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Junhao Hong, UB assistant professor of communication, will speak on "Management Style in China" on Monday, Dec. 2 at 2 p.m. in 205 Natural Sciences Building, North Campus.

Baohui Zhang, assistant professor of government at Daemen College, will speak Wednesday, Dec. 4 at noon in 479 Baldy Hall on "Fiscal Recentralization and the Future of Central-Local Relations in China." The event is the final one for the fall semester in the Asia at Noon series of brown bag luncheons sponsored by the Asian Studies Program at UB. Campus and community are invited. Zhang, a specialist on the political economy of China, is a native of the People's Republic of China and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Texas.

Coral N. Snodgrass, chair, Management/Marketing Department, Canisius College, will speak on "Management Style in Japan" on Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 2 p.m. in 205 Natural Sciences Building, North Campus.

Francis Chan, President International of the Mentholatum Company, Inc., will speak on "Setting Up Operations in East Asia" on Friday, Dec. 6 in 205 Natural Sciences Building, North Campus.

Carlos Rosa Gonzalez, international trade specialist for Empire State Development, will speak on "The WNY Presence in East Asia" on Monday, Dec. 9 at 2 p.m. in 205 Natural Sciences Building, North Campus.

GAITER IS HONORED AS 1996 MINORITY BUSINESS ADVOCATE
Helen L. Gaiter, associate director of purchasing at UB, was honored by the U.S. Small Business Administration with the Buffalo District Minority Small Business Advocate Award for 1996 for her efforts in reaching out to the minority and women-owned business community.

The awards, presented at a Small Business Awards luncheon in the Radisson Hotel and Suites, recognize successful entrepreneurs and the people who help them.

Gaiter has been involved in the recruitment, promotion and development of minority business in the Purchasing Department for the past five years. The Purchasing Department Minority Business base has increased over the past five years from $1.3 million to $2 million.

She has served on many committees at UB and has been active in the Upstate New York Minority Purchasing Association, serving as an officer and on the board of directors. She is also involved in the WNY Governmental Purchasing Consortium, begun in 1989 by UB and comprised of purchasing personnel from 15 governmental agencies.

STUDY SEEKS ADULTS WITH DIABETES, KIDNEY DISEASE
Adults ages 30-70 with Type II diabetes mellitus, kidney disease and high blood pressure are needed to help UB researchers evaluate the safety and effectiveness of an investigational medicine to treat diabetic kidney disease.

The two-year study is being conducted by Theodore Herman and partners of Nephrology Associates of Western New York. Herman is clinical associate professor of medicine at UB and chief of the Nephrology Section in the Department of Medicine at Millard Fillmore Hospital.

Participants will receive free study-related physical examinations and laboratory, urine and EKG tests. They will be reimbursed $575 for time and travel expenses upon completion of the study.

Anyone interested in participating should call Patricia A. Topolski at 838-1295.

OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE FOR KOREAN, VIETNAMESE LANGUAGE STUDY
The Center for Intensive Language and Culture at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California is offering an intensive Korean or Vietnamese language program on the Monterey Peninsula from Jan. 6 to March 14, 1997.

More than 25 hours of weekly classes, excursions and evening activities will help students gain rapid acquisition of one of these languages.

Scholarship funds are available to assist qualified students. For more information, contact Mark Ashwill, Director, World Languages Institute, UB Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, 645-2292 or at ASHWILL@acsu.buffalo.edu.

MBA STUDENTS RECEIVE M&T FELLOWSHIPS
An annual fellowship supported by First Empire State Corp. and its subsidiary, M&T Bank, has made the road to earning an MBA a little smoother for two students in the UB School of Management.

Sarah Ro and Bettina Panahon have each received a $7,500 M&T Fellowship toward their MBA. The two-year fellowship is renewable based on academic standing.

Ro is active in many on-campus organizations, including the Management Information Systems Association; Jacobs Hall Journal, the MBA student newsletter and Delta Sigma Pi, a business fraternity.

After graduating from GMI Engineering and Management Institute in Flint, Mich., with a bachelor's degree in accounting and management information systems, Ro went on to work as sales director for a computer software company.

Panahon, who scored in the 99th percentile on the GMAT exam, earned a bachelor's degree in business management from Cornell University, then worked in China for three years as chief representative for the Beijing offices of Clemente Capital (Asia) Ltd., an investment management firm.

In 1995, she returned to the U.S. and was accepted into business programs at top 25 universities, but M&T provided "a tremendous opportunity to attend a leading MBA program, as well as allow me to stay at home close to my family."

A member of Women in Management and the International Business Club, Panahon serves as treasurer of the Filipino-American Association of Western New York.

STUDENTS TO SLEEP OUT TO BENEFIT CITY MISSION
Hardy UB students will experience "A Night Under the Stars" on Dec. 7-8 as they sleep outdoors in boxes donated by local businesses to raise money and non-perishable food items, blankets and clothing for Buffalo's City Mission.

The "sleep-out" will be held from 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7, to 6 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 8, on the terrace outside of Fargo Hall in the Ellicott Complex on the North Campus.

Individuals from the community can drop off donations for the mission from 6-9 p.m. on Dec. 7 at the student-staffed site at the Porter Quad Loop across from the Fargo parking lot. UB's Black Student Union also will collect unwrapped toys at this site for distribution to needy youngsters served by local toy drives. All donations are tax-deductible.

A forum on religious diversity will be held from 6-10 p.m. in the Fargo Lounge adjacent to the "sleep out."

The annual event is sponsored by the Office of Residence Life and residence advisors and students in the Ellicott dorms of Porter, Fargo and Red Jacket halls.

HEICHBERGERS LEAD MED STUDENTS' PARENTS' COUNCIL
Robert and Elaine Heichberger, co-presidents of UB's Medical Students Parents' Council, are leading a group of 15 volunteers to gain support for the medical school and its students. Funded entirely by private support and serving as the only known council of its kind in the U.S., the group has assisted UB's School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences for almost 10 years, raising from $16,000 to $20,000 each year.

Robert Heichberger, professor emeritus at Fredonia State College, said the council's role in supporting the medical school is becoming even more important in times of state budget cuts. Elaine Heichberger is a retired teacher with the Gowanda Public School District.

In addition to purchasing items such as fax machines, furniture for the student lounge and computer software, the council plans to supplement costs for medical students to attend professional meetings.

The group also serves as a "support post" for parents and students and as a family away from home for medical students who are unable to be with their own families during the holidays. In May, the council will hold its annual Graduation Dinner Dance on the day before graduation.

For more information, call the Heichbergers at 532-5884.

IRA SHOR TO SPEAK DEC. 3 ON EMPOWERING EDUCATION
Ira Shor, professor of English at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York, will speak Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 1 p.m. in Room 210, Student Union, on "What is Critical and Empowering Education?"

Shor advocates a dialogic method of teaching derived from the work of Paulo Freire, whose book, "Pedagogy of the Oppressed," has won a large following. Students in Shor's classes take responsibility for their intellectual growth.

Shor's talk is sponsored by the Graduate Student Assembly, the Department of English, the English Graduate Student Association, the Graduate Americanist Group and the Graduate Group for Marxist Studies.

HEALTHY ADULTS NEEDED FOR TOOTHPASTE STUDY
Sixty healthy adults ages 18-70 are needed to help UB dental researchers evaluate the whitening effects of three over-the-counter toothpastes.

Those selected will use the toothpastes at home and make three brief visits during a two-month period to the UB Department of Periodontics in Squire Hall on the South Campus. They will receive a free teeth-cleaning and $100 for time and travel upon completion of the study.

Those interested in participating should call 829-3850 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays.

TRELLA IS WINNER OF FIRST VANNESS AWARD
Phillip Trella, a senior majoring in anthropology, is the recipient of the first Justin R. VanNess Award, given to a senior whose major interests are in anthropology and the environment. Trella received a certificate and $500 at a ceremony held Oct. 28 in the office of Sarunas Milisauskas, professor and chair of anthropology.

The award committee, chaired by professor Ezra Zubrow, included Ann McElroy, associate professor; Anastasia Johnson, research associate and assistant to the chair and Maureen McMahon, undergraduate secretary. Trella plans to attend graduate school next year to study archaeology.

UB STAFF MEMBERS CHAIR BOOK COLLECTORS SESSION
Two UB staff members, Christopher Densmore, archivist, and Timothy J. Conroy, UB Office of Publications, will be chairs of the Dec. 4 session of Book Collectors of Western New York, to be held at 7 p.m. at St. Simon's Episcopal Church, 200 Cazenovia St., Buffalo. The new organization aims to stimulate interest in collecting books and other materials on paper including maps, prints, pamphlets, autographs, manuscripts, sheet music, postcards, documents, advertising art, sports memorabilia, photos, magazines, catalogs, posters and crate labels. Interested persons are invited to attend.

Lectures, demonstrations, shows, auctions and tours are being planned by a steering committee that includes Densmore, Conroy, Jack T. Ericson, archivist of the Daniel A. Reed Library, Fredonia State College; William Loos, curator of rare books, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library; booksellers/collectors Jon W. Weekly, Ronald L. Cozzi, Jacqueline Trace, Jill Bradish Brown, Marilyn L. Haas, Kevin T. Ransom, Tom Cullen and William Matthews; and writer Don Barry. For more information call Ericson at 326-4335.

DIANE CHRISTIAN TO GIVE BIBLE WOMEN SEMINAR
Diane Christian, UB professor of English, will present a seminar, "Sarah, Miriam and Ruth: Issues of Family, Power, and Position," as part of the "Issues for the Ages" Bible Women program Dec. 2 at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo. Her seminar will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the JCC's Benderson Building, 2640 North Forest Rd., Getzville. Tickets are required for the seminar, which will be followed by a reception. For ticket information call 688-4033.