Archives
People etc.
Capen Garden Walk set for July 7
The sixth annual Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk showcasing gardens in the University Heights and Eggertsville neighborhoods will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 7 in the neighborhoods near the South Campus.
The event has been growing each of the past six years. Forty-eight gardens were featured last year, and organizers are hoping to surpass that number this year, says Pamela K. Beal, neighborhood outreach coordinator for the UB Office of Community Relations, which organized the walk in partnership with the University Heights Collaborative, the Eggertsville Community Organization and the Gloria J. Parks Community Center.
All residents are welcome to participate and entrants will receive a 15 percent discount at Snyder Ridge Landscaping.
To enter a garden, residents must submit an application by June 26. To submit an application online, click here. Printed applications forms also are available in the Office of Community Relations in Allen Hall, South Campus.
Walkers can pick up maps on the day of the event at 250 Capen Blvd. and at the Office of Community Relations.
For more information, call 829-3099.
Diversity lecture scheduled
Jennifer Wantz, assistant director of student activities, will discuss "How We Can Become Allies to the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Community" from noon to 1:30 p.m. June 27 in 145B Student Union, North Campus.
The presentation is part of the Professional Staff Senate Diversity Speaker Series. All members of the professional staff are encouraged to attend bring their lunch. The PSS's Diversity Committee, sponsor of the presentation, will provide beverages.
The program is designed to foster conversations on how members of the UB community can become better "allies" to the LBGT community.
For further information, contact the PSS office at 645-2003.
Governance groups elect officers for 2007-09
Members of the Faculty Senate and the Professional Staff Senate have elected new officers, effective July 1. All will serve two-year terms.
Serving as chair of the Faculty Senate will be Robert G. Hoeing, associate professor in the Department of Linguistics, College of Arts and Sciences, and a former secretary to the senate.
He succeeds Peter Nickerson, professor of pathology and director of graduate studies in the Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Nickerson has served five terms (1993-95, 1997-99, 1999-2001, 2003-05 and 2005-07) as chair of the faculty governance group. He was prohibited from running for re-election after having served two consecutive terms.
Elected as secretary was Carine Mardorossian, associate professor in the Department of English, CAS.
The new chair of the Professional Staff Senate is Janiece Kiedrowski, circulation coordinator for the Arts and Sciences Libraries and most recently vice chair of the PSS. She succeeds Larry Labinski, who served two consecutive terms as chair and could not run for re-election.
Ann Marie Landel, a systems analyst in Academic Services, is the new vice chair. Cherie Williams, a senior analysts in the director's office, University Libraries, was elected recording secretary.