by Public Relations | Nov 10, 2009 | Staff
Canisius College is a major sponsor of the local build for ABC-TV’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” which is currently being filmed in Buffalo. As a major sponsor of this community effort, Canisius provided student volunteers for the week-long effort, which runs from November 7 – 14.
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Photos courtesy of Mark Tortelli ’10, president of the Undergraduate Student Association
Canisius College was invited to participate in this unique project by David M. Stapleton. Stapleton is the president of David Homes, which is the lead builder for the Buffalo “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” He is also a 1987 alumnus of Canisius College.
“Canisius students coming together to serve on a local project with a national audience was a truly unique experience, especially with a Canisius alumnus in charge of the project,” says Mark Tortelli ’10, president of the Undergraduate Student Association. “We emptied every room of the house and cleared out the garage so that the demolition and disassembling teams could go to work right away. It’s one of those things that we will be able to look back upon and know that we played a part in giving an extremely deserving family a new start.”
To learn more about Canisius’ involvement in “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” click here.
Submitted by: Public Relations
by Public Relations | Nov 10, 2009 | Staff
As recently announced, Peg McCarthy, PhD is returning to the faculty after a successful tenure as Dean of the School of Education and Human Services. To start the transition forward, applications are being accepted for the position of Interim Dean of the School of Education and Human Services (SEHS). All tenured faculty and senior academic administrators at Canisius are eligible to apply for the position.
To apply, send an E-mail to chadwics@canisius.edu declaring your interest in the position with a copy of your curriculum vitae (CV), and a separate Word document explaining why you want to serve the college in this capacity including how you can advance the institution as interim dean, particularly with respect to the following four areas of focus:
1. With faculty, continue the development of courses and academic support for students in our new online graduate programs.
2. With faculty, continue the development of our doctoral programs so that the faculty are supported, the programs obtain regulatory approval, and the programs are ready for students by the specified deadlines.
3. Support faculty and staff in the continued development of SEHS assessment practices and systems.
4. Work closely with faculty and administration, providing leadership in the continuing development of the teaching, learning, and scholarship occurring in SEHS.
Scott A. Chadwick, PhD, vice president for academic affairs, will interview all persons who apply for the position, and will name the interim dean in consultation with the deans, senior staff, and senior faculty. After that, the process of initiating a national search for the full-time Dean of the School of Education & Human Services will begin. The interim dean will not be eligible to apply for that position. The deadline for applying for this appointment is 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 12.
Submitted by: Scott A. Chadwick, PhD, vice president, academic affairs
by Public Relations | Nov 10, 2009 | Staff
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A squirrel monkey in residence at South AmeriCanisius |
The Zoo Biology 2009 Mini Zoo, South AmeriCanisius: An Amazon Expedition, is now open to the public in the Health Sciences Center (HSC) Room 102. It is an exciting maze of naturalistic displays arranged by Michael Noonan’s zoo biology class. The zoo is free and open to the public weekdays until November 20. Just follow the animal footprints in HSC to Room 102.
Submitted by: Michael Noonan, PhD, professor; Animal Behavior, Ecology and Conservation
by Public Relations | Nov 10, 2009 | Staff
The first Informally-Formal recital is tonight (November 10) at 7:30 p.m. featuring the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra’s Associate Concertmaster Amy Glidden (pictured).
For this recital, Amy will be joined by pianist Alison d’Amato and cellist Amelie Fradette in a program of works by Biber, Prokofiev, Kodaly and Ravel. Tickets are $15 general admission and seven dollars for students.
These recitals feature wonderful music, enlightening verbal notes from the performers and coffee and desserts. For more information please call the music office at 888-2536 or visit http://www.canisius.edu/artscanisius.
Submitted by: Ellen Barnum, music events coordinator, ArtsCanisius
by Public Relations | Nov 10, 2009 | Staff
The next College of Arts and Sciences Colloquium will be held on Wednesday November 11 at 3:30 p.m. in Regis North Room. “Poor Richard’s Memory Manager” is the topic of a presentation by Matthew Hertz, assistant professor of computer science. All are welcome to attend.
Abstract: Among Benjamin Franklin’s accomplishments were the mapping of the gulf stream, taming of lightning, and creation of bifocals. This talk will show how Franklin’s wisdom may also lead to the end of “blue screens,” security breaches, other common computer headaches. This talk begins by explaining the reasons behind these annoying bugs. Inspired by the simple concepts espoused by Ben Franklin, we have developed a new approach that improves over existing ideas. We show that our new system, “Poor Richard’s Memory Manager,” can improve performance by 50 percent or more. We will also show how our system simplifies the process needed to configure an application for optimal performance. Using the common sense wisdom of Ben Franklin, we can allow software engineers to improve their program’s performance and stop from being the target of users’ anger and hackers’ attacks.
Submitted by: Leonid Khinkis, PhD, interim dean, College of Arts and Sciences
