Panera Benefit for Women’s Volleyball
Enjoy a delicious dinner and support the team’s upcoming tour
Come support the Canisius women’s volleyball program tonight, Wednesday, March 14, by eating at Panera at 765 Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo. Money raised will help the team reach its fundraising goal for an international tour. Be sure to show the flyer below or mention Canisius volleyball at the register between 4 – 8 p.m.
Submitted by: Chris Krueger, assistant coach, Women’s Volleyball
Community Week
Check out the events of the inaugural Community Week!
Please plan on taking part in one or more of the events during Canisius’ first Community Week. They include:
- Today, Wednesday, March 14: Stop by our Big Brother Big Sister visit at 7 p.m. in the lower level of Palisano
- Thursday: Griff Fair in Science Hall from 3 – 5 p.m.
- There will be many opportunities to hear how you can support community partners from all over Buffalo
- Friday: Van to St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy departs campus at 3:30 p.m. and returns to campus at 5:30 p.m.
- Saturday: Day of Service in Buffalo from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.; the kickoff is in the dining hall
- Serve with an organization in Buffalo from 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. and then return to campus for lunch from the West Side Bazaar!
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To register, login to the Portal here, which will take you to the Canisius Life page.
We are also collecting donations of toiletries and bags of candy for Journey’s End Refugee Services and St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy, respectively, until Friday.
Submitted by: Darby Ratliff, graduate assistant, Campus Ministry
Griff Fair is Tomorrow
Come build your professional network
Griff Fair, the annual career, internship and service event takes place tomorrow, Thursday, March 15 from 3 – 5 p.m.in Science Hall.
All undergraduate and graduate students, as well as alumni, are encouraged to attend. Students and alumni can register through their Handshake account.
This year, 80 organizations registered from a variety of industries including business, education, healthcare and government. Griff Fair is a great opportunity for students and alumni to build their professional networks and learn about career, internship and service opportunities.
Faculty and staff are welcome to stop by the event. We hope to see you there!
Submitted by: Julie Zulewski, director of Graduate Enrollment and Corporate Engagement
Women’s Lacrosse Continues Home Stand
Team squares off versus Bryant
Fresh off a thrilling three-overtime win over 16th ranked Yale, your Golden Griffin women’s lacrosse team continues its current home stand Thursday, March 15 versus Bryant. Game time is slated for 4 p.m. and there is no admission charge. The Griffs are now 2-4 with the win, while the Bulldogs are 2-2 after a one goal loss at Harvard last Saturday.
For additional information, visit www.GoGriffs.com
Submitted by: John Maddock, associate athletic director, External Events
Digital Humanities Speaker Series
Ekrem Serdar, curator at Squeaky Wheel
The Digital Humanities Speaker Series is honored to have Ekrem Serdar, curator at the Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center, speak at Canisius College on Thursday, March 15 at 4:00 p.m. in Lyons Hall 418.
In this presentation, entitled “Critical Mass: The Building of Community Through Screen-Based Art,” Serdar will briefly introduce Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center’s recent exhibition efforts, highlighting work by Sondra Perry, Angela Washko, and belit sağ, while looking at how we can treat these events as moments of research, long after the curtains come down and the screens dim.
At Squeaky Wheel, Serdar is responsible for the organization’s exhibitions, public programming and artist residencies. Previously, he was a programmer with Experimental Response Cinema (Austin, TX) which he co-founded. He is the recipient of a Curatorial Fellowship from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (2017). Serdar is an advisory member of Experimental Response Cinema, and the FOL Cinema Society (Istanbul). His writing has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, Millennium Film Journal, INCITE: Journal of Experimental Media, 5harfliler, among others. He completed his BA in Critical Studies, and his M.F.A in Media Arts Production at the Department of Media Study at SUNY Buffalo. Serdar is a native of Ankara, Turkey.
Please join us for this special event!
Submitted by: Mark Gallimore, instructional designer, Center for Online Learning & Innovation
Serious Games Meetup
Learn about the various applications of games
Join us for its next Serious Games Meetup on Friday, March 16 at 11 a.m. in the Digital Media Arts Lounge on the third floor of Lyons Hall.
Serious Games can serve a wide variety of purposes: educational, scientific simulation, healthcare, therapy, personnel training, emergency management, city planning and politics. The Serious Games Meetup is sponsored by the Digital Humanities Group. Here, faculty, staff and students explore learning theories and game design and conduct workshops where participants explore digital and analog game use and creation. And yes, they play some games, too!
Submitted by Mark Gallimore, instructional designer, Center for Online Learning and Innovation
Art in the Afternoon Series Continues
See screening of “The Deconstruction of Memory”
Art in the Afternoon returns Monday, March 19, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. with a screening of “The Destruction of Memory.” This event takes place in the Lower Level Conference Room in the Library. Sponsored by the Art History Program and the Fine Arts Department, this documentary describes the horrific impact of civil unrest on cultural spaces around the world.
The screening is part of Art in the Afternoon – a series of art historically minded documentaries and movies offered to the Canisius College community. All are invited to attend. For more information, please contact Professor Yvonne Widenor at widenory@canisius.edu.
Submitted by: Yvonne K. Widenor, visiting assistant professor and program director, Art History
Canisius Welcomes Colson Whitehead
Visit is part of Contemporary Writers Series
Canisius presents Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer Colson Whitehead, who will read from his works on Tuesday, March 20 at 7:00 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center. The event, which is free and open to the public, will include a book signing, question and answer period, and reception. Whitehead’s visit is made possible by the Contemporary Writers Series at Canisius College.
Colson Whitehead was raised in Manhattan and graduated from Harvard College. He is The New York Times bestselling author of The Noble Hustle, Zone One, Sag Harbor, The Intuitionist, John Henry Days, Apex Hides the Hurt and The Colossus of New York. Whitehead’s most recent novel, The Underground Railroad, won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction, the National Book Award, the American Bookseller’s Association Adult Fiction Book of the Year and was an Oprah Book Club selection. He received a MacArthur Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Writers Award, the Dos Passos Prize and a fellowship at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers.
For more information, contact Mick Cochrane at Ext. 2662.
Submitted by: College Communications
Video Institute Documentary Premiere
Jesuits in Latin America: Argentina
The Canisius College Video Institute will premiere its latest documentary on Wednesday, March 21 at 7 p.m. in the Science Hall Commons. The event is free and open to the public with question and answer session followed by refreshments.
“Jesuits in Latin America: Argentina,” produced by Nicholas Foraker ’18 and Justin Fague ’19, follows a group of Canisius students as it travels to Argentina with the college’s Institute for the Global Study of Religion (IGSOR). Travel and production were made possible by funding from The William H. Fitzpatrick Institute of Public Affairs and Leadership, IGSOR and the Video Institute.
David Goodwin, Graduate Assistant, Communication Studies
UP-STAT 2018 Statistics Conference at University of Rochester
Faculty, staff and students encouraged to attend
The University of Rochester will host this year’s Joint Conference of the Upstate Chapters of the American Statistical Association (UPSTAT-2018). This conference is April 20 and 21 and brings together faculty and students from several upstate universities to focus on statistical practice, data science and education.
Given the proximity of the U of R, Canisius faculty, staff and graduate students should take the opportunity to attend, network, and consider presenting.
The theme of this year’s conference is “Better Living Through Statistics.” The theme is a reflection of the diverse ways data and statistics permeate our every-day life. In addition to contributed presentations, the conference will have a renowned keynote speaker, tutorials, a data competition, poster sessions and a panel discussion. Refer to the web site here for details.
Note that the conference is on the weekend following Ignatian Scholarship Day on April 18. This is an excellent opportunity for Canisius students to present their work to a wider audience and have it published in the conference proceedings. This year’s speaker is Bhramar Mukherjee, PhD, from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, Biostatistics Department. Her presentations include:
- Revisiting the Genome-wide Threshold, Friday, April 20 from 4:00 ‒ 5:30 p.m.
- How Big Data Can Leverage Small Data and Conversely on Saturday, April 21 from 4:45 ‒ 5:55 p.m.
The deadline for abstracts is Friday, March 16. This can likely be extended if more time is needed. Details about the conference, including submission of abstracts or posters, can be found here.
Contact Mel Crotzer (crotzerm@canisius.edu), Adina Oprisan (oprisana@canisius.edu) or Leonid Khinkis (Khinkis@canisius.edu) with any questions.
Submitted by: Mel Crotzer, adjunct professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
