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  • Donate extra vacation days

    Members of United University Professions who have accrued more than the maximum-allowed 40 vacation days may donate them to a UUP colleague who is seriously ill or injured and has run out of sick-leave accruals.

    Without donated days, some of UUP members could fall off the payroll and lose their health insurance coverage—a situation that can be catastrophic to the employee and his or her family, according to UUP President Michael Behun.

    The UUP contract allows members to accrue a maximum of 40 vacation days; excess days that are not used by Dec. 31 are forfeited. Members may donate those extra days to the UUP "Sick Leave Donation Pool." University Human Resources assigns days from the pool to UUP-represented employees in need. In emergencies, UB employees outside of UUP have received donated days.

    UUP members interested in donating days should contact Nancy Kacala at 645-4440 or Kacala@buffalo.edu. For more information, contact Pat Donovan at 645-4602 or pdonovan@buffalo.edu.

  • WBFO seeks volunteers

    WBFO 88.7 FM, UB’s National Public Radio affiliate, is seeking volunteers to answer phones and take pledges during the station’s fall pledge drive.

    The drive begins today and runs through Wednesday, Oct. 28. The goal is to raise $220,000.

    To volunteer, contact Kelli Bocock Natale at 829-6000, ext. 538 or at knatale@wbfo.org.

  • Simpson to address voting faculty

    President John B. Simpson will give his annual address to the voting faculty at 2 p.m. Nov. 3 in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus.

    All members of the UB community are invited to attend.

    For more information, contact the Faculty Senate office at 645-2003.

  • UB Core seeks volunteers

    The UB Core Program is looking for 10 to 12 faculty and staff members to work in the kitchen of the Friends of the Night People on Nov. 30.

    Friends of the Night People, located in the Allentown neighborhood of Buffalo, offers basic support services to the homeless, including a hot meal every night.

    UB volunteers will be preparing, serving and cleaning up after the meal. The time commitment would run from 4:45-7 p.m.

    To volunteer, call 645-5357.

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