If you’re taking or reviewing mechanics this semester, this workshop is for you! We will go over a detailed example of both the method of joints and the method of sections and discuss how to choose the appropriate method to solve your truss analysis problem. This workshop is intended for engineering technology students, but all are welcome. Registration is not required, but we appreciate knowing how many people to expect. If you’re planning to attend, please call ext.4041 and let us know.

This workshop is sponsored by the Academic Skills Center of University College and offered free to Buffalo State students. Note to Buffalo State instructors: Please encourage your students to attend, perhaps by giving them extra credit for participating. They can sign an attendance sheet, which we will forward to you. Call the ASC at ext. 4041 to make arrangements.

Date: Thursday, October 25
Time: 3:30–4:30 p.m.
Location: Classroom Building B119
Presenter: Monica Heavey

You’ve written an essay and you’re wondering what you need to do to edit it quickly and efficiently. Here’s a streamlined approach that can serve the purpose. "Write Right: Ten Quick Style Tips" is the next session in the Workshops to Success series sponsored by the Academic Skills Center of University College and offered free to Buffalo State students. Instructor-tutor Roswell Park will share several quick-fix approaches for editing any piece of writing that will instantly improve your essay and—we certainly hope—your grade.

Note to Buffalo State instructors: Please encourage your students to attend, perhaps by giving them extra credit for participating. They can sign an attendance sheet, which we will forward to you. Call ext. 4041 to make arrangements.

Date: Thursday, October 18
Location: Cleveland Hall 205
Time: 4:00–5:00 p.m.
Presenter: Roswell Park, Ph.D.

If you’re like most people, you probably wish you had a larger vocabulary. The reason you don’t? It’s too difficult to memorize the meaning of every unfamiliar word. What if there were shortcuts, some tricks to make it easier to expand your vocabulary and turn yourself into a veritable walking dictionary? You’ll discover such tricks if you attend the enlightening "Vocabulary Building: Demystifying the Mystery of Words," the next session in the Workshops to Success series sponsored by the Academic Skills Center of University College and offered free to Buffalo State students. Instructor-tutor Anne Marie Golaszewski shows you how to crack meanings out of arcane and recondite words so you can impress your friends and complete the most difficult crossword puzzles.

Note to Buffalo State instructors: Please encourage your students to attend, perhaps by giving them extra credit for participating. They can sign an attendance sheet, which we will forward to you. To make arrangements, please call the ASC at ext. 4041.

Date: Wednesday, September 26
Time: Noon–1:00 p.m.
Place: Classroom Building C313
Presenter: Anne Marie Golaszewski

"Accounting: Making It Your Business" is the next session in this series of workshops sponsored by the Academic Skills Center of University College and offered free to Buffalo State students. Tutor Carol Reed will guide students toward a better understanding of this intricate subject and help prepare them for the upcoming accounting exam.

Note to Buffalo State instructors: Please encourage your students to attend, especially if research is part of their assignments. Consider giving students extra credit for participating. They can sign an attendance sheet, which we will forward to you. If you have any questions, call the ASC at ext. 4041.

Date: Monday, September 24
Time: 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Location: South Wing 320
Presenter: Carol Reed

Katie Ferguson, 2012 New York State Teacher of the Year, will present "Be the Spark: The Importance of Belief in Education" from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 27, in the Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall.

How does an inner-city child, the third-oldest of seven children, become the 2012 New York State Teacher of the Year? In this one-hour presentation, Ferguson will describe her life lessons and beliefs that helped her earn this honor. She will also provide insight into her teaching philosophy and how she endeavors to be a model of belief, both in her classroom and in her everyday life.

Download the event flier. This event is sponsored by the School of Education Dean's Office and the Professional Development Schools Consortium. Attendance is free and open to the public. Please e-mail Tamara Horstman-Riphahn with questions.

Any student, faculty, or staff member interested in the multiple possibilities offered by the Fulbright program is welcome to attend the fall seminar of the Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania Chapter of the Fulbright Association, which will be held at Nazareth College, in Rochester, New York, on Friday, October 5, from noon to 3:30 p.m.

The guest speaker will be Sylvia Crowder, acting deputy assistant secretary for international and foreign language education with the U.S. Department of Education.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Jean F. Gounard, director of international student affairs and vice president for advocacy of the WNY/NWPA Fulbright Association Chapter, ext. 5331.

Federal legislation requires that all course materials posted online or in a learning management system such as ANGEL be accessible for students with disabilities. This hands-on session will focus on how to provide textual alternatives to nontextual content such as graphs, images, and charts. Bring a flash drive with graphs, images, charts, or tables from your content area. Presented by Meghan Pereira, Sumana Silverheels, and Beth Burns on Tuesday, October 9, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. and repeated on Friday, October 26, from 10:00 to 11:15 a.m. in E. H. Butler Library 316.

Register to attend the October 9 session.

Register to attend the October 26 session.

What are open educational resources (OERs)? How can I use them in my classes, or more importantly, why should I? This workshop will discuss the open education movement and share how OERs are used in education around the world. View videos giving a brief explanation of why “open matters.” Presented by Mark McBride and Beth Burns on Thursday, October 4, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 314.

Register at http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/registration/classdetails.asp?class=2929.

Would you like to learn more about active and integrative learning? You are invited to attend Niagara University’s 2013 Conference on Teaching and Learning on January 7 and 8.

The Faculty Development Office will sponsor up to 12 faculty members to attend the conference. Faculty members will be sponsored on a first-come, first-served basis. Those who are sponsored by the university must agree to participate in a presentation to other Buffalo State faculty members. This presentation will be a discussion format, with each attendee sharing something that he or she learned at the conference. 

To register, contact Cara Angie, ext. 3841.

Want to improve your learning style so you can understand more and retain more? Learning may not come naturally to all of us, but here’s the thing—we can learn how to learn. "Study Skills: Tools You Can Use" is the next session in the Workshops to Success series sponsored by the Academic Skills Center of University College and offered free to Buffalo State students. Instructor-tutor Lauren Copeland will help you maximize your learning experience by showing you the most effective approaches to all-important tools for organizing information and making it easier to remember what you study.

Date: Tuesday, September 18
Location: Classroom B118
Time: 12:15-1:30 p.m. (Bengal Pause)
Presenter: Lauren Copeland

Note to Buffalo State instructors: Please encourage your students to attend, perhaps by giving them extra credit for participating. Students can sign an attendance sheet, which we will forward to you. Call the ASC at ext. 4041.
Drop-in visitors are gladly welcome, but if you’d like to reserve a seat for the workshop—or if you have any questions—please call the ASC at ext. 4041.