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Adam Zyglis, '04
The Buffalo News' editorial cartoonist and former Honors student Adam Zyglis graduated summa cum laude from Canisius in May 2004. He majored in computer science with a concentration in studio art and credits the Honors Program for his success."I feel that I wouldn't have my career as an editorial cartoonist if it wasn't for my experience in the Honors Program," Zyglis says. "I'm extremely fortunate to have landed one of only 85 full time editorial cartoonist positions in the U.S."
In addition to regular features in The Buffalo News, Zyglis' work has appeared in several books, magazines and Web sites such as msnbc.com. He has done storyboard artwork for national commercials including Verizon, as well as advertising and editorial illustrations.
In 2003, Zyglis won first place in Editorial Cartooning from the Associated Collegiate Press and the Universal Press Syndicate. He was also awarded second place in the John Locher Memorial Award, given by the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, and was a finalist for the Charles M. Schulz Award, sponsored by the Scripps Howard Foundation.
Zyglis says of the Honors Program: "Writing my honors thesis gave me the opportunity to look beyond my major and discover my true passion. In writing the paper, I got to interview some of the nations best cartoonists and develop my own theory on the craft. This pushed my cartoons to a new level and gave me the confidence to go after my dream job."
To see some of Zyglis' work, click here.
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Laura Szkutak earned her bachelor's degree in 2005 and is currently pursuing a graduate degree in literacy at Canisius. After writing her honors thesis, she sent it to several publishing companies. Publish America, a company located in Baltimore, Maryland showed interest, and within a couple of months after graduation, she signed a book deal.
Once Upon Charles Dickens, a thesis about how Dickens’ literature was influenced by various fairy tales, thus creating a fairy tale matrix in the themes of his works, was published in spring 2006. The book is available at major bookstores including on-line at amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com and borders.com. It was even picked up by the Charles Dickens museum store in England. In August 2006, book sales cracked the 2,000 mark.
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“Writing my honors thesis was one of the most powerful experiences I ever had," Laura says. "Typing your name into Amazon and seeing your book come up is unbelievable. I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to get my work out there, and I never would have had the idea to write something like this if not for Dr. Sroka’s class.”
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"Since graduation in 2003, I entered UB Medical School and I am now looking forward to graduating from medical school in May 2007. I am pursuing a residency in Radiology, and I will find out where I match in March.
"The Canisius College Honors program, and indeed all of my time spent at Canisius, represented an excellent experience which truly helped to prepare me for my future and inspired me to seek out opportunity wherever I could."
Honors Graduates Earn National Awards
| Fulbright-Hays Scholarships | |||
| Melanie Horton | 2007 | Mexico | |
| Elise Garvey | 2007 | Ukraine | |
| Edward Snyder | 2002 | Germany | |
| Stephen Altieri | 2002 | Canada | |
| Amy Lyons | 2001 | France | |
| Michael Slosek | 2001 | Canada | |
| Elizabeth Mangus | 2000 | Canada | |
| Benjamin Krass | 1999 | Spain | |
| Michael O’Sullivan | 1999 | Germany | |
| Rebecca Cressman | 1997 | Australia | |
| Marcella Kearns | 1995 | Austria | |
| Dan Sherman | 1995 | New Zealand | |
| Michael Klier | 1994 | Germany | |
| Erick Filipink | 1993 | Belgium | |
| Maria Miller | 1993 | New Zealand | |
| Lisa Kuriscak | 1993 | Spain | |
| Carolyn Dudek | 1993 | Spain | |
| Matthew Klaben | 1991 | Germany | |
| Thomas Malucci | 1988 | Germany | |
| Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship | |||
| Steven Seegel | 1999 | ||
| Truman Fellowship | |||
| A.J. Bellia | 1991 | ||
| NCAA Woman of the Year | |||
| Mary Beth Riley | 1991 | ||
| Arthur H. Carter Scholarship in Accounting | |||
| Brian Laibble | 1999 | ||
| Stephen Bubar | 1993 | ||
| Joyce Adzilka | 1991 | ||
| Jacob Javits Scholarship | |||
| Maureen Cody | 2000 | ||
| Amy Whipple | 1997 | ||
| Rotary Fellowship | |||
| Meghann Drury | 2001 | ||
| Lynn Pokrzyk | 1998 | ||
| Japanese Exchange and Teaching Program | |||
| J.R. Lipartito | 2001 |
For a list of Professional School placements, click here. (Adobe Acrobat .pdf)