Computing and Technology Services will be updating all Windows XP and Mac devices on the campus network to EndNote X4 beginning at 4:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 3. All Macs and Windows XP computers (including faculty/staff devices and lab machines) will receive the update. Note: Windows 7 devices already have the upgraded version installed.

Please contact the Computing Help Desk at ext. 4357 if you have any questions.

The Campus Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) will present the work of two recent CASTL Fellows, Tuesday, March 15, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 208. Hsiang-Ann Liao will present "Speech Efficacy and Collaborative Learning." Victoria Furby will discuss "Individualized Feedback: The Effect on Student Behaviors and Musical Performance." All are welcome.

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

The Emergency Response Planning Group, in conjunction with the Dean of Students and Weigel Health Center, have put together a brochure of tips which would prove useful in various emergency situations.

Please take a look so you can answer the question, "What would I do?"

The Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) is the higher education reform bill passed by Congress in 2008. Among the many provisions in HEOA is a set of important regulations intended to help make the total cost of a student’s education easy to discern. Under the law, institutions are required to disclose textbook information on all Internet course schedules at the time they are published. These regulations went into effect July 1, 2010.

Faculty can assist bookstore staff by adhering to the deadline for summer and fall textbook orders. The deadline is Friday, February 25.

E-mail Chris Ouimet, place your order by phone at ext. 5509, or visit the bookstore’s website.

In addition to title and ISBN, please include the estimated enrollment for your class, the number of sections, and CRNs. If you are using the same books as this term (or summer 2010 or fall 2010), now is the time to order your textbooks.

The process is quick, easy and convenient—and helps the college comply with the HEOA. More information about the HEOA is available here.

We are looking for a few more good students who want to get more out of touring a foreign country than good photos of well traveled sites. If this is you, please consider a field course in Malaysia this summer. The course will run collaboratively with a field course from the University of Malaya. American and Malaysian university students will design and conduct collaborative group projects, according to their interests, and make a presentation of their findings at the University of Malaya. If you have an interest in water resource management, water quality, agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries, tourism, or regional and small town development, please consider joining us this summer.

Aside from your projects you will have an opportunity to experience the sites and sounds of Malaysia, interact with college students from Malaysia, and return home with a sense of accomplishment—a work experience to be added to your resume. If you are interested, please contact either Kim Irvine or Stephen Vermette. If interested, please contact us no later than March 4.

If you are a faculty member who is willing to be a resource for journalists seeking input from experts on your specialty, please send the necessary information to Mary A. Durlak, senior writer in College Relations. College Relations uses this database to find experts in response to inquiries from various sources, so it serves as an internal resource as well as a resource for reporters.

Include your name; terminal degree; title; department; campus phone number; and a phone number where you can be reached when you are not on campus. If you are willing to be available but 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 we don’t miss an opportunity to contact you. Review the current Experts Database listings for examples, and please let me know if you have a current listing that needs revision, or if you have any other questions. Thank you!

This session will focus on Interwrite and Smart Technologies interactive whiteboards. This is not a product demo. Learn how to facilitate student learning by capturing notes, lectures, or student work in class and uploading to ANGEL/Web. Presented by Instructional Resources on Monday, March 7, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. in the Professional Development Center, E. H. Butler Library 181B.

Register online.

The Buffalo State Women's Studies Interdisciplinary Unit will host an opening reception for the Women's History Month 2011 Exhibition on Wednesday, March 9, in the E. H. Butler Library lobby from 3:00 to 5:00 pm. The exhibition, featuring the artistic and creative works of Buffalo State women (faculty, staff, students, alumnae), runs March 3–30. Refreshments will be served. For further information, contact Barbara Vaughan at ext, 6317.

An open forum to address the proposed 2011-12 Intercollegiate Athletics Budget will be held on Tuesday, March 8, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center West 2.

The Buffalo State College Campus Safety Forum reviews safety issues on campus and makes recommendations for ongoing improvements in personal safety conditions. We are particularly committed to preventing sexual assault, improving relations between Buffalo State College and the surrounding community, and increasing student, faculty, and staff interest in proactive safety measures.

We encourage you to visit our website. The forum’s members are listed there, along with a number of helpful safety-related documents. You may also submit your questions or concerns directly to Keli Garas-York, chair of the Campus Safety Forum, at ext. 5615.