Guy R. McPherson, professor emeritus of natural resources and ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona, will present the seminar "Pursuing Community Resilience in Light of Climate Chaos and Energy Decline" on Saturday, March 31, at 6:30 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center East. McPherson's presentation will stress the importance of individual and community action regarding the twin sides of the fossil-fuel coin: global climate change and energy decline.

That's right, I said week! Because of the great response and high demand of Buffalo State Dining's WOW Deal of the Day, Buffalo State Dining will now offer a WOW Deal of the Week every day at a select location in the Campbell Student Union Food Court from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. This week's WOW Deal will be offered at the Strip. Enjoy a Mashed Bowl filled with mashed potatoes, gravy, cheddar cheese, and two chicken strips and a fountain beverage for $4.99.

Check back every Monday to see what the new WOW Deal of the Week will be!

For more information on WOW Deals and Buffalo State Dining, visit our website.

Stop by Bengal Hall, resident dining located in the Campbell Student Union, today for lunch and enjoy our made-to-order Stir-Fry Action Station! Indulge in our special Singapore shrimp stir-fry!

Lunch hours of operation: 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Enter with a meal swipe or lunch door price of $8.39.

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

Have you heard the buzz surrounding the Khan Academy? What about other open educational resources (OERs)? Here’s your chance to explore some of the open educational platforms that seem to be popping up all over. This workshop will be offered in E. H. Butler Library 316 on Tuesday, April 10, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. and repeated on Friday, April 13, from 10:00 to 11:15 a.m. Presented by Mark McBride and Andy Chambers.

To attend on April 10, register at http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/registration/classdetails.asp?class=2749.

To attend on April 13, register at http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/registration/classdetails.asp?class=2750.

Engage in several methods of measuring student learning that can be applied in any discipline or at any course level. Explore surveys of students’ perceived learning gains, value-added essays, and knowledge-confidence surveys. These measures can also be used to supplement student ratings to provide a more complete look at teaching effectiveness. Presented by Sue McMillen on Friday, April 6, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 181B. A light lunch will be provided.

Register at http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/registration/classdetails.asp?class=2758.

This is a vendor demonstration of NVivo 9 qualitative data analysis software. It includes a question-and-answer session. Join us on Thursday, April 5, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 181B. A light lunch will be provided.

Register at http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/registration/classdetails.asp?class=2742.

All education majors at Buffalo State (including secondary-level teacher candidates) may be eligible to join the prestigious education honor society Kappa Delta Pi. The deadline to be inducted is Friday, April 6.

Please announce to your students!

Eligibility requirements:

• Current cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher
• At least 50 total credit hours of coursework completed at any college
• At least 12 credit hours in education completed (or expected to be completed) at Buffalo State

Only the top 10 percent of students and professionals in the field of education are awarded membership. It’s not too late! For membership information, e-mail Shannon Budin, associate professor of exceptional education.

Faculty members who would like to learn more about the federal requirements for master's theses and projects with human participants are invited to attend an Institutional Review Board workshop on Wednesday, April 25, from noon to 1:00 p.m. in Bishop Hall 18. The workshop will cover protocol submission guidelines, levels of review, and tips for making sure the review process is a smooth one.

If you plan to attend, please contact Gina Game by Monday, April 23. Lunch will be provided.

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 the results 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.

An introductory workshop on the Institutional Review Board (IRB) review process and the ethics training requirement will be held on Wednesday, April 11, from noon to 1:00 p.m. in Bishop Hall 18. If you plan to attend, please contact Gina Game by April 9. Lunch will be provided.

E. H. Butler Library is among four libraries in New York that have been chosen to work with Syracuse University, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in a groundbreaking study of return on investment (ROI). Our role is to pilot a new survey designed to measure the value of library services and collections to faculty.

We would be very grateful if you could spend about 12 minutes answering this anonymous Survey Monkey questionnaire. At the end, you can enter an e-mail address for a drawing to win a $50 Bengal Bucks card. E-mail addresses entered for the drawing are kept separate from the surveys to preserve anonymity. Please click on the link below, or paste it into a browser, to launch the survey:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/lv_instructorsny

The Teaching and Learning Survey measures the value of library services and collections to faculty. Only faculty are being queried, not students, because librarians want to know specifically what faculty value. How can we contribute to your efforts to achieve student success in your courses?

The Lib-Value Project is funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Thank you very much.