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Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

by | Jun 7, 2017 | Alumni, Faculty, Staff, Students

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All Canisius faculty and staff are invited to participate in the free 2017 Digital Humanities Summer Workshop Series, introducing digital mapping tools for research and teaching. Digital mapping and geographic information systems (GIS) are powerful resources that scholars, students and professionals use in a wide variety of fields.  The series is led by Erin Warford, PhD, adjunct professor of classics, who has nine years of experience using geographic information systems in academia and industry.

Our next workshop on Thursday, June 22 at 2:00 p.m. will introduce ARCGIS, a powerful, industry-standard application.

Find more information and register for any or all of the workshops here.

These workshops are brought to you by the Digital Humanities Working Group and the Center for Online Learning & Innovation. We’d like to thank Dr. Warford for making this special opportunity possible!

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

Brains at Work

by | Jun 7, 2017 | Alumni, Faculty, Parents, Staff, Students

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During finals week, the Andrew L. Bouwhuis Library was a beehive of student activity. More than 17,700 individual guests entered between May 5 and May 12, using every available space in the building 24/7.

Groups of students gathered around white boards charting business plans, tracing biological processes or marking down the characteristics of various historical events. In the collaborative learning spaces, students conducted last-minute presentation practice and reviewed notes and Powerpoint presentations from classes.

On the second floor (the silent floor), individual students were immersed in their studies, requiring absolute silence.

The library staff is proud to offer students a safe and suitable environment for all types of learning activities.We wish the graduating class of 2017 the best of luck and we wish all other students and faculty a wonderful and restorative summer break.

The Library will be open during summer sessions, Monday – Thursday from 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.; Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Please consult the Library website for further information.

Submitted by: Patricia Coward, PhD, assessment coordinator, Andrew L. Bouwhuis Library