Please advise graduate students who are completing their master's degree, certificate of advanced study, or graduate certificate in the fall semester to apply for December 2011 graduation by Saturday, October 1. Graduation applications are available online or in the Graduate School, Cleveland Hall 204.

American Heart Association CPR/AED classes are offered at Weigel Health Center free of charge for faculty, staff, and students. During the class, you will learn how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), use an automated external defibrillator (AED), and provide relief to a choking victim. Skills are taught for use with adults, children, and infants. The class is completed in two and a half hours.

Classes are scheduled on the following dates and times:

• Friday, September 16, 2:00 p.m.
• Thursday, September 22, 9:00 a.m.
• Friday, September 30, 2:00 p.m.
• Monday, October 3, 3:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, October 5, 4:00 p.m.
• Thursday, October 13, 9:00 a.m.
• Monday, October 17, 4:00 p.m.
• Friday, October 28, 2:00 p.m.
• Monday, November 7, 3:30 p.m.
• Monday, November 14, 4:00 p.m.
• Thursday, November 17, 9:00 a.m.
• Friday, December 2, 2:00 p.m.

Reserve a spot in one of these classes or obtain additional information at lifesupport@buffalostate.edu.

If you would like to schedule a more convenient time for you and three others, contact us to arrange a class that fits into your schedule.

E. H. Butler Library has chosen Summon web-scale discovery service to address one of the main barriers between libraries and users: the lack of an easy starting point for research. The Summon service, found on the library's home page, allows users to search all of the library’s formats—books, articles, newspapers, databases, and more—from a single search box.

Want to learn more? Summon demonstration sessions will be held in E. H. Butler Library 314 from 12:30 to 1:00 p.m. on the following dates:

Thursday, September 22
Tuesday, September 27
Thursday, September 29
Tuesday, October 4
Thursday, October 13
Tuesday, October 18

No registration is required. Hope to see you there!

Questions? Contact Al Riess.

ANGEL is not only a highly useful course management system; it’s also a highly effective advisement tool. For instance, ANGEL provides easy access for sending messages to your advisees and allows you to post important information on their bulletin boards. Since students are already comfortable using ANGEL in their courses, advisers (and departments!) increase the likelihood of reaching their students when conventional e-mail so often fails. Presented by Marie Ferraro and Meghan Pereira, this workshop combines elements of the ANGEL introductory course, providing an overview of its features, and directs these elements toward advisement.

The workshop will be held on Tuesday, September 20, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 318. To register, please visit http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/registration/classdetails.asp?class=2622.

The Counseling Center staff is excited to join the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention (AFSP) Out of the Darkness Community Walk on Saturday, September 17, in Delaware Park (north, near the Buffalo Zoo), beginning at 10:00 a.m. We invite you to join our team, the Buffalo State College Team, and help AFSP raise money for this urgent cause.

We encourage your participation and ask that you help us make a real difference! To join our team, please register online and click "Join This Team."

If you are unable to walk on Saturday but would like to make a contribution, please visit the website and click the name of the person you want to sponsor.

I hope to see you there!

Introducing PIVOT: The Next Generation of Funding and Research Expertise—Connected. PIVOT is a new tool from Community of Science that provides research administrators, research development professionals, and their institutions the edge to bring together the right research opportunities, funding, and people—quickly and easily. It provides global and local connections that strengthen research by exploring new avenues for funding and collaboration—for faculty, staff researchers, and graduate students.

The Research Foundation will host two hands-on workshops on PIVOT today, September 14, in Classroom Building C104. Please plan to attend one of the two sessions:

Session 1: 9:00 to 10:15 a.m.
or
Session 2: 10:30 to 11:45 a.m.

To register, e-mail rfcommunication@rf.buffalostate.edu. Please indicate the session you wish to attend. More information is available on the Research Foundation website. Please contact mary@rf.buffalostate.edu with questions.

In conjunction with the Year of the Arts at Buffalo State, all visual arts students and faculty, and others interested in the visual arts, are invited to attend the Business and Art Seminar on Friday, September 16, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center auditorium.

The Business and Art Seminar was inspired by the need to provide visual arts students with some knowledge of the world of business. Sue McCartney, director of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC), and Tony Maggiotto, business adviser and e-commerce specialist with the SBDC, will present information on entrepreneurship, business planning, and reaching the world market through e-commerce with an eye toward the producing artist.

Contacts: Shirley Hayes, Philip Ogle, or Robert Wood.

Want to try something new for lunch today? Stop in at Fresh Fusions in the Student Union Retail Food Court. Fresh Fusions offers authentic Indian cuisine daily. Today, we will be giving out free fresh samosas from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

To feel great all day, you need a constant source of fuel. Join Buffalo State Dining today in Bengal Hall (Campbell Student Union) from noon to 2:00 p.m. to learn about our Balanced U program. Meet with our dietitian and try samples of foods that will keep you energized all day.

Enter with a lunch meal swipe or lunch door price of $8.39.

Don't miss out on this great opportunity!

Please join us for a reception celebrating the unveiling of the Asarese-Matters Tile Mural Project on Tuesday, September 20, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Asarese-Matters Community Center, 50 Rees Street, Buffalo, New York 14213.

The Tile Mural Project was a yearlong creative endeavor. Those who visited the center—whether children, adult volunteers, or undergraduate or graduate students—were encouraged to create original works of art that were transferred onto ceramic tiles for the project. These tiles were incorporated into a permanent installation on one of the interior walls of the center. Our goal was to reflect the diverse nature of the many children who visit the space. The process was documented to help teach art education students how to design and implement such a visual arts project within their communities.

The project was a part of the Asarese After-School Art Program, started in 2009 by Alice Pennisi and Candace Masters, both assistant professors in the Buffalo State Art Education Department.

Special thanks to graduate students Darlene Garcia Torres and Ashley Smith; Maureen McCarthy, CEURE associate; John Siskar, associate professor of art education and interim director of CEURE; David Masters; Marian Deutschman, professor emerita of communication; Sister Susan Bowles; and Benjamin Christy, dean of the School of Arts and Humanities, for help and support of this project!

The project was funded by a grant from the Buffalo State College and Community Partnerships Office.