by Public Relations | Mar 6, 2015 | Faculty, Students
Campus Ministry’s RAISE Benefit is coming next week!
Look for our basket raffle and silent auction on the 2nd floor of Old Main from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 10-Thursday, March 12.
Join us that Thursday night for a $5 pasta dinner from 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. in Montante. Winners will be announced beginning at 6:30 p.m.!
All proceeds from the RAISE Benefit go towards supporting our students fundraising for their trips. To meet our teams and see what they are fundraising for, check out this webpage:
http://www.canisius.edu/support-a-student/
Thanks for your support!
Submitted by Luanne Firestone, Campus Ministry
by Public Relations | Mar 6, 2015 | Alumni, Faculty, Parents, Students
The JUSTICE Project at Canisius College will welcome Jane Elliott to campus on Wednesday, March 11. Elliott will speak in the Grupp Fireside Lounge, located on the second floor of the Richard E. Winter ’42 Student Center at two different times throughout the day: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Both presentations are free and open to the campus community however registration is required for the 4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. lecture. To register for the 4:00 p.m. lecture, visit www.canisius.edu/justice. Jane Elliott’s visit is part of The JUSTICE Project’s professional development series.
Jane Elliott is an educator, lecturer and diversity trainer renowned for her “Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes” exercise, which teaches about the anatomy of prejudice. This now famous exercise labels participants as inferior or superior based solely upon the color of their eyes, and exposes them to the experience of being a minority. Click here to read more.
Submitted by: Kristin Kurtzworth-Keen, administrator, JUSTICE Project
