The campus community is invited to an exhibition of Chasing Chinese Folk Art. This exhibition runs November 2–13 in the Czurles-Nelson Gallery in Upton Hall.

Thank you to everyone who participated and/or contributed to the enormously successful 11th annual Faculty and Staff Research and Creativity Fall Forum last week. Your feedback on the evaluations is appreciated. Congratulations to prize winners Sarbani Banerjee, Robbyn Drake, and Bruce Fox, as well as to Amaley from the sixth grade science class at Campus West.

Designed for students who want a career in law enforcement, the workshop/seminar is titled “So You Want to be a Cop…?" Members from the local, state, and federal level will talk about the hurdles to criminal justice employment. This event is not a job fair, but rather it is designed to provide valuable information and more of a “these are the things you need to know, do, or be aware of” in order to do what I do.

As part of Buffalo State’s Domestic Violence Awareness programs, Suzanne Perry will tell her story of being isolated from family and friends and plucked from society at the tender age of 17, subjected to a 22-year virtual prison term as a victim of domestic violence. She describes her journey from being controlled to taking control, from being a punching bag to being a business owner.

A faculty and staff quick reference sheet (PDF) is available on the Registrar's Office website under the Faculty/Staff Registration Related Links heading at http://www.buffalostate.edu/registrar/.

The web team at E. H. Butler Library is pleased to announce the launch of its new mobile website, Butler Mobile (Beta): http://library.buffalostate.edu/m   

Geography Awareness Week (GAW) is November 14–20 and this year’s theme is freshwater. The goal of GAW this year is to bring attention to geography by focusing on the global freshwater crisis.

The staff at the Information Technology Exchange Center (ITEC) has established a scholarship. The award(s) will be given in December to a student who is enrolled in the fall 2010 semester and shows promise in the study of computing and technology. The scholarship is not restricted to CIS majors; past recipients have been students majoring in Technology Education, Exceptional Education, and Exceptional Education/Childhood Education, Computer Information Systems/Business Administration, Biology, Urban and Regional Analysis and Planning, Electrical Engineering Technology, and Fashion and Textile Technology.

Applications and nominations are being accepted through today, Monday, November 1, for the May 2011 Emerging College Leaders program for faculty and professional staff. The program dates are May 17–19 and 24–26, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., with follow-up sessions in September and December. Information, applications, and nomination forms are available online. Contact Marie Mance or Cara Angie at ext. 3841 with questions.

Each year, employees who are enrolled in the New York State Health Insurance Program may select a different health plan by completing change forms in the Human Resource Management Office. Employees may choose from the Empire Plan or one of the health maintenance organizations.