The Admissions Office invites you to attend a World Education Services (WES) webinar Thursday, December 9, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. The webinar will take place in the Admissions conference room, Moot Hall 110.

Come offer your appreciations and best wishes to Stephen Chris for 12 years of exceptional service to the college. Please join us for a reception in Chris' honor on Tuesday, December 14, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Counseling Center conference room, Weigel Health Center 203. Please R.S.V.P to ext. 4436 by December 10. We hope to see you there!

Golf. Pinehurst. The two are inseparable. Pinehurst is the place to experience golf.

Father Pat, director of Catholic Campus Ministry at the Newman Center, welcomes all faculty, staff, and students to join him at the Newman Center, 1219 Elmwood Avenue, on Wednesday, December 8, at 6:00 p.m. for Mass to celebrate the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. All are welcome.

Orientation for all new first-year and transfer students for the spring 2011 semester will be held on Thursday, January 20. Students must register for the program ahead of time through Banner.

The summer 2011 master schedule is available online at http://www.buffalostate.edu/registrar/x738.xml.

The Buffalo State community is invited to celebrate the holidays Burchfield Penney-style with a holiday happy hour and Museum Store open house from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on December 10 with music by Laurie Bordonaro and the Michael T. Jones Trio.

Effective Monday, December 6, CTS will be changing the initial password for student network accounts (network login, e-mail, ANGEL, and BSCACAD2). We’ll be replacing the current default (first six digits of SSN) with date of birth (in MMDDYY format).

“Preparing Special Education Doctoral Leadership Personnel for the Digital Age,” a doctoral special education program offered jointly by the University at Buffalo and Buffalo State, has received a $1.2 million grant. This four-year grant will fund up to six doctoral level students who will receive a generous stipend and full tuition.

On Saturday, December 4, Buffalo State students and exceptional education faculty are "freezin’ for a reason" as participants in the 2010 WNY Polar Plunge, which raises funds to support athletes who participate in the Special Olympics, New York. Festivities begin at 10:00 a.m. with the Polar Plunge at 2:00 p.m. into Lake Erie at Hamburg Beach.