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WBFO breaks record with spring fund drive
WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by UB, recently completed its most successful spring membership drive, raising more than $215,000.
Approximately 1,500 telephone and Web-site-generated pledges from listeners in Western New York and Southern Ontario were recorded during the eight-day, spring on-air campaign.
More than 800 new members joined the station, and nearly 700 existing members pledged $50,000 in challenge grants to encourage new and lapsed members to call in a donation.
"Everyone at the station is delighted by the positive response from the Western New York and Southern Tier communities," said Carole Smith Petro, associate vice president and general manager. "WBFO relies on listener support. Without it, we would not be able to continue to provide first-rate news and music programs."
WBFO's membership now totals 7,500. Nearly 100,000 listeners in Western New York and Southern Ontario tune in to WBFO each week.
A major public service of UB, WBFO has been broadcasting from the South Campus for 44 years, and has served Jamestown and Olean for the past nine years.
In addition to the national acclaim the station has received for its jazz programming over the years, WBFO is the only radio news department in Buffalo to earn Associated Press awards in each of the past six years. In 2001, the station was awarded a national PRNDI Award from Public Radio News Directors, Inc. WBFO also is home to the longest running blues program in Western New York and Southern Ontario. Terry Gross (B.A. '72, Ed.M. '75), host of NPR's "Fresh Air," began her distinguished career at WBFO, as did Ira Flatow (B.S. '71), host of NPR's award-winning "Talk of the Nation: Science Friday" program.
For more information about WBFO, visit the station's Web-site at http://www.wbfo.org.
PSS to sponsor seminar
"Effective Listening and Speaking in the Workplace" will be the topic of a breakfast seminar sponsored by the Professional Staff Senate.
The seminar, which will be presented by E. Roger Stephenson, professor of English at Canisius College and an instructor of communication in the schools of Management and Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at UB, will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. April 30 in Classics V Banquet Center, 2425 Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst.
Stephenson, who has taught at Canisius since 1970 and UB since 1989, has provided consulting in the area of communication skills for local, national and international companies on the topics of technical writing, business writing, presentation skills, motivation and negotiation. He is spearheading a new approach to leadership education at Canisius with the McGowan Learning Community Scholarship Program.
The fee for the breakfast seminar is $12 and includes a full breakfast buffet. To register, contact the PSS office at 645-2003 or pssenate@acsu.buffalo.edu by April 18. The seminar is limited to 100 participants.
"Atelier 2003" set for this weekend
The School of Architecture and Planning will hold Atelier 2003, its annual exhibition of work by the school's students and faculty, tomorrow and Saturday on the South Campus.
Events will include the annual lecture sponsored by the school's "alumni college," an exhibition of student projects produced this year in design studios, presentations of work in architecture and in environmental design, a tour of the school's facilities and the annual Beaux Art Ball, to be held from 8 p.m. to midnight on Saturday in the Pearl Street Grill & Brewing Co., 76 Pearl St.
This year's Alumni College Lecture, "Urban Revival," will be presented by Alex Krieger from 5.30-7 p.m. tomorrow in 147 Diefendorf Hall. A partner in Chan Krieger and Associates, Cambridge, Mass., Krieger designed the master plan for the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
The lecture will be free and open to the public, and will be followed by a reception in 147 Diefendorf in conjunction with the opening of the exhibition of student work in Hayes and Crosby halls. More than 130 of the school's alumni are expected to attend.
Former senator Bill Bradley to speak at UB
Political visionary and former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley will speak at 8 p.m. April 23 in the Mainstage theatre in the Center for the Arts, North Campus, as the final participant in the UB Distinguished Speakers Series for 2002-03.
Lecture sponsor is the School of Management Alumni Association
Bill Bradley
A national leader for more than 30 years, Bradley is known for his hard work, intelligence, candor and vision. Winner of an Olympic gold medal in basketball and two National Basketball Association (NBA) championships, he represented New Jersey in the U.S. Senate from 1979 to 1996 and ran for President in 2000.
While in the Senate, Bradley focused on large-scale reform. He was the driving force behind the Tax Reform Act of 1986, and advocated expanded global trade and budget priorities that bolstered the national economy and met critical human needs.
Today, Bradley is managing director of Allen & Company, Inc., and also serves as chair of the advisory board of McKinsey & Company's Institute for Management of Nonprofits.
He has authored five books on American politics, culture and economy, including a best-selling memoir, "Time Present, Time Past" (1996), "Values of the Game" (1998), a book of basketball inspired essays, and his most recent book, "The Journey From Here" (2000).
Bill Bradley was a three-time All-American basketball player at Princeton University, where he graduated with honors in 1965 with a degree in American history. He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, where he earned a graduate degree after studying politics, philosophy and economics.
Tickets for Bill Bradley run from $20-$30, and are available at the CFA box office from noon to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and at all Ticketmaster locations.
For further information, call 645-ARTS.
UB students launch campaign for organ donation awareness
UB students are organizing a number of events during April—National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Month—to encourage their peers to sign organ donor registry cards and educate them about the critical need for organ and tissue donation.
The students are enrolled in the "Advanced Public Relations" class taught by Deborah Silverman, assistant professor in the Department of Communication in the School of Informatics. They are planning the public-information campaign, whose theme is "The Gift That Keeps on Living," for their client, the New York Alliance for Donation (NYAD).
NYAD, a statewide organization based in Albany, seeks to increase organ-and-tissue donation through public education and outreach. Public-relations classes at the University at Albany and Geneseo State College also are working with NYAD this semester to create campaigns on their campuses, a pilot project that could be replicated nationwide in the next several years.
More than 80,000 Americans currently are waiting for an organ transplant, and 12 to 15 people of all ages die each day waiting for an organ, according to NYAD.
The UB events include:
A benefit dinner at 7 p.m. Saturday in The Steer, 3151 Main St., Buffalo, featuring talks by Darlene Aymerich, the mother of an organ donor; Jeff Loftus, a heart-transplant recipient, and Judith Tamburlin, UB research assistant professor of biotechnical and clinical laboratory science, who has done research locally on the need for organ and tissue donation. The event also will include raffles of prizes donated by local businesses.
An information table set up prior to Jay Leno's 8 p.m. performance on Saturday in Alumni Arena, North Campus, featuring brochures, organ donor registry cards and candy.
An event at noon on Monday in the Student Union Theatre, North Campus, featuring Provost Elizabeth Capaldi; Barbara Ricotta, associate vice president for student affairs, and Student Association President Christopher Oliver, as well as Aymerich, Loftus and Tamburlin.
An information table from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and Tuesday in the Student Union featuring brochures, organ donor registration cards and raffles of prizes from local businesses. Campus radio station WRUB will provide music.
An information table targeting fitness-conscious UB students from 5-9 p.m. on April 22 and 23 in Alumni Arena. Free bottled water, information, and organ donor registration cards will be available.
Another presentation by Aymerich and Loftus at 5 p.m. on April 23 in 145C Student Union. Pizza will be served; the Residence Hall Association will provide beverages. There is no charge for the event.
Class members are preparing a Web site http://www.informatics.buffalo.edu/organ-donation and mailings to students, to be continued on an ongoing basis by future public relations classes. Events boards and informational "dorm storming" in residence halls also are planned.
Media study to present virtual reality installations
The Department of Media Study will present two evenings of virtual reality installations next week at Squeaky Wheel, 175 Elmwood Ave.
"Metaspace: Dissimulation," the MFA thesis show for Christopher Galbraith, will be held from 8-11 p.m. The show, which also will feature students Ivan Itchkawich and Adrian Levesque, is an interactive narrative examining concepts of space, modes of storytelling and notions of home.
On April 18, the department, in conjunction with the Center for Computational Research, will present "Depth Cues" from 7-11 p.m. The installation explores worlds created by students Emory Au, Paul Costa, Ivan Itchkawich, Adrian Levesque, Bogdan Marian, Dan Neveu, Chris Outlaw, Bill Roeske and Richard Wetzel. Faculty members Josephine Anstey and Dave Pape also will participate.
Refreshments will be available.
For more info, go to http://depthcues.strifestudios.com/