Buffalo ReUse is a green demolition crew/company that provides job training for at-risk young adults. Buffalo ReUse invests in the community by helping people stay in their homes. They do this by providing low-cost, used building materials that can be used for property maintenance and which would have otherwise been thrown into landfills. The ReUse crew also educates the community on environmental stewardship and collaborates with other community based organizations in the city.

Join us for a spring-themed open mic, April Showers and May Flowers, Wednesday, May 6, at 4:30 p.m. in the International Students Reading Area, Third Floor, SE Quadrant, E. H. Butler Library. Gather up your spring poems for our last event of the spring semester.

The financial aid rules for summer session have recently changed. Congress has introduced full-year Federal Pell Grant funding effective for summer 2009. All students who are Pell Grant eligible may use the award in summer without reducing their eligibility for the fall and spring semesters.

Thank you very much to the faculty, staff, and students who have registered to march and usher for the 137th Commencement on Saturday, May 16. The response for 10:00 a.m. volunteer ushers has been outstanding and all slots are filled! Many have volunteered to help throughout the day. Volunteer ushers are still needed for the 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. ceremonies. Please go to www.buffalostate.edu/commencement/x543.xml to register to usher or march.

The Women in Science and Mathematics Committee is hosting Dr. Amanda Bryant-Friedrich, associate professor of pharmacy and chemistry at the University of Toledo, Thursday, April 30 during Bengal Pause (12:15 to 1:30 p.m.) in Science Building 272. Damage to DNA is implicated in the etiology of many diseases and is the target of several drug therapies. Dr. Bryant-Friedrich investigates the basic mechanisims involved in the alterations initiated in DNA by the instigators of oxidative damage. Please join us for the final lecture in our speaker series. This is a free event. All students, faculty, and staff are welcome and enouraged to attend. Reception to follow. The Women in Science and Mathematics Speaker Series is sponsored by grants from the Grant Allocation Committee and the Equity and Campus Diversity Mini-Grant Program.

The SUNY Center for Professional Development is pleased to support Buffalo State College and Pacific Crest. May 27-29 at Buffalo State.

Please join us as Buffalo State faculty member Chris Vials presents Realism For the Masses: Aesthetics, Popular Front Pluralism, and U.S. Culture, 1935-1947 his new book, Thursday, April 30 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the Barnes & Noble Buffalo State Bookstore. Refreshments will be served. We hope to see you there!

Join us to chat about ANGEL on Thursday, April 30, at 12:15 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 104. Along with the Q&A session, we will discuss how to close out your spring courses and get ready for summer and fall using ANGEL.

Matriculated first-year and transfer students can now register for orientation online. Transfer Session One takes place Thursday, July 9; Transfer Session Two is August 13. First-year Week of Welcome is August 25–28.

Textbook orders are now due for summer and fall 2009! You can submit your order online, by e-mailing textbook manager Chris Ouimet, by calling us at ext. 5509, or simply stopping into the store. Thank you!