Canisius Hosts Annual Accounting Banquet

by Kimberly Walkow | Apr 24, 2024 | Staff

Patrick W. Finucane ’83, chief financial officer for Glendale Realty Services Group and Glendale Development, will be honored as the Accountant of the Year at the 67^th annual Canisius University Accounting Society banquet on Thursday, April 25 at Salvatore’s Italian Gardens.  Cocktails are at 5:30 p.m.; dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m.

The Canisius College Accounting Society will also recognize Myles M. Abbott ’03, MBA ’04, CPA.  A partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Abbott will receive the Dr. Joseph R. Coppola ’40 Award, which recognizes the exceptional achievements of a Canisius University accounting alumnus.

Dr. Ian J. Redpath, chair of the Canisius University Accounting Department, will present student awards during the event.

Click here to read more about both Patrick Finucane and Myles Abbott.

Submitted by: Kimberly Walkow, Executive Administrative Assistant, Wehle School of Business

FUTURE MAKERS Fundraiser

by Kimberly Walkow | Apr 3, 2024 | Staff

Do you know there’s a class on campus called the IMC Masterclass where students get to run an on-campus marketing agency?

Do you know that each semester, the Masterclass students take on a mission-driven organization as their client, and then use integrated marketing and communication skills to help the organization make a greater impact in our world?

And did you know that this semester, the students have taken on Future In Our Hands-USA (a Buffalo-based nonprofit) and they’re hosting the first-ever FUTURE MAKERS Fundraiser right here on campus to fund projects in Kenya and Zambia?

Now. you. know.  And you’re invited!

The FUTURE MAKERS Fundraiser is happening right here on campus on April 18. 

Here’s everything you need to know…

• Keynote speaker, Latricia Davis – Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at West Herr Automotive Group
• Cocktail hour 5:30-6:30 p.m.
• Dinner starts at 6:30 p.m.
• Free drink tickets, then a cash bar
• A chance to give back to the less fortunate in Kenya and Zambia
• Raffle baskets
• 50/50 drawing
• 100% of ticket sales and proceeds go directly to life-giving projects

The entire event (+ website, marketing and everything in between) is being planned by the Masterclass students. Their goal is to bring Buffalo professionals together for an evening of stepping into our collective calling to be greater future makers.

Get tickets here or learn more here. And meet the IMC Masterclass students here (can you believe the students made this video!?).

We hope to see you there! If you cannot make it, please consider donating and/or forward this email to your friends and family.

Submitted by: Kimberly Walkow, Executive Administrative Assistant, Wehle School of Business

Congratulations to Golden Griffin Fund Team

by Kimberly Walkow | Feb 14, 2024 | Staff

A four-person team from the Canisius University Golden Griffin Fund (GGF) secured first place in the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Research Challenge of Western New York, held Saturday, February 10.  Canisius University has dominated the CFA Research Challenge in Western New York since its inception in 2010.  This year marks the 14th consecutive first-place win for Canisius.

The Canisius team overcame competitors including SUNY Geneseo, University at Buffalo, University of Rochester (2 teams), Ithaca College and St. John Fisher to take home the first-place prize. The team now advances to the sub-regional challenge for the Eastern portion of the U.S.

The Golden Griffin Fund team that competed in the CFA Research Challenge in Western New York is comprised of Garet Long ’24, Maura Jordan ’24, Max Kouznetsov ’24 and Andrew Finnerty ’24 (team captain).

The CFA Institute Research Challenge is an annual global competition that provides university-sponsored teams with hands-on mentoring and intensive training in financial analysis.  The competition tests the analytic, valuation, reporting, writing and presentation skills of students studying business, finance, and economics.  Teams are challenged to research a publicly traded company and write a written report with a buy, sell, or hold recommendation.  Teams must then present and defend their analysis to a panel of industry professionals who serve as judges in the competition.

Housed within the Richard J. Wehle School of Business and established in 2003, the GGF was one of the region’s first real-money, equity investment funds managed by undergraduate and graduate business majors.  GGF students select potential companies in which to invest, manage and analyze portfolio holdings, and evaluate and recommend companies to add to the portfolio.

Click here to learn more.

Submitted by: Richard J. Wehle School of Business