Canisius College

Jubilee Year Celebration Begins

Paula M. McNutt, PhD, dean of arts and sciences and Rev. John P. Bucki, S.J., director of campus ministry, present the college’s new icon of St. Ignatius Loyola at the Jubilee Year reception in the Grupp Fireside Lounge.

On December 3, Jesuits throughout the world marked the start of the Jubilee Year to renew the spirit of three of the founders of the Society of Jesus: Saint Francis Xavier, Blessed Pierre Favre and Saint Ignatius Loyola. Founded in 1870 by German Jesuits, Canisius College joins in this celebration. 

Members of the college community kicked off the Jubilee Year on December 2 with a reception in the Grupp Fireside Lounge.  Paula M. McNutt, PhD, dean of Arts and Sciences and Rev. John P. Bucki, S.J., director of campus ministry, presented the college’s new icon of St. Ignatius Loyola, which will be displayed at various locations on campus during the Jubilee Year.  During December and January, it will be displayed in the Andrew L. Bouwhius Library, along with a collection of books that represent the Jesuit tradition. 

From January 12 – 15, faculty and staff are welcome to personally celebrate the Jubilee Year at an Ignatian Retreat offered by the Office of Campus Ministry at Mt. Carmel, Niagara Falls, Ontario.  The cost is $65.00.  Click here to register On-line, or stop in the Campus Ministry Office (Old Main 207) for a brochure. For more information, call Ext. 2420.

Many Jubilee Year commemorations at Canisius will be integrated into regular college events, such as lectures, ArtsCanisius musical performances and International Fest.  The Jubilee Year will be celebrated through December 3, 2006. For more information, click here for the Campus Ministry Web site.

Happy Holidays 

The Christmas tree decorated and lit during "Christmas in the Quad" presented by the Undergraduate Student Association (USA) on December 6 is more than 20 feet tall and stands in front of the Palisano Pavilion. The ornaments on the tree represent various student organizations on campus.  The event was sponsored by the Senate Programming Board (SPB) with the Undergraduate Student Association (USA) as co-sponsor.

Connie Pileri, director of campus programming, bends Santa's ear to get her gift requests in early during Christmas in the Quad.

Canisius College Annual Holiday Party


Here's a preview of the grand prize raffles for this year's holiday party. First prize is a $100 Forever Elmwood gift certificate, second prize is a Polaroid portable DVD player and third prize is a Phillips wall mountable micro hi fi system.

Join your Canisius co-workers to celebrate the season at the Annual Holiday Party on Friday, December 23 at 11:30 a.m. in the Peter Gust Economu Dining Hall. Enjoy a delicious brunch, enter to win exciting grand prizes and watch a continuous feed Power Point presentation of photos from “Christmas Past” projected on a screen. 

A volunteer is needed to take Polaroid photos of Canisius employees with Santa Claus at the holiday party. Please contact Mary Pat Leahy at Ext. 2120 to help out!

RSVP to Pat Brawn or Judy Bruce in the Office of Student Affairs at Ext. 2130 by December 21. See you there! 

Canisius Cooks! 
Thank you to everyone who submitted a recipe to the NetGazette/Chartwells Holiday Cookie Contest! We received a wonderful variety of recipes, which were passed on to Chartwells Bakery Manager Ken Schwab. He selected three favorites to bake and serve at the Canisius Holiday Party on December 23. Congratulations to the winners:

• 	Diane Giglia		Nancy Christman		Diane M. Wolfe

  Praline cookies submitted by Diane M. Wolfe, secretary, Career center;
• cream cheese cookies submitted by Diane Giglia, coordinator, student accounts and
• mint sticks submitted by Nancy Christman, technician, student accounts.

For a limited time, you can view all the recipes submitted on the Canisius Cooks! Web page. Click here to access the recipes, which you can bake and share with your family this holiday season! 

Make the Holidays Brighter for Those in Need
There’s still time to make the holidays brighter for those in need right here in the city of Buffalo.  The Office of Public Safety is accepting new or gently used warm clothing, blankets, toys and non-perishable food items. Items can be dropped off in Bosch Hall (Public Safety Office) and will be delivered to St. Mary of St. Mary of Sorrows Church on Guilford Street in Buffalo. 

For more information, contact Gary Everett, director of public safety, at Ext. 3197. 

Monetary donations are also still being accepted for the Campus Ministry Holiday Food Drive. Teams of Canisius volunteers solicited donations of non-perishable food outside several area supermarkets on Canisius Community Day on November 19. 

Checks made payable to “Canisius College Food Drive” may be dropped off in the Office of Campus Ministry, Old Main 207. For more information about the Canisius College Food Drive, contact Joe Van Volkenburg in the Office of Campus Ministry at Ext. 2875. 

The deadline for donations for both drives is Friday, December 16.

Holiday Shutdown
The college will be closed, except for essential operating personnel, from Monday, December 26 until Monday, January 2.  Offices will reopen on Tuesday, January 3. 

ROTC Classroom Dedicated in Lt. Col. Crowe’s Memory

Lt. Col. Terrence Crowe’s family was on hand for the unveiling of the plaque and framed memorabilia in his memory at the ROTC Awards Ceremony on December 8. Lt. Col. James Soos, chair of military science, far right, looks on.

The ROTC classroom where Lt. Col. Terrence Crowe taught cadets in the Canisius College Golden Griffin Battalion has been dedicated in his memory. Now designated as the Canisius College Center for Military Leadership, the classroom will feature a bronze plaque and a large glass frame including a photo of Crowe taken in Iraq and some of his military memorabilia. 

The plaque and frame were unveiled at the ROTC Awards Ceremony on December 8 at the Montante Cultural Center. Crowe, assistant professor of military science at Canisius, was killed on June 7, 2005 while serving as part of offensive operations in Tal Afar, Iraq. He was 44 years old. 

Canisius College Archives Screensaver

Need something new and different to use as a screensaver on your computer? The Canisius College Archives is offering a CD of archival college photos to all interested faculty, staff and administrators.  The CD, created by Karen E. Bordonaro, PhD, associate director, library/archives & information literacy, comes with detailed instructions on how to set up a slideshow screensaver of the photos on your computer. To get your CD, or for more information, contact the archives at Ext. 2532.