Tower Lot Closure
The Tower Lot will be closed until further notice due to campus upgrade projects.
Please contact the Facilities Office at 888-2250 with any questions.
Submitted by: Joseph Snodgrass, Director of Facilities, Facilities Management
Vincent O’Keefe ’91, ENG, Publishes Essay Celebrating Niagara River Gorge
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:
https://greatlakesreview.org/the-niagara-river-gorge-a-church-full-of-joy/
You can learn more about Vincent O’Keefe and his work here:
Submitted by: Mick Cochrane, Professor
Luedke to Lead Counselor Education and Supervision Association
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
Canisius in the News
The Buffalo News highlighted how Canisius University’s Teacher Residency Program is uniquely positioned to survive federal funding cuts that are threatening similar programs across Western New York State. In the June 12 article, Professors Lorrei DiCamillo and Joyce Fanning, co-director of the program, explain how Canisius relies on partnerships with local schools and foundations rather than federal grants. Click here to read the full story.
WIVB-TV Channel 4 News interviewed Adjunct Professor Matt Gracie for a June 7 story about “Hack Nickel City.” The cybersecurity and information technology event welcomed some 300 professionals, students and enthusiasts to campus for a day of learning, collaboration and innovation. The event was hosted by BSides Buffalo and organized by Gracie. Click here to watch the story.
Submitted by: University Communications
