Faculty and staff may continue to register online to march and volunteer for Commencement day, Saturday, May 15. Marchers and volunteers are needed for all ceremonies, with particular need for five additional volunteers for the 10:00 a.m. ceremony, 20 volunteers for the 2:00 p.m. ceremony, and 12 volunteers for the 6:00 p.m. ceremony. Please consider giving just a few hours of your time to support the Class of 2010 and help present a memorable ceremony for our graduates and their guests.

Buffalo State College professors and Project Flight co-directors Betty J. Cappella, Distinguished Service Professor, Educational Foundations Department, and Geraldine E. Bard, professor, English Department, are the 2010 recipients of the Bernice Poss Award. The award is presented annually by the Western New York Regional Committee of the Network for Women Leaders in Higher Education at their Leadership Conference.

The Payroll Department located in Cleveland Hall 408 has a new Mail Delivery Drop-Off Slot. Please feel free to deliver mail in the Drop-Off Slot during regular business hours, as well as after hours.

The 11th annual Faculty/Staff Research and Creativity Fall Forum will be held Thursday, October 28, in Houston Gym. The goal of this forum is to develop, encourage, and support Buffalo State faculty and staff research and creativity, and to make collaborative research endeavors and grantsmanship more accessible. This is an excellent opportunity to network with other Buffalo State faculty and staff and to identify common scholarly and creative interests that you may have.

Join Burchfield scholar Nancy Weekly, Thursday, April 29, at 7:00 p.m. for "Rediscovering Burchfield." What power resides in Charles Burchfield’s artwork to have inspired a fresh perspective by contemporary artists and scholars?

Sodexo has been named the top company for diversity and inclusion by DiversityInc magazine in its prestigious "Top 50 Companies for Diversity" list for 2010.

Father Pat, director of Catholic Campus Ministry, welcomes you to join him for Mass this Friday, April 30, in E. H. Butler Library 208. The last Friday Mass for the semester will be held on May 7 also in E. H. Butler Library 208.

Please join us for the second installment of the Final Fridays Brown Bag discussion series, sponsored by the Women’s Studies Committee, Friday, April 30, from noon to 1:00 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 104. The general topic for this Friday will be intersections between gender, race, culture, and other identities within the classroom, on campus, and in research. Lunch to be provided.

This two-part glass making workshop for teens and adults puts a twist on the traditional notion of wallpaper by using glass as a medium instead of paper.

Less than two weeks remain to take advantage of the CIT early registration rate of $150. After Sunday, May 9, registration will increase to $175. CIT 2010 takes place on the campus of SUNY Plattsburgh, May 25-28. For more information and to register for the conference, go to the CIT Web site and select the "CIT 2010 Web site" link.