Please join us for a seminar presented by Martin A. Stapanian of the U.S. Geological Survey Lake Erie Biological Station on Thursday, September 23, at 12:15 p.m. in Classroom Building B118. The seminar is titled: "Change in diel catchability of young-of-year yellow perch associated with establishment of dreissenid mussels."

Come join us in honoring Sharon Johnson, supervising janitor for Residence Life, on her retirement from Buffalo State College after 38 years of service.

Learn how to create, edit, and publish a basic survey using Opinio. We will cover the following features and functions: (1) survey privacy and behavior settings, (2) survey info texts, buttons, and templates, (3) survey question types, (4) branching (if-then logic), (5) survey publishing, and (6) reporting and data management. Presented by Rada Montroy on September 28, 12:15–1:30 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 318. This will be hands-on training for faculty and staff with active Opinio accounts and a demonstration for those without.  Register online.

The first meeting of the College Senate will be held today, September 17, at 3:00 p.m. in Classroom Building C122. The complete schedule is available on the College Senate website.

There's something for everyone next week during Orange Crush: Homecoming/Family Weekend 2010. The fun begins Thursday, September 23, during Bengal Pause with the annual pep rally and USG-sponsored chicken barbeque in Perry Quad and continues that night with the annual king and queen competition at Rockwell Hall at 6:30 p.m.

Please join us in welcoming Sumana Silverheels, our new technology accommodations coordinator, to the Disability Services Office. Sumana comes to us from the Center for Assistive Technology where she served as the assistant director.

As we enter the third week of classes the Disability Services office would like to issue a friendly reminder to all instructors. Students needing disability accommodations should contact the Disability Services Office. Any student who is requesting disability accommodation and does not have an official “accommodation memo” from disability services is not deemed to have formal disability accommodations in place.

Please advise graduate students who are completing their master's, CAS, or certificate programs in December 2010 that the deadline to submit applications for December graduation is October 1. Graduation applications are available online at www.buffalostate.edu/graduateschool (under Forms and Policies) or in the Graduate School Dean's Office, Cleveland Hall 204.

Former Buffalo State women's basketball coach Gail Maloney and five others will be inducted into the college's Athletics Hall of Fame during a reception/ceremony on Saturday, September 25, in the Sports Arena's main foyer.

Next Thursday, September 23, at 12:15 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center North 2C, students can learn how to spend a semester studying at the School of Economics and Management at the University of Applied Sciences in Amsterdam. They will find out how courses taken there fulfill requirements here, how financial aid applies, about scholarships that are available, and about other creative ways students fund their overseas experiences. Please encourage them not to miss out on this life-changing and career-enhancing opportunity!