| December 12, 2007 | Vol 9. No. 8 |
Today is Deadline to Register for “Breakfast with Santa”
Today is the last day to register for “Breakfast with Santa” on Saturday, December 15 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Peter Gust Economou Dining Hall. Canisius employees are invited to bring their children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews to the event, which will include breakfast, Christmas cookie decorating, ornament making and pictures with Santa. The employee is responsible for purchasing a gift for each child (maximum $15) that will be given to each of his or her children by Santa. Your registration form, gift(s) and check made payable to “Canisius College” must be dropped off to Connie Pileri in the Office of Campus Programming & Leadership Development (SC 003). The cost for breakfast is $5.00 per adult or child age 13 or older. Children 12 and under are FREE.
For a registration form, go here and click on the Breakfast with Santa registration link. For more information, please contact Mike Odojewski at Ext. 2180 or Connie Pileri at Ext. 2190.
Canisius Employee Christmas Party
Take some time out from the holiday rush to enjoy some downtime with your Canisius co-workers on Friday, December 21 from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the Peter Gust Economou Dining Hall. This year’s Christmas party luncheon will feature turkey and all the trimmings (including a vegetarian alternative), and assorted pies and Christmas cookies for dessert.
“Return to Tradition with a Modern Twist” is the theme. Prize drawings will start promptly at 12:30 p.m. and you must be present to win. No RSVP is necessary.
Cantio Sacra and Canisius Brass Quartet Share Sounds of the Season
Members of Cantio Sacra and the Canisius College Brass Quartet treated the lunchtime crowd in the Richard E. Winter ’42 Student Center to a Christmas carol sing-a-long on Wednesday, November 28.
RHA Thanksgiving Sit-Down Dinner
Terri L. Mangione, PhD, dean of students and Ellen O. Conley, PhD, vice president for student affairs, helped serve turkey dinner with all the trimmings to several hundred Canisius College students at the Residence Hall Association (RHA) annual Thanksgiving Sit-Down Dinner in the college’s Peter Gust Economou Dining Hall on Wednesday, November 14.
Rev. John P. Bucki, S.J. director of campus ministry, pours soda for student guests at the RHA Thanksgiving Sit-Down Dinner.
To see more faculty and staff photos from the RHA dinner, click here.
Canisius Community Day and Thanksgiving Food Drive
Marya Grande, PhD, assistant professor of education, finishes vacuum duty at the Little Portion Friary on Main Street in Buffalo as part of Canisius Community Day. Photo courtesy of Joe Van Volkenberg, Office of Campus Ministry.
More than 200 members of the college community participated in Canisius College Community Day on Saturday, November 17, which included a successful Thanksgiving Food Drive at local grocery stores.
Canisius faculty, staff and administrators can still help the food drive effort with monetary donations. The proceeds will benefit the Little Portion Friary Homeless Shelter, South Buffalo Community Table Soup Kitchen and St. Vincent De Paul Dining Room. Checks can be made payable to “Canisius College Food Drive” and mailed to or dropped off in the Office of Campus Ministry in Old Main 207 by December 21. For more information, contact Joe Van Volkenburg at Ext. 2875.
Nearly 2,000 People Visit “Tropical Trek” at Canisius
Nearly 2,000 people visited "Tropical Trek: From Dusk 'til Dawn in the Amazon," a mini-zoo in the Canisius College Health Science Building from November 6-16. Constructed by the zoo biology students of Michael Noonan, PhD, professor of animal behavior, the zoo featured a six-banded armadillo, a prehensile-tail porcupine and a dourcouli night monkey, all on loan from The Buffalo Zoo. Pictured here, students from the Early Childhood Center School #17 on Delavan Avenue get a personal tour of Tropical Trek.
Canisius International Student Host Family Photos
More than 20 Canisius College faculty and staff opened their homes to Canisius international students this year to serve as host families. A host family invites their adopted student to dinner once a month and includes them in holidays or family outings. NetGazette invited this year’s host families to share photos of some of their experiences with the campus community.
(l-r) At this year's Canisius Ramadan Dinner on October 5: Sean Johnson (age 16), Rared Husaiyn (from Bangladesh), Dede Johnson, administrative associate for the Center for Teaching Excellence. Standing: Roger Johnson. Missing from photo: Ian Johnson
Click here for more host family photos.