The Institute for Classical and Medieval Studies (ICMS) welcomes all students back to school! With a new semester comes a new season of events. This year’s topics include the Silk Road, archaeology in Turkey and the Vikings. We begin with Classics Tea@2, beginning this Friday, August 30 in our new reading room, Old Main 418. This weekly get-together is a relaxed atmosphere with various kinds of tea, pastries and conversation. Those looking to de-stress after a week of studies are invited to attend.
Watch The Dome for updates on events and talks for fall 2019. Check out our website here for details and follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook. Join our mailing list to receive our newsletter.
Cantio Sacra, directed by Melissa Thorburn, invites faculty, staff and students to join us this semester as we perform at events on and off campus. The group, a chamber choir that performs both sacred and secular music, meets for rehearsal from 1:00 p.m. -1:50 p.m. on Wednesdays in Christ the King Chapel. Our first rehearsal is August 28. Singers of all ages, voice ranges, and experience are welcome!
Submitted by Melissa Thorburn, adjunct professor of Fine Arts/Music
The Center for Online Learning & Innovation (COLI) offers a five-week mini-course for Canisius College faculty that prepares professors to teach online and hybrid courses. This course provides many practical tips for teaching online, but more importantly, helps faculty explore new pedagogies for active learning, social presence, and community building in courses on the internet. The core of COLI’s approach to online teaching and learning is that the professor is the single most important element in successful student learning. The Online Faculty Development Course (OFDC) helps professors achieve a strong teaching presence within their online and hybrid courses. The OFDC also simulates a quality online course, so participating faculty get a sense of what it’s like to be an online student.
All Canisius College faculty are eligible to participate in the OFDC. Whether you plan to teach an online or hybrid course in the future, aren’t yet sure you’ll teach online, or would just like to know more about online courses and coursework, this is an excellent opportunity. Check the COLI website, at canisius.edu/coli, to see when the next OFDC is happening. Then enroll by contacting coli@canisius.edu.
Submitted by: Mark Gallimore, director, Center for Online Learning and Innovation
Petey gave out lots of hugs and high-fives at last Thursday’s President’s Welcome and Blessing.
The Koessler Center was packed with members of the Class of 2023, their parents and Canisius faculty and staff on Thursday, August 22 for the President’s Welcome and Blessing. Vice President for Student Affairs Daniel Dentino, PhD, and President John Hurley welcomed the newest members of the Canisius family, and President Hurley offered some advice to students on how to best take advantage of their Canisius education. He also told parents that if their children take his advice, they will be significantly transformed in four years. Mike Hayes, director of campus ministry, offered a blessing, during which all students held up flameless candles.
Sara Morris, PhD, interim vice president for academic affairs, read the college’s Academic Promise and Abby Hughes from the Undergraduate Student Association invited students to recite the Student’s Pledge. The event closed with the singing of the Alma Mater.
Daniel Dentino, PhD, vice president for student affairs, welcomes the Class of 2023.
President John Hurley offers new students some words of wisdom.
