The Fall 2008 Class Schedule is now available! Log on to MyUB or call BIRD to learn when your Fall Registration Window opens and you can register for classes. NOTE: Your registration window is determined by the number of credit hours you have COMPLETED prior to your currently enrolled semester.
NOW is also the time to be scheduling an appointment with an academic advisor to help you select courses for the summer and/or fall semesters! Be sure you schedule your appointment today!
Please be reminded that Student Advising Services’ (SAS) PEER ASSISTANTS are available to help YOU throughout the spring semester! Caitlin and Vanessa are both senior Psychology majors at UB who would love to talk with you and help you in any way that they can! Here are some ideas of what they would love to help YOU with:
• Helpful hints for registering for classes.
• Searching for interesting elective courses.
• Navigating MyUB and setting up a MyPage.
• Setting up your UB email and tips to writing professional emails.
• Finding research positions, internships, volunteer opportunities, and other ways to get involved.
• Exploring numerous campus resources.
• Setting academic and personal goals.
• Advice on exploring and choosing majors.
• Their stories on how they chose their majors and what they are planning to do when they graduate.
• And more!
Visit Caitlin or Vanessa soon! They are located in 104E Norton Hall, Mondays through Thursdays, during the following times:
• Mondays - 9:30am – 11:30am
• Tuesdays - 2:00pm – 3:30pm
• Wednesdays - 1:30pm – 3:00pm
• Thursdays - 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Can’t make their hours? Send them an e-mail with your questions at sas-peer@buffalo.edu!
Caitlin is one of two Peer Assistants in the office of Student Advising Services who wants to help you! Read her advice on the Things to do BEFORE Spring Break.
Can you believe Spring Break is almost here?? Spring Break begins on Monday, March 10th with classes resuming on Monday, March 17th. Here are some things you might want to think about before you go to the sandy beaches in Florida or head home for the week:
• If you are heading out early and are going to be missing a class or two, it’s important that you speak to your instructors prior to leaving. This way you can complete any work ahead of time or make any provisions so your grade will not be negatively affected.
• Many professors assign a research paper or some type of project that is due after the break. Realistically, most of us do not want to be stuck writing a paper over break, so buckle down NOW and get it done! It’ll be one less thing you have to worry about during break and you can laugh when your classmates are worried about getting things done when they get back!
• If you are struggling in any of your courses, see your professor or TA now! Don’t want until it is too late. Once we get back from break the semester seems to fly, so take care of any issues now!
• I know it seems soon, but it’s not too early to start thinking about what classes you want to take this summer and/or next fall. The UB Summer and Fall class schedules are available online so check them out today!
• Attend a Life and Learning Workshop! There is even one about going home for break! Check out the various workshops – there is sure to be one that peaks your interests!
• If you are traveling somewhere for break, make sure you have all the phone numbers and addresses of the places you will be and give that information to your family and any close friends.
• Keep working hard these next two weeks and then you can get in the mindset to enjoy your break. It’s almost here!
I hope you all enjoy your Spring Break and if you are going somewhere, I wish you safe travels!
The Fall Class Schedule should be available starting Friday, February 29.
You should use MyUB Web Registration to see when your Registration Window for Fall course registration begins, in early March.
The Summer Session Class Schedule is already on line. Registration for Summer classes will begin on Wednesday, March 19.
You should schedule an appointment with an academic advisor to discuss your summer and fall class selection and academic planning strategies.
Delicious! What is del.icio.us and why is Advising writing about something delicious? Well del.icio.us is a web based tool that is cool, but not perhaps tasty. Let us explain what del.icio.us is and what it can do for you as you work on your academic plan.
Do you bookmark your favorite websites? Do you also cluster your bookmarks into folders? If you do, you know that you can only access those bookmarks on the computer on which you saved them. Del.icio.us is an application that allows you to save your bookmarks to the web, and therefore access them on any computer anywhere as long as it has access to the internet.
Del.icio.us has some other cool features, amongst which is the ability to add tags (keywords) to the sites that your bookmark. So perhaps you are doing research for a World Civ paper and your topic is Saxon England. You find a webpage that you may want to use in your paper. You save it to del.icio.us; and your tags for that article might be: ugc111, saxons, england, ugc111_paper#2. Your tags are then listed and can be viewed in something called a tag cloud.
To see an example of how we are using del.cio.us and the tag cloud feature, go to our page on Choosing a Major (you may have to scroll down a bit). We have been saving articles for about a year. Some of the articles we have bookmarked we also associated with UB courses under the premise that if the article was interesting there may be a UB course from which broader knowledge could be acquired. The only qualification we will make is that while we may associate an article with a specific course, it should not be assumed that the article topic would be covered in that course. However what we are trying to do is to show the association between interests/research and course selection/planning.
If you would like to create your own del.icio.us account, go to this website: http://del.icio.us/
Mark your calendars! UB Summer 2008 Registration begins on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 for continuing UB students. Note: Set registration windows do NOT apply.
Remember that taking summer courses can be an excellent strategy to help students get back on track academically or to help them move ahead. Be sure that you talk with an academic advisor today to help you plan ahead this summer.
For more information on UB Summer 2008 Registration visit: http://src.buffalo.edu/register/summer.shtml.
And if you plan to take courses at another campus this summer, be sure that you consult with an academic advisor as well as utilize TAURUS, UB’s transfer and articulation web site.
UB’s Career Services is helping to sponsor several job and internship fairs this spring semester. Be sure you take advantage of the following opportunities and ATTEND!
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CareerFEST - “Career Services’ largest fair of the semester!”
All Majors Welcome!
120+ Local and National Employers
Jobs and Internships!
February 28, 2008
3:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Alumni Arena, Main Gym
See what employers are coming to the fair: www.ub-careers.buffalo.edu/students.shtml. Log in to BullsEye today!
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Summer Jobs Fair
Attend the Summer Jobs Fair if you are interested in positions at camps, not-for-profits, restaurants/hospitality, retail and more!
March 5, 2008
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Student Union Lobby
See what employers are coming to the fair:
www.ub-careers.buffalo.edu/students.shtml. Log in to BullsEye today!
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Human Services Fair
Meet with Human Services Representatives from Agencies around WNY.
March 4, 2008
5:30 - 7:00 pm
Student Union
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For more information on these upcoming job and internship fairs contact Career Services - 259 Capen Hall, 716-645-2231, jobs@buffalo.edu, www.ub-careers.buffalo.edu.
The Center for Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities (CURCA) has several exciting events and opportunities for students this spring.
Check Out the Following Spring 2008 Workshops related to Undergraduate Research: http://curca.buffalo.edu/news/undergraduate-research-information-fair/Don’t Miss the Celebration of Academic Excellence to be held on Thursday April 17th, 2008: http://curca.buffalo.edu/symposium/index.php
Research Awards are Now in Full Swing through the CURCA Office! Students engaged in research and creative projects are encouraged to apply and review the following submission procedures:
http://curca.buffalo.edu/news/applications-now-being-accepted-for-curca-undergraduate-research-awards/
For More Information on CURCA’s Exciting Events: Contact Tim Tryjankowski, Director of CURCA, 716.645.7778.
Posted February 15, 2008 in General
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) is offering three $3000.00 educational scholarships for Buffalo Niagara Region female students who have demonstrated success in a grass roots effort that has effected positive change for women or girls.
The application deadline is March 15th.
For more details, including application information, visit: http://aauw.buffalo.edu/catalyst.htm.
Posted February 15, 2008 in General
Beta Alpha Psi, part of UB’s School of Management and the national honor society for accounting and finance students, have expanded their FREE tax preparation services this year to include both North and South campus sites. Both locations will offer FREE tax preparation services to individuals and families with an annual income below $40,000.
Students of UB are encouraged to take advantage of this service and to invite their families and neighbors to do the same. (Please note: International students on F-1 and J-1 visas and J-1 scholars are encouraged to contact International Student & Scholar Services for income tax information at: http://wings.buffalo.edu/intlservices/tax.html. Beta Alpha Psi students have not been certified to complete tax returns for these individuals.)
FREE tax preparation services will be offered on the following Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. as follows:
South Campus: 109 Allen Hall
· February 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 and 24
· March 1 and 2
North Campus: 143 Park Hall
· March 22, 23, 29 and 30
· April 5, 6, 12 and 13
What to bring:
* Proof of identification
* Social Security card
* Date of birth for you, spouse and dependents
* Wage and earning statement(s), Forms W-2 and 1099, from all employers
* Interest and dividend statements from banks (Forms 1099)
* A copy of last year’s federal and state tax returns if available
* Bank routing numbers and account numbers for direct deposit
Beta Alpha Psi is offering this service as an alternative to the sometimes costly services of national tax-preparation franchises. Questions about tax preparation services at Allen Hall and Park Hall can be directed to mgt-freetaxprep@buffalo.edu.
