December 1, 1994: Vol26n12: FACULTY & STAFF BILLBOARD

Med students teach
AIDS awareness 
in high schools
Students in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Science are
bringing their knowledge out of the classroom and into the community
as they visit WNY schools to increase student awareness and knowledge
about HIV infection and AIDS.
	The Students Teaching AIDS to Students (S.T.A.T.S.) program
features an informational session on medical aspects of AIDS, history
of the disease, and how AIDS is spread and prevented.
	More than 150 UB medical students have participated in the
program, now in its third year.
By the end of the year, the S.T.A.T.S. program will have reached more
than 10,000 WNY teenagers, says Evan Taraganoa, a second-year medical
student who coordinates the program this year with fellow second-year
student Jamie Murray.
	The program, modeled after a national project created by the
American Medical Student Association, works because high-school and
middle-school students feel more comfortable discussing AIDS and sex
with people close to their own ages, says Albert Fiorello, a
fourth-year medical student who coordinated the program last year.
	The program visited Maryvale High School Nov. 30. Health
classes at West Seneca Senior High School also hosted the program
throughout the day. Medical students will make presentations to health
classes at Cheektowaga High School Friday, Dec. 2.
NPR president
to speak at WBFO
National Public Radio president Delano Lewis will be featured speaker
at a forum presented by WBFO 88.7 FM at 7 p.m. Dec. 12 in Allen Hall
on the South Campus.
	Lewis will talk about NPR news and information services, and
will share insights into new communication technologies. Following the
speech, WBFO News Director Mark Scott will moderate a forum of
questions from the audience and listeners.
	Lewis has served since August 1993 as president of NPR, a
network that provides news and cultural programming to more than 500
public radio stations nationwide, including WBFO. He also serves, by
Presidential appointment, as co-chair of the U.S. Advisory Council on
the National Information Infrastructure.
	He previously served as president/CEO of C&P Telephone Company
in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, he worked with the Peace Corps in
Africa, with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and as an
attorney for the Department of Justice.
	Attendance at the forum is limited to WBFO members who
contributed at least $60 to the fall '94 membership drive. The program
also will be broadcast on WBFO, and the general community is invited
to call in questions. WBFO's program service also is heard in Olean on
WOLN 91.3 FM and in Jamestown on WUBJ 88.1 FM. For more information,
call WBFO at 829-2555.
Walker, Eldayrie named
to new staff positions
Two appointments have been announced in the Office of Student Finances
and Records.
	Shirley J. Walker has been named director of the Office of
Student Accounts. A UB staff member since 1989, she has worked as an
IFR staff accountant in Accounting Services and Records and as a
member of the Budget Office staff. She holds a bachelor's degree in
business administration and accounting from LaGrange College, Ga.
	Elias G. Eldayrie has been appointed director of the Office of
Financial Aid. A member of the UB staff since 1987, he has served as
director and associate director of the Office of Student Accounts, and
assistant director of the offices of Student Finances and Records and
Financial Aid. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from
UB.
MBA students rank 
No. 1 nationally
on CPA exam
The UB School of Management has ranked first on the May 1993 Certified
Public Accounting (CPA) exam among candidates with advanced degrees. A
total of 68.4 percent of the UB candidates, all MBA graduates with
concentrations in accounting, passed all four sections of the test on
the first attempt.
	"It's the second time we've been first in the country in the
1990s," says Lawrence D. Brown, Samuel P. Capen Professor of
Accounting and chair of the UB Department of Accounting and Law. The
school ranked first in the May 1990 exam among candidates with
advanced degrees.
	"It's...the consistency that is the most gratifying. Every
year our students are among the top in the country," said Frederick W.
Winter, dean of the School of Management.
	 Management students also have been recognized for individual
excellence. Donald Cole, MBA '93, a graduate of UB's BS/MBA program,
received the New York State Gold Medal for the highest score in New
York State on the May 1993 exam. He was the fifth UB recipient of the
award since 1982. Cole also received the Elijah Watt Sells Award for
scoring in the top 2 percent nationwide out of the field of 65,000
candidates.
Pharmacy students
receive scholarships
Two fourth-year students in the UB School of Pharmacy have been
awarded $1,000 scholarships by the Women's Club of the Columbia
University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
	The recipients, chosen on the basis of academic standing and
financial need, are Susan Stein and David Taber.
	To date, 29 UB pharmacy students have received the Women's
Club Scholarships since they were first awarded in 1978.
Women's Club sets luncheon Dec. 8
The UB Women's Club will have its annual Soup's On Luncheon Dec. 8 at
11 a.m. in the Center for Tomorrow. Guests are welcome.
	Following hors d'oeuvres, wine and juices, three soups and
bread will be served, followed by desserts. The menu was planned by
Katrina Wobschall and Carmella Hanley. Poinsettia orders will be
distributed at the luncheon. Proceeds go to the Grace Capen
Scholarship Fund. For reservations, call Carmella Hanley, 633-4216 by
Dec. 6.