Join a faculty tour to discover ways to integrate the Burchfield Penney Art Center with your course curriculum using inquiry methods and interactive learning strategies. Presented by Kathy Gaye Shiroki on Friday, March 9, from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Meet in the Burchfield Penney Café.

Register at http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/registration/classdetails.asp?class=2759.

Teaching non-majors in general education courses can be challenging. This interactive workshop will help instructors identify the most common obstacles faced in their general education classes and design strategies to address these obstacles. Full-time and part-time faculty who are currently teaching or will be teaching a general education course in any instructional mode are welcome to come for lunch on Thursday, March 8, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 181B. Facilitated by Lisa Hunter.

Register at http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/registration/classdetails.asp?class=2738.

Electronic media, e.g., printer and toner cartridges, tapes, disks, CDs, DVDs, and cell phones, can be recycled in the red electronic-media bins located in each department.

Glass, plastic, and metal can be recycled in green bins. Empty, rinse, and wipe out all food containers.

Paper and cardboard can be recycled in blue bins. Flatten cardboard boxes and packaging.

State equipment, e.g., copy machines, fax machines, printers, chairs, desks, and tables, should be reported on a surplus form, available on the Business Services website.

Hardcover books should be placed in boxes. Call Business Services, ext. 6835, for pickup.

Softcover books should be placed in blue (paper and cardboard) bins.

Batteries:

• Lead-acid batteries: call Environmental Health and Safety at ext. 6128.
• Household batteries (including nickel-cadmium and lithium-ion): place in red (electronic media) recycling bins.

Fluorescent lightbulbs are collected by custodial staff.

Mercury-containing items, e.g., thermostats, thermometers, and medical or scientific instruments: call Environmental Health and Safety at ext. 6128.

Questions? Call Business Services at ext. 6835.

If you suspect that an asset or piece of equipment has been stolen, contact University Police (UPD) at ext. 6333 immediately. UPD will send an investigator who will obtain all the necessary data on the missing property and the circumstances surrounding its disappearance. The investigator will need to know the asset number, description, manufacturer, model, serial number, and cost. If the asset is recorded on inventory, the data should be readily available. A copy of the investigator’s report will be sent to Business Services, which will then retire the asset from the department inventory. If you file a theft report with an off-campus police department, you must also file a separate report with UPD.

New York State, the State University of New York, and Buffalo State College have long recognized that there are many legitimate reasons for faculty and staff members to remove property from Buffalo State for work-related functions. All Buffalo State College property, whether recorded on the departmental inventory or not, that is removed from campus by faculty or staff members for work-related functions must be identified on a Loan of College Property form. Assets transported back and forth on a continual basis (such as laptop computers) must also be identified on a Loan of College Property form. This form can be retrieved from the Campus Services website.

Please call ext. 6835 with questions.

The blue bins on campus are for paper recycling. All types of office paper can be recycled in these bins. This includes junk mail, envelopes (with and without plastic windows), fliers, brochures, postcards, newspaper, phone books, and all types and sizes of magazines and catalogs.

If you have any questions about what can and can't recycled, or any other recycling concerns, please contact Lauren Bostaph, ext. 6835. Your participation is appreciated!

In select circumstances, property owned by Buffalo State can be included ("traded in") as part of a procurement transaction to acquire a new or replacement piece of property.

The Property Trade-In Form should be used to secure the appropriate campus approvals for the disposition of the property to be traded in.

"Property" is defined as vehicles, boats, furniture, or equipment where a trade-in option is available. The Property Trade-In Form is available on the Business Services website. Please call Business Services at ext. 3169 with questions. Thank you.

Buffalo State Dining would like to say happy birthday to all our guests celebrating a birthday this February! Join us in Bengal Hall, located in the Campbell Student Union, today from 11:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. for birthday cake, an ice cream bar, and party favors!

For more information on Buffalo State Dining visit, www.dineoncampus.com/bsc.

As part of Women's History Month, the women and gender studies program at Buffalo State will hold a daylong research symposium to showcase faculty, student, and staff scholarship and research related to women, gender, and sexuality. The symposium will take place on Friday, March 30, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center auditorium. Refreshments will be provided.

We encourage submissions from all departments, programs, and disciplines; diversity will be a key criterion in compiling the program. Presenters may deliver scholarly papers, hold roundtable or panel discussions, show multimedia presentations, or present posters. To be considered for the symposium, please submit the following materials to Jennifer Ryan, associate professor of English and symposium coordinator, by Friday, March 9: (1) a brief (200- to 500-word) description of your project and how it relates to women and gender studies; (2) a cover letter that includes the names of all collaborators and any unavailable times on the day of the symposium; (3) a short curriculum vitae or résumé.

For more information, please contact Ryan or visit the women and gender studies website.

Russian artist Yevgeniy Fiks will present an artist talk at 3:00 p.m. Friday, March 9, in the Burchfield Penney Art Center auditorium. Inspired by the collapse of the Soviet bloc, Fiks's work examines the "collective amnesia within the post-Soviet space over the last decade, on the one hand, and the repression of the histories of the American Left in the US, on the other." This event is free to Buffalo State students, faculty, and staff and is open to the public.

Sponsored by the Fine Arts Department with support from the Dr. Margaret Bacon Fund.