ANGEL course sites from fall 2008 will be deleted on Friday, March 12. The sites will be archived on hard drives in Instructional Resources but access will be limited.

CIS 101 is a course that many instructors advise students to take. The purpose of this discussion is to gain feedback. Is CIS101 fine as is? Does it need to include additional information? Something else?

The idea of using mobile technology in the academic setting has been around for a while. New technologies like the iPhone and Nexus One make mobile applications accessible to a wider audience.

The 13th annual Bengal 5K Run and Fun Walk will be held Saturday, March 20, and volunteers are currently needed to assist with the event. Volunteer opportunities are open to any Buffalo State alumni, faculty, staff, students, or community members. You can help support this event by assisting in areas such as race registration, course management, and post-race brunch. To volunteer, or for further information, please contact Jessica (Coe) Eagan, Bengal 5K Run and Fun Walk volunteer coordinator, by calling ext. 4408.

Please join the Rooftop Poetry Club on Wednesday, March 10, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library, International Students Reading Area, Third Floor, SE Quadrant, for a reading featuring George Hole and Lorna Perez. All are welcome!

Some (not all!) students will require an Advising PIN to register for fall 2010 courses in Banner. Those students who are in majors whose departments are participating in the advising policy enforcement pilot project and who meet certain criteria of the advising policy will require one.

Irina Pontrakova, Northeastern State University, Magadan, Russia, will present "Archaeology of the Ushki Lake Sites, Kamchatka, Russia" on Wednesday, March 10, at 2:00 p.m. These sites have yielded important information on the peopling of the Americas sometime after 16,500 years ago. The lecture will take place in the Anthropology Department Lab, Classroom Building B116. For additional information, contact Susan Maguire in the Anthropology Department at ext. 6599.

The Theater Department and Casting Hall Productions are proud to present the George M. Cohan chestnut, Seven Keys to Baldpate, directed by Donn Youngstrom. What happens when a novelist is challenged to write his next book in one day? More stories than he bargained for in this zany, hilarious mystery! Based on the novel by Earl Derr Biggers, who later went on to write the adventures of Charlie Chan, Seven Keys to Baldpate is easily Cohan's most popular play.

The Women's Studies Interdisciplinary Unit will host its Second annual Research Symposium, Friday, March 12, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in E. H. Butler 210. Papers and roundtable sessions will showcase work from students, faculty, and staff in anthropology, the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, E. H. Butler Library, the Counseling Center, English, psychology, sociology, student personnel administration, technology, and University College. Our keynote presentation will be given by Barbara Wejnert, associate professor and chair of Global Gender Studies at UB. The symposium schedule can be accessed at http://www.buffalostate.edu/womensstudies/x597.xml.

The campus community is invited to attend a workshop, "Tips for Academic Excellence as an International Student," Tuesday, March 9, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 208. This workshop will be conducted by Stephen Chris and Jessica Towsky of the Counseling Center and promises to be most rewarding for all students since it has a proven track record.