by Fatima Rodriguez Johnson | May 20, 2024 | Staff
The 4th Annual Juneteenth Celebration at Canisius University will be held on Thursday, June 13, 2024. All faculty, staff, and students are invited to share in a day of solidarity in honor of our African American community. This year’s event begins at 9:00 a.m. in the Science Hall Commons with a welcome by President Stoute and concludes with lunch. All are welcome and encouraged to participate, and we ask that you RSVP by Friday, June 7th.
In collaboration with Juneteenth Inc. of Buffalo, Canisius will host a Sankofa Day for the city-wide recognition. Sankofa means to “go back and get,” it recognizes the past while focusing on the future. The celebration includes workshops and service projects.
Juneteenth commemorates the anniversary of the date when news of emancipation finally reached most enslaved African Americans in Texas, and Canisius is proud to honor this day. It was on June 19, 1865, when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger along with more than 1,800 federal troops, arrived in Galveston, TX, to take control of the state from the Confederate rebellion, nearly two months after the war’s last major battle. Gen. Granger issued an order confirming the freedom promised in President Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Emancipation Proclamation and denied them by the Confederate government.
Canisius’ Juneteenth celebration hopes to inspire conversation, action, and hope in our ongoing work toward anti-racism, diversity, and inclusion.
Members of the university are also invited to attend activities held throughout the month. For more details on events and opportunities to volunteer for the city of Buffalo Juneteenth Celebration, please visit Juneteenth Buffalo.
Educational Resources are available below:
Juneteenth with Annette Gordon-Reed
The National Museum of African American History & Culture
Juneteenth Reading List
Submitted by: Fatima Rodriguez Johnson, Associate Dean for Diversity & Inclusion, Academic Affairs
by Hamilton Cochrane | May 20, 2024 | Staff
On Thursday, May 30, at 7:00 pm, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center will host a work-in-progress screening of I Am Here You Are Not I Love You, the short documentary film that will accompany Aidan Ryan’s forthcoming book of the same name to be published next year by the University of Iowa Press.
The book is in part a biography of Ryan’s aunt and uncle, the visual artists Cindy Suffoletto and Andrew Topolski, and in part a memoir tracing their influence on his own path into the arts and development as a writer. The short film follows the arc of the book, with visuals of the art he discovered along the way and interviews with key figures in Suffoletto’s and Topolski’s lives and legacies.
The purpose of a work-in-progress screening is to gather feedback to inform the last stages of post-production editing. Following the screening there will be time for a Q&A and feedback session. The event is free and open to the public.
Ryan has published memoir and cultural criticism in Public Books, The Millions, The Adroit Journal, Colorado Review, The White Review, CNN International, Irish America, the NEH’s Humanities, and Traffic East, where he is a senior editor.
He is also a cofounder and publisher of Foundlings Press, which has produced books, chapbooks, anthologies, broadsides, and archival works by new and established authors such as Forrest Gander, C.D. Wright, D.A. Powell, Mary Ruefle, Frank Stanford, and many others.
You can read more about the film and screening here:
https://www.hallwalls.org/media-arts/6532.html
You can learn more about Aidan Ryan here:
https://www.aidanryan.com
Submitted by: Mick Cochrane, Professor, English
by Robert Klump | May 20, 2024 | Staff
Pictured in front of the Supreme Court are the members of the Canisius pre-law chapter of Phi Alpha Delta who journeyed to Washington, DC in April.
Highlights of the excursion included attending oral arguments at the Supreme Court, meeting with two of Justice Clarence Thomas’s law clerks, touring FBI headquarters, attending proceedings before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and having dinner with Canisius alumni located in DC.
In addition, members of the group visited notable monuments such as the Lincoln Memorial and many of the Smithsonian museums including the Air & Space Museum, the Museum of Natural History and the Museum of American History.
This was the 31st PAD/DC excursion which was initiated by Raichle Pre-Law Center Director Robert Klump in 1991.
Submitted by: Robert Klump, Director, Raichle Pre-Law Center
by Amy Beiter | May 20, 2024 | Staff
The 2024-2025 Academic Catalog is scheduled to go live in early July. Therefore, we are asking that all catalog page and program curriculum edits be completed by Thursday, June 27. To help you with these changes we have set up virtual review sessions and linked helpful instructions on the Academic Affairs Courseleaf wiki page.
The virtual review sessions will go over the Courseleaf modules for the catalog (CAT), courses (CIM for Courses), and program requirements (CIM for Programs). Links to these modules are accessible from the portal. This training is recommended for any current or future chairs/program directors, faculty members who intend to develop new courses, faculty members who oversee minors or other curricula, administrative associates to academic departments, or anyone designated as a page owner. Contact Amy Beiter for the list of assigned pages.
The review sessions are being offered on the following days and times:
*This schedule is also listed on the Academic Affairs Coursleaf wiki page for future reference.
Additional review sessions will be added if needed. If you have any questions or require additional assistance with any edits or updates, please reach out to Amy Beiter at beiter5@canisius.edu or 716-888-2121.
Submitted by: Fatima Rodriguez Johnson, Associate Dean for Diversity & Inclusion, Academic Affairs
by Tyler Kron-Piatek | May 20, 2024 | Staff
Over the 2024 Summer, COLI will be doing a required overhaul to the Panopto integration with D2L. This will occur on late June 17th.
The impact to instructors using Panopto for course video should be minimal. However, on the day of the overhaul, Panopto may not be available to your or your students.
Additionally, if you plan on copying Panopto videos over from previous courses to a new course space, spot-check at least several of them and ensure that they play correctly.
If you find that you are having issues on or after June 17th with Panopto, please contact Helpdesk.
Submitted by: Tyler Kron-Piatek, Instructional Designer, COLI
