by Margaret Kraatz | Feb 2, 2022 | Faculty
The Student Records & Financial Services Center has teamed up with Hospice Buffalo to take orders for the organization’s 36th annual Hospice Spring Bouquet Sale. This year, you can purchase a gorgeous mixed bouquet for $12 or a tribute bouquet for $35. (For every tribute bouquet purchased, a $12 bouquet will be sent to brighten the day of a current Hospice patient.). In addition, to celebrate the 36th year of the bouquet sale, Hospice is giving away 36 prizes for 36 years. Each tribute bouquet will receive a scratch off card for the opportunity to be one of our lucky winners! All proceeds from the Spring Bouquet Sale benefit Hospice Buffalo’s patients and their families.
Orders with payment are due no later than Friday, February 11. Cash and checks are accepted. Checks can be made out to Hospice Buffalo. You can also venmo to Allaina @Allaina-Rosemarie.
Flowers will delivered on Monday, March 7 and you will be contacted when they arrive for pick up.If you have any questions, please contact Allaina Faulise at faulisea@canisius.edu or Margaret Kraatz at kraatzm@canisius.edu. Help us bring a dose of springtime and happiness to the people impacted by serious illness and loss!
Submitted by: Margaret M. Kraatz, financial aid specialist, Student Records & Financial Services
by Bethany Voorhees | Feb 2, 2022 | Faculty
Take some time to read through Guardian & Uprise Health’s February newsletter to learn more about heart health, women’s heart health, the correlation between mental health and heart disease, and other Employee Assistance Program resources and events.
This month’s newsletter also features a webinar titled “Mindset: Retrain Your Thinking” which will take place on February 17 from 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Submitted by: Bethany Voorhees, executive associate, President’s Office
by Bethany Voorhees | Feb 2, 2022 | Faculty
Calling all faculty and staff at Canisius College to join other Jesuit institutions in the 10th annual Go Move Challenge by recording your minutes of intentional physical activity that gets the heart pumping to determine which Jesuit institution is the most active. The challenge runs from February 1 – February 28, so make sure to get registered so you can begin tracking your minutes right away. See below for further details.
The Go Move Challenge officially kicked off yesterday for all faculty and staff, but it’s not too late to get registered and catch up on tracking any minutes of exercise you’ve had so far. Sign up today for a chance to win a $50 gift card to the Canisius Bookstore. If faculty and staff meet the goal of at least 600 minutes for the month of February with at least 150 minutes per week of intentional, heart-pumping exercise, their name will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win. According to the American Heart Association, it is recommended that you fit in at least 150 minutes of heart-pumping physical activity every week.
Awards go to the university that tracks the most minutes, the university that averages the highest number of minutes per participant, and the university with the highest average number of minutes per region.
HOW TO JOIN THE CHALLENGE
- Register at GoMoveChallenge.org, even if you participated last year
- Click the “LOG IN / REGISTER” button on the top menu bar
- In the “REGISTER” box, enter your university email address and other required information, including your university
- In the “Division/College” box, click on your division/college (ie School of Law, School of Ed, Student Life, Provost Office…) from the drop down. If you don’t see your Division/College, choose “Other” and enter the name of yours
- Click the “SUBMIT” button when finished
- You will receive a confirmation email with your user email and password
HOW TO LOG MINUTES
- Starting February 1, visit GoMoveChallenge.org
- Click the “LOG IN / REGISTER” button on the top menu bar
- In the “LOG IN” box, enter your email address and password
- In the “LOG MY WORKOUT” box, select the intensity of your workout and description and enter the number of minutes, and select a single date or date range for logging multiple days
- Click the “LOG IT” button when finished
- Users can delete minutes that were entered in error
CHALLENGE RULES AND TIPS
- Challenge runs from February 1 – 28. Minutes will not be accepted after challenge ends.
- Get inspired and motivated by creating a team of up to 4 (including yourself) to compete against other teams at your university to see which one averages the most number of minutes!
- Use the Go Move Challenge social media sites to share photos, tag photos #GoMoveChallenge
- Open the mobile-friendly challenge website from your phone’s browser to enter minutes on the go!
- Read the challenge FAQ at GoMoveChallenge.org/FAQ
Learn more by watching the video at https://youtu.be/xk8YPf3pgto.
If you have any questions, please contact Bethany Voorhees, executive associate to the president, at voorheeb@canisius.edu or 716-888-2100.
Submitted by: Bethany Voorhees, executive associate, President’s Office
by Tyler Kron-Piatek | Feb 2, 2022 | Faculty
Thank you to all of the presenters for this year’s Winter Faculty Development Week (WFDW)!
The recordings for these amazing sessions are available by request only. Please email either Dr. Mark Gallimore (gallimom@canisius.edu) or Tyler Kron-Piatek (kronpiat@canisius.edu) for access to these videos and associated materials.
Sessions and Activities included:
- Supporting Scholarship: A Panel Conversation
- Session: The Engaged Scholarship Initiative
- Session: Building Inclusivity: Awareness and Intention in Classroom and Community
- Session: Autism Spectrum Disorder Awareness: Characteristics and Recommendations for the College Classroom
- Panel Discussion: Grading for Equity
- Session: Ignorance Is No Longer an Excuse: Understanding the Indigenous and American History You Were Never Told… On Purpose
- Workspace: Crafting an Inclusive Syllabus
- Session: Title IX/Clery/VAWA: “I Have So Many Questions”
- Session: Resources for Teaching Information Literacy in the Disciplines
- Session: Academic Integrity at Canisius: Past, Present, and Future
- Session: Using Case Studies in the Classroom
- Session: Stay Golden, Griffins: Supports for Student Success
- FYE Session: Debriefing for FYE Faculty
For session descriptions, please click here.
Please contact session leaders for permission first before sharing materials with your class/colleagues.
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Submitted by: Tyler J. Kron-Piatek, academic technologist, COLI
