Buffalo State will be upgrading to ANGEL 7.4 December 27–28. Come to Bulger Communication Center 104 today, Tuesday, November 30, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. to check out some of the new features that are available in this new version.

The Rooftop Poetry Club invites you to a special workshop on making poetry chapbooks. Peter Grieco and Dennis Piatkowski will talk about their recently published chapbook of Peter’s poems, At the Musarium. They’ll give pointers about how to paste up the pages, select the paper, do the printing, handle the cover, and stitch the binding—and answer all your questions about creating a chapbook yourself. A wide range of chapbook designs, published by other local poets, will be on display.

Please join us in celebrating the publication of Students Speak: Reactions to Class Experiences at Buffalo State College, a joint publication of E. H. Butler Library and the Monroe Fordham Regional History Center, by Abel King Fink, professor emeritus of Educational Foundations. Fink will sign copies of his new book in E. H. Butler Library 134 from noon to 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 16. Copies are also available from Kathy Hanaka, ext. 5509, in the Barnes & Noble at Buffalo State Bookstore.

Worth Global Sourcing Network, which is available on campus via the E. H. Butler Library database, provides two-year advance access to upcoming fashion trends for multiple markets. The spring 2011 fashion trends are showing an abundance of crocheted fashion items. The fashion and textile technology program is offering a three-credit special project class in introduction to crochet for spring 2011. It is open to anyone.

Put Wednesday, December 8, from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and Thursday, December 9, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on your calendar! This fabulous School of Arts and Humanities event, held in the Czurles-Nelson Gallery, features student work from the Art Education, Design, and Fine Arts departments. Not only is there a wide range of medias, but prices are reasonable. Decorate your home or office or give as gifts–either way, you will be supporting our students.

Toddlers, ages two to five, may join art educator Clare Poth for "Many Mediums for the Little Ones," Saturday, December 4, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

The fraudulent use of a municipal parking permit for persons with disabilities is a serious offense. Such misuse may result in a $50 fine, tow of the vehicle in use, and confiscation of the municipal parking permit. The issuing office of the municipal parking permit for persons with disabilities will be advised of the infraction. Students found misusing the permit will be referred to Judicial Affairs for further disciplinary action.

Buffalo Spree and the Burchfield Penney invite you to a panel discussion, Thursday, December 2, at 6:30 p.m. at the Burchfield Penney. In conjunction with Spree's December architecture issue, writers, architects, and others featured in the issue will address important questions about Buffalo's built environment, including new buildings on the medical campus and elsewhere, impressive rehabilitation/reuse projects, and the problems that remain. What's next? What vacant lots have the most potential; what sagging derelicts need the most urgent attention? Where should our priorities be? What are we doing right and what do we need to rethink?

Through National Student Exchange, students have the opportunity to study for a semester or an academic year at one of 200 participating colleges or universities at affordable tuition rates. Please contact Christine Cali, ext. 4328, to schedule a class visit. Provide your students with this possibility for enriching their college experience!

Tony Agnello, a Buffalo State alumnus who spent three years in Afghanistan with the Peace Corps in the '70s, will be a Buffalo-Lille Association, Inc. guest speaker, Tuesday, November 30, at 7:30 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 210.