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Published: June 16, 2010

  • Hale to lead UB housing office

    Warren Hale, director of residence life at Loyola University in Chicago, has been named director of the Office of University Residence Halls and Apartments, effective next month.

    Hale succeeds Joe Krakowiak, who is retiring after 37 years at UB. Krakowiak will remain as manager of the William R. Greiner Hall project through next summer. Greiner Hall, which will provide beds for 600 sophomores, is under construction adjacent to Fargo Quad in the Ellicott Complex. It is slated to be completed in August 2011.

    Hale comes to UB with more than 25 years of experience in college and university housing at such institutions as the University of Alabama-Birmingham, Bemidji State University in Minnesota and Washington State University, in addition to Loyola.

    His responsibilities have included long-term strategic planning and ongoing operation of new and existing university housing, as well as developing residential living-and-learning programs that addressed community, academic and student life issues.

    He earned a BA in sociology and anthropology, and an MS in college student personnel services, both from Western Illinois University. He is active in professional organizations, and has held leadership and programming positions with the Association of College and University Housing Officers International, among other organizations.

  • Dance program offered

    The Department of Theatre and Dance will offer a Summer Dance Program for intermediate and advanced students in the Dance Studio, B82 Center for the Arts, North Campus.

    The Evening Program will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday from June 21 through July 15. Classes, targeted to intermediate- and advanced-level students, are open to students ages 16 and older with at least five years dance experience. Classes are taught by UB faculty and guest teachers. The fee is $12 per class; no registration is required.

    The Day Program, which will run from July 5-9, will be offered to intermediate- and advanced-level students ages 13 and older with at least five years of dance experience. Classes will run from 9 a.m. to noon. Ballet will be taught daily; modern and jazz will be taught on alternate days.

    The cost for the Day Program is $175; advanced registration is required.

    For more information or to pre-register, contact Karen Georger at 645-0600 or kgeorger@buffalo.edu, or Shelley Hain at 645-0601 or hain@buffalo.edu.

  • Manage conflict in workplace

    UB employees can learn to “Build Relationships and Manage Conflict in the Workplace” at a free workshop to be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 24 in 324 Crofts Hall, North Campus.

    In the session, participants will learn how to build positive relationships and create an environment for the exchange of differing ideas in which all parties feel heard and respected. The Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument will be used to help participants understand their dominant conflict-management style and learn how to adapt and confront difficult situations to reach a win-win outcome that will increase effectiveness and help strengthen relationships in the workplace.

    To register, click here.