Canisius University is proud to announce that Karl F. Kozlowski, PhD, has been named a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). Kozlowski is associate dean for the School of Education and Human Services and professor and chair of theDepartment of Kinesiology. He received the prestigious honor during ACSM’s annual meeting in Atlanta, GA.
Fellow status is one of the highest honors bestowed by the ACSM and is reserved for individuals who have demonstrated excellence in research, education, and service in the fields of exercise science and sports medicine. Kozlowski’s professional achievements, scholarly contributions and commitment to the mission of ACSM made him an outstanding candidate for this recognition.
Kozlowski is a nationally respected educator and researcher whose career has focused on the use of exercise as a non-pharmaceutical treatment for disease, injury and disability. His research explores high-intensity functional exercise, exercise testing as a diagnostic tool and the therapeutic role of exercise in populations ranging from individuals with concussions to children with autism.
The Buffalo News interviewed Emeritus Professor of English Roger Stephenson, PhD, for a June 23 story about the late Chef Anne Burrell ’91. Stephenson taught Burrell in the late 1980s and early 1990s when she was a student at Canisius, studying English and communication studies. Burrell went on to earn fame as a television chef on the Food Network. She taught home cooks how to make restaurant-style dishes on the Emmy-nominated show “Secrets of a Restaurant Chef” and later coached amateur cooks on the long-running series “Worst Cooks in America.” Burrell died Tuesday, June 17. She was 55. Also quoted in the story is Kate Schilentz, a 2004 Canisius graduate and food journalist. Click here to read the story.
The Editorial Board of The Buffalo News credited Canisius University’s Teacher Residency Program for helping to strengthen the region’s teacher pipeline. The June 20 opinion piece explained how the program provides a pathway to longtime employment in this essential field. The article went on to say, “In these uncertain budgetary times, the folks running this critical teaching program are relieved to be independent of federal funding so districts can continue to rely on this pipeline of well-trained, prepared teachers.” Click here to read the full story.
Julia Anna Golebiewski, PhD, weighed in with The Buffalo News about whether the region’s job market will be able to hold up amid uncertainty caused by the Trump administration’s tariff policies. In the June 18 story, the associate professor of economics and finance indicated the local market has become more uncertain as businesses and consumers still don’t know just how much the tariffs will cost them. Click here to read more.
The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) invited President Steve Stoute to share a reflection on his recent week-long service encounter in El Salvador, as part of the Ignatian Colleagues Program (ICP). ICP is a formation program run by AJCU for leaders in higher education. President Stoute’s reflection appeared in the June 13 edition of AJCU Higher Ed News and can be read here.
Vincent O’Keefe is the author of “The Niagara River Gorge: A Church Full of Joy,” which appears in the current issue of Great Lakes Review, a literary magazine devoted to celebrating the Great Lakes region in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and photography.
O’Keefe recalls how as a boy growing up in the DeVeaux neighborhood of Niagara Falls, he explored “the gorge” first with family and later with classmates, and he describes the pleasure he feels today when he revisits it in the company of old friends:
“A hike down the gorge today makes us question Heraclitus’s dictum that “you can’t enter the same river twice.” For when we visit the gorge, our adult eyes love to see many of the same sights from the past—the sections of the path where old rockslides and tree roots still impact the route, the similar look of the wooded sides of the gorge, the same green-and-white color combinations of the river and its rapids.”
O’Keefe graduated from Canisius in 1991, as a member of all-college honors with a major in English. He earned an MA in English from Temple University and a PhD in American literature from Loyola University Chicago. His freelance writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, Parents, Business Insider, Next Avenue, City Dads, Your Teen, The Plain Dealer ,and The Huffington Post.
You can read “The Niagara River Gorge: A Church Full of Joy” here:
Canisius University announced today that Ashley Luedke, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Counseling and Human Services in the School of Education and Human Services, has taken over as president of the North Atlantic Region Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (NARACES). Luedke’s term begins July 2025 and extends through June 2026.
As president of NARACES, Luedke will serve as chief executive officer of the association and the chairperson of its Executive Council. Luedke’s duties include oversight of the fall conference and representation of NARACES on the Association for Counseling Education and Supervision (ACES) Executive Council. Following her term as president, Luedke will serve a one-year term as past president.
Luedke is a licensed mental health counselor in the states of New York and Florida. She received her clinical training and master of science degree in mental health counseling from Canisius University before going on to complete her doctorate in counselor education from Florida Atlantic University. Luedke’s background is in crisis and trauma clinical work. Her research explores the therapeutic relationship and looks at the impact of nonverbal communication. In Luedke’s clinical work, she utilizes creative modalities and an integrated approach grounded in gestalt. As a professor she focuses on bringing practice into the classroom and enhancing clinical skills with the focus on the client. Click here to read more.
Submitted by: Karl Kozlowski, PhD, associate dean, School of Education and Human Services
