Since 1965, Buffalo State College has recognized more than 80 alumni with the Distinguished Alumni Award. Through their work, service to others, and generosity, these graduates have demonstrated the qualities the college seeks to cultivate in its students.

There are a limited number of part-time and full-time spaces available in the BSC Child Care Center Pre-K Program. Our center is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children—a mark of high quality. The center is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Flexible scheduling is available. If you would like to enroll your child, please call ext. 5335.

The grading window will close tomorrow, Thursday, August 19, at 10:00 a.m. Detailed documentation for entering grades is available online. Additionally, assistance is available by calling the Computing Help Desk, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at ext. 4357. If you have any questions about grading, please call the Registrar's Office at ext. 4811.

Please join us on Friday, August 27, as Abel Fink, professor emeritus of educational foundations, will sign copies of his new book, Students Speak: Reactions to Class Experiences at Buffalo State College, from noon to 2:00 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 134.

It is not too early to think about fall art classes at the Burchfield Penney Art Center. View the schedule online. For more information, contact Katie Kelly, studio classroom coordinator, at ext. 3216.

In the context of the profound presence of popular culture in the lives of college students, this webinar will explore how gender-violence advocates, prevention coordinators, and educators can illuminate the workings of power, privilege, and oppression in the media to raise social consciousness. Rachel Griffin, assistant professor of Speech Communication at Southern Illinois University, and Shira Tarrant, associate professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at California State University, will deconstruct numerous popular culture images to illustrate how survivors’ experiences are often dismissed since they remain entrapped in media images that objectify their bodies, dismiss their intelligence, and deny their worth and humanity. Attendees can anticipate multiple examples to inspire progressive programming on college campuses that addresses how popular culture fuels violence against women.

Faculty may now enter their summer 2010 session C and 2 grades using Banner. The grading window is open through Thursday, August 19, at 10:00 a.m. In preparation, faculty are encouraged to logon to Banner to be sure that all of their courses are listed under their account. Detailed documentation for entering grades is available online. Additionally, assistance is available by calling the Computing Help Desk, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at ext. 4357. If you have any questions about grading, please call the Registrar's Office at ext. 4811.

The Day of Caring photo opportunity with t-shirt distribution and continental breakfast is today, Friday, August 13, from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. Photo will be taken promptly at 10:00 a.m. on the steps of Rockwell Hall (Rockwell Hall lobby in case of rain).

After 32 years of committed service, Paul Bink is retiring from Buffalo State College. To thank him for his dedicated service and wish him well in his retirement, a farewell reception will be held on Tuesday, August 31, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., in the Admissions conference room (Moot Hall 110).

If you are traveling this Thanksgiving, please remember to save the small hotel toiletry items that you do not use. The College and Community Partnerships Office, the Volunteer and Service-Learning Center, and Alumni Affairs will once again be collecting these items for the Asarese Youth Center (located on Rees and Grant Streets). The items will be placed in 2010 holiday bags and distributed to the 100 children who attend the center.