Today is the last day to take advantage of the spring sale at the College Bookstore! Take 25 percent off all long and short sleeve t-shirts, totes, backpacks, headwear and drinkware. We will even take 25 percent off all clearance items. So stop in and stock up on!
Submitted by: Andrew Thomas, manager, bookstore
The Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society of Jesuit Colleges and Universities will hold its annual Alpha Sigma Nu Induction Ceremony on Thursday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Christ the King Chapel.
Sara Morris, PhD, associate vice president for academic affairs, will address the new inductees. The Cantio Sacra ensemble, under the direction of Bradley Wingert, will perform a musical interlude at the ceremony.
Alpha Sigma Nu honors students of Jesuit colleges and universities who distinguish themselves in scholarship, loyalty to the ideals of Jesuit education and service to others
Submitted by: Veronica Serwacki, executive associate, College of Arts and Sciences
The Undergraduate Admissions Spring Open House will take place this Sunday, April 24 from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. on campus. This is a chance for prospective, as well as accepted students incoming for the fall, to learn more about Canisius College.
Attendees have the opportunity to speak with faculty in their majors of interest during an academic fair from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. in Science Hall. The attendees will also meet with various student services departments, take a tour of campus and speak with current students.
Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. in Montante Cultural Center.
Submitted by: Kristin Hall, admissions counselor, undergraduate admissions
Canisius College will host the UP-STAT statistics conference this week, Friday, April 22 and Saturday, April 23. A change has been made in the tutorial schedule with the revised list given below.
To register for the tutorials and the full day’s activities, visit the conference web site and press the “Register” tab. After registering for the days you want to attend, email your choice of tutorials to the given address link. Registration for Friday’s events ends Thursday, April 21.
Note that registration for students is only $15. Besides the tutorials, students can attend the social and buffet Friday evening, as well as the Fr. Haus Memorial Lecture and the subsequent panel discussion Friday afternoon. There is no charge for the lecture and panel discussion.
Richard De Vaux, PhD, a prominent data scientist and educator, will present the Fr. Haus lecture entitled “Modeling the Effect of Age in Human Performance.” The topic for the panel discussion is “The Multiple Facets of Data Science.” Panelists include data science practitioners from industry and academia. A description of the entire program and a list of abstracts can be found in the “Conference Information” tab of the website.
The revised schedule for Friday’s and Saturday’s tutorials is as follows:
For further information, contact Mel Crotzer, PhD, adjunct professor, mathematics and statistics, at Ext. 2879 or Leonid Khinkis, PhD, professor, mathematics and statistics, at Ext. 2498.
Submitted by: Mel Crotzer, PhD, adjunct professor, mathematics and statistics
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Submitted by: Dawn Rotterman, benefits specialist, human resources
