January 16, 2008                                                     Vol 9. No. 9

Public Relations Wins International Award for The Disputation
  
Debra S. Park MS '06, associate vice president, and Eileen C. Herbert '04 associate director
The Canisius College Department of Public Relations was recently recognized with a Gold MarCom Award by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. Debra S. Park MS '06, associate vice president, and Eileen C. Herbert '04 associate director, received the award in the marketing/promotion campaign/special events category for "What's a Disputation?" Due to their promotional efforts, the staged reading of The Disputation in fall 2006 performed to a sold-out audience in the college’s Montante Cultural Center. In June 2007, Park and Herbert also received Platinum Best in Show and Gold Excalibur Awards from the Buffalo Niagara Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) for their work on The Disputation.

The Disputation was brought to campus under the auspices of The Canisius College Center for the Global Study of Religion, Timothy Wadkins, PhD, director, in association with Temple Beth Zion, The Joan and Peter Andrews Family Foundation, Theater J. and co-produced by Jerome Neuner, PhD, associate vice president of academic affairs.

Public Safety Needy Drive

Rev. Paul J. Dugan, S.J., moderator of athletics and chaplain to public safety, blesses some of the donations gathered by Department of Public Safety staff members during their 7th annual holiday needy drive. More than $300 was raised through a public safety t-shirt sale. On Wednesday, December 19, the donations of groceries, clothing, and household items were delivered to Saints Columba and Brigid Church on Eagle St.

Vive La Casa Basket Donation
The STEPS Committee wishes to thank all who donated items for the baskets for VIVE LaCasa Refugee Shelter. A total of 55 baskets were assembled. In addition, five boxes of miscellaneous items were collected. Student members of Alpha Sigma Nu, the Jesuit honor society at Canisius, delivered the items to the shelter just in time for the holidays.

2008 MLK Award Nominations Accepted
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2008 Canisius College Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards. Awards are given to a student and/or non-student (faculty, staff or administrator) who represent the ideals of Dr. King. The awards will be presented at the Spring Honors Convocation.  The nominees must demonstrate qualities promoting equality, fairness, human rights and justice.

Please take a moment to nominate members of the college community for this honor by using the On-line form available here.  Nomination forms have also been placed at various locations around campus.

Please note that members of the MLK Awards Selection Committee cannot be nominated for the award. The deadline for nominations is Friday, February 8, 2008. For more information, please call the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Ext. 2787.