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Published: November 14, 2011

  • Take the Polar Plunge

    UB faculty, staff and students are encouraged to join Team UB for the third annual Polar Plunge into Lake Erie for the Special Olympics.

    The plunge will take place at 2 p.m. Dec. 3 at Woodlawn Beach in Hamburg. Transportation and a Team UB T-shirt will be provided to those who are registered on the official Special Olympics website.

    Contrary to the event’s name, participants need not plunge into Lake Erie; an ankle-deep walk into the lake is all that’s required.

    Members of Team UB must raise a minimum of $25 to participate—$10 due upon initial registration.

    For further information, or to join the Team UB planning committee, contact Amy Wilson at abwilson@buffalo.edu.

  • Athletics, UUP to hold food drive

    The Division of Athletics and United University Professions, the union representing UB’s faculty and professional staff, will hold a food drive to benefit the Food Bank of Western New York before the UB-Canisius College men’s basketball game on Nov. 22.

    Members of the university community are asked to bring any nonperishable food item or monetary donation to Alumni Arena that night. Donation tables will be open from 6-7 p.m. at both entrances to the arena.

    UUP members who show their UUP/NYSUT membership cards or their UB Cards when making a donation will receive one free ticket to that night’s game. Non-UUP members will receive a voucher for $5 off the price of a ticket.

    Tipoff is 7 p.m.

  • EAP to present bullying workshop

    UB’s Employee Assistance Program is offering a free workshop designed to help parents identify instances of bullying and cyberbullying, and prevent and intervene on the behalf of their children or other victims.

    The session, open to all faculty, staff and their family members, will take place from 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 13 in 120 Clemens Hall, North Campus. It will be led by Amanda Nickerson , director of UB’s Dr. Jean M. Alberti Center for the Prevention of Bullying Abuse and School Violence.

    To register, visit the EAP website.

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