by Elizabeth Turner | Apr 7, 2025 | Staff
Students enrolled in the Foundations of Education class with Dr. Barbara Burns volunteered at Hamlin Park Academy (BPS #64) twice this past week.
One group helped at the Thursday evening Academy on April 3rd playing basketball and other fun games, along with helping students learn about money. Then, more Canisius students arrived on Saturday, April 5th to assist with the DIY Bath Bomb station along with games in the athletic center while hundreds of people came by for the Free Farmer’s Market.
Canisius students got a glimpse into the Community Schools model and how it’s designed to serve the whole child in Buffalo Public Schools. At the end of April, more students will be volunteering at Burgard High School’s Saturday Academy. Thanks, Griffs!
by Graham Stowe | Apr 7, 2025 | Staff
The Canisius Writing Center recently started a podcast, The Excessive Podcast. In each episode, our host Sara Swenson, a senior Psychology and English major, interviews a writer on campus, discusses a piece of art or media found in the library, and talks about writing center work with tutors, and discusses a piece of art or media found in the library.
You can find the each episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and via any RSS-enabled podcast platform.
Submitted by Graham Stowe, Assistant Professor of English, Director of the Writing Center
by Joseph Dodoo | Apr 7, 2025 | Staff
Canisius University would like to acknowledge a student and a faculty, staff, or administrator who represent the ideals of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK). Toward this end, we would like to solicit nominations for an award or awards to be presented to deserving person(s) at the Spring Award Ceremony. The nominee must demonstrate qualities promoting social justice, racial harmony, civil rights, human rights, advocacy for the poor, or non-violence.
Please take a moment to nominate a University member for this honor. Only current students, faculty, staff or administrators can nominate Canisius University members. For each award category (student and non-student), please identify one or more areas listed in the link below which make this person deserving of the award.
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The deadline for the submission of this form is Friday, April 11, 2025
by wood5 | Apr 7, 2025 | Staff
The Department of Quantitative Sciences and the larger Canisius community mourn the passing of Dr. Kenneth Scherkoske on April 2, 2025.
Ken joined the Physics Department at Canisius College in the early 1980’s. He brought with him a background in theoretical nuclear physics and a love for mathematical physics. During his 35 years at the premier Jesuit university of Western NY, he taught a range of courses from introductory physics for health science students to Quantum Mechanics for Physics majors. Over the years, his students have remarked that he set a high standard of mathematical rigor in his classes. He felt at home in both the Physics Department and the Mathematics Department. He was also known for this sharp wit. His obituary can be found below:
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Ken and his family are in our thoughts.
In the Hands of God
More than ever I find myself in the hands of God.
This is what I have wanted all my life from my youth.
But now there is a difference;
the initiative is entirely with God.
It is indeed a profound spiritual experience
to know and feel myself so totally in God’s hands.
– Pedro Arrupe, SJ
Submitted by: Dr. Michael Wood, Professor of Physics
