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Published: December 7, 2009

Basket raffle to benefit campaign

The UB Employees Campaign for the Community Steering Committee is holding a basket raffle to benefit the campaign.

The 12 gift baskets will be on display and tickets will be available for purchase from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 10 on the ground floor of Capen Hall, across from the Capen Café, and from 2-3 p.m. Dec. 16 at the campaign wrap-up event in the Center for Tomorrow.

Click here to obtain more information on the baskets and to view photos.

Tickets are $1 each, eight for $5 or 20 for $10. The winning tickets will be drawn at the campaign celebration event on Dec. 16; you need not be present to win.

For more information, contact Julie Klas at jklas@buffalo.edu or Alison Garvey at agarvey@buffalo.edu.

Mentors needed for international students

The Office of International Student and Scholar Services and Counseling Services are seeking UB faculty and staff, students who have studied abroad and graduate students in certain departments to serve as mentors for new international students during the spring 2010 semester.

Participants do not need to know about other cultures, speak other languages or have traveled overseas; all that is needed is a desire to help others and an interest in people from other cultural backgrounds.

Mentors must be available to meet with their mentees for one hour every two weeks. The activity can be as simple as having lunch, going for coffee or taking a walk, or as elaborate as visiting a local tourist attraction, going to a sports event or having a family dinner in the mentor’s home.

There will be separate half-day training sessions for both mentors and mentees.

Those interested in joining the International Student Mentoring Program should fill out the mentor application.

For further information, call Jessica Ereiz at 645-2258.

Time to change health insurance

The Health Insurance Option Transfer Period for state employees, during which workers can change their health insurance coverage carrier, voluntarily cancel coverage or delete dependents, runs through Dec. 31.

The effective date of change will be Jan. 7, 2010.

Forms must be completed and returned to University Human Resources no later than Dec. 31.

Information on coverage, a comparison of health insurance carriers, rates and forms are on the HR Web site under ‘Quick Start,’ or by clicking here.