As reported in the Chronicle of Higher Education (March 1, 2012), “Keeping up with the growing body of federal laws and regulations that apply to higher education could be a full-time job for college administrators. A new Web site, the result of a collaboration among 21 higher-education associations, is meant to make that task easier. The Higher Education Compliance Alliance’s site is a repository of mostly public information on federal regulatory requirements, with links to some information that is accessible only to members of specific associations. The content is arranged under nearly 30 broad topics, such as accounting, grants management, and tax compliance.”

Please take a moment to acquaint yourself with this new site and its array of resources. You will find helpful information regarding compliance issues affecting higher education and the administration of university operations.

Additional information about compliance and internal controls can be found at Buffalo State's Internal Control program site.

Buffalo State Dining invites you on a Trip to Ireland with our sit-down dinner for two on Friday, March 9, in Bengal Hall, side room B, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.! Enjoy our Irish-themed menu, including your choice of a stuffed pepper, crusted salmon, or Guinness-braised short ribs.

Make your reservations today in Bengal Hall. Only $24.99 per person or a meal swipe plus $15.99. Meal swipe, Dining Dollars, Bengal Bucks, cash, and credit cards are accepted.

To view the full menu, please visit our website at www.dineoncampus.com/bsc and click Events under the Resources tab.

On January 1, 2012, Computing and Technology Services (CTS) replaced the program used for test scoring and survey analysis of data collected on scanner forms (bubble sheets). The new program provides more flexibility, and the formats of the control and answer key sheets have been changed to reflect these new options. For more information, visit the Faculty/Staff page on the CTS website and click on the Test Scoring and Survey Analysis links under “Other Resources and Services.”

Please note: CTS can no longer run the old version of the scoring and analysis program; the required hardware has been retired.

Please contact Tom Killian, ext. 5122, if you have any questions.

“Fertilize” your research interests by meeting with experienced colleagues who have received grants or have worked with various funding agencies and organizations at the Research and Creativity Council Spring Forum on Friday, March 9, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Advance your research interests by learning from those who have successfully secured funding for their own scholarship.

Register for the forum by 5:00 p.m. today. For more information, visit the Research Foundation website; please direct any questions to Gina Game.

“Fertilize” your research interests by meeting with experienced colleagues who have received grants or have worked with various funding agencies and organizations at the Research and Creativity Council Spring Forum on Friday, March 9, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Advance your research interests by learning from those who have successfully secured funding for their own scholarship.

Register for the forum by 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 6. For more information, visit the Research Foundation website; please direct any questions to Gina Game.

Have you seen the posters with the sun logos around campus? These posters are announcing the 14th annual Student Research and Creativity Celebration (SRCC). Presentation formats include posters, talks, demonstrations, display of artwork, and performance pieces. Individual and small group presentations are welcome. Completed projects or preliminary findings can be presented at the SRCC. The online-application deadline for students is midnight Wednesday, March 14. You can access the online application by using the sun logo quick link in the upper-right corner of the Undergraduate Research Office home page or find a poster with the sun logo and scan the QR code.

Buffalo State alumnus Michael Martin, '95, executive director of Native American Community Services in Buffalo, will address the campus community on Tuesday, March 6, at 4:00 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 210 as part of Buffalo State's Leadership Lecture Series and Native American Heritage Month.

Martin is an Onondaga of the Beaver Clan from the Six Nations of the Grand River reservation in Southern Ontario, who was born and raised in Buffalo. He was named executive director of Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara Counties Inc. in 2004. In 2007, he traveled to Guatemala and Ecuador to participate in a cultural exchange and conference on sustaining indigenous cultures. In 2008, Martin was selected by the Americans for Indian Opportunity to become one of 18 Native Americans across the United States to participate in the organization's two-year American Indian Ambassador Leadership Program.

His talk is open to the campus community.

In order to best serve the campus and avoid delays, our office requests that college travelers who use Albany Travel call the Accounts Payable and Travel Services Office at ext. 4117 before 3:30 p.m. and speak to a staff representative after making reservations. Please do not e-mail your correspondence to our office since our office may not receive this information in the timeliest manner. Calling our office by 3:30 p.m. will allow our staff ample time to contact Albany Travel the same business day to authorize your travel.

Please join us in the Barnes & Noble at Buffalo State Bookstore for a book signing with our featured author Tom Renzi, coordinator of tutorial services in the Academic Skills Center, on Thursday, March 8, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Renzi will feature his new book, Screwball Comedy and Film Noir: Unexpected Connections. Refreshments will be served. We hope you will join us!

Join us for March Second Friday! The Burchfield Penney celebrates the opening of four new exhibitions—James Vullo: Deconstructing Urbania, Unseen Burchfield, Charles Burchfield: Over the Porch Roof, and Edible Complex—as well as a free drop-in art workshop in the studio classroom and a guided tour of James Vullo: Deconstructing Urbania. For more on exhibitions, visit www.BurchfieldPenney.org.