Recently, our office has received travel authorizations and vouchers with inadequate descriptions for the purpose of travel. In an attempt to avoid processing delays, we are requesting that employees provide a brief statement, in the travel purpose section, which relates the travel to a college business purpose served by their attendance. Documentation pertaining to the meeting, conference, etc., which verifies the location, dates, and duration of the event; registration information showing the cost and what’s included in the fee; and hotel rates should be submitted with the travel forms.

Do you knit, crochet, do needlework, or want to learn? Join us Thursday, May 21, at noon in the bookstore for the first meeting of the Bengal Stitch Club. Everyone is welcome! BYOL (bring your own lunch). To find out more, call Claire Collier at ext. 5206, or Rachel Link at ext. 3866.

If you have no record of a student on your grade roster attending your class you need to assign the student a grade but DO NOT enter a date in the last date attended field. Instead, leave the comment section blank and send the student’s name, ID and course section number to finaid@buffalostate.edu with the note "never attended".

When assigning an I or N grade, you are required to indicate the student’s last date of attendance on the grading form. The last date of attendance is the last date you met with the student to discuss progress in the course. Doing so will potentially allow the student to retain a portion if not all of their aid for the term.

The Bengal Stitch Club will meet weekly on Thursdays at noon in the campus bookstore. All are welcome! Bring your lunch and whatever you're working on—knitting, crochet, needlework, beading, quilting, etc.—and share your knowledge, learn or teach a new skill, and enjoy a social lunch hour. Knitting needles, crochet hooks, and yarn are available for newbies. If you have any questions, call Claire Collier, ext. 5206, or Rachel Link, ext. 3866.

On Friday, October 2 at 3 p.m., Professor Barish Ali of the English Department will be talking about "Minority in Perspective: Lawrence Durrell's Bitter Lemons and the Cyprus Problem." The lecture is the first in this semester's "Conversations in and out of the Disciplines" series. Professor Ali will be speaking in Ketchum Hall 320. All faculty members and graduate students are most welcome.

Visit the Burchfield Penney Art Center and enjoy Buffalo State's newest on-campus eatery - Tastings at the Burchfield Penney!

Sodexo Dining Services will be holding a food show on Wednesday, April 1, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall. There will be 20+ vendors with samples and healthy eating seminars will be held at 11:15 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.

The Great Lakes Center invites you to an Open House event on Thursday, March 19, from noon to 3:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall. We will share the Great Lakes Center Annual Report publication; descriptions of the center's activity and projects during the last eight months; our plans for future activities; and discuss potential projects and ideas for the future at the center. This discussion will be informal and presentations will be spoken and visual. Light refreshments will be served. Faculty, staff, and students are welcome. Please mark your calendars to join us.

The deadline to submit coursework for incomplete grades taken during the spring and summer 2009 semesters is Friday, November 6.