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New Centralized Amazon Business Account

by | Dec 15, 2016 | Faculty, Staff

We are pleased to announce that Canisius College has created a centralized Amazon Business account that will improve the way the college does business with Amazon, by clearly separating business and personal Amazon.com shopping.

Your Action Items:

  1. Please look for an email invitation to join the Amazon Business account.
  1. If you have ever used your canisius.edu email address to shop on Amazon for any personal use:
  • Do not accept the Amazon Business invite before taking the below step.
  • Log into your Amazon.com account, navigate to “Your Account” then “Settings” and change your Amazon account email address to a personal email address (i.e. Gmail, Yahoo, etc.). 
  1. Once this change is made, accept your Amazon Business invite and set up your account using your canisius.edu email.
  • Accept your Amazon Business invite by December 22, 2016 as the invites do expire.
  • If you require assistance, please call Amazon Business Customer Service at 866-486-2360.

Submitted by: Gary Lew, director, Purchasing

New Mileage Rate for 2017

by | Dec 15, 2016 | Faculty, Staff

As of January 1, 2017, the IRS will be changing the mileage rate to 53.5 cents per mile. The change will be made to the travel expense report.

Thank you!

Submitted by: JoAnn Feary, Controller’s Office

Web Time Entry Holiday Schedule

by | Dec 14, 2016 | Faculty, Staff, Students

Please note date changes for timesheets and approvals:

The pay period from Sunday, December 11, 2016 – Saturday, December 24, 2016 will be paid on Friday, December 30, 2016.

Employees have until Monday, December 19 to fill out and submit timesheets. The HOLIDAY line should be used for the days during shutdown. Approvers have until Tuesday, December 20 to approve timesheets. Please contact Maureen Hidy at Ext. 8531 or Natalie Klyczek at Ext. 8532 in the Payroll Office if you have any questions.

The work study pay period from Friday, December 9, 2016 to Thursday, December 22, 2016, will be paid on Friday, December 30, 2016.

Students have until Monday, December 19 to fill out and submit timesheets. Approvers have until Tuesday, December 20 to approve timesheets.

Please contact Denise Rogers in the Payroll Office with any questions at Ext. 8535.

Please communicate this schedule to your student employees.

Submitted by: Natalie Klyczek, payroll supervisor, controllers office

Sew REDI Buffalo Pop Up Shop and Open House

by | Dec 14, 2016 | Alumni, Faculty, Parents, Staff, Students

Please join Canisius Enactus Sew REDI Buffalo refugee clients and Canisius and community volunteers for some shopping, beverages and treats at the Pop Up Shop and Open House on Saturday, December 17 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. The event will be held in the basement of Catholic Charities Immigration and Refugee Assistance Program (IRAP) Building, 9 Herkimer St., Buffalo, NY.

Sew REDI Buffalo uses the medium of sewing to advance the social inclusion and economic empowerment of members of Buffalo’s refugee community. Clients attend weekly sewing classes to learn techniques. Through the development, marketing and sales of the items produced, our clients receive 100 percent of the profit from your purchase.

Submitted by: Patricia A. Hutton, PhD, professor, economics

Wrapping Up Your Courses in Desire2Learn

by | Dec 14, 2016 | Faculty, Staff

D2L_COLIWith holidays, unpredictable weather and travel obligations, the end of the fall semester can be very busy.  It pays to plan ahead and the Center for Online Learning & Innovation (COLI) has a checklist to help you track essential procedures for wrapping up the online portion of your courses.  There aren’t many steps but they ensure that your students’ grades are reported and archived properly, and your course content is preserved for future use.  Looking further out, our start-of-semester checklist can help prepare you to teach in the spring, too.

See Our D2L Course Start/End Checklists Here

Submitted by: Mark Gallimore, PhD, instructional designer, COLI