Support Hospice Buffalo by purchasing beautiful mixed bouquets for $8 or large tribute bouquets for $30. For each tribute bouquet sold, an $8 mixed bouquet will be donated to a current Hospice Buffalo patient. Advance orders will be taken until Friday, February 15. To order, or for more information, please contact one of the three campus coordinators: Lily Bink, ext. 4419; Donna Doyle, ext. 4201; or Rita Gallagher, ext. 6022. Cash or checks payable to Hospice Foundation are accepted. Payment may be made at the time of bouquet pickup on March 4. A record $3,019 was raised for Hospice Buffalo in 2012 through the campus's generous support of this bouquet sale. Thank you in advance. Order today!

Through National Student Exchange, 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. Please contact Christine Cali, director of special programs, ext. 4328, to schedule a class visit. Provide your students with this possibility for enriching their college experience and let them know about the upcoming information session on Thursday, January 31, during Bengal Pause (12:15–1:30 p.m.) in Classroom Building B118.

Before you purchase something new, consider looking through the campus surplus warehouse. It is stocked with a variety of office furniture including desks, tables, bookcases, bulletin boards, chairs, and filing cabinets. All equipment is free for campus departments to use, and by using surplus equipment, you are helping us reduce, reuse, and recycle on campus. Feel free to call Business Services, ext. 6835, to set up an appointment to come over and take a look.

American Heart Association CPR/AED classes are offered at Weigel Health Center free of charge for faculty, staff, and students. During the class, you will learn how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), use an automated external defibrillator (AED), and provide relief to a choking victim. Skills are taught for use with adults, children, and infants. The class is completed in about two and a half hours.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Classes are scheduled on the following dates and times:

Friday, February 1
12:30–3:00 p.m.

Monday, February 4
9:30 a.m.–noon

Reserve a spot in one of these classes or obtain additional information at lifesupport@buffalostate.edu. Please register at least two days in advance of the class date. Classes can also be scheduled to meet your group needs.

Lecture-discussion: My Appreciation of Watercolor: A Personal View with Nancy Weekly, part of the International Center for Watercolor Lunchtime Lecture Series. Friday, February 15, 12:30–1:00 p.m.

"Charles Ephraim Burchfield—the primary focus of my curatorial career—evolved from traditional watercolor methodology to mastery of a unique language of expression, doing whatever it would take to construct his paintings. What I appreciate about watercolor I learned through him and his aberrant approach to the medium After more than 31 years at this museum, I channel Charles Burchfield—especially in appreciation of nature through the lens of art, music, and literature, with an amateur’s curiosity for science." — Nancy Weekly, Head of Collections and Charles Cary Rumsey Curator, Burchfield Penney Art Center

Enjoy lunch at the Burchfield Café before attending the lecture. Watercolor presentations are held on the first and third Fridays from February 15 to May 17 in the conference room. Lectures are free for Buffalo State staff, faculty, and students.

College Relations regularly gets requests from the media for experts who can provide background, context, or insight on events or topics in the news. Recent inquiries have been related to gun control, the fiscal cliff, climate change, and the effect of traumatic experiences on a child’s development.

If you are interested in sharing your expertise with journalists, please send your information to Mary A. Durlak, public relations senior writer. College Relations maintains the list of experts.

Please include your name, terminal degree, title, department, e-mail address, and campus phone number. Also, please provide a phone number at which you can be reached when not on campus. When members of the media contacts us, they usually need to reach an expert quickly.

Express your expertise in broad terms and simple language so that we don’t miss an opportunity to contact you.

Samples of faculty expertise:

“Tourism destination management; tourism planning; tourism marketing; cultural tourism; heritage tourism; sustainable tourism."

“Psychopathology; psychological disorders; psychotherapy; personality assessment; treatment efficacy research; dream research; psychoanalytic theory; adult psychopathology; clinical service delivery; psychodynamic theory and application.”

If you have any questions, please contact Durlak, ext. 3517. Sharing your expertise allows Buffalo State to demonstrate the breadth and depth of its program offerings. Thank you.

The Graduate Advisory Council announces a final call for nominations for Outstanding Master’s Theses and Outstanding Master’s Projects. The purpose of these awards is to recognize outstanding student research and applied scholarship. Up to three thesis awards and three project awards will be made. Applications will be accepted for students who have graduated in December 2011, May 2012, August 2012, or December 2012. Nominations may be made by thesis or project advisers, or by students themselves. Additional reviews are required from the department chair and one external evaluator.

Guidelines and forms are available on the Graduate School website.

The deadline for submission of nominations and evaluation forms to the Graduate School (Cleveland Hall 204) is Friday, February 1. Please direct questions to Marnie Harris, assistant to the dean of the Graduate School, ext. 5609.

Friday, February 1, is National Wear Red Day. National Wear Red Day is a movement that encourages awareness of women and heart disease and promotes action to save lives. The movement harnesses the energy, passion, and power that women have to band together and collectively wipe out heart disease. It challenges them to know their risk for heart disease and to take action to reduce their personal risk. It also gives them the tools they need to lead a heart-healthy life.

Since the first National Wear Red Day 10 years ago, tremendous strides have been made in the fight against heart disease in women, including

• 21 percent fewer women dying from heart disease;
• 23 percent more women aware that heart disease is their No. 1 health threat;
• the publishing of gender-specific results, established differences in symptoms and responses to medications, and women-specific guidelines for prevention and treatment;
• legislation to help end gender disparities.

The Health Promotions Office will be taking pictures around campus of students, faculty, and staff who will be wearing red in support of the National Wear Red Day movement on Friday. Pictures will be posted (with consent) on the Health Promotions Facebook page as the Buffalo State National Wear Red Day Photo Project. If you would like us to stop by your office to take pictures, please send an e-mail to Tammy Kresge, assistant director of health promotions.

For more information or to donate, please visit the official National Wear Red Day website.

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. This should be done immediately following confirmation of your reservation. Please do not e-mail your correspondence to our office since our office may not receive this information in the timeliest manner possible. Calling will allow our staff ample time to contact Albany Travel the same business day to authorize your travel.

Buffalo State Dining is thrilled to introduce its new online store, Shop on Campus. Shop on Campus allows students, faculty, and staff the ability to purchase family-style meals, party catering packs, and much more!

Rediscover the pleasures of family-style dining with the help of Buffalo State Dining. Select your dinner from a wide range of options including rotisserie-style whole baked chicken, sushi, fresh salads, Subway subs, pizza and wings, and Salsarita's. Our family meals serve four and allow you and your family dinner in no time! Simply place your order online and let Buffalo State Dining know what time you would like to pick it up.

Visit our website today and let Buffalo State Dining bring your family together with a delicious family-style meal tonight!