TIAA Financial Consultant Ed Haspett will be on campus again for one-on-one sessions on Thursday, May 22, in the Student Center Conference Room 205, and still has open spots. Schedule your session using the link below. This is a great opportunity for employees to discuss their TIAA 403(b) retirement plans and receive personalized financial guidance.
Visit the TIAA website to schedule your session
Submitted by: Bethany Voorhees, HR coordinator, Human Resources
Canisius University hosted a special early graduation ceremony on Tuesday, May 13, for seven senior members of the rowing team who will miss their official commencement ceremonies to compete in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championships.
The intimate ceremony took place at 3:00 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center and honored both the academic achievements and athletic commitments of these dedicated student-athletes. Canisius President Steve Stoute conferred degrees upon the seven seniors: Hannah Kenefick, Morgan Marsallo, Cecelia Reiser, Macey Schneider, Kaleigh Schwab, Brooke Urmson and Skylar Vles. Vice President for Academic Affairs Bridget Niland, JD, PhD, served as master of ceremonies, and Chaplain for Mission and Ministry Rev. Fred Betti, SJ, delivered the invocation.
The senior rowers will compete in the MAAC Championships in Cherry Hill, NJ, from May 16-18, preventing them from attending Canisius University’s official graduation ceremony on May 17. Click here to read more.
Submitted by: University Communications
Joshua Russell, PhD, of the ABEC & Anthrozoology departments was interviewed by a journalist from The Athletic, the sports section of The New York Times. The article, “Dogs, cheetahs, wolves: Why do coaches love to show animal videos to their teams,” explores the many reasons why coaches use animal videos as motivational tools, and features interviews with head coaches Pete Carroll, Mike Leach, and Jim Harbaugh. Russell commented on some of the evolutionary and social reasons as to why animal imagery might be motivational.
The article can be read in full here. (subscription required)
Submitted by: University Communications
Joe Wood’s In the Cold Starlight is being published by Rogue Planet Press, an independent publisher that specializes is science fiction and cosmic horror. The book will be serialized in four installments through their magazine Lovecraftiana.
At Canisius, Wood served as editor-in-chief of Quadrangle, worked as a writing center tutor, and was a member of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honors society. His all-college honors thesis was a work of fiction, Bleeding Statutes: Robot Stories.
Currently Wood is a graduate student and CRISP fellow at SUNY Oswego, where he is researching and collaborating on initiatives to promote diversity in the field of school psychology.
You can learn more about Joe Wood’s writing on his author website:
https://wood4792.wixsite.com/joe-wood-writes
Submitted by: Mick Cochrane, Professor, English
