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The 2012-2013 ALANA Achievement Award Committee, chaired by Dr. Patricia B. Christian, is pleased to announce the recipient for the first year of the award, graduating senior Dorian B. Dallas ’13.  Dallas will be formally recognized and honored at the Honors Convocation scheduled for Friday, May 17, 2013, 2 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center. Dallas will be presented with a gift and his name  engraved on a plaque which is permanently displayed on a wall outside the ALANA Student Center (Frisch Tunnel).

The graduating senior demonstrates the Jesuit value of magis through his character, leadership, academic excellence and dedication to the Canisius community and to others.

Members of the 2012-2013 award committee are:

Dr. Patricia B. Christian, Chair/ALANA Achievement Award Committee /
Associate Professor/Sociology/Anthropology/Criminal Justice
Dr. Christian M. Blum, Adjunct Professor/English Department
Rev. James Dugan, S.J., Campus Minister/Campus Ministry
Dr. Devonya N. Havis, Assistant Professor/Philosophy
Jennifer J. Herrmann, Director/Disability Support Services
Lauren T. Jackson ’14 (Vice President/Afro American Society)
Dr. Melissa A. Menasco, Assistant Professor/Sociology
Sababu C. Norris, Director/ALANA Student Center
Brian P. Smith, Director/Campus Programming and Leadership Development
Brock J. Wilkinson ’14 (President/Undergraduate Student Association)
Recording Secretary/Kathleen V. Mathews, Administrative Associate/ALANA Student Center.

Submitted by: Patricia B. Christian, PhD, chair/associate professor sociology, anthropology & criminal justice