The campus community is cordially invited to attend the next meeting of the International Student Advisory Council at 12:30 p.m Tuesday, March 12, in Cleveland Hall 205.

Jill Norvilitis, professor and chair of the Psychology Department, will present "Managing Finances for International Students/Scholars," followed by a PowerPoint presentation on Cote d'Ivoire.

Everyone is welcome.

Meet Siena returnees in the Campbell Student Union to learn more about the program, play trivia, and win prizes on Wednesday, March 6, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Alumni of the Buffalo State Siena Program will meet with prospective applicants to share their personal experiences in Siena on Tuesday, March 5, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center West.

The International Education Office will screen the film Letters to Juliet on Monday, March 4, from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center East in celebration of Siena Week.

Rebecca Ligman and Heather Cosgrove from the Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention at the University at Buffalo will discuss the prevalence and impact of bullying and harassment on college campuses, as well as strategies for helping perpetrators, targets, and bystanders, on Tuesday, March 5, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Science Building 272 (the Whale Room). Through discussion and interactive elements, they will focus on practical prevention and intervention strategies.

Bullying

• can happen anywhere—cities, suburbs, rural towns, even on college campuses;
• affects everyone—those who are bullied, those who bully, and those who witness bullying;
• can be prevented—especially when the power of a community is brought together; everyone has a role to play in preventing bullying.

The Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention was established in the Graduate School of Education at the University at Buffalo in 2011. Ligman, M.S.Ed., is the program and operations manager. She has more than seven years of professional experience in higher education. Before joining the staff of the Alberti Center, she served as program manager for the Beard Center for Leadership in Ethics at Duquesne University and was an undergraduate student academic adviser for the Palumbo-Donahue School of Business at Duquesne. Cosgrove is a graduate assistant at the Alberti Center and is completing a practicum at Buffalo State’s Counseling Center. She is a third-year student in UB’s counseling and school psychology program. Her research focuses on peer victimization in college student populations.

Please consider offering extra credit to your students who attend.

This program is sponsored by the Chemistry/Forensics Club and VIVA. For more information, please contact Liz McGough, VIVA coordinator and case manager, ext. 4029.

Project Clean Plate is a Chartwells program that provides awareness of international hunger and helps students focus globally and act locally to combat hunger, reduce waste, save energy, and initiate real change. Clean Plate is designed to reduce overall food waste in Buffalo State’s all-you-care-to-eat dining operation, Resident Dining. Buffalo State Dining encourages its customers to take as much food as they can eat, but not to throw it away.

Project Clean Plate monitors plate waste at the plate-disposal area during select meal periods. Results are gathered on a monthly basis in order to reduce food waste. Clean Plate is a grassroots effort to reduce food waste at the consumer level in order to negate global food shortages.

Join Buffalo State Dining today in the Resident Dining Hall, located in the Campbell Student Union, from noon to 2:00 p.m. to participate in the Project Clean Plate program. Return a clean plate to the dish return and be entered to win $25 in Dining Dollars for your efforts to reduce food waste.

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

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

Motivation is considered to be one of the most significant factors determining success or failure in college or in any other undertaking. This workshop focuses on understanding motivation and its importance to academic success. Practical tips and strategies about getting and staying motivated will be reviewed.

Wednesday, February 27, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Weigel Health Center 203. Please be punctual. For more information, call the Counseling Center at ext. 4436.

The Small Business Development Center presents “Survive and Thrive: Essentials for Starting Your Own Business,” a workshop covering all the essential information needed to start a business, on Wednesday, March 13, from 8:30 a.m. until noon in the Burchfield Penney Art Center (second floor). Specific topics will include creating a business plan; competition analysis; and tax, legal, and insurance issues. The workshop is free for Buffalo State faculty, staff, students, and alumni and U.S. military veterans and $20 for all others.

Registration will take place immediately before the workshop, from 8:00 to 8:30 a.m. To register in advance, call the SBDC at ext. 4030. For further information, please visit www.buffalostate.edu/sbdc.

The Anne Frank Project and Buffalo State proudly announce the 2013 conference dates and theme: AFP 2013: Transforming Lives, September 10–13.

AFP is honored to partner with Buffalo State in celebrating, elaborating, and reinforcing its current campaign theme, "Transforming Lives." While we use this language often, AFP is looking for the multiple and active ways Buffalo State faculty, staff, and students; community members; and national experts transform lives every day. We are eager to shine a light on the many initiatives, large and small, that contribute to the positive changes in the lives of us all.

The Call for Proposals for AFP 2013 will be published in the next few weeks.

"How wonderful it is that we need not wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." — Anne Frank

For more information, contact Drew Kahn, professor of theater and director of the Anne Frank Project.

Students can learn how to spend a semester in Siena, Italy, during this information session on Thursday, March 7, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center West 2. Students will find out how courses taken there fulfill requirements at Buffalo State, about how financial aid applies to the program, and about the array of scholarships available. Please tell students not to miss out on this life-transforming and career-enhancing opportunity!