Faculty members, please tell your students that EDU 121 Tutoring Diverse Language Learners will be offered during January Term 2013 (January 7–25). This content covers tutoring strategies, second-language acquisition, and sheltered content instruction information and offers a hands-on opportunity to tutor diverse language learners. The class meets on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. E-mail Mary Cummings, lecturer of elementary education and reading, for more information or see the course listings.

Please support the Buffalo State student chapter of the Club Managers Association of America's bake sale today, Wednesday, October 31, at noon outside the main entrance of the Campbell Student Union. 

Hospitality students have prepared a variety of confections that are sure to please you. All proceeds support student activities for 2013. Learn more about this student organization on the CMAA website.

Join us for a health fair and bake sale on Thursday, November 1, during Bengal Pause (12:15–1:30 p.m.) in the Bulger Communication Center lobby. Featured topics include proper portion sizes, eating healthy on campus, making recipes healthful, and knowing your number (body fat percentage). The health fair is presented by students in the coordinated program in dietetics. The bake sale will include a variety of homemade cookies. Proceeds from the bake sale will be donated to the Buffalo City Mission. Contact Donna Hayes, ext. 5634, if you have any questions. Hope to see you there.

Join Buffalo State Dining for its second annual Halloween costume contest today at 6:00 p.m. in the Resident Dining hall. The contest is open to all Buffalo State students. Dining Dollar prizes will be awarded to the top three contestants. Master of ceremonies for the evening is Buffalo's famous on-air personality Shy Guy Shawn from Kiss 98.5-FM. Don't miss out on this spine-chilling event!

Enter with a meal swipe or dinner door price of $12.19.

For more information on Buffalo State Dining, please visit our website.

Please note that the drop-off locations for the CSEA Local 640 Women's Committee-sponsored food drive for the Food Bank of Western New York were omitted from the Daily Bulletin announcement and the flier. They are listed here for your convenience:

Mary Codick, ext. 6121, Caudell Hall 101
Michelle Downey, ext. 5331, Campbell Student Union 400
Sue Fischer, ext. 4611, Twin Rise 206
Sue McKnight, ext. 6001, Cleveland Hall 204
Sue Polich, ext. 3333, Twin Rise C3
Jennie Silverman, ext. 5412, Classroom Building 205
Lynn Weldon, ext. 6014, Upton Hall 502

An introductory workshop on the Institutional Review Board (IRB) review process and ethics training requirement will be held on Wednesday, November 7, from noon to 1:00 p.m. on the fourth floor of the Classroom Building. Please note the change in venue (formerly Bishop Hall). If you plan to attend, please e-mail Gina Game by Friday, November 2. Lunch will be provided.

If your research project involves human subjects, but you're not sure what level of review, please attend this workshop. Before the review process, researchers must be sure that their project is, in fact, human subjects research as defined by the federal government. In order to qualify as human subjects research, the following must be true: (1) The participants must be living. Thus, oral history projects fall under the guidelines, but research involving diaries kept in the 1800s does not. (2) The project is a systematic investigation; that is, it is designed to be a study. For example, instances in classrooms where teachers ask students’ opinions on the material to gauge progress are not research; however, if that same teacher designs a study to evaluate two different methods of teaching the material to see which is more effective, this would be research if the third criterion is met. (3) The project is designed to contribute to the generalized knowledge. To qualify as research, the person conducting the project must intend for it to be disseminated at some level. On our campus, we also review student projects that may not be disseminated but that meet the first two criteria so that our students will learn the process of human subjects research and because we have contracted with the federal government to do so.

Be part of the action and cheer on the Buffalo Bills as they take on the Miami Dolphins on Thursday, November 15. Cost is $80 per person and includes tickets to the game, beverages on the bus, a tailgate meal, and transportation to the game and back. The bus departs Buffalo State promptly at 5:00 p.m. for Ralph Wilson Stadium.

Tickets are located in section 329, rows 30–32, seats 1–15. Please adhere to the Buffalo Bills Fan Code of Conduct, and be sure to review what items are appropriate to bring into the stadium.

The chartered bus will pick up alumni and guests from Cleveland Circle (outside of Cleveland Hall) at 5:00 p.m. Parking is available on campus in Lot B and along Rockwell Road. The bus will park in Drive 3 at Ralph Wilson Stadium. It will remain there for the duration of the game and will leave 30 minutes after the game.

Bring your favorite tailgate games and plan on having a great time with fellow Buffalo State alumni as the Bills "squish the fish" during a national prime-time game. Space is limited. Grab your friends and register today!

As we approach the excitement—and stress—of the holidays, the Employee Assistance Program is sponsoring “Putting Stress In Its Place,” a workshop led by Jo Yudess, lecturer in the Center for Studies in Creativity, on Wednesday, November 14, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. in Cleveland Hall 418.

This participative and interactive workshop will explore the times when stress is actually a good thing—and good for you—and teach simple and repeatable techniques for spotting and handling your anxiety.

Learn to take a mindful approach to the times when stress is a problem. Practice techniques for relieving the symptoms of anxiety: elevated heart rate and blood pressure, cold feet, etc. And, learn a special technique that no one will know you are using!

Join in the fun. Registration is required. Contact Beverly MacKenzie to register or for more information.

Have you heard about Buffalo State's institutional repository, Digital Commons? The service showcases faculty research, student theses, and specialized digital collections in an open access format. Buffalo State's Digital Commons increases your visibility and provides a permanent public space for all types of files, and it indexes your work in search engines such as Google. Selected Works, a service of the Digital Commons, provides an easy-to-use platform for faculty members to announce and distribute articles, working papers, and presentations (and make Googling yourself much more satisfying!). Learn more about the exciting features of Digital Commons and Selected Works in this introductory session led by librarians Marc Bayer and Lisa Forrest on Wednesday, November 14, from 9:00 to 9:50 a.m. in the Professional Development Center, E. H. Butler 181B.

A limited number of course sections for spring 2013 registration will offer a waitlist option for students. Please be sure to review the PDF documents available on the Banner website at www.buffalostate.edu/banner/faculty.xml.

Faculty: http://buffalostate.edu/banner/documents/WaitlistingFac.pdf

Staff: http://buffalostate.edu/banner/documents/WaitlistingStaff.pdf

Students: http://buffalostate.edu/banner/documents/WaitlistingStu.pdf

FAQs: http://buffalostate.edu/banner/documents/WaitlistingFAQ.pdf

Registration for January Term/spring 2013 begins on Wednesday, October 31.