The International Student Affairs Office has officially established an International Student Orientation Fund that can receive donations at any time. The purpose of this initiative is to have funding that can cover the cost of taxi rides for internationals from the Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Buffalo State when they arrive to move into their rooms. The internationals will obtain a receipt for reimbursement.

This program will apply only to internationals who have made prior reservations to live on campus.

The campus community is warmly invited to make donations to this special fund by contacting the International Student Affairs Office at ext. 5331 or gounarjf@buffalostate.edu.

A Musical Feast presents "Amblongus Pie: Dance, Music, Verse, and Song" on Friday, November 9, at 8:00 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center's Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Auditorium.

A Musical Feast was founded in 2006 by retired concert master of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Charles Haupt. A Musical Feast ventures to fuse contemporary and classical music with poetry and dance, featuring musicians of international stature as well as local players.

"Amblongus Pie: Dance, Music, Verse, and Song," developed by SUNY Distinguished Professor of English Ann C. Colley, includes a contemporary musical setting and reading of Edward Lear’s “Nonsense Cookery” in honor of Edward Lear’s 200th birthday, performed by mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley. Lear’s nonsense sketches, illustrations, and rather withering self-portraits are also included.

With questions and inquiries, contact Don Metz at ext. 5564 or visit www.burchfieldpenney.org.

Buy tickets online or call 878-6011 during gallery hours. Tickets are $10 for Burchfield Penney members, $20 for not-yet members.

Friday, November 9, is M&T Second Friday at the Burchfield Penney. On the second Friday of every month, the Burchfield Penney hosts something great! With openings and happy hours, programs, concerts, screenings, or other special events, visitors experience the best of the Burchfield Penney.

November M&T Second Friday includes

4:00–8:00 p.m. Free gallery hours

5:30–7:30 p.m. Opening celebration for two new exhibitions featuring the work of Charles Burchfield: Thinking in Visual Terms and Charles Burchfield: In His Own Words (free)

5:30–7:30 p.m. Drop-in art workshop: Be a Superhero (free)

5:45 p.m. Guided tour of Spain: Rock, Roll, Rumbles, Rebels, and Revolution (free)

8:00 p.m. A Musical Feast presents "Amblongus Pie: Dance, Music, Verse, and Song" (tickets $10 Burchfield Penney members, $20 general public). Buy online or call 878-6011.

Through National Student Exchange, students have the opportunity to study for a semester or an academic year at one of 200 participating colleges or universities at affordable tuition rates. Please contact Christine Cali, director of special programs, ext. 4328, to schedule a class visit. Provide your students with this possibility for enriching their college experience and let them know about the upcoming information session today, November 13, during Bengal Pause (12:15–1:30 p.m.) in Classroom Building B118.

Today we end the week with the following presentations. Please join us in supporting International Education Week!

Friday, November 16

9:00–9:50 a.m.
Staci Newmahr, assistant professor of sociology
English Conversations Program with Sociology 310 (Sociology of Sex and Gender)
Rockwell Hall 201

2:00–3:00 p.m.
Kim Truesdell, associate professor, and Pixita Del Prado Hill, associate professor, Elementary Education and Reading Department
Thinking Locally, Acting Globally...Looking Forward
Cleveland Hall 416

Today we continue our celebration of International Education Week with the following presentations:

2:00–3:00 p.m.
Kyeonghi Baek, assistant professor of political science
Developing a Major in International Relations
Cleveland Hall 418

3:00–4:00 p.m.
Jean F. Gounard, director, International Student Affairs
French-American Relations Today
Cleveland Hall 418

International Education Week continues today with the following presentation and event. Faculty, staff, and students are all welcome!

2:00–3:00 p.m.
Kevin Railey, associate provost and dean of the Graduate School
The Future and Graduate Education: The Need for Intercultural Competence
Cleveland Hall 205

3:00–4:00 p.m.
International Social Hour
E. H. Butler Library 208

Faculty, staff, and students, please join us today to kick off the second annual International Education Week, November 12–16, a proclamation declared by Governor Cuomo. The following presentations will be provided today. Be sure to check the Daily Bulletin for the full week of events.

Tuesday, November 13

10:00–11:00 a.m.
Wendy Paterson, dean of the School of Education
Teaching to a Global Classroom
Cleveland Hall 205

11:00 a.m.–noon
Hibajene Shandomo, associate professor of elementary education and reading
From Buffalo, New York, to Lusaka, Zambia: Exploring Ways to Increase Cultural Awareness and Diversity Appreciation in U.S. Preservice Teachers
Cleveland Hall 205

1:00–2:00 p.m.
Bridget Chesterton, assistant professor of history and social studies education
Mercosur, An “Extended Triple Alliance”? The Paraguayan Coup of June 2012 in a Regional Perspective
Cleveland Hall 205

2:00–3:00 p.m.
Li Na, Capital Normal University
This Is How the Chinese Ads Are Attractive
and
Gao Li, Central University of Finance and Economics
National Prosperity and the Communist Party in China
Cleveland Hall 418

3:00–4:00 p.m.
Joaquin Carbonara, professor of mathematics
International Students and the Professional Science Master's in the U.S. and Abroad
Cleveland Hall 418

Please join us in supporting International Education Week November 12–16 as we end the week on Friday, November 16, with the following presentations:

Friday, November 16

9:00–9:50 a.m.
Staci Newmahr, assistant professor of sociology
English Conversations Program with Sociology 310 (Sociology of Sex and Gender)
Rockwell Hall 201

2:00–3:00 p.m.
Kim Truesdell, associate professor, and Pixita Del Prado Hill, associate professor, Elementary Education and Reading Department
Thinking Locally, Acting Globally...Looking Forward
Cleveland Hall 416

We continue our celebration of International Education Week with the following presentations on Thursday, November 15:

2:00–3:00 p.m.
Kyeonghi Baek, assistant professor of political science
Developing a Major in International Relations
Cleveland Hall 418

3:00–4:00 p.m.
Jean F. Gounard, director, International Student Affairs
French-American Relations Today
Cleveland Hall 418