You’ve written an essay and you’re wondering what you need to do to edit it quickly and efficiently. Here’s a streamlined approach that can serve the purpose. "Write Right: Ten Quick Style Tips" is the next session in the Workshops to Success series sponsored by the Academic Skills Center of University College and offered free to Buffalo State students. Instructor-tutor Roswell Park, Ph.D., will share several quick-fix approaches for editing any piece of writing that will instantly improve your essay and—we certainly hope—your grade.

Note to Buffalo State instructors: Please encourage your students to attend, perhaps by giving them extra credit for participating. They can sign an attendance sheet that we will forward to you. Call ext. 4041 to make arrangements or to ask any question you have.

Date: Wednesday, February 27
Time: 4:00–5:00 p.m.
Location: E. H. Butler Library 210B
Presenter: Roswell Park

Did you know that there are ways to prepare for multiple-choice exams to reduce your stress and improve your score? There are! And students can learn these simple strategies in this next session of the Workshops to Success series conducted by Marie Ferraro and sponsored by the Academic Skills Center of University College. The workshop is offered free to Buffalo State students. These tips on test-taking preparation will help all students develop confidence when going into a quiz or exam.

Note to Buffalo State instructors: Please encourage your students to attend, perhaps by giving them extra credit for participating. If you wish, students can sign an attendance sheet that we will forward to you. Please call the ASC at ext. 4041 to make arrangements or to ask any questions you have.

Date: Tuesday, February 26
Time: 12:15–1:30 p.m. (Bengal Pause)
Place: South Wing 320
Presenter: Marie Ferraro

The formats required for a research paper can sometimes be confusing and overwhelming. "APA Style: Why Does It Have to Be So Difficult?" is the next session in the Workshops to Success series sponsored by the Academic Skills Center of University College and offered free to Buffalo State students. Instructor-tutor Tom Renzi will clarify APA style, showing you what information to include and how to organize it. Librarian Lisa Forrest will acquaint you with resources in E. H. Butler Library.

Date: Wednesday, February 20
Time: 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Location: Classroom Building C116
Presenters: Thomas Renzi and Lisa Forrest

Note to Buffalo State instructors: Please encourage your students to attend, perhaps by giving them extra credit for participating. Students can sign an attendance sheet, which we will forward to you. Call the ASC at ext. 4041.

Drop-in visitors are gladly welcome, but if you’d like to reserve a seat for the workshop—or if you have any questions—please call the ASC at ext. 4041.

Businesses are concerned with the “bottom line”—they want profit. You should be concerned with the same thing, because when you strive for the best grade possible, your letter grade becomes your “bottom line,” determining just how much you’ll profit in this field. "Accounting: Making It Your Business" is the next session in the Workshops to Success series sponsored by the Academic Skills Center of University College and offered free to Buffalo State students. This workshop will clarify the workings of accounting for you. We will discuss both basic and complex things like FIFO and LIFO inventory terms; and straight-line, double-declining, and units of production methods of expressing depreciation. Be prepared to bring up any questions you have.

Note to Buffalo State instructors: Please encourage your students to attend. Consider giving them extra credit for participating. If you wish, they can sign an attendance sheet that we will forward to you. If you have any questions, call the ASC at ext. 4041.

Date: Thursday, February 21
Time: 12:15–1:30 p.m. (Bengal Pause)
Location: Classroom Building C116
Presenter: Carol Reed

Want to run in the 2013 Buffalo State student elections? Fill out an application. The deadline to submit applications is Monday, February 25.

The following positions are available:

USG President (one position, one-year term)

USG Executive Vice President (one position, one-year term)

USG Treasurer (one position, one-year term)

USG Vice President for Academic Affairs (one position, one-year term)

USG Vice President for Campus Affairs and Government Relations (one position, one-year term)

USG Vice President for Public Relations (one position, one-year term)

USG Vice President for Student Life (one position, one-year term)

USG Senator (40 positions, one-year term)

Faculty Student Association Board Member (two positions, two-year term)

College Senator (12 positions, one-year term)

College Council (one position, one-year term)

Student Assembly Delegate (two positions, one-year term)

Intercollegiate Athletics Board (noncompetitor and at-large position available, one-year term)

Auxiliary Services Advisory Committee (one position, one-year term)

Grant Allocation Committee (three undergraduate positions, one graduate position, two-year term)

Descriptions and requirements of the positions are available online. Students will vote in the student elections between Monday, April 1, and Thursday, April 4, in the Campbell Student Union lobby.

Wear orange, win an iPad from the Alumni Association! Wear orange on Fridays and show your Buffalo State pride. Rally your fellow alumni, family, friends, students, and co-workers to take part. Share your photos with us on our Facebook page. Participating alumni will be entered in a drawing each month to win an iPad, courtesy of the Alumni Association.

The Alumni Association will choose the most creative "orange" photos and share them in an upcoming edition of 1300 Elmwood and in our online community. We want to see you in orange!

Personal Photo Upload Requirements
If you are personally uploading a photo to the Buffalo State Alumni Association Facebook page, please include

• "We've Got Orange!";
• your city and state;
• your company name (optional).

You must be 18 years of age or older to submit a photo.

On-Campus Photo Requirements

• Visit the Buffalo State Alumni Association table each Friday from noon to 1:00 p.m. in the Student Union Quad.
• Participants must be wearing orange.
• Participants must sign an on-site contest waiver.

You may submit a maximum of five photos per Facebook account each month.

Click here for "Terms of Use."

We want to see you in orange!

Through National Student Exchange, Buffalo State students have the opportunity to study for a semester or an academic year at one of 200 participating colleges or universities at affordable tuition rates and receive credits toward graduation using financial aid.

There is still time to submit applications for National Student Exchange, but time is running out. Please let your students know of this great opportunity to attend one of the 200 campuses within the United States or Canada. Have them visit South Wing 420 for an application. Thank you.

The Newman Center will host a drive-through fish fry by Krolicks on Friday, March 1, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $10; the meal includes 10-to-11-ounce fish, two traditional sides, and a roll. The pickup will be from the Newman Center off Penhurst Park. You may purchase tickets by phone at 882-1080 or from Carmen, who will staff the Newman Center table in the Campbell Student Union on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Father Pat, director of Catholic Campus Ministry at the Newman Center, welcomes all faculty, staff, and students to join him on Wednesday, February 13, for Mass and distribution of ashes at 12:05 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 210 or at 6:00 p.m. in the Newman Center Chapel, 1219 Elmwood Avenue. Following the 6:00 p.m. Mass, there will be a simple soup dinner. All are welcome!

Do you want to save time and still provide meaningful feedback to your students? Using rubrics can do just that. Join us to learn the basics of constructing and using rubrics to assess your students’ learning on Tuesday, February 26, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in the Professional Development Center, E. H. Butler Library 181B. Presented by Sue McMillen. A light lunch will be provided.

Register at http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/registration/classdetails.asp?class=3080.