All faculty and staff are invited to the fall faculty meeting next Tuesday, September 23 in the Grupp Fireside Lounge. Refreshments will be served starting at 3 p.m. with the program beginning at 3:15 p.m. Richard A. Wall, PhD, vice president for academic affairs, will address the state of academic affairs and answer questions.
Submitted by: Lisa Fischer, executive associate, academic affairs
Dr. Chuck Wigley, chair, Academic Computing Advisory Committee (ACAC), awards Joseph Rizzo, the ACAC Award for Exemplary Contribution.
Submitted by: Leah MacVie, instructional designer, ITS
President John J. Hurley will host two Town Hall Meetings for faculty and staff this semester on:
• October 16, 2014
• November 5, 2014
Meetings will be held in the Regis Rooms from 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Faculty and staff are invited to attend to hear from the president and vice presidents about developments at the college and to engage in a dialogue with them about opportunities and challenges affecting Canisius.
If you have any questions, please contact the President’s Office for more information.
Submitted by: Laura A. Montaro, executive associate to the President
Congratulations to the 16 Canisius faculty members who were recently promoted, granted tenure or emeritus status. A ceremony to honor them was held in the Andrew L. Bouwhuis Library on Friday, September 12.
Promotion to Full Professor:
Rebecca Krawiec, PhD, Department of Religious Studies and Theology
Gordon Meyer, PhD, Department of Management
Gregory Wood, PhD, Department of Marketing and Information Systems
Paul Waldau, PhD, Department of Animal Behavior, Ecology and Conservation (also awarded tenure)
Awarded Tenure and Promoted to Associate Professor:
S. Catherine Foster, PhD, Communication Studies Department
Devonya Harris, PhD, Philosophy Department
Przemyslaw Moskal, PhD, Communication Studies Department
Timothy Servoss, PhD, Psychology Department
Michael Wood, PhD, Physics Department
Professor Emeritus:
Dewey Bayer, PhD, Department of Psychology
Jane Cary, M.M., Fine Arts Department
Sandra Cookson, PhD, Department of English
Laurence Franz, PhD, Department of Economics and Finance
Barbara Hanson, PhD, Department of Biology
Kenneth Sroka, PhD, Department of English
E. Roger Stephenson, PhD, Department of English
Submitted by: Marketing and Communication
The third Canisius College Training session is scheduled for Monday, September 15 in the Montante Cultural Center. Please see the schedule below. The Canisius community is invited to attend.
8:30 a.m. – International Business
9 a.m. – Communication Studies
9:30 a.m. – Religious Studies
10 a.m. – Spanish
10:30 a.m. – Mission and Identity
11 a.m. – Classics
11:30 a.m. – Fine Arts
12 p.m. – International Relations
12:30 p.m. – Graduate Counseling Program
Submitted by: Mollie Ballaro, director, Undergraduate Admissions
