Flu shots will be given in the Campbell Student Union Assembly Hall on Thursday, October 7, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. No appointment is necessary.

On October 12, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 210, learn about what it means to be a refugee from the people who’ve lived it. Individuals from Burma, Liberia, Rwanda, Bhutan, Sudan, and Somalia will tell their personal stories of life before and after coming to Buffalo. In addition, a member of Buffalo’s refugee resettlement community will go over the logistics of how refugees end up in Buffalo and what exactly the resettlement process entails. Refreshments and light hors d’oeuvres will be provided.

Representatives from Buffalo Seminary will be on campus on Monday, October 4, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., in E. H. Butler Library 208. You’re invited to stop by for some lunch and learn more about the Buffalo Seminary, Western New York’s only independent college-preparatory school for girls. Come hear about the advantages of an all-girls education at Sem. You’ll also learn about their unique residential program, which welcomes students from all over the state, the country, and the world to Buffalo Niagara. If you can’t come but would like more information, please contact Carrie Auwarter, director of admissions, at cauwarter@buffaloseminary.org.

Sodexo, Campus Dining Services, is offering another Free Tasting for students, faculty, and staff, today, Wednesday, September 29, from noon to 1:00 p.m.  Join us next to Jazzman's to try our featured items of the day.

Gever Tulley, author of Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do) and the co-founder of the Tinkering School, will speak at the Burchfield Penney on Friday, October 1, at 6:00 p.m.

Please join the Great Lakes Center for a seminar titled, "Aral Sea Ecological Crisis and Invasive Fishes in the Aral Sea Basin, Central Asia." The presenter is Ernest Khurshut, Ph.D., Institute of Zoology Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The seminar is Thursday, September 30, at 12:15 p.m. during Bengal Pause and is being held in Classroom Building B119. Faculty, staff, and students are welcome. Light refreshments will be served.

The Graduate School will hold a meeting on Friday, October 1, from 3:15 to 5:00 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 210. The purpose of the meeting is to set the agenda for the upcoming year and to discuss how the Graduate School Office is serving your needs. Some topics will be the new thesis/project continuous enrollment policy, enrollments, and plans for graduate representation on USG. See you there!

Will the U.S. government default? Will Social Security be cut? Should we cut spending and raise taxes now to fix this year's estimated $1.3 trillion deficit?

Due to internal office renovations, Customer Service (Clinton Center 106) is seeking to limit its visitors to only those returning keys beginning Wednesday, September 29, through Friday, October 1.  For work requests, please use http://workrequest.buffalostate.edu or call ext. 6111/6117.

As a result of legislation passed in June, there will be a rate change for NYSHIP enrollees effective October 1, 2010. The new rates will be reflected in the September 29 paycheck.