The SEFA/United Way Campaign deadline is Friday, October 19. If you need a pledge card, contact your department solicitor or call Sean at ext. 5907. We will announce the winner of the free reserve parking space on Wednesday, October 24. Thank you for your generous support.

The Admissions Office will host its Fall Open House for prospective students and their families on Saturday, October 20, from 9:00 a.m. to noon in the Sports Arena. Guests will have the opportunity to tour the campus, meet with faculty and student support services, discuss financial aid options, and explore career opportunities.  For more information, visit our Open House web page.

If you have any questions, please contact Mary Finger.

Help celebrate Geography Awareness Week by submitting your best photo. Prizes for first, second, and third place! Open to Buffalo State students, faculty, and staff. You may submit a photo for this year’s theme: Year of the City.

Provide your name and a title that conveys how your photo exemplifies the Year of the City theme. Photos must be submitted in a digital format and must have been taken by you. Submission of photos allows us unrestricted use.

Submit your entry to geographyphotocontest@gmail.com.

Deadline: Thursday, November 8.

Contest winners will be announced at the Geography Awareness Week lunch on Tuesday, November 13, during Bengal Pause in Classroom Building A209.

Supported by the Geography and Planning Department and the Center for Health and Social Research.

Please join us for the third lecture in our Philosophy and Humanities Fall 2012 Faculty Colloquia series, "Mathematics as the Collective Imposition of Function Onto Reality," presented by Julian Cole, assistant professor of philosophy and humanities, on Thursday, October 18, at 3:30 p.m. in Bishop Hall 242. Commentator: Joshua Demont, philosophy major.

The SUNY Learning Network will host "Determining Best Practices in Blended Learning" on Thursday, November 29, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 318.

From online faculty surveys, instructors consistently report that fully online teaching transforms their face-to-face teaching. Web-enhanced (presenting content) and hybrid (replacing face-to-face seat time) teaching has now taken hold on our SUNY campuses. This workshop aims to bring faculty together to discuss best practices that have emerged from these experiences. SLN will present an overview of asynchronous teaching strategies that work, and then investigate with you the questions that arise when planning to incorporate these activities into face-to-face instruction.

Registration for this workshop can be found at the SUNY CPD website.

Engage in an exploration of six characteristics that make ideas more likely to be remembered by students. Reflect on how to integrate these traits into your teaching to make it both more memorable and more engaging. Come with a concept or topic in mind and actively apply the six principles to it. Presented by Sue McMillen and Val Ahmeti on Thursday, November 1, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in the Professional Development Center, E. H. Butler Library 181B. A light lunch will be provided.

Register at http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/registration/classdetails.asp?class=2918.

Please encourage promising freshmen through juniors to attend the McNair Scholars Program information and recruitment reception on Tuesday, October 23, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Science Building 250. This event will give students the opportunity to meet with program staff, advisory board members, and current McNair scholars to discuss the benefits of participating in the program as well as the application process. For more information, call the McNair office at ext. 3411 or e-mail Jennifer Johnson.

Every three years, E. H. Butler Library asks the entire Buffalo State community to complete our service quality survey called LibQUAL+. This year, our survey will run from Monday, October 15, through Friday, November 16, and we are asking for your help. Spending just 10 minutes to complete our survey is all it takes for your voice to be heard! Please encourage your students to participate in the survey, too.

Your contribution will make a difference to the library, so tell us what you like and what you think needs changing—but please tell us. Your feedback guides our strategic planning initiatives and helps us plan for changes and improvements in how we serve you. Plus, you will be eligible to win one of 30 $10 Bengal Bucks gift cards if you include your e-mail address.

http://library.buffalostate.edu/survey

The faculty and staff at E. H. Butler Library thank you for your participation.

Questions? Please contact our assessment librarian, Eugene Harvey, ext. 3138.

Procurement Services will hold a Procurement Basic Training session at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 24, in E. H. Butler Library 210. Topics that will be covered include

• how to properly fill out a purchase requisition;
• new vendor setup;
• lead time for orders;
• placing office supply orders;
• information that Procurement needs for various dollar level purchases.

This session is open to new employees, those who are in charge of ordering goods and services for their respective departments, and anyone else who would like to know how to make the requisition process flow more smoothly.

If you are interested in attending, R.S.V.P. by Friday, October 19. Please include your name, department, phone number, and e-mail address.

Thank you. We look forward to seeing you at the training.

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 charter 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 charter 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!