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CFA to celebrate season opening
The Center for the Arts on Wednesday will celebrate the opening of its 2007-08 season with food, live music and prizes.
The event, which will be free and open to the public, will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the CFA, North Campus.
Music will be provided by LeeRon Zydeco at noon and Noa Bursie at 12:45 p.m.
A picnic lunch will be offered, while supplies last, featuring Sahlen's hot dogs, plus new items from the UNO Chicago Grill menu, including panini sandwiches, sliders (mini-burgers), veggie sliders, Caesar salad and firecracker chicken. Ice cream will be provided by Cold Stone Creamery.
In addition, tickets for the musicals "The Producers," to run Jan. 25 and 26 in the CFA, and "Evita" (April 11 and 12), will go on sale to the public for one day only. Special one-day-only discounts on many other upcoming CFA shows also will be available.
Those attending the celebration also may enter to win prize baskets featuring gift certificates for upcoming CFA events, gift certificates to UNO Chicago Grill, UB gear and catalogs from the UB Art Galleries.
UB team in finals of pharmacy contest
A team from the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has again reached the finals of a major student competition.
The UB team is one of three finalists in the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition. The other teams are from the University of Washington and Washington State University.
The competition, now in its fourth year, "provides a tremendous learning opportunity for pharmacy students to get hands-on experience in creating solid business plans in today's extremely difficult reimbursement environment for prescription drugs," according to NCPA Executive Vice President and CEO Bruce Roberts, who noted that several participants have gone on to successfully utilize their plans after graduating from pharmacy school.
The finalists, chosen from 32 entries submitted by U.S. colleges and schools of pharmacy, will compete live during the NCPA's 109th Annual Convention and Trade Exposition, being held Oct. 13-17 in Anaheim, Calif.
This is the third year that UB has entered the competition, according to team advisor Karl Fiebelkorn, assistant dean for student affairs and director of professional relations for the UB pharmacy school. UB finished in second place in its first competition two years ago and in fourth place last year.
Members of the current UB team are Alexandra T. Centeno, team captain Kathryn Jones, Christina Ramsay and Liliana Yohonn.
"The women in this team are extremely determined to win the competition this year and their plan is very comprehensive and quite unique," Fiebelkorn said.
The national student competition is the first of its kind in the pharmacy profession and is named to honor two champions of independent pharmacy, the late Neil Pruitt, Sr., and H. Joseph Schutte. NCPA representatives, as well as pharmacy and drug company personnel, serve as the judges. Schools with NCPA student chapters are eligible to compete.
The winning team will receive $3,000 for its NCPA student chapter and an additional $3,000 for its school to use to promote independent pharmacy practice. The winning team, team advisor and school dean also receive complimentary registration, travel and lodging for the NCPA Multiple Locations Pharmacy Conference, to be held in February in Cancun, Mexico.
UB Stadium to get new video scoreboard
Fans attending events in UB Stadium soon will have more to enjoy than just the action on the field.
The Division of Athletics is installing a ProStar VideoPlus display scoreboard in the stadium that will allow fans to see live action, replays and features. The scoreboard, provided by Daktronics, a Brookings, S.D.-based supplier of electronic scoreboards, computer-programmable displays and large-screen video displays and control systems, will be used to showcase the talents of all UB student-athletes, as well as the university, at athletic events.
"We are grateful to President Simpson and our campus facilities for helping us upgrade our scoreboard, which we have had since UB Stadium was built," said Warde Manuel, director of athletics. "After 14 years, the board we had was out of date and we feel that these new boards will greatly enhance our fans' experience at events in UB Stadium."
The new 22-foot-by-21-foot video board is slightly larger than the old board in the stadium. Two fascia boards also are being installed to provide the score, down and distance, and time remaining in the game.
The video board installation is expected to be completed by the end of this month.