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Porter Farms Community Supported Agriculture Comes to Canisius

by | May 19, 2016 | Faculty, Staff

Due to the interest and number of shares purchased, Porter Farms is bringing their worksite program to Canisius this year!  Deliveries will begin around the third week in June.  There is still time to join the program before the first delivery.

Produce each week is determined by the availability for that month. For more information on the program click here.   To see a list of seasonal vegetable availability, click here

If you would prefer to split a share but do not have someone to split with, contact Dawn Rotterman at Ext. 3151 or rottermd@canisius.edu and she will match you with another colleague.

Submitted by: Dawn Rotterman, benefits specialist, human resources

Tim Hortons Renovations

by | May 19, 2016 | Faculty, Staff, Students

The Tim Hortons on campus will be closing Sunday, May 22 for renovations that will take place over the summer. A temporary Tim Horton’s will be located in Old Main in the 2mato location starting Monday, May 23.

Tim Hortons will be open Monday – Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Subway in Old Main will also be open in the summer Monday – Friday from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

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Submitted by: Public Relations

Spotlight on Innovations in Teaching and Learning

by | May 18, 2016 | Alumni, Faculty, Parents, Staff, Students

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With study abroad programs offered in 13 countries and 20 cites, Canisius has all the resources necessary to fully immerse its students in international courses and cultures. Andrew Case MBA ’16 participated in one of these programs through MBA 686: Doing Business in the European Union (EU) course, offered by Coral Snodgrass PhD, professor in the Management Department.

The first half of the class was spent learning and researching the current situations in the EU through weekly discussions, followed by nine days of field experience in London, Belgium and Paris. These discussions prepared students for the multiple businesses they visited abroad varying from New Era in London, to Sanofi, one the largest pharmaceutical producers, in Paris, and Vanparys, a chocolate producer in Belgium.

One of Andrew’s favorite aspects of the course was a simulation the class conducted with fellow French MBA students. The students divided into teams of American and French employees, each determining the course of action to take for several hypothetical situations. As separate countries, they then compared decisions they made and had to debate and compromise to reach a solution as a cohesive unit. This exercise showed students the many obstacles an international manager faces but more importantly created connections that would last far beyond the classroom.

Andrew is still in touch with several of the students with whom he collaborated. These international opportunities provide students with the transformative experiences that are the ideal in Jesuit education.

Submitted by: Sara Morris, PhD, associate vice president, academic affairs

Desire2Learn Down for Upgrade Tomorrow

by | May 18, 2016 | Faculty, Staff

d2l_logo53Desire2Learn will be unavailable to Canisius College users Thursday, May 19 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Desire2Learn’s engineers will need to take it offline to complete the scheduled upgrade. This time frame begins after spring semester grades are submitted and concludes several days before the summer session classes begin.

The upgraded D2L will be quite similar to our current D2L visually but some changes aimed at making D2L more intuitive and easier to use will be noticeable.  For example, features are better described to faculty, within the Quizzes tool.

Summer instructors should verify that course materials in Desire2Learn are available to students when needed. Occasionally, dates for summer courses are changed as they are organized in the spring so that the availability dates for sections within D2L may need to be updated by instructors.  Until courses reach their “start dates,” they are not accessible to students within D2L.

Here’s a video showing how to verify or change course start and end dates for your class in D2L.

Lastly, here’s a handy checklist for completing important administrative tasks between semesters, for your courses within Desire2Learn.

If you have any questions concerning Desire2Learn, please contact the Canisius ITS helpdesk at helpdesk@canisius.edu, or at Ext. 8340.

Submitted by: Mark Gallimore, academic technology specialist