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Fall 2009 Service Recognition Ceremony November 20

The Canisius community is invited to joining in acknowledging the contributions of all faculty, staff and administrators who make Canisius all that it is at the ninth annual Service Recognition Ceremony Friday, November 20 at 3 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center.

Canisius College faculty, staff, and administrators reaching their fifth, 10th, and 15th anniversaries of service will be honored. Click here (Adobe Acrobat PDF) to see the list of honorees. Employees who joined Canisius at any time during 1994, 1999, or 2004 should appear on the list; if you do not find your name on the list, please call human resources at Ext. 2247 or Email skowronj@canisius.edu.

Submitted by: Deb Siegrist, director, human resources

Santa Claus is Coming….For Breakfast!

Canisius faculty and staff are invited to attend “Breakfast with Santa Claus!” with their children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews on Saturday, December 12 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Student Center Dining Hall

Claire and Ella (daughters of Melissa B. Wanzer, EdD, professor of communication), pose for a photo with Santa during 2007’s Breakfast with Santa

Santa will be making an appearance at Canisius to visit with our children and give them each a special gift. In addition to a hot breakfast, there will be a variety of activities including Christmas cookie decorating, arts and crafts, and family photos with Santa. Each faculty/staff member is responsible for bringing a gift for each child they bring to the event (maximum $15 each) which will be given to them by Santa.

Registration is required as space is limited. The cost for breakfast is $15 per adult and children age 11 or older. Children 10 and younger are free. Please drop off registration form, gift(s) wrapped and labeled with child’s full name on the package and payment prior to the event to Connie Pileri, pileric@canisius.edu, in the Office of Campus Programming & Leadership Development (SC LL) by Friday, December 4.

For a registration form or more information, go here and click on the Breakfast with Santa Registration link.

Additionally, we are in need of volunteers to assist with, setting up the Dining Hall on Saturday morning, working hour-long shifts at the event and cleaning up at its completion. If you can assist in any way, please contact Michael Odojewski at Ext. 2180 or by E-mail at odojewsm@canisius.edu. Additional contact information for the event is Connie Pileri at Ext. 2190 or Anne-Marie Dobies at Ext. 3748.

Submitted by: Michael J. Odojewski, event management coordinator, event management

Canisius Gears up for Extreme Makeover Reveal Day

More than 50 members of the Canisius community will be present for the “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” reveal day on Saturday, November 14 at the newly-built Powell residence at 228 Massachusetts Avenue on Buffalo’s West Side.

The Canisius group, which includes the students who participated in the project, will join thousands of well wishers as they yell, “Move that bus!” and watch the Powell family’s reaction when their new home is revealed.

A Canisius contingent will also be present at the show’s news conference on Sunday, November 15 in front of the Powell’s home. Check the Canisius Web site on Sunday for more details!

To learn more about “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” click here.

Submitted by: Public Relations

Campus Ministry To Remember Jesuit Martyrs

Monday, November 16 marks the 20th anniversary of the brutal murders of six Jesuits, their housekeeper and her daughter at the University of Central America (UCA) in El Salvador.

The 2008 Canisius group who went to the teach-in and protest

Campus ministry will commemorate this anniversary in two ways. On Monday, students will be stationed around campus during the change of classes with information on the Jesuits. Their faces will be painted white and they will be wearing black shrouds to commemorate those who were killed.

Also, 13 students and two staff members will attend the Ignatian Family Teach-in and School of the Americas Rally in Columbus, GA on November 20-22. Participants will spend two days learning about justice issues with students of other Jesuit institutions and conclude the weekend with a protest of the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, formerly known as the School of the Americas. Graduates of the School of the Americas were found responsible for the deaths of the Jesuits and Archbishop Oscar Romero.

The six Jesuits who were killed were a diverse and courageous group of social workers, theologians, philosophers, and educators. All worked to educate and organize the Salvadoran people in midst of a civil war.

For more information on the significance of the anniversary, please see the following resources:

Dean Brackley, S.J. on the anniversary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHywPAqj4Eo

A two-minute video of Gillian Ahlgren, PhD, who reflects on how the death of the UCA Martyrs has impacted her approach to Ignatian pedagogy.
www.xavier.edu/jesuitresource/about-xavier/Jesuit-Martyrs.cfm

A brief background from the Jesuit Resource website about the UCA Martyrs.
http://www.xavier.edu/jesuitresource/jesuit-education/jesuit-terms-m.cfm

Submitted by: Sarah Signorino, associate campus minister, campus ministry

Last Call For Volunteers

On Wednesday, November 18 from 4:45 – 7 p.m., the Residence Hall Association (RHA) will sponsor their annual sit-down dinner in the Student Center Economou Dining Hall. RHA members are looking for faculty, staff and administrators to assist in serving dinner to the students. Volunteers are then welcome to stay for dinner, immediately following the event, and will be served by members of RHA. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Stuart MacKay by Monday, November 16, 2009 at Ext. 5257 or E-mail mackay1@canisius.edu.

Submitted by: Dawn Rotterman, associate, human resources