Lunch Time Laptop Seminars
All are invited to bring a lunch and laptop to the Student Center Executive Conference Room for the first in a series of Lunch Time Laptop Seminars offered by FacTS and facilitated by Marie Larcara, EdD. These are one hour, informal gatherings where best practices and available tools on specific topics will be shared. There are three dates and topics now available:
Thursday, March 3, 12:00 pm
Content, Writing, and Technology: The Connection to Student and Faculty Success
– Discussing technology tools to help students and faculty plan and implement large papers and projects.
Thursday, April 7, 12:00 pm
PLAGIARISM! The Never-ending Battle for Truth!
– Discussing plagiarism prevention tools, and technology to help students learn to write in a scholarly fashion and avoid plagiarism.
Thursday, May 5, 12:00 pm
How to Be Hybrid: The How and Why to Use Online Discussion in Your F2F Classroom
– Discussing the steps to moving online and why a hybrid course may be beneficial to a content area.
To sign up for any or all of these, click here.
Submitted by: Marie Larcara, EdD, instructional designer, ITS
ArtsCanisius, in conjunction with the Stecher and Horowitz Foundation present award-winning pianist Leann Osterkamp on Saturday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center. The performance will feature works by Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, R. Schumann, Mesto and Tchaikovsky. Osterkamp, who is 19 years old, is a rising young artist recognized for her dynamic sound and compelling performances. She was named a “Young Steinway Artist” in 2010 and was a finalist in the 4th New York Piano Competition, where she received outstanding recognition for her performance of the commissioned work. Osterkamp’s participation in the competition will be profiled in the forthcoming PBS documentary “On a Personal Note.” This recital is free and open to the public. For more information, visit 
On Thursday, March 10, at 2:30 pm in the Regis Room of the Student Center, Elizabeth Legge, PhD, professor of modern art at the University of Toronto, will give a lecture entitled, “Superfaciality: The Ethics of Taking Photographs in a Mirror.”
The Digital Mind Quest reading group has expanded. Due to an increase in demand, additional reading group dates have been added! Meetings will be held on March 16 and 17 and April 20 and 21. All meetings will be held at noon.