Canisius Student Wins Top Honors in Cartoon Contest
He may not be an art major but the witty and persuasive editorial cartoons Adam Zyglis '04 draws for The Griffin are garnering national recognition. Zyglis placed first, this past fall, in the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) editorial cartooning contest. Competing against nearly 200 cartoonists from colleges and universities across the nation, Zyglis won $500 for his satirical drawing, which illustrated President George Bush and the cost of the Iraq war on taxpayers.
Zyglis is a computer science major but plans to pursue a career as a nationally syndicated cartoonist for daily newspapers around the nation. He currently serves as art director and editorial cartoonist for the college's student newspaper. The ACP is the collegiate affiliate of the Associated Press. To view the cartoon, click here.
Canisius Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta Honored at National Conference
(l-r) John Fenski '05, chapter vice president; Joseph Radetich '06, chapter secretary; Robert Klump, adjunct professor of political science and PAD faculty advisor; Lucian Sikorskyj '04, chapter president; and Carlos Sanchez '06, chapter treasurer.
The Canisius College Pre-Law chapter of the international law fraternity Phi Alpha Delta (PAD) was honored at the fraternity's national conference, which was held in Washington, D.C. in November. Canisius chapter president Lucian D. Sikorskyj '04 was named President of the Year for 2002-2003 and the chapter received the second place award for Chapter of the Year for 2002-2003. There are more than 220 pre-law PAD chapters at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
IS Students Help Revamp BBB Web Site
This past fall, students in the ISB 445 E-commerce and Web site Design course taught by Hal Kingsley, adjunct professor, IS, reviewed the Upstate New York Better Business Bureau (BBB) Web site as part of their coursework. Acting as consultants, the students then made suggestions for improvement which were submitted to the BBB. The ideas were well-received and according to Upstate New York's BBB president, Dave Polino, will be taken into consideration as the BBB redesigns their site.
Public Safety Annual Needy Drive
First row (l-r): Klevett Parrott, dispatcher, public safety; Kimberly LaVigne, lieutenant, public safety; Susan D'Archangelo, officer, public safety; Ron LaVigne, officer, public safety; and Rev. Paul Dugan, S.J., moderator of athletics and chaplain to alumni. Second row (l-r): James Mazur, officer, public safety; Michael Murphy, officer, public safety; Steve Wass, computer systems coordinator, public safety; Henry Piwko, officer, public safety; Dominic Barone, assistant director, public safety; Rev. John Bucki, S.J., director of campus ministry; Steve Erdman, officer, public safety and Gary Everett, director of public safety.
The Department of Public Safety helped out those less fortunate this holiday season with its annual holiday needy drive. Officers and staff members brought food, clothes, toys, blankets and Tops gift cards to the Public Safety Office for donation to St. Mary of Sorrows Church on Guildford Street in Buffalo. This is the third year that public safety has conducted its annual holiday needy drive.
Rev. John Bucki, S.J., director of campus ministry, led public safety staff in a prayer for the poor and Rev. Paul Dugan, S.J., blessed the donations. Public safety staff loaded two shuttle vans loaded with the collected items and two off duty officers/dispatchers served as "Santa's Helpers" to deliver the goods to St. Mary's on December 22.
Chrosniak Named Co-Chair of NYS Transition Partnership
Dr. Patricia Chrosniak, director of graduate deaf education, is the newly elected co-chair of the New York State Transition Partnership, an organization that serves the needs of deafblind youth. Chrosniak will coordinate efforts to develop and disseminate information and policy to individuals involved in the transitioning of deafblind children from their school years into the workforce.