Need to Know

Faculty and staff are invited to attend a preview on Aug. 7 of some of the fitness programming being offered in the fall by the Office of Wellness & Work/Life Balance.

Sections of Putnam Way on the North Campus will be closed July 28 and 29 for paving.

Members of the UB professional staff are invited to share a dessert with colleagues and celebrate summer — and the approach of another academic year — at a dessert social to take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. Aug. 5 in the Honors College, 107 Capen Hall, North Campus.

UB staff and domestic students are being recruited to serve as mentors for newly arrived international students during the fall 2014 semester. Participants need not know about other cultures, speak other languages or have traveled overseas.

The Division of Athletics is offering UB faculty and staff the opportunity to buy single game tickets to Bulls’ home football games at a discount.

UB employees are urged to donate school supplies for the sixth annual university-wide drive to benefit students at several Buffalo elementary schools.

Space is still available in a Tai Chi class being offered on campus every Wednesday at 5:15 p.m., starting July 2.

BullsEye, Career Service’s password-protected, online, career office system, is available to faculty and staff who want to help students make informed decisions about major of study, job and internship opportunities, and employment and graduate school options.

The Professional Staff Senate’s fifth annual Potluck Picnic will take place from noon to 1 p.m. June 25 in the courtyard of the Student Union, North Campus.

Some HUB services will be shut down from noon June 20 through noon June 21 for a system upgrade.