Faculty, staff, and student volunteers are needed for Buffalo State Community Service Day (CSD), April 24, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. CSD is an oppportunity for students, faculty, and staff to work together with the wider community at various sites throughout the city of Buffalo to complete revitalization projects. Morning service projects are followed by lunch at Buffalo State. This year's projects include:

Please join us for this seminar presented by William F. Wieczorek, Thursday, April 15, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Caudell Hall 212. Sponsored by the Center for Health and Social Research and the Scholarship Support Program. Refreshments provided.

A series of workshops on survey design and analysis is under development for the 2010-11 academic year. If you would be interested in participating, please complete a short questionnaire to indicate topics of interest.

Summer 2010 courses sites are now available in ANGEL. To prepare for your summer course, remember that you can copy course content from a previous semester and that you must enable your course site so that students can access  materials. Directions on how to complete these tasks can be found at http://www.buffalostate.edu/offices/ir/E-Learning/ANGELHelp/Manage.html.

Voting for the College Senate elections begins today, Monday, April 12, and continues until noon on Friday, April 16. All eligible voters were sent an elections letter announcing the elections for 2010. You can vote online via the electronic voting system. Please check with Slade Gellin, senate parliamentarian, if you have questions regarding e-voting. If you cannot use the e-voting system, you may request a paper ballot from the College Senate Office, ext. 5139.

The Buffalo State Alumni Association would like to invite all faculty and staff to the first-ever, All '80s Reunion Weekend, April 30-May 2. The weekend is open to all graduates from 1980 to 1989. This reunion weekend includes a Welcome Home Reception on Friday evening in the Fireside Lounge; a reunion party at Mr. Goodbar on Saturday ($20 includes food, live music, and top shelf open bar from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m.), and a Farewell Brunch on Sunday at Cole's. For complete event details and registration information, please visit www.alumni.buffalostate.edu. You can also R.S.V.P for these events by contacting the Alumni Affairs Office.

Some tickets remain to see legendary founder of The Byrds and folk rock pioneer Roger McGuinn, Friday, April 23, at 8:00 p.m. Opening the show will be local songstress Maria Sebastian. Tickets are on sale now, with a discount for faculty and staff. Tickets can be purchased at the Rockwell Hall Box Office (Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.), Student Union Box Office (Monday through Friday, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.), by calling (716) 878-3005 or online at www.buffalostate.edu/pac.

United Students Government plans to install a new digital information board in Campbell Student Union’s lower lobby. To accommodate this undertaking, one or more of the automated teller machines on the north wall of the lobby may be unavailable for up to 24 hours, from late afternoon on Thursday, April 15, to late afternoon on Friday, April 16.

Please join the Rooftop Poetry Club on Wednesday, April 14, for "The Art of the Epigram" workshop with David Lampe. This workshop invites you to consider a range of examples of this classic genre and then try your hand at this light but tightly focused poetic form. A prize will be awarded to the person who writes the best epigram.

Computing and Technology Services has updated the Computer Pricing for Offices and Labs Web page. This page provides guidelines for those interested in costs associated with college equipment purchases. Approved requests to purchase hardware (e.g., computers, printers, peripherals) should be sent to CTSPurchasing@buffalostate.edu. Requests for computer software should be directed to the Computing Help Desk at 878-4357 (or chd@buffalostate.edu). Go to http://www.buffalostate.edu/cts/x809.xml to review the process for purchasing software with campus funds.