The Canisius College Student Retention Committee will hold its first meeting today, January 24, in Bagen 208 from 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. The group is committed to enhance and reinforce a culture of undergraduate and graduate student support and success resulting in consistent and steady increases in student success, retention and graduation rates.

If you are interested in joining the committee, please feel free to contact Annie Dobies, assistant vice president, director, Griff Center, at Ext. 3749 or Kevin Smith, assistant vice president, director, Student Records and Financial Services, at Ext. 8501. If you are not able to be part of the committee but would like to share suggestions or insights about student retention, please feel free to contact Annie or Kevin.

Submitted by: Annie Dobies, assistant vice president, director, Griff Center

As part of our ongoing wellness initiative for 2017, Canisius College has partnered with Independent Health to offer an innovative online wellness tool – FitWorks.  This tool is designed to help employees engage in meaningful activities to achieve your personal health and wellness goals in 2017 and beyond!

The FitWorks program is designed for employees to complete different FitWorks challenges.  Completing the challenges earns participating employees points that will qualify them for chances to win quarterly prizes.  The more points earned – the greater the chance to win!

Participating in the FitWorks plan is completely voluntary and no information is shared with the college.

To learn more about the program, Dawn Kordylewski, corporate wellness specialist for Independent Health, will be on campus to provide a demonstration of the FitWorks program on January 25 from 3:30 p.m.- 4:30 p.m. in the Regis Room, located on the second floor of the Student Center.

If you are unable to attend the session, additional e-mail instructions will be sent out regarding how to participate in the program. If you have any questions, contact Brianna Fasanello in the Human Resources Department at Ext. 2246.

Submitted by: Brianna Fasanello, assistant, Human Resources