The following faculty and staff have been selected to receive the 2010 Muriel A. Howard Award for the Promotion of Equity and Campus Diversity:

The Hearts for Haiti Committee is holding a basket raffle on Wednesday, April 14, from noon to 2:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Assembly Hall. All of the proceeds are being donated to the "Children of Haiti Project."

Faculty members are urged to remind all education majors completing teacher preparation programs in May 2010 to submit a “Release Authorization” form and copies of the required seminars to the Teacher Certification Office. To download the form and to learn more about NYS Teacher Certification, go to http://www.buffalostate.edu/teachercertification/.

Los Amigos de la Tertulia (the Buffalo State Spanish Club) invites you to a free concert by the Fredonia Guitar Quartet and guest artists, Friday, April 9, 4:00–7:00 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center South 2. This performance celebrates the quartet's recent tour of Spain.

People may hear about "open content" and come to the conclusion that these resources are "free as in beer"–unreliable and of poor quality. In reality, open content tends to be more "free as in kittens" where although the content might be free, we still have the responsibility to place it in context, interpret it, and gain knowledge from it.

The Buffalo State Alumni Association invites you to join us on Monday, April 12, for a Philharmonia reception/concert. The Buffalo State College Philharmonia is the first-ever community orchestra at Buffalo State comprised of faculty, alumni, music majors, non-music majors, area professional musicians, local music educators, and community enthusiasts who are committed to performing the symphonic repertoire at a high level.

The Native American Students Organization (NASO) hosts Percy Abrahms (Onondaga) for a presentation on Haudenosaunee linguistics as part of the 20th annual Native American Heritage Celebration month. The event will be held today, Thursday, April 8, during Bengal Pause in Bacon Hall 115. NASO is a USG-recognized student organization.

Using the Teaching Diverse Students Initiative (TDSI) Web site to effect change in teacher education: Patricia Clark and Eva Zygmunt-Fillwalk from Ball State University will conduct a distance learning presentation where they will share their experiences using TDSI tools to explore the issue of personal bias with teachers.

The buzz for the last few years has been about Web 2.0, but now many are discussing the world of Web 3.0. We will show some of the tools and applications that are starting to be labeled as Web 3.0. This is a hands-on workshop, Tuesday, April 13, 12:15–1:30 p.m. in E. H. Butler 314. Space is limited.

The Anne Frank Project is proud to build on last year's success by inviting the entire college community to come together to present sessions, performances, and presentations revolving around this year's theme, "Our Shared Humanity."