by Allyson Backstrom | Dec 16, 2025 | Staff
During fall 2025, the Dr. George E. Schreiner ’43 Pre-Medical Center offered our second mercy doula (end-of-life doula) service-learning course.
Pre-Med and Pre-Health (pre-PA, pre-Nursing, pre-Vet) students, alongside Canisius Physician Assistant students, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences medical students, and a Canisius professor, trained as mercy doulas.
Trainers included fellow Griff and palliative care physician, Dr. Katie Grimm, a palliative care nurse, and a social worker.
Our undergraduate students then volunteered at the Sloan Comfort Care Home, a local non-profit that provides a homelike environment for those who do not have the financial or family support to die at home. Griffs served as mercy doulas, accompanying guests during the last journey of their lives. Several of the medical students in the training are assigned to Sloan Home as part of the medical school’s new community-based curriculum.
After hearing our pre-health students’ final course reflections on their experiences volunteering with the guests at Sloan Home, one of the founders of Sloan shared, “If anyone worries about the future of healthcare, they should meet these eloquent and thoughtful pre-health students. Their reflections were poignant—as well as very helpful for planning future training.”
We are grateful to our mercy doula trainers and the staff and volunteers at Sloan for being such great teachers and mentors for our students.
by Richard Bailey | Dec 16, 2025 | Staff
Richard A. Bailey, PhD, associate dean, School of Arts & Social Sciences is excited to announce that the inaugural episode of the podcast series Canisius Conservation Conversations is now live! Thanks to funding from Canisius and the Michael and the Christopher M ’83 & Christine Kelly Endowment Fund, this series will explore conservation issues close to home, and far afield.
Listen to podcast hosts Daunte Briggs and Grace Coloney as they explore “What Happened at Ischua Creek?”
Be sure to join the conversation!
by Danielle Pagano | Dec 16, 2025 | Staff
Do you have a stack of magazines you no longer need? Donate them to the WBC so we can repurpose them for our workshops and activities!
Simply bring them by our office and drop them off anytime, we are in Science Hall Rm 1005.
Please donate them by Monday, January 20.
We appreciate your support!
by Emeri Krawczyk | Dec 16, 2025 | Staff
Out with the old, in with the new!
As you refresh your closet for the upcoming new year, why not give your gently used professional clothes a second life?
Donate to the Career Closet!
Career Development is collecting suits, dresses, blazers, pants, sweaters, shirts, blouses, shoes, socks, belts, scarves, and jewelry for our annual Griff Career Fair on March 18, 2026. We can meet you in the Old Main parking lot to take your donations—or even swing by your office if that’s easier. Stop by Horan O’Donnell 014 to coordinate.
Help our students step confidently into their future… and make room for your next wardrobe upgrade!
by Emeri Krawczyk | Dec 16, 2025 | Staff
The Dome will be on hiatus for the break from Monday, Dec. 22, and will resume publication on Wednesday, Jan. 7.
If you need information included in the Friday, Dec. 19 edition, please submit it by 2 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 18.
Wishing everyone a happy holiday season!
