Enjoy coffee, listen to helpful book writing advice from colleauges, and get inspired. Features a continental breakfast, book fair, and panel discussion with campus authors. Hosted by Bert Gambini. Wednesday, April 15, 2009, E. H. Butler Library, 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

April 19 through April 24 marks Buffalo State College's first annual Violence Prevention Week. The theme for this year is "Do Something!"

Faculty, staff and student volunteers are needed for Buffalo State College Community Service Day, April 25, 2009, from 8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Each year, Buffalo State connects with the wider community to help area organizations, parks, and neighborhoods with beautification projects that improve the quality of life in the city.  There are sixteen outstanding projects this year at urban sites including Broderick Park, the Central Terminal, Massachusetts Avenue Project, and the Asarese-Matters Community Center. Please consider signing up your students, as well as yourself and your families! Lunch is provided.  Register at 878-5811 or via vslc@buffalostate.edu. We look forward to seeing you on April 25!

"Opportunity Knocks," to be held Friday, April 24, 12:00-5:00 pm., is a leadership program where selected Buffalo State College student-leaders will spend the afternoon traveling around Buffalo, meeting with alumni and learning directly from them what leadership skills are important for success, and how to prepare for opportunities. Students will meet with the Mayor of Buffalo at City Hall, anchors and reporters at Channel 2 studios, human service staff at Child and Family Services, and advisors at ECC City Campus. The program is free and includes lunch.

The Write Approach: Disovering Your Topic is the next session in the Workshops to Success series sponsored by University College’s Academic Skills Center and offered free to Buffalo State students. If you’re suffering from the dreaded writer’s block, instructor-tutor Anne Marie Golaszewski will show you how to overcome the obstacles that keep you from getting that essay written. By using sure-fire methods of brainstorming, freewriting, and clustering, you will not only discover what to write about, but you will also learn how to organize your ideas.

Hundreds of women and men in the US and around the world are victims of rape, partner violence, and stalking everyday. These crimes are like red dots on a map, spreading like an unchecked epidemic. We can stop the red dots. The solution is a reflection on the problem. Our individual and collective efforts, that is, our "green dots," can stop the epidemic of violence on our map. Each one of us has a role to play as a bystander in our society. On Friday, April 24, in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall, national expert Dr. Dorothy Edwards, director of the Violence Intervention and Prevention Center at the University of Kentucky, will present on the importance of the "bystander" in ending violence on campus and in our community. This 1 1/2 hour session will be repeated three different times, at 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 2:30 p.m.

SUNY CPR/AED classes are offered at Weigel Health Center free of charge to faculty, staff, and students. During the class, you will learn how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), use an automated external defibrillator (AED), and provide relief to a choking victim. Skills are taught for use with adults, children, and infants.

On November 15, 2008, Cameron Compression test engineer Matt Row, a 2007 Buffalo State mechanical engineering technology graduate and current M.S. student, was involved in a fatal industrial accident. Matt leaves behind a wife and two young children, 4-year-old son, Jacob, and 18-month-old daughter, Sydney.

Dr. Nathan Hess, a member of the piano faculty at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pa., will perform a solo recital in the Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall on Tuesday, April 14, at 7:00 p.m. Dr. Hess will perform solo works by Haydn, Chopin, Barber, Poulenc, and Ginastera. The concert is free and open to the public.

Evergreen and the Environmental Health and Safety Office are proud to announce the upcoming Environmental Information Fair, Tuesday, April 21, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Perry Quad (rain locations: Butler Library and Bulger Communication Center). There will be many opportunities for faculty, staff, and students to learn more about eco-friendly options for everyday life and to win one of our many prizes. Exhibitors include: Smart Car of Buffalo, Buffalo Blue Bicycle, Erie County Department of Environmental Planning, Tifft Nature Preserve, Buffalo Olmsted Park Conservancy, and many more!