University College invites Buffalo State students, faculty, and staff to attend a presentation by Victor Villanueva, author of the inaugural Buffalo State Common Reading, “Colonial Memory and the Crime of Rhetoric: Pedro Albizu Campos," on Friday, October 28, at 3:00 p.m. in Warren Enters Theatre in Upton Hall. The event is free; a reception in the Bulger Communication Center lobby will immediately follow the talk.

Declared "Rhetorician of the Year" in 1999 by the Young Rhetoricians Conference, Villanueva received the Conference on College Composition and Communication Exemplar Award in 2009. He is the author or editor of five books, including Bootstraps: From an American Academic of Color, and more than 40 articles or chapters. His body of work revolves around issues of language, racism, and identity.

Seating is limited. For reservations, please contact Michele Ninacs.

Applications and nominations are being accepted through today, October 24, for the January and May 2012 Emerging College Leaders programs for faculty and professional staff. The program dates for January are 10–13, 17, and 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The program dates for May are 15–17 and 22–24 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with follow-up sessions in September and December. Information, applications, and nomination forms are available at www.buffalostate.edu/professionaldevelopment/x518.xml. Please call Marie Mance or Cara Angie at ext. 3841 with questions.

There will be two Banner override open demo sessions held in E. H. Butler Library 316: one on Wednesday, October 26, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. and another on Tuesday, November 1, from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Both sessions are open to all departments and do not require registration. Rada Montroy, information support analyst, will facilitate. All departments that have not had training or any faculty member who would like a refresher course is strongly encouraged to attend one of the sessions to be prepared for registration.

All department chairs received a list of courses along with the prerequisites and corequisites. These lists were then reviewed by departments for accuracy and corrected if needed. The Registrar's Office used these updated lists to make changes to the courses in Banner as needed. Banner will enforce prerequisites and corequisites for all semesters including January term 2012 and spring 2012. Updating text in SSATEXT is important, but this does not enforce prerequisites or corequisites.

Banner is now programmed to do this directly from the catalog level. The master schedule report now also has two additional columns to show prerequisites and corequisites (if applicable) on each section. You can reference how to access and use the master schedule report at www.buffalostate.edu/banner/documents/MasterScheduleReport.pdf.

Faculty members should check with their departments so that they know which prerequisites and corequisites are on the section they are teaching in addition to any restriction(s). It is important to understand how the section is set up to know which override(s) you may need to grant to students.

College Relations is getting more requests from the media for experts who can provide background, context, or insight on events or topics in the news. For example, recent inquiries have been related to early childhood education, the Occupy Wall Street movement, the Erie County executive race, and events in the Middle East.

If you are interested in sharing your research and expertise with journalists, please send the necessary information to Mary A. Durlak, college relations senior writer, for inclusion in the Experts Database. We use this database to find experts in response to inquiries from various sources.

Include your name, terminal degree, title, department, e-mail address, campus phone number, and a phone number where you can be reached when you are not on campus. If you prefer not to publish your home or cell phone number online, please provide the number but clearly label it “private.”

Please express your expertise in broad terms and simple language so that we don’t miss an opportunity to contact you. Review the current Experts Database listings for examples, and please let us know if you have a current listing that needs revision or if you have any other questions. Thank you!
 

Please join us in learning how to use PowerPoint 2010 to develop your own slide show. We’ll start with the basics: creating professional-looking slides with text, pictures, and hyperlinks that enhance your oral presentation. Then we’ll get into some more-advanced features as well as printing options for handouts and posters for your audience. This one-hour session is suitable for students who have never used PowerPoint as well as those who need a quick review or some new skills.

Introduction to PowerPoint 2010 is sponsored by the Academic Skills Center of University College and is free to all Buffalo State students. Registration is not required, but we appreciate having an idea of how many people are coming. Please give us a call at ext. 4041.

Instructor: Monica Heavey
Time: 3:30–4:30 p.m.
Date: Wednesday, November 2
Location: South Wing 320

The exhibition Cinquanta Anni kicks off this weekend's 50th anniversary celebration of Buffalo State College's longest-running international education program, the Siena Program. Cinquanta Anni is currently on display in the Czurles-Nelson Gallery in Upton Hall through October 28. The exhibit features work representing individuals from each decade of the program, which was established by Clem Tetkowski, professor of design, in 1961.

The opening reception is scheduled for Friday, October 21, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. The campus community is invited to join us in the celebration and meet with the current director, Daniela Perozzi, who is visiting from Siena for the events.

For more information, please contact the International Education Office at ext. 4620.

The Buffalo State women's volleyball team will host Pitt-Bradford on Wednesday, October 26, at 7:00 p.m. in the Sports Arena in a "Dig Pink" match to support the battle against breast cancer.

Dig Pink is a national breast cancer awareness rally that is taking place throughout the month of October, which is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Colleges across the country are hosting Dig Pink matches to help educate people and raise funds to help the fight against breast cancer.

Fans will have the opportunity to purchase pink ribbons and bracelets at the match, which will also feature promotional contests and giveaways throughout the night. Fans will also have the chance to participate in a 50/50 raffle and pledge donations on a per-dig or flat-rate basis. Buffalo State also invites any breast cancer survivors or family members who have lost a loved one to breast cancer to be recognized at the match. To R.S.V.P. to be recognized or to arrange a donation, please contact Renee Carlineo, ext. 5561.

All funds raised will go to support breast cancer education programs and research efforts. These contributions will assist the Side-Out Foundation in its ongoing mission to raise money and awareness about breast cancer.

The Side-Out Foundation has raised thousands of dollars for breast cancer research nationally through volleyball tournaments, clinics, and rallies. Funds are currently devoted to targeted therapies and molecular profiling, which is where there is a hotbed of research activity. The organization's name underscores its purpose—“side-out” in volleyball occurs when one team wins a point while its opponent is serving, thereby regaining serve or control of play. Likewise, in the war against breast cancer, the Side-Out Foundation will support health-care professionals in their pursuit of practical solutions for women and men with this dreadful disease, thus enabling those affected to regain control of their lives and live them to the fullest.

For more information, visit the Side-Out Foundation's website.

The Campus Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) will present the work of two recent CASTL fellows on Thursday, November 3, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 181B. Ruth X. Guo, associate professor of computer information systems, will present “The Use of Video Recording to Improve Presentation Skills," and Kim S. Truesdell, associate professor of elementary education and reading, will present “It Takes a Village—or at Least a Neighborhood Grocery Store—to Transform a Professor and Her Students.” All are welcome.

For more about the CASTL fellowship program, visit www.buffalostate.edu/orgs/castl.

The Admissions Office will host its Fall Open House for prospective students and their families on Saturday, October 29, from 9:00 a.m. to noon in the Sports Arena. Guests will have the opportunity to tour the campus, meet with faculty and student support services, discuss financial aid options, and explore career opportunities. For more information, visit our Open House web page.

If you have any questions, please contact Mary Finger.

This web conference will address the common challenges in enforcing policy and the campus disciplinary process as they relate to sexual assault cases, the Office for Civil Rights "Dear Colleague" letter, and new Title IX guidance. This will serve as an opportunity to discuss and provide guidance on the primary concern with victim confidentiality and campus safety. Participants are strongly encouraged to bring questions to this webinar.

The webinar will be facilitated by Lindy Aldrich, deputy director of the Victim Rights Law Center, in Boston, Massachusetts, where she manages the daily activities of the VRLC. Aldrich continues to represent victims of sexual assault across the commonwealth in a wide range of legal areas, including her specialty of federal and state government benefits. She coordinates the VRLC’s pro bono panel, the Rape Survivors Law Project, providing trainings and case facilitation for attorneys and paraprofessionals throughout Massachusetts. She is also a trainer on the VRLC’s national Technical Assistance grant, which provides consultation and referrals to legal providers with sexual assault civil cases throughout the country. She is currently a member of the Boston Bar Association 2009 Public Interest Leadership Program (PILP) and the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service Advisory Board. Aldrich attended Florida State University and Suffolk University Law School. Prior to attending law school, Aldrich had a 10-year career in advertising and marketing.

The webinar will be held on Tuesday, October 25, from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 120 and is sponsored by the Violence Intervention and Victim Advocacy initiative. For more information, please contact Liz McGough, ext. 4029.