by Public Relations | Sep 24, 2012 | Faculty, Staff
September 21, 2012
Message from Ellen O. Conley, PhD, vice president for student affairs
The Canisius College United Way Campaign will begin today (September 24) and will run through Wednesday October 24. The college’s goal is $30,000 and with everyone’s help, we will be able to meet our goal for the 13th consecutive year.
The United Way of Buffalo and Erie County exists to bridge the gap between those who need help and those who want to help. Envelopes containing pledge forms will be in faculty and staff mailboxes or delivered to offices. Those who do not receive a pledge form and wish to contribute to the campaign may contact Pat Brawn or Judy Bruce in OM 102 or at Ext. 2130. It doesn’t matter how much you give as long as you contribute something to help those who are less fortunate.
Submitted by Pat Brawn, executive associate to the vice president for student affairs
by Public Relations | Sep 24, 2012 | Faculty, Staff, Students
Canisius College Andrew L. Bouwhuis Library hosts its 4th Annual Banned Book Week in coordination with the annual American Library Association (ALA) commemoration from Monday, October 1 – Friday, October 5, 2012.
The daily Read Out remains the feature of this week-long commemoration from 12:05 – 1:00 p.m. College President John J. Hurley will kickoff this year’s Banned Book Week with a ceremonial Cutting of the Yellow Caution Tape on Monday, October 1st at 12:05 pm on the library’s first floor adjacent to the Vogt Gallery.
Also on Monday, October 1, CPLD’s Commuter Students “PB&J Monday on the Road” comes to the library. Participate by reading a banned book out loud and enjoy a free sandwich served up by your Canisius librarians. Tim Hortons’ brings back its delicious “Banned Book Week” donuts, for dessert.
Banned Book Week celebrates intellectual freedom, including freedom to read, benefits of free and open access to information, and also draws attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted banning of books, currently and historically.
Canisius librarians use this week to encourage dialogue that supports freedom to access information, artistic expression, and tolerance. By using the theme, TOLERANCE, the librarians emphasize their long-held professional ethic —intellectual freedom for all. They join their colleagues throughout the U.S. in this annual commemoration, now in its 30th year. The first Banned Book Week was held in Chicago, and continues there in Bug House Square across from the Newbery Library where speakers and readers address the crowd from old-fashioned soap boxes. As a nod to our colleagues in Windy City, your Canisius Librarians have dubbed their Read-Out space, Bug House Square East.
The Read Out offers participants an opportunity to read aloud from classic books once censored, considered improper, or challenged for ideas (e.g., racism; politics; ethnicity; language; etc.) Readers may participate in one or all five Read Outs. Readers may choose to select a short, evocative written piece that may have impacted their own attitude toward censorship or tolerance. Participants share their selection, usually with short remarks to place it in context. Please prepare a reading of no more than 5 minutes to allow for all participants to share.
If you need a special time slot, sign-up boards will be available on Friday, September 28 near the library service desk.
For ongoing updates to Canisius Banned Book Week click here.
For ALA’s list of books and information click here.
Submitted by Kathleen DeLaney, archivist/reference librarian III
by Public Relations | Sep 21, 2012 | Alumni, Faculty, Staff, Students
Former investment executive and white-collar crimintal Justin Paperny will visit campus on Wednesday, September 26 at 4:30 p.m. in the Regis Room, to discuss “Lessons from Prison.”
Paperny was released from federal prison in 2009 after serving an 18-month sentence for conspiracy to commit securities fraud. He now uses his experiences to educate others on the perils associated with white-collar crime.
To learn more about Paperny’s visit, click here.
Submitted by Marketing and Communication.
by Public Relations | Sep 21, 2012 | Alumni, Faculty, Parents, Staff, Students
The Major Research Instrumentation Program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Canisius College $285,000 for the purchase of a 400 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer.
This state-of-the-art chemical instrument will be used by chemistry and biochemistry faculty and students to enhance research, research training and education.
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers are the most important and versatile instruments available for chemists and biochemists who study the structures of synthetic and biological molecules.
To learn more about how this innovative new technology will be used at Canisius, click here.
Submitted by Marketing and Communication.
by Public Relations | Sep 21, 2012 | Faculty, Staff
Information Technology Services has planned a series of workshops that address some of the contemporary needs of our faculty and staff. We are offering workshops in the following areas:
- ANGEL
- The new E-mail retention policy and how to tame your inbox
- Online and blended course development workshops
- New to Mac courses for new users
To register for one or more of these workshops please go to the Online Workshop Registration form. Hope to see your there.
Submitted by Joseph F. Rizzo, academic technology specialist
