by Public Relations | Jun 29, 2011 | Alumni, Faculty, Staff, Students
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| Debra S. Park, associate vice president for public relations and Eileen C. Herbert, director of public relations |
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| John Senall, president of PRSA Buffalo Niagara and Barbara J. Irwin, PhD, professor of communication studies |
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| Melissa Wanzer, EdD, professor of communication and John Senall, president of PRSA Buffalo Niagara |
Public Relations won a Gold Excalibur Award and a Platinum Excalibur Award, or “Best of Show,” from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), Buffalo Niagara chapter. The awards were presented to Debra Park, associate vice president for public relations, and Eileen Herbert, director of public relations, at the annual Excalibur Awards dinner held Thursday, June 16 at Salvatore’s Italian Gardens. Park and Herbert also received a Silver Excalibur Award in the Special Events category for the “Inauguration of President John J. Hurley.” Melissa Wanzer, EdD, professor of communication studies and S. Catherine Foster, PhD, assistant professor of communication studies, received a Silver Excalibur Award in the Public Service category for the Communication Studies Department’s “COM 360 Health Campaigns: Testicular Cancer Awareness Campaign,” and a Silver Excalibur in the Creative Tactics category for “COM 360 Health Campaigns: Testicular Cancer Awareness Shower Hanger.” Barbara J. Irwin, PhD, professor of communication studies and co-director of the Canisius College Video Institute, received a Silver Excalibur in the External Video Programs category for the Video Institute’s “Canine Helpers for the Handicapped.”
Submitted by: Public Relations
by Public Relations | Jun 29, 2011 | Faculty, Staff
Michael J. Pardales, PhD announced that the college has partnered with the College Student Personnel Association of New York State (CSPA-NYS) to publish a peer-reviewed academic journal, The CSPA-NYS Journal of Student Affairs.
The online journal addresses contemporary issues relevant to higher education and the practice of student affairs through research and other forms of scholarship. Two issues of the journal will be published annually. The journal appeared in print, published by CSPA-NYS and Buffalo State College, in the 1980s and 1990s.
The first issue of the new journal published in May. It is styled volume 11, number 1 and can be found at www.canisius.edu/cspa.
Submitted by: Public Relations
by Public Relations | Jun 29, 2011 | Faculty, Parents, Staff, Students
Pertussis, or whooping cough, cases are on the rise in New York State, and outbreaks have been documented in areas outside New York City. Over the past month, Erie County schools have reported an increase in number of cases of pertussis in school age children.
Vaccination is the best prevention tool available. The latest recommendation for all adults, ages 19-64 years, is to receive one dose of diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis or Tdap. Adults ages 65 years or older should receive a Tdap vaccination if they will have close contact with an infant younger than 12 months of age. Pertussis in infancy can be life threatening. It is critical to the health of all babies that adults and children around them be vaccinated.
Tdap can be administered regardless of the interval since the last tetanus-diphtheria-toxoid (Td) vaccination. After receipt of a Tdap dose in adulthood, persons should continue receiving a Td vaccine every ten years.Student Health recommends that every campus member discuss Tdap vaccination with their physician this summer before students return in the fall.
Campus members who care for or have close contact with an infant under the age of 12 months, or are expecting a baby should be sure that they and all close contacts have received one dose of Tdap before caring for the infant.
To read more about pertussis and vaccination recommendations visit www.cdc.gov.
Submitted by: Patricia Creahan, Director of Student Health
by Public Relations | Jun 22, 2011 | Faculty, Staff, Students
Fire drills will be held on Friday (June 24) beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at approximately 3 p.m. The buildings to be included are Demerly Hall, 23 Agassiz, Lyons Hall, Montante Cultural Center, Bouwhuis Library, Churchill Tower, Old Main, Bagen Hall, Wehle, Loyola Hall, Christ the King Chapel, Horan O’Donnell, Student Center, Palisano Pavilion, Health Science, and the Koessler Athletic Center.
Regulations forbid announcing the exact times. When the alarm sounds, please leave the building by the nearest exit as shown on the posted emergency exit routes. Generally a drill lasts no more than six or seven minutes. All persons must leave buildings when the alarm sounds. One person may remain in each office or suite to answer phones. Elevators may not be used.
Please contact Lt. Rick Miller in the Office of Public Safey at Ext. 2330 or email rmiller@canisius.edu if you are involved in an event which cannot be interrupted without serious complications.
Submitted by: Kathy Peter, executive associate, academic affairs
by Public Relations | Jun 22, 2011 | Faculty, Staff
Faculty and staff are invited to join Campus Ministry and the Buffalo Burrito Project on Tuesday, June 28 and Tuesday, July 26.
The Buffalo Burrito Project provides fresh, home-made burritos to Buffalo’s poor and homeless population in downtown Buffalo. The group walks a four-mile route and serves between 80-120 burritos (a support vehicle follows the street team as they walk). Campus Ministry has committed to cover two Tuesday evenings with faculty/staff this summer, and needs help to prepare burritos and walk the route in downtown Buffalo. This past academic year, Canisius students engaged weekly in the Buffalo Burrito Project.
To sign up and for more information on this initiative, click here.
Submitted by: Joe Van Volkenburg, assistant to the director, campus ministry
