asp.

Students requesting a letter grade for a pass/fail may obtain a Substitute for Pass/Fail Form from the Registrar's Office, Moot Hall 210. Approved forms must be returned to the Registrar's Office no later than Thursday, May 14, at 5:00 p.m.

The Conference on Instructional Technologies (CIT) will provide one faculty scholarship, for registration fee only, to CIT 2009 at SUNY Oswego this May. The individual who accepts this scholarship must find funding for his/her hotel accommodations and travel.