by browkaa | Aug 23, 2017 | Faculty, Staff
There are two workshops open to interested faculty and staff on Thursday August 24. Both will be held in SH002 (the ITS Conference Room).
- 9 – 10:15 a.m. – Strategic Course Scheduling. This session is targeted for chairs, program directors, and administrative associates, but is open to anyone who is interested. We will discuss how to use existing tools including some reports and Courseleaf CLSS for course scheduling.
- 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.- Banner Basics for Finances. This session will provide an overview of a variety of budget-related functions including when and how to use budget transfers, requisitions, direct pays, daily expense logs, etc. Learn these processes or refresh your knowledge.
Anyone are welcome to attend. There are computers in the room, but if you have/use a laptop, feel free to bring it to the workshop.
Submitted by: Sara Morris, associate vice president, Academic Affairs
by browkaa | Aug 23, 2017 | Alumni, Faculty, Staff, Students
Open swim begins Monday, August 28:
Monday – Friday: 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Monday – Thursday: 8 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Saturday: 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Sunday: 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Hours are subject to change around holidays, breaks, and school closings.
Contact Matthew Ferguson with at Ext. 8271 with questions or concerns or send an email to fergus17@canisius.edu.
Submitted by: Matthew Ferguson, equipment manager/facilities coordinator, Athletic Department
by etuk | Aug 23, 2017 | Faculty
Krista Schlyer, an internationally-known wildlife photographer based in Washington, D.C., will discuss “Continental Divide: Wildlife, People and the Border Wall” on Thursday, August 31 at 7 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center. Schlyer’s talk, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the anthrozoology graduate program at Canisius.
In a slideshow presentation, Schlyer will discuss her eight-year documentary project about the U.S.- Mexico borderlands, a region stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, which hosts a number of rare ecosystems. In documenting the changes to the ecosystem and human communities along the border while the wall was being built, Schlyer realized that the impacts of immigration policy on wildlife, on landowners and on border towns were not fully understood by either policy makers or the general public. In her talk, Schlyer will discuss the history of the borderlands and border policy and, the consequences of border militarization and the current immigration debate as it pertains to borderlands ecosystems, wildlife and people who call this region home.
Click here for more information or call Christy Hoffman, assistant professor of animal behavior, ecology and conservation, at Ext. 2775.
Submitted by: College Communications
by browkaa | Aug 23, 2017 | Faculty, Staff
The Canisius College Student Retention Committee will be meeting every other Tuesday in the President’s Board Room from 2:30-4 p.m., starting on September 12. 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 contact Annie or Kevin.
by browkaa | Aug 23, 2017 | Faculty, Staff, Students
All are cordially invited to the annual Mass of the Holy Spirit, a campus-wide celebration to be held at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 13, 2017. The Most Reverend Richard J. Malone, bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo, will preside over Mass in the Montante Cultural Center. The Mass itself is a centuries-old tradition in which we joyfully ask the Holy Spirit to be with us throughout the academic year, keeping us faithful and true to the ideals formed by Jesuit education. The Mass is open to people of all denominations and faith backgrounds, as well as those of no faith background. This year, a special blessing of all campus leadership will take place. This will include the faculty, student leadership, and administrative leadership.
I personally invite you to participate in this event. It is helpful for our students to know that faculty and staff join them in celebrating the start of the new academic year. It is also important for the campus community to come together and celebrate as part of our enduring campus culture. As you may recall, the new academic calendar specifies that classes that meet MWF will not be scheduled to meet on September 13. This was revised in order to encourage greater participation by all.
Any faculty members (full-time or part-time) in need of regalia should contact the Canisius Bookstore, at Ext. 2336 or 0527mgr@follett.com to arrange to rent regalia. You can also stop by the bookstore to submit your order, or complete and return the form here via email. All orders must be confirmed by end of day Friday, September 1.
Faculty should line up at 9:15 a.m. in the Faculty Lounge in Old Main. The procession and opening remarks begin at 9:30 a.m outside Christ the King Chapel.
Faculty, please wear your full academic regalia. Time spent in the heat outside will be minimal.
For more information, contact Lisa Fischer, support manager for Academic Affairs, at Ext. 2120.
Submitted by: Peg McCarthy, PhD, vice president for academic affairs
