by browkaa | Mar 23, 2018 | Faculty, Staff
Have you been contemplating retiring in the next three to five years but have questions? Then consider attending the Retirement Seminar Series on Friday, April 13 from 1 – 4:00 p.m. in Grupp Fireside Lounge.
Presenters will be Greg Tedone, Financial Consultant, TIAA; Jennifer Campas from Social Security Administration; and Laryssa Domagala from Independent Health.
Register for the TIAA session here. Please email Dawn Rotterman at rottermd@canisius.edu if you will be attending the Social Security and/or the Independent Health sessions.
by etuk | Mar 23, 2018 | Faculty, Staff
Earth Hour
Take action for our planet by turning off lights for one hour
Once again the world will celebrate Earth Hour this Saturday, March 24 from 8:30 ‒ 9:30 p.m. This event began in Sydney, Australia in 2007, but is now observed in more than 180 countries around the world.
It’s simple. Everyone is asked to shut off all non-essential lights for this one hour. Be part of the world’s largest grassroots movement for the environment and join millions of other people to take action for our planet and nature.
Submitted by: Sister Pat Brady, director, Service Learning
Softball Schedules Home Opener for Sunday
Robert Morris visits
Your Canisius softball team is scheduled to play their first home games of the season this weekend when Robert Morris pays a visit to the Demske Sports Complex for a doubleheader. The games are scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 25, however that time could change depending on weather and the length of the baseball game scheduled earlier in the day. Visit www.GoGriffs.com for more up to date information this weekend.
Gianna Degaltini is the Griffs top hitter with a .269 batting average. Erika Mackie leads the pitching corps with a 2.88 ERA.
Submitted by: John Maddock, associate athletic director, External Affairs
Meet-the-Faculty Recital this Monday
Wingert to perform
Bradly Wingert, director of the Canisius College Chorale and Cantio Sacra, will perform a recital of music for harpsichord on Monday, March 26 at 12 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center. The program features the music of Caccini, Couperin, Handel, and Torelli and includes works for solo harpsichord, works for soprano and harpsichord. In addition, guest soprano Lisa Surace and a sonata for flute and harpsichord with Julia Coty, flute, will be featured. Admission is free and open to the public. Contact the Fine Arts/Music Program office for additional information at Ext. 2536.
Submitted by: Ellen Barnum, director, ArtsCanisius
WordPress Workshop
Ben Dunkle, professor of digital media arts, to present
Ben Dunkle, professor of digital media arts, presents “Getting Started in WordPress,” a Digital Humanities workshop, on Monday, March 26 at 3 p.m. in Old Main 115.
WordPress is a web development toolset powering almost a third of the internet. It is used for big-traffic professional websites but is surprisingly user-friendly for beginners. Faculty, staff and students use WordPress to create and maintain websites for offices, projects, blogs and professional portfolios.
In this workshop, Dunkle helps participants get into the basics of building and maintaining websites and blogs. Learn how to author attractive, functional content on the web, and develop skills useful for presenting yourself, your work and your organizations to the world.
Dunkle teaches courses in graphic design, web design and fine arts. He oversaw the development of numerous interactive projects, designed and coded web-based applications, created custom fonts, icons, logos and graphical assets used on millions of websites, and built curricula for educating future web designers and developers. Dunkle works on the WordPress open source project, designing icons for the administration environment. He is committed to empowering individuals who want to learn web design, and organizes bi-monthly meetup groups and conferences focused on WordPress and web design.
Submitted by: Mark Gallimore, instructional designer, Center for Online Learning & Innovation
