This presentation is designed for those who are already using student response systems (clickers). Learn about new features in the latest version of TurningPoint clicker software. Presented by Tim Sager, instructional support associate in Instructional Resources. Join us on Tuesday, April 2, from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 316.

Register at http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/registration/classdetails.asp?class=3136.

The Daily Bulletin will not be published the week of Spring Recess, March 25–29. During the break, users will be able to submit items for April 1 and beyond. Thank you.

The Daily Bulletin will not be published the week of Spring Recess, March 25–29. During the break, users will be able to submit items for April 1 and beyond. Thank you.

The Buffalo State Fitness Center will be closed from 3:00 p.m. Friday, March 22, through Sunday, March 31. The center will reopen for regular business hours at 6:00 a.m. Monday, April 1. Have a great break and please contact me directly with questions at demarsna@buffalostate.edu. I would be happy to credit any and all of our members for lost time. Thanks and again, enjoy the break.

Employees enrolled in the Flex Spending Account (FSA) for the 2012 plan year have until Sunday, March 31, to submit reimbursement requests for eligible 2012 expenses incurred under the Health Care Spending Account and the Dependent Care Advantage Account. Under the IRS “use it or lose it” rule, if you fail to submit requests for reimbursement for all eligible 2012 expenses by the March 31 deadline, you will forfeit the remaining funds in your 2012 account.

FSA reimbursement requests may be mailed, faxed, or submitted online through www.myfbmc.com. For more information, visit www.flexspend.ny.gov or call the FSA hotline at (800) 358-7202.

All 2012 claims must be submitted by March 31. There are no exceptions to this deadline.

Our Faculty Interest Group discussion on Friday, April 5, will focus on supporting students in developing disciplinary habits of mind within our general education courses. We might think of habits of mind as the skills or modes of thinking necessary to be an anthropologist, chemist, designer, historian, philosopher, or mathematician. Please come prepared to discuss at least five habits of mind found in your discipline as well as some of the ways these skills are incorporated into your general education courses. Concrete illustrations are often helpful.

Bagels and coffee will be available at 8:15 a.m., and the discussion will take place from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. in the Professional Development Center, E. H. Butler Library 181B.

Register at http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/registration/classdetails.asp?class=3137.

Buffalo State Dining would like to wish you a Happy St. Patrick's Day! Celebrate with an Irish-themed lunch today in the all-you-care-to-eat Resident Dining facility, located in the Campbell Student Union, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Enjoy a delicious menu prepared by Buffalo State Dining's executive chef that includes corned beef brisket, new potatoes, steamed cabbage, shepherd's pie, fish and chips, macaroni and cheese, and classic shredded coleslaw.

Enter with a meal swipe or lunch door price of $8.79.

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

Kimberly A. Blessing, department chair and associate professor of philosophy and humanities, will present "Theistic and Atheistic Theories about the Meaning of Life" today, March 15, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in Ketchum Hall 320. Everyone is welcome. Wine, cheese, and discussion to follow. Her talk is the second in the series this semester.

This recorded presentation is available to all members of the Buffalo State community to watch at the time and location of their choice until April 10. Contact Cara Angie, ext. 3841, to get the log-in code and receive copies of the handouts that accompany the webinar. Webinar details follow.

Learn to employ the principles used in video games to your teaching. Get game-based learning strategies and best practices that will motivate and engage your students without technical distractions. Participants will watch examples of gamification methods in action while focusing on the philosophy behind game-based learning. In the process, you will learn how to

• identify the five principles of gamification;
• develop strategies to translate these concepts into action in a face-to-face class, a learning management system (LMS), or an online class;
• adjust curricular designs to take full advantage of gamification elements;
• wrap the gamification elements around a central location such as an LMS;
• locate resources to assist you.

Buffalo State Dining's Balanced U program is a holistic approach to food and nutrition. It's based on one concept—we eat food. To help students, faculty, and staff understand how food plays into health, Balanced U consists of monthly subjects that act as an educational opportunity to focus on food topics of interest to our customers. March's monthly subject is Metabolism Boosters.

The Grapefruit Diet, the Zone Diet, the Green Tea Diet—lots of research has been done in search of that one food or combination of foods that sends your metabolism soaring and melts away the pounds. Unfortunately, no such food exists. Overall you still need to consume fewer calories and burn more with exercise. But while no miracle food exists, there are some foods that will give you a little more boost!

Buffalo State Dining invites you to the Resident Dining Hall, located in the Campbell Student Union, today from 11:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. for our Balanced U Metabolism Boosters meal. Try foods from our Balanced U station that are guaranteed to help boost your metabolism! Plus, receive recipes and tips on how to eat healthful all year long.

Enter with a meal swipe or lunch door price of $8.79.

For more information on Balanced U, please visit our website and click on the Total Health tab.