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Milestones on Main Street: Question of the Day

This nationally-recognized program at Canisius is one of less than 200 such programs in the country that works in partnership with area school districts to offer high-quality professional development programs for teachers. Which program is it:

a. Character Education Program
b. Enhancing Education Through Technology
c. Improving Literacy Through Libraries
d. WNY Writing Project

Submit your answer on the college’s Facebook page.

Submitted by: Marketing and Communication

MAAC Commissioner to Speak at Thursday Luncheon

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference commissioner Richard Ensor will address Canisius College basketball fans Thursday afternoon at the Holiday Inn on Delaware Avenue. Ensor will be in town due to the Griff’s game that evening which will be shown nationally on espn3.

The luncheon begins at noon and not only features Ensor, who will talk to the group about the upcoming MAAC Tournament in Springfield, MS, but also espn3 color commentator Rob Kennedy and Canisius men’s basketball coach Jim Baron.

For reservations, call Angela Butler at Ext. 2971. Cost is $15.00 per person.

 Submitted by: John Maddock, associate athletic director – external affairs, athletics

Composer in Residence, Persis Vehar

Music History’s Influence on a NOW Composer will take place Thursday, Feb. 28 at 2:30 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center. This event is free and open to the public.

Canisius College Composer-in-Residence Persis Vehar continues her two-part series on the correlation between well-known composers in music history and a NOW composer.  Besides her own music, the program will include works of Beethoven, Brahms, Poulenc and Donizetti.

An exciting surprise will be the premiere of the “Assassin’s Aria” from Vehar’s upcoming opera, SHOT!  by Canisius College faculty member and baritone James Wright. SHOT! Vehar’s new opera, is based on the assassination of President William McKinley which occured here in Buffalo. The opera will be premiered by the Nickel City Opera Company in 2014.

Submitted by: Martha Malkiewicz, adjunct professor, fine arts/music

Boston College Oral History Project to be Focus of Spring Archives Speaker Series

The Canisius College Archives & Special Collections is pleased to announce the Spring Archives Speaker Series: “The Past That Has Yet to Pass: Archives and The Belfast Project,” Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 2:30 pm.

Christine Anne George, JD, MSIS, will present on The Belfast Project, an oral history project conducted at Boston College that captures the dark period of Northern Irish history known as “The Troubles.” George will discuss this controversial project, in the news since May 2011, when U.S. attorneys subpoenaed Boston College for oral history interview tapes and began an ensuing legal battle that reaches to the Supreme Court.

The Belfast Project was back in the spotlight this past month, on both sides of the Atlantic, with the death of Delours Price, whose oral history interview sparked debate on possession of the interviews, ramifications for the Northern Irish Peace Process, the future of archival privilege and other standards of archival practice.

Christine George received her BA from Bard College, her JD from St. John’s University School of Law, and her MSIS from the University of Texas at Austin School of Information. She currently works at the Charles B. Sears Law Library at SUNY Buffalo Law School where she serves as a faculty services and reference librarian and oversees the law library’s archives. She began researching legal and ethical issues surrounding The Belfast Project for her thesis, “Whatever You Say, You Say Nothing: Archives and The Belfast Project.” George has presented on the topic at archives symposia and conferences. An article on The Belfast Project is forthcoming summer 2013 in The American Archivist.

Daily updates on the case can be found at: http://bostoncollegesubpoena.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/university-files-to-close-belfast-project-case/

The Society of American Archivists has been closely following The Belfast Case, and developing informational pieces and tools for archivists to help them consider the impact on their work and profession.

The Canisius College Archives Speaker Series showcases scholars with a special understanding of archival research, based on their own experiences; and, who have completed an expression of scholarship reliant on archival research.

Please join us for the presentation followed by a Q&A and light refreshments, students are encouraged to attend. Seating is limited. For more information, contact Kathleen DeLaney, archivist, at delaneyk@canisius.edu or Ext. 8421

Submitted by: Kathleen DeLaney, archvist/reference librarian