Cardinal Dulles to Receive President's Medal
On Tuesday, November 8, Canisius President Rev. Vincent M. Cooke, S.J., will present Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., with the President's Medal, the college's highest honor. Dulles, the Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University, will then give a lecture entitled "Should the Church be Counter Cultural?" in the Montante Cultural Center at 7:30 p.m.  

Dulles entered the Society of Jesus in 1946 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1956.  In February 2001, Pope John Paul II appointed Dulles a Cardinal of the Catholic Church in Rome.  The appointment made him the first American-born theologian, who was not a bishop, to receive this honor.

Cardinal Dulles has published more than 750 articles and 22 books on theological topics including Newman (2002), The Splendor of Faith: The Theological Vision of Pope John Paul II (1999), The Catholicity of the Church (1985) and Models of Revelation (1983). 

He currently serves as a consultant to the Committee on Doctrine of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, and is past president of the Catholic Theological Society of America and the American Theological Society.  He also served on the International Theological Commission and as a member of the United States Lutheran/Roman Catholic Dialogue. 

Dulles' lecture is sponsored by the Conversations in Christ & Culture lecture series. For more information, contact Timothy Wadkins, PhD, at Ext. 2820.

Canisius Cares Program a Success
The Canisius Cares Program will send more than $4,000 to the student council at Loyola University, New Orleans for Hurricane Katrina relief thanks to the generosity of the Canisius community.  The Undergraduate Student Association (USA) placed containers throughout campus, which raised $1,400 and the Residence Hall Association (RHA) sold hundreds of red wristbands for $2 each which included the words “Respond, Relieve, Recovery, Rebuild, Remember.”  That fundraiser brought in approximately $800. The USA will now match those contributions for a total of approximately $4,400.  The fundraiser ended on September 30.

Canisius College Open House
For the second year, Canisius College will hold two sessions for its fall open house, on Saturday, October 22 and Saturday, November 12. Registration begins at 10 a.m.

"Two sessions enable more prospective students to attend open house," says Ann Marie Moscovic, co-director for admissions.  "We hope to break last year's attendance record of 636."

New this year are personalized agendas for prospective students, who select their preferences when they pre-register. Admissions staff then prepare tailored agendas for each prospective student, which they when can pick up when they check in at open house.

"There is still the flexibility for a person to decide what sessions to attend that day but this takes much of the guess work out of it for them," adds Moscovic.

Also new this year is a student life panel discussion, which will include administrators from the offices of Residence Life, Campus Programming and Leadership Development, and Public Safety.  

Faculty, administrators and students will be on hand to greet prospective students. Campus tours will be available and Eastwood Hall, the college's newest residence hall, will be open for tours as well. There will be academic presentations by faculty, and information available on financial aid, student life and admissions procedures. And of course, Canisius President Rev. Vincent M. Cooke, S.J., will be on hand to welcome prospective students and their parents.

Cooke, Montante Participate in Visions of Greater Buffalo Auction
Rev. Vincent M. Cooke, S.J., president of Canisius College and alumnus Carl J. Montante '64, managing director of Uniland Development Company, were among 100 VIPs (Very Interesting People) asked to participate in the Visions of Greater Buffalo celebration and silent auction.

The Montante Cultural Center was the subject of Father Cooke's photograph selected for inclusion in the CEPA auction.

Canisius alumnus Carl Montante '64 captured an image of Buffalo's grain elevators for his submission to Visions of Greater Buffalo.

Participants photographed their favorite images of Greater Buffalo. A panel of judges then chose one image from each individual for exhibition at The Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Art's (CEPA) Gallery.  The project celebrates CEPA's 30th year of photographic tradition.

Bidding on the photographs began when CEPA unveiled the Visions of Greater Buffalo images during Curtain Up!   A gala celebration and silent auction was also held on October 8, 2005.

Bids will continue to be accepted for the next few weeks at the gallery or by submitting a proxy bid form available at CEPA offices and on the Web at www.cepagallery.com.

Visit www.cepagallery.com/vogb to view all of the entries.

Service Recognition Ceremony November 11
Faculty, staff and administrators who have reached their fifth, 10th and 15th year of service to the college will be honored at the fourth annual Service Recognition Ceremony on Friday, November 11 at 2:30 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center. Everyone is welcome to attend to recognize their colleagues for their service milestones. 

Canisius Alumnus Featured in America Magazine

Sabiha Ahmad '04 at the STEPS site in New York City during last winter's service trip.

Sabiha Ahmad '04 reflected on her experience in the "Of Many Things" column written by George M. Anderson, S.J., in the September 26, 2005 issue of America, a national magazine published by the Jesuits of the United States. Ahmad discussed her volunteer work for Canisius' winter service trip in New York City in January 2005.  

Ahmad, a former graduate assistant in the Office of Campus Ministry, and 48 other Canisius students volunteered at a number of sites, including the STEPS to End Family Violence Center and St. Francis Xavier Church in Lower Manhattan.

Did You Know? The total number of full-time faculty at Canisius now totals 217, of which 95 percent hold PhD or terminal degrees.

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CANISIUS EVENTS

Polish Pianist to Perform at Canisius
Canisius College welcomes pianist Slawomir P. Dobrzanksi on Friday, October 14 at 7:00 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center.  The concert is sponsored by the Permanent Chair of Polish Culture at Canisius College. Tickets are $7; students are free with ID.  For tickets or for more information, call the Office of Modern Languages at Ext. 2835.

CSW to Host Dessert and Conversation
The Committee on the Status of Women (CSW) will host Dessert and Conversation on Tuesday, October 18 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Regis Room South. Bring (or buy) your lunch and join your co-workers to catch up on the latest campus news. Dessert and beverages are provided. For more information, contact Barb Wozniak at Ext. 3737 or wozniakb@canisius.edu.

Canisius Welcomes Nationally Known Law Commentator
Douglas W. Kmiec, professor of constitutional law and Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law, will speak on Thursday, October 27 at 8:15 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center.  Kmiec’s lecture, “Catholic Faith in Public Life – Of Thomas More, JFK and John Roberts,” is sponsored by the Frank G. Raichle Lecture Series on Law in American Society.  The lecture is free and open to the public.

The Frank G. Raichle Lecture Series is sponsored by the Frank G. Raichle Pre-Law Center, established at the college in 1981.  The center was made possible by a gift from the late Frank Raichle, Esq., a leader of the American Bar Association and former member of the Canisius College Board of Trustees.  For more information regarding Kmiec’s lecture, contact Peter J. Galie, PhD, director of the Raichle Pre-Law Center, at Ext. 2699. 

Canisius Welcomes Rabbi Goldstein
On Thursday, November 3, Canisius welcomes Rabbi Elyse Goldstein, director and rosh yeshivah of Kolel: The Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning in Toronto. Goldstein will conduct a workshop, “Amazing Heroines: Feminist Analysis of Biblical Text,” at 2:30 p.m. in the Regis Room. The workshop will explore profeminists in the Bible: Sarah, Rachel, Leah and the Daughters of Zelophehad.

Later that day, at 7:30 p.m. in the Regis Room, Goldstein will present a lecture, entitled “Can We Still Meet the G-d of the Bible.” The events are sponsored by Canisius College, the college’s Conversations in Christ & Culture Lecture Series, Temple Beth Zion, Buffalo Hadassah and the Women’s Education Committee of Jewish Federation.  For more information, contact the Department of History at Ext. 2690 or click here.

Web Tool Training in November
Find out how simple it is to build and maintain your department’s Web page. The Canisius Web Office will hold Web tool training sessions on Friday, November 4 at 1:30 p.m. or Friday, November 18 at 1:30 p.m. in Wehle 305.  The course covers the basics on how the campus-wide Web tool works, but it is also appropriate for current users who may need a refresher. Learn how to convert your department’s pages into the new Canisius layouts and templates that will debut in the coming weeks.

On Thursday, November 17 at 2:30 p.m. in Lyons 118, a session will be held on how to write content for a Web site.  Topics will include appropriate writing styles for the Web, knowing your audience, and best practices in writing for the Web. 

To register for any of the sessions, send an E-mail to Chuck Pustelnik, Web editor, at pustelnc@canisius.edu.  Space is limited to 24 people for each Web tool training session and 40 people for the writing session.

First Annual Canisius College Writers Series
Come hear Canisius College’s own authors read from their works during the first annual Canisius College Writers Series event on Monday, November 7 at 6 p.m. in the Marie Maday Theatre.  The evening will feature readings by Mick Cochrane, PhD, professor of English, Sandra Cookson, PhD, chair of English, and Amy Wolf, PhD, assistant professor of English. For more information, contact Eric Gansworth, professor of English at Ext. 2113 or send an E-mail to ganswore@canisius.edu.

Canisius to Host Sweat Lodge Seminar
Can you stand the heat? Learn how to construct, conduct, and participate in Native American sweat lodges when Canisius welcomes Donald Moccasin, a Sicangu Lakota from the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota, on November 12 at 9:00 a.m. in the college’s Marie Maday Theater.  The event is free and open to the public. 

Moccasin will lead the seminar and instruct participants in the construction and preparation of sweat lodges, as well as songs and rituals used in the ceremonies. For more information contact Keith Burich, PhD at Ext. 3284 or burich@canisius.edu. 

ArtsCanisius Events
October ArtsCanisius events include a studio art exhibit by Russian artist Valentin Melik, a Meet-the-Faculty Recital featuring Richard Falkenstein and a piano recital by the winner of the New York Piano Competition, Auspices of Stecher and Horowitz Foundation. In November, the Clara String Quartet performs, Sculptor Daniel Sinclair exhibits his works, and Canisius Night at Kleinhans presents “Let’s Face the Music and Dance.” Click here for more information.

Sarbanes Speaks at Canisius College

Senator Paul S. Sarbanes (D-MD) and Peter Canisius Distinguished University Professor Hon. John J. LaFalce ’61. Sarbanes spoke in the Grupp Fireside Lounge on Monday, October 3 about the Sarbanes-Oxley Law. Sarbanes’ lecture was part of the Canisius College Distinguished Business Leaders Lecture Series created by LaFalce.

Canisius College Community Day

Michael Marrone, director of development, and his daughter, Anna-Claire, a junior at Holy Angels Academy, take a break from landscaping duty at the Little Portion Friary.  Nearly 150 Canisius students, faculty and staff lent a hand at various local agencies for Canisius College Community Day.

Did You Know? The next Canisius College Community Day will take place on November 19. Mark your calendar to volunteer for a few hours. Help make a difference right here in our neighborhood.

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CANISIUS KUDOS

Canisius Alumni Honored at Business Awards Dinner
Paul J. Kolkmeyer ’75, president and CEO of First Niagara Bank and First Niagara Financial Group Inc. (Nasdaq: FNFG) received the Business Executive of the Year Award at the 37th annual Canisius College Business Awards Dinner on Tuesday, October 11 at Salvatore’s Italian Gardens.  Hector V. Barreto, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, delivered the keynote address.

Mark J. Czarnecki MBA ’91, an executive vice president at M&T Bank, received the Dr. Bernard L. Martin Award, which is presented to a distinguished graduate of the Canisius College Master of Business Administration Program.

The Business Awards Dinner is co-sponsored by the Business Advisory council to the college’s Richard J. Wehle School of Business.

New Faces in Facilities Management

(left to right) Myron McAdory, housekeeping manager for facilities management, Julie Daniel, office manager for facilities management, Nathaniel Oliver, housekeeping night manager for facilities management and Carl Salemi, lead housekeeping manager for facilities management.

The Office of Facilities Management announces several staff changes.  Julie Daniel '81 is the new office manager for facilities management. She has 20 years of financial and operations management experiences. Daniel comes to Canisius from Joseph Davis, Inc., a mechanical contractor where she held the position of financial accounting manager. She holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Canisius College.

Nathaniel Oliver '03, is the new night housekeeping manager. He previously was custodial manager for Medaille College and also previously worked in Canisius housekeeping as a student. Oliver holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education. 

Carl Salemi is the new lead housekeeping manager. He has 23 years of experience in facilities services. Prior to Canisius, he was director of facility services for Brothers of Mercy Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Myron McAdory, housekeeping manager, now works the dayshift.  For the past five years, McAdory worked nights.

De La Pedraja’s Eighth Book to Be Published This Spring
Revolutions and Frontiers: The Wars of Latin America, 1899-1941, the latest book by Rene A. De La Pedraja, PhD, professor of history, will be published this spring by McFarland & Company Inc.  The 15-chapter publication emphasizes combat and how technology affected warfare. It also provides diplomatic, political and economic context for each war during this turbulent time in Latin American history.  This is De La Pedraja’s eighth book.

 

McConnell Has Third Book Published The third book by Jeffrey J. McConnell, PhD, chair of computer science, was published this summer by Jones and Bartlett Publishers. The book, entitled Computer Graphics: Theory into Practice, examines the components of the human visual system and the impact of this on how computer graphic images are generated.

Starr Authors Article for The Buffalo News
Daniel P. Starr, PhD, associate professor of history, wrote an article, entitled “Japan Would Never Have Surrendered Without the Bomb,” which appeared in the Viewpoints section of The Buffalo News July 31.  The article detailed Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan during World War II and the reasons why a U.S. victory would have been unlikely without it.  

Redmond and Murphy Complete CPTED Training
Public Safety Officers James Murphy and Lori Redmond completed Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) training, which was hosted by Canisius College during the week of September 19.  Nearly 20 law enforcement officers from around Western New York attended the five-day training session, which is designed to prevent crime by designing a physical environment that positively influences human behavior.

Did You Know? More than 100 Canisius College employees will be recognized during the Service Recognition Ceremony on November 11.