Support Hospice Buffalo and purchase beautiful mixed bouquets for $8 or a large tribute bouquet for $30. For each Tribute Bouquet sold, an $8 bouquet will be sent to brighten the day of a current Hospice Buffalo patient. Pre-sale orders will be taken until February 11.

To order, or for more information, phone or e-mail one of the three campus coordinators–Lily Bink (ext. 4419), Donna Doyle (ext. 4698), or Rita Gallagher (ext. 6022). Cash or checks payable to Hospice Foundation are accepted. Payment is due at time of bouquet pickup on February 28, or can be made ahead of time. The campus raised a record $2,200 for Hospice in 2010 through your generous support of the bouquet sale. Thank you for your support of Hospice Buffalo! Order today.

Please stop by the Student Life table in the Campbell Student Union lobby on Monday, January 31, between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Chat up our staff, and grab some information on programs and activities during Winter Welcome.

This is a beginner class for those who have little to no experience with Google Docs. We will show you how to create a Google account and give you an overview of the basic applications available to people who have a Google account. The majority of the class will be spent reviewing Google Docs. This class will be followed up with Intermediate Google Docs and Advanced Google Docs training upon request. Presented by the Information Commons. There is no prerequisite for this workshop. Join us on Tuesday, February 1, 12:15– 1:30 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 314.

Register online.

The Graduate School will host a Graduate Education Programs Information Session on Wednesday, February 2, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. in the E. H. Butler Library 210.

The Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium will be offering "Wonders of Winter" January 28 through February 26. This program explores the bright stars, constellations, and deep sky wonders of the winter season. It will give you a full tour of the brightest, richest and perhaps most beautiful starfield we can view from Western New York.

In honor of the 25th anniversary of the loss of space shuttle Challenger, each program begins with "T+ . . . and Counting," a commemorative look at those lost in the Challenger, Columbia, and Apollo 1 tragedies.

"Wonders of Winter" and "T+ . . . and Counting" are offered Fridays at 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 2 p.m., with a run time of approximately 80 minutes. Adult admission is $6, but Buffalo State faculty and staff are admitted for $4 with ID. Buffalo State students are free with ID. Please visit www.fergusonplanetarium.net or e-mail planetarium@buffalostate.edu for more information or to reserve tickets.

With the new semester, the Bengal Stitch Club will return to its usual meeting time and location. If you knit, crochet, or do other types of handwork, join us at the Barnes & Noble at Buffalo State Bookstore any Friday at noon for an hour of sharing and fun. If you want to learn to knit or crochet, we'll teach you. All are welcome.

The 13th annual Golf and Tennis Scholarship Classic at the Brookfield Country Club in September raised more than $75,000 to benefit the All College Honors Program. The men’s winning foursome consisted of Scott McNiven, Art Muldoon, Pat Pacitti, and Michael Schaefer from Delaware Investments; the women’s winning team was made up of Christine Augustine, Rebecca McCauley, Nancy Paslaqua, and Mary Pat Schreck from Merrill Lynch. Provost Dennis Ponton and his wife, Libby, each won first place in the men’s and women’s tennis competitions.

National Student Exchange is still accepting applications for the 2011-2012 academic year. Please let your students know of this great opportunity to attend one of the 200 campuses within the United States or Canada! Have them visit South Wing 420 for an application. Thank you.

Thinking about submitting a proposal for the Anne Frank Project 2011 conference? Wondering how to transform your wonderful idea into a session, workshop, or performance? Students, faculty, and staff interested in proposing: Please join Anne Frank Project director Drew Kahn and past presenters for an informal workshop tomorrow, Tuesday, March 22, 12:30-1:30 p.m. (Bengal Pause) in the Donald Savage Theater and Communication Building's Flexible Theatre. All are welcome. For more information, call the Theater Department at ext. 6416.

In this free online webinar, presenters from SUNY Institute of Technology will share two perspectives on using web conferencing (Elluminate) to supplement online courses: the instructional designer's and the professor's view. They will discuss the experiences of moving to a more interactive environment, particularly the unanticipated and creative ones. They will consider the sense of community, discuss informal student feedback, and consider the benefits and costs of holding live sessions that can be archived. On Monday, March 28, from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., they will discuss how Elluminate improved the classroom experience, useful tools in Elluminate, and some challenges associated with adding another technology to the learning experience.

Register as a “member.”