Reporter Volume 25, No.10 November 4, 1993

Students get dose
of real life nursing 

Nursing students at UB are giving flu shots at sites around Erie
County this fall and learning about preventive health care in the
process. The 60 senior students are enrolled in a course in the UB
School of Nursing titled RNursing in the Community.S In addition to
their classroom work, the course takes the students to schools,
occupational health centers and home-care agencies. 
	The flu immunization program, directed by the Visiting Nursing
Association of Western New York, Inc., provides an important service
while giving students a dose of real-life nursing, says course
coordinator Maureen Friedman, UB assistant professor of nursing. 

UB Alumni legislative unit
to honor Lundine Nov. 17
Lt. Gov. Stan Lundine will be honored by the UB Alumni Association
Legislative Action Committee at a breakfast at 8 a.m. on Wednesday,
Nov. 17, in the Rich Renaissance Niagara, One W. Ferry St., Buffalo.
Lundine will be honored for his many years of support of UB,
particularly in the areas of initiatives and programs in science and
technology.
	The UB Alumni Association Legislative Action Committee held
its first meeting in March 1992. Membership includes 16 alumni of UB
who are dedicated to conveying the importance of state support of the
university and its programs to members of the Western New York
delegation to the State Legislature. 
	It was founded by Judith A. Schwendler when she was president
of the UB Alumni Association and continues under her chairmanship.
Molly McKeown, UB assistant vice president for government relations,
serves as advisor to the committee.
	In addition to Schwendler, UB alumni who serve as volunteers
on the committee are: William E. Cressman, Marybeth Cullinan, Frank N.
Cuomo, Willie R. Evans, Mark G. Farrell, William G. Hamilton Jr., Leon
Henderson Sr., Timothy J. Kane, Jeannette E. Ogden, Walter R. Pacer
Jr., James F. Phillips, M.D., Jean C. Powers, Donald C. Roberts,
Dennis C. Vacco and Terry W. Wegler .

African American scholar
to lecture at UB
Noted African-American scholar Charles I. Nero will speak on
"Invisible Lives: Black Gay Men and the Family," at 8 p.m. on
Thursday, Nov. 11, in Room 330 of the Student Union Nero's speech,
which is free and open to the public, will be based on the research he
has conducted for his forthcoming book, "Invisible Lives: Black Gay
Men, Domesticity and the Reconstruction of Manhood."
	Nero, director of the African American Studies Program and
professor of rhetoric and theater at Bates College, currently is
serving as a Rockefeller Humanities Fellow in the Center for Lesbian
and Gay Studies at the City University of New York.
	His lecture is sponsored by the UB Graduate Gay and Lesbian
Alliance, the Graduate Student Association (GSA), the GSA program
coordinator, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Law Students, the American Studies
Graduate Student Club, the Department of American Studies, the
Rockefeller Humanities Fellowship Program, the Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual
Alliance and the Student Association.

Washington Post reporter 
to address alumni
Howard Kurtz, media reporter for The Washington Post and a 1974
graduate of UB, will be the speaker for the first event in the "UB in
Washington" series, to be held from 6-8 p.m. Nov. 4, at Nantucket
Landing, 4723 Elm St., Bethesda, near the Bethesda Metro Station.
	Kurtz will discuss his recent book, Media Circus: The Trouble
with America's Newspapers. A Washington Post staff member since 1981,
he has served as the paper's New York bureau chief and covered the
Justice Department, Congress and urban affairs. 
	He holds a degree in English and Psychology from UB and a
master's degree from the Columbia School of Journalism.

New student parking lot announced

The Arena Lot located behind Alumni Arena has been opened as a free
student parking lot, according to Carmela Thompson, director of the
Office of Campus Parking and Information Services.   The lot, which
contains approximately 225 spots, will remain a paid lot for faculty,
staff and visitors, Thompson said.