The New York State Engineering Technology Association's spring conference takes place today, Thursday, April 22, in E. H. Butler Library. The plenary speaker is Dr. John Williams. The interest-group sessions feature speakers from many of Western New York and Florida's high technology firms.

The campus community is warmly invited to join the Buffalo-Lille Association and the Buffalo Niagara Sister Cities Coalition to attend a presentation on China by Dr. Yongbo Tian of the Department of Linguistics at the University of Buffalo.

There are still a few spaces left for Buffalo State's summer programs in Spain and Quebec and our fall program in Italy. The application deadline has been extended to Wednesday, April 28. For more information and application materials, please contact the International Education Office, South Wing 410, ext. 4620.

Facilitators will identify some of the primary concepts that are imperative to the structures of victim-centered responses and will provide troubleshooting for dealing with common challenges when implementing and revising campus protocols. This webinar will also provide some strategies to utilize for evaluating the effectiveness of sexual assault responses on campus.

This hands-on workshop will introduce you to the Endnote citation management tool for creating research bibliographies which you can use when writing papers or creating libraries of scholarly resources. Presented by Marc Bayer on Monday, October 4 from 10:00 to 11:30 in BUTL 314.

Father Pat, director of Catholic Campus Ministry, welcomes you to join him for Mass on Campus, Friday, April 23, at 12:05 p.m. in E. H. Butler 204.

Part three of ENVIRONs/ENVIRONment, a four-part documentary screening series curated by Meg Knowles, takes place Thursday, April 22, at 7:00 p.m. at the Burchfield Penney Art Center.

The Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) Office is now accepting public comments on the Storm Water Management Program Annual Report, which documents campus storm water pollution prevention measures for the reporting year ending March 9, 2010. The report, which is a requirement of the storm sewer system discharge permit issued by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, instructions for submitting comments, and other information on campus storm water pollution prevention efforts can be found on the EH&S Office storm water pollution prevention Web site.

Learn to use Web conferencing to increase communication and interaction between you and your students. This is a hands-on workshop, Tuesday, April 27, 12:15–1:30 p.m. and is limited to 10 participants. The workshop will be held in Bulger Communication Center 104.

Join us as five panelists explore the pros and cons of online education compared with those of the traditional face-to-face environment. The panelists include faculty, students, and a corporate Human Resources representative. Bring your questions and concerns to this panel discussion, Thursday, April 29, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in E. H. Butler 210. For more information regarding this event, please contact Emily Butler.