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Lakota and Kiowa Apache Storyteller to Speak at Canisius Dovie Thomason, an internationally-known Lakota and Kiowa Apache storyteller, recording artist and author, will speak on Wednesday, February 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Marie Maday Theater in Lyons Hall.  For more information, contact Keith Burich, PhD, professor of history, at ext. 3284 click here.

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet to Speak March 2 On Thursday, March 2, the Canisius College Contemporary Writers Series hosts Pulitzer Prize winning poet Paul Muldoon in the Grupp Fireside Lounge at 8 p.m. For more information, contact Mick Cochrane, PhD, professor of English, at Ext. 2662 or click here.

Take a Trip Around the World at International Fest
Celebrate cultures from around the world at the Canisius College’s 17th annual International Fest on Friday, March 3 from 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. in the Richard E. Winter '42 Student Center. Tickets prices range from $5-10 and include the popular international buffet. For more information, contact the Office of International Student Programs at Ext. 2784 or click here.

Canisius Welcomes Civil Rights Pioneer Canisius College will welcome Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian, living legend of the civil rights movement, on Tuesday, March 7, 2006 at 7:30 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center.  The lecture, entitled “Working for Change in the Face of Violence:  Experience and Reflections from the Civil Rights Struggle,” is sponsored by the All-College Honors Program.  For more information about this lecture, contact Bruce Dierenfield, PhD, at Ext. 2683 or click here.

Gassman Lecture Series Presents Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Carolyn R. Bertozzi, PhD, the T.Z. and Irmgard Chu Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkley, will present a lecture, entitled “Probing the Biology of Cell Surface Sugars with Chemical Tools” on Thursday, March 9 at 1:00 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center.  This lecture is sponsored by the Paul G. Gassman Memorial Seminar. For more information, click here or contact Mary C. O’Sullivan, PhD, professor of chemistry, at Ext. 2352.

Women’s Studies Awards Luncheon March 10
This year’s Women’s Studies Awards Luncheon will take place on Friday, March 10 from 12 p.m.-2 p.m. in the Grupp Fireside Lounge.  Sister Susan Bowles, VOICE-Buffalo and Bernadette Franklin, president, Seneca Rezolutions Construction Management Co., will discuss “Rebuilding Western New York.”  Tickets are $10. For reservations, contact Dede Johnson at Ext. 2162 or send an E-mail to johnson5@canisius.edu. 
 
CSW Hosts Dessert and Conversation
The Committee on the Status of Women (CSW) will host Dessert and Conversation on Thursday, March 15 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Regis Room South. Join your co-workers and catch up on the latest campus news. Bring or buy your lunch. Dessert and beverages will be are provided.  For more information, contact Barb Wozniak at Ext. 3737 or send an E-mail to wozniakb@canisius.edu.

African American Dance and Drum Performance

The Dance and Drum Performing Company from the Buffalo African-American Cultural Center entertained lunchtime diners in the Economu Dining Hall on Wednesday, February 8.  The event, in celebration of African American History Month, was sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Programs and Chartwells Dining Services.  Chartwells featured a special soul food menu including fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, black-eyed peas and collard greens.