The Student Records & Financial Services Center has once again teamed up with Hospice Buffalo to take orders for the organization’s 39th annual Hospice Spring Bouquet Sale. This year, you can purchase a gorgeous mixed bouquet for $14 or a tribute bouquet for $35. For every tribute bouquet purchased, a $14 bouquet will be sent to brighten the day of a current hospice patient. Orders with payment are due no later than Thursday, Feb. 6. Cash and checks are accepted. Checks can be made out to Hospice Foundation. Flowers will delivered on Monday, March 3, 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. Thank you for your support in bringing springtime beauty and happiness to those impacted by serious illness and loss.
Submitted by: Margaret M. Kraatz, Financial Aid Specialist, Student Records & Financial Services
The English department is pleased to announce the Thomas Connelly Community Engagement Fellowships. Funded generously by alumnus Thomas Connelly ’71, ’74, these grants will support English and creative writing majors and minors who intern or volunteer at nonprofit organizations in Buffalo. Successful applicants design projects that unite their interests in English with their social commitments and professional goals, while aspiring to the Canisius University traditions of leadership and community engagement.
If you would like more information about this program or would like apply for a Community Engagement Fellowship, please contact the English Department Chair, Professor Mark Hodin (hodinm@canisius.edu) or Hawa Saleh ’24, the Connelly English Department Fellow (saleh5@canisius.edu). The application will ask you to explain how your internship or volunteer experience contributes meaningfully to your academic work in English or creative writing; to have a sponsor at your organization; and to propose a final project. such as a creative work, essay, video documentary or presentation, that you can share with the Canisius community. Fellowships will be paid as a stipend of $2,000 for approximately 130 hours of on-site work. The grants are competitive and will be awarded by a committee of English department faculty. Awards for summer will be made by April 15 and sooner for proposals for spring volunteering or internships.
Submitted by: Mark Hodin, Professor and Chair, English Department
Canisius University earned a top spot in its inaugural appearance in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report rankings for Best Online Master’s in Business Programs. Canisius secured the No. 66 position among more than 200 ranked institutions, putting the programs in the top third nationally and No. 2 in New York State. This is the first year Canisius’ online master’s in business programs were eligible for consideration in U.S. News & World Report’s rankings, which evaluate schools on a variety of factors including student engagement, faculty credentials, services and technology.
Canisius’ online master’s in education programs also earned distinction in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report rankings. The university climbed three spots to secure the No. 85 position nationally, placing its online master’s education programs among the top 100 out of more than 300 institutions evaluated. The rankings also placed Canisius at No. 6 in New York State and No. 1 in Western New York. This is the eighth consecutive year the university has been ranked in this category.