by Public Relations | Mar 25, 2015 | Alumni, Faculty, Parents, Students
This year’s All-College Honors “Last Lecture” – the third in our series – will be given by Mick Cochrane, PhD, professor of English and director of the Creative Writing Program. The idea for this series comes from a lecture by Carnegie-Mellon University Computer Science Professor Randy Pausch, who was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer and gave, literally, the last lecture of his short life. It was his chance to inspire his audience with the experience, wisdom, and humor that he had gathered. Cochrane, an award-winning novelist and coordinator of the Contemporary Writers Series, will give his “Last Lecture” – not literally, of course – on Monday, March 30, at 7:00 p.m. in the Science Hall Commons. All are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served.
For more information on Cochrane, visit here.
To view Randy Pausch’s “Last Lecture” visit here.
Submitted by: Bruce Dierenfield, PhD, All-College Honors Program
by Public Relations | Mar 25, 2015 | Faculty
Each day, the Canisius College FacTS Center is adding to or updating a range of useful technology resources for Canisius faculty. These include procedures, tutorials, and tips for:
– Conducting and continuing your class during temporary circumstances when your classroom isn’t available (such as inclement weather).
– Getting started in teaching online, or augmenting your face-to-face classes with powerful online tools.
– Using social media tools and sites effectively for your course, program, project, or office.
– Learning about digital scholarly tools and projects, particularly in the emerging field of digital humanities.
Check out these new or improved resources (and more!) at our Wiki pages.
As always, FacTS Center conducts classroom workshops on campus for Desire2Learn and Google Drive. Sign up here!
Submitted by: Mark Gallimore, academic technology specialist
by Public Relations | Mar 24, 2015 | Alumni, Faculty, Parents, Students
The college is entering into a new agreement with ESPN under which its students will produce live Canisius athletic events for ESPN3. As a result, the college will offer a new program in Sports Broadcast Journalism beginning in the fall 2015 semester.
A state-of-the-art Golden Griffin Sports Broadcast Center will be built on the first floor of Science Hall, and students in the new program will staff the center. This is an exciting opportunity for Canisius and a unique collaboration between the academic and athletics programs, as well as an introduction of an applied technology presence in Science Hall.
While some learned about this initiative when it was presented by Athletic Director Bill Maher and Communication Department Chair John Dahlberg at the Spring Faculty Meeting, I wanted to be sure that the entire college community heard this good news before it was released to the local media.
Click here to read more about this exciting new endeavor.
Submitted by Richard A. Wall, PhD, vice president for academic affairs
by Public Relations | Mar 24, 2015 | Alumni, Faculty, Parents, Students
The Undergraduate Student Association held its 2015-2016 executive board elections from March 9-12. Nearly 600 students participated in the election process. The winners are listed below:
Richard Kubiak ’16 – President
Elias “Fenoose” Ayoub ’17 – Executive Vice President
Eric Walsh ’16 – Vice President for Business and Finance
Vance Stinson ’16 – Vice President of Student Organizations
Gina Trippe ’17 – Vice President for Communications
The new executive board will take effect at the end of April.
Submitted by: Beth Crvelin, student life
by Public Relations | Mar 24, 2015 | Alumni, Faculty, Parents, Students
The Search Committee for the director of public safety is pleased to announce that four finalists for the position have been selected to visit Canisius in the coming week for a series of interviews with members of the campus community.
The finalists are:
·Dennis Richards, chief of detectives, Buffalo, NY Police Department
·Daniel Lyons, captain, New York State Police
·H. Wilson Johnson, captain, Rochester Police Department
·Terri Stewart, currently Director and Chief of Police, Ithaca College
Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to participate in the process and attend a one-hour forum with the candidates at the following times and locations:
Dennis Richards
–March 25 at 3:00 p.m. in the Student Center Room 205
Daniel Lyons
–March 26 at 3:00 p.m. in the Bouwhuis Library Conference Room, lower level
H. Wilson Johnson
–March 27 at 3:15 p.m. in Science Hall room 1013B
Terri Stewart
–March 30 at 3:00 p.m. in the Student Center Room 205
The position description, cover letters and CVs for the candidates along with a web-based evaluation for submission on feedback about the candidates are available for review on the myCanisius portal.
Please consider attending the open session and completing the web-based evaluation to ensure your thoughts and opinions are included in this search process.
Thank you on behalf of the Search Committee.
Submitted by: Kevin Smith, bursar
