by browkaa | Dec 1, 2017 | Faculty, Staff
In response to feedback received through the Employee Engagement team, we are pleased to offer Online Banner Training. These courses are designed for beginners, new hires and anyone who needs a refresher.
Banner Navigation (Banner GE 8.0) introduces you to Banner and teaches you how to navigate in and personalize Banner. To get started:
- Login to the Canisius Portal
- There is a link for all staff members called ‘Ellucian Hub.’ The icon is on the right hand side of your home page, under the My Campus heading.
- This link will take you directly to the Ellucian login screen where you can register for a HUB account.
- It may take up to five business days to process your request. Once your registration is verified, an email containing an activation link will be sent to you from noreply@okta.com. Please make sure that this email will not be blocked or sent to your spam (Junk Email) folder.
- Your registration will not be completed until you click on the activation link and follow the instructions to complete the registration process. The activation link will expire in seven days after it’s sent.
- Once your account is activated you will be able to log into the HUB (Ellucian Hub) and you will gain access to various Banner resources.
For Training Videos:
- Click on the button entitled “Education Svsc New”
- Click on “Learning Paths,” then select Banner from the dropdown.
- Canisius is currently on Banner version 8, so scroll down and select a course appropriate to the banner module you will be working in. For example, “Banner Financial Aid (8.x) Learning Path.” Canisius will be moving to Banner 9 in 2018.
- Most Learning Paths only contain access to Banner Navigation courses. This is due to our current maintenance level with Ellucian. The “Navigating Banner 8” course will be available in all module specific Learning Paths.
The Ellucian Support Center is where you can find Banner documentation and open cases when Banner is not working as expected.
eCommunities is the social networking application where you can ask others how they are using Banner and to learn about newly released enhancements or mandatory updates. There are plenty of ‘how-to’ videos in each of these Ellucian Resources to get you connected with other banner users and to keep informed about your particular Banner Module.
If you have any questions, please contact the Help Desk at Ext. 8340.
Submitted by: Linda Walleshauser, associate vice president, Human Resources
by browkaa | Dec 1, 2017 | Faculty, Staff
As director of Sew REDI Buffalo, I want to express my deep appreciation for the Canisius community’s support of our clients exhibited on Wednesday, November 29, through purchases of their products.
If you missed the sale, we will be hosting an open house at our classroom at the Catholic Charities ESL Building at 228 Albany at the corner of Herkimer, on the West Side on Saturday, December 16 from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Just look for the sign outside the building on Herkimer St. to direct you inside.
As many of you know, I am retiring at the end of the academic year. The rewards of directing Sew REDI Buffalo is second only to the opportunity I have had since 1981 to help Canisius students develop their logical and critical thinking skills. Following our Wednesday sale, I attended the oral defense of the last senior honors thesis that I am likely to supervise at Canisius. It was superb. It reminded me that our students’ outcomes are the result of the input of so many and you should be very proud of what you do and what our students achieve.
I had very mixed emotions about accepting the retirement incentive. I was well aware that success will mean new and exciting possibilities for Canisius. Yet, I was also aware that I cannot reinvent myself again and I did not, and do not, believe that I can contribute to that revitalization. Sew REDI Buffalo is an opportunity for me to apply what I have learned as an academic to improving the well-being of those who are most vulnerable and in need in the WNY community and is an exciting opportunity for me in my retirement. Sew REDI Buffalo will remain, in the future, a service-learning site for Canisius students and a project supported by the Canisius Enactus team which is responsible for its beginning.
I have enjoyed a wonderful career at Canisius and am so grateful for what I have received from all of you. I hope that you will welcome Sew REDI Buffalo to the campus in future years and continue to support it.
I give to all of you my sincerest wishes for a wonderful holiday season and success in the New Year that exceeds all previous success.
With much gratitude, Pat Hutton.
Submitted by: Patricia A. Hutton, PhD, professor of Economics
by etuk | Dec 1, 2017 | Faculty, Staff
Lions, Pandas and Polar Bears, Oh My!
Attend an information meeting for the Education First (EF) College Study Trip to Berlin
Next year’s Education First (EF) College Study Tour to Berlin has added a day trip to the Berlin Zoo! Please join us for an information meeting on Thursday, December 7 at 1:00 p.m. or Friday, December 8 at 2:00 p.m. in Lyons 303. Cookies and hot cocoa will be available as we discuss the details. The trip is open to all students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of Canisius. Please contact Professor Yvonne Widenor at widenory@canisius.edu for additional information.
Submitted by: Yvonne K. Widenor, visiting assistant professor and program director, Art History
Student Ensemble Concerts this Weekend
Enjoy the sounds of the Jazz Ensemble, Concert Band and Canisius Chorale
Don’t miss the end of semester student ensemble concerts this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. All three performances take place in the Montante Cultural Center at 7:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public.
Friday, December 1, features the Canisius College Jazz Ensemble with Russell Scarbrough as director and the Canisius College Concert Band, directed by Paul Biddle.
The performance on Saturday, December 2 marks Bradley Wingert’s debut on campus as the director of the Canisius College Chorale.
Wingert takes over for long-time director Frank Scinta who retired in spring 2017.
On Sunday, December 3, the Canisius College Chamber Orchestra performs under the baton of Ansgarius Aylward.
We hope to see you at one or all of these performances.
Submitted by: Ellen Barnum, ArtsCanisius director
In response to feedback received through the Employee Engagement team, we are pleased to offer Online Banner Training. These courses are designed for beginners, new hires and anyone who needs a refresher.
