Buffalo State faculty, staff, and students are invited to the 2010 Buffalo State Appreciation Days at the Burchfield Penney Thursday, December 9, through Sunday, December 12.

The Peterson Society—the college’s donor society for those who have made a gift to Buffalo State in their wills or through other estate-planning techniques—welcomed 19 new members in 2010.

Please join us in celebrating Nanci Monaco's retirement and her contributions to Buffalo State College. Stop by the Campus House Monday, December 6, between 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. to wish her well. R.S.V.P. is not necessary.

Karen Johnson's retirement gala is a week from today, Wednesday, December 8, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Bengal Club room of the Sports Arena. In the unlikely event that you can't attend, please note that Academic Support is assembling a memory book to help tide Karen through her golden years. We'd welcome any reflections that you might send over and will place them in her book accordingly. We're particularly interested in photos of Karen from the Reagan Era. Please send any such reflections or any donations toward a gift card to Darlene Sadkowski, South Wing 100, ext. 5223.

Are you a member of CERT? Are you an active member? You can get more involved by attending this brown bag meeting. Bring your lunch and discuss the future of CERT. Help decide where you want CERT to go!

Computing Services would like to thank everyone who joined us at the Windows 7 stakeholders meeting on November 9. For those of you not able to attend, we invite you to read through the meeting minutes online. Our goal is to migrate all campus PCs from Windows XP/Office 2007 to Windows 7/Office 2010 in time for the fall 2011 semester. We’ll be starting the deployment to some departments/offices in the spring. We’d like to hear from you to determine when your department/office will be ready to make the transition—spring 2011 versus summer 2011. If your department/office will be ready to make the switch before or during the spring 2011 semester, please let us know A.S.A.P. by e-mailing win7feedback@buffalostate.edu so we can begin coordinating the move. To learn more about the upgrade, you can visit our Windows 7 Upgrade Information page.

Today, the Burchfield Penney Art Center, AIDS Community Services of WNY, and the AIDS Network of WNY will host a World AIDS Day recognition event in the gallery from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with a press conference to be held at 11:00 a.m.

The Buffalo State mock trial team competed successfully at the Queen City Classic, an invitational held at the University at Buffalo, November 20–21. Eighteen mock trial teams, including institutions such as Temple University and Michigan State University, competed. The top attorney medal for the entire tournament went to Henry Zomerfeld, a political science major at Buffalo State.

To help ensure that those less fortunate would have food for the holidays, students in Ramona Santa Maria and Loretta Driskel's Computer Fundamentals and Technology in Society classes donated seven turkeys to the Buffalo City Mission's Cornertone Kitchen on Monday, November 22.

The deadline for Eligible Unclassified Employees to take advantage of the 2010 Retirement Incentive is Friday, December 10. To receive the incentive you must, be at least 50 years of age, have at least 10 years of credited service with a NYS retirement plan, and submit an application of your intention to retire to Human Resource Management (CLEV 410), by 4:30 p.m., Friday, December 10. The effective date of retirement must be no later than December 31, 2010. Members of the NYS Employees’ and NYS Teachers’ Retirement Systems must also submit an application to their retirement system at least 14 days prior to the date of retirement.