Join the Rooftop Poetry Club on October 27 at 4:00 p.m. for "Art of the Epitaph" with David Lampe. This workshop will review the tradition of tombstone memorials from classical antiquity through the range of English and American examples and then suggest patterns that you can follow or invert to create your own lasting statement to the world. Do it now, while you still have time–momenti mori! International Students Reading Area (third Floor, SE Quadrant), E. H. Butler Library.

You’re listening to a lecture and you know that you should be taking notes. How do you go about it? Should you write down everything you hear? Or should you jot down only what you think is important? Is there some effective way to organize your notes on the page? Study Skills: Note Taking Made Easy is the next session in the Workshops to Success series sponsored by the Academic Skills Center of University College and offered free to Buffalo State students. Instructor-tutor Lauren Copeland will help you maximize your note-taking expertise by showing you the most effective approaches to this all-important skill for gathering information and making it easier to study what you’ve written.

As required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), effective January 1, 2011, the eligibility rules for covering dependents under the New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP) will change to allow an enrollee’s child to continue coverage as an eligible dependent up to age 26.

Faculty are reminded to submit midterm grades in Banner for identified students from the Early Intervention Program by October 25 (details were included in a hard copy mailing earlier this week).

Are you feeling “lost in space” when it comes to completing research projects? Want to get an “out of this world” grade on your next research paper? E. H. Butler Library offers scholarly journal articles that can be freely accessed by Buffalo State students to help with their research projects. Beyond Google: Researching the Information Universe is the next session in the Workshops to Success series sponsored by the Academic Skills Center of University College and offered free to Buffalo State students. Join librarian Lisa Forrest as she helps guide you through the information universe.

Casting Hall Productions' presentation of the manic comedy Fuddy Meers continues this weekend, October 22–23, at Warren Enters Theatre in Upton Hall. The first play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire, Fuddy Meers made its off-Broadway debut in 1999. Upon opening, the play quickly earned rave reviews and praise for its author as a "comic genius."

The 11th annual Faculty and Staff Research and Creativity Fall Forum is scheduled for Thursday, October 28, in Houston Gym. The poster sessions will take place from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., with remarks from President Aaron Podolefsky at 12:30 p.m. A buffet lunch will be provided for all participants and attendees. All faculty, staff, and students are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Faculty and staff are invited to attend an open forum to meet Eddie Viera, candidate for the director of financial aid position, Monday, December 6, at 1:30 p.m. in Moot Hall 110. Application materials are available for review, upon request, in the Enrollment Management Office, Moot Hall 150. For further information, please call ext. 3640.

Join the Burchfield Penney on Thursday, September 21, at 7:30 p.m. for an exciting presentation by Beyond/In WNY artist Karen Brummond on the exterior of the museum. In case of rain, the program will move into the museum.

The NYS & CSEA Partnership for Education and Training is offering a new online learning, training, and career development opportunity. The partnership certificate programs for Microsoft Office 2007 consist of the Microsoft Office suite of applications such as Word, Excel, Outlook, and Access. These certificate programs are for CSEA-represented NYS employees who wish to enhance their knowledge and improve their job skills in the Microsoft Office 2007 suite of applications.