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February 15, 2006                                                     Vol 7. No. 12

Graduate Literacy Center Awarded $1,500 Grant

(l-r) Marilyn Cunningham, correction officer at Gowanda Correctional Facility; Anthony Wiley, lieutenant at Gowanda Correctional Facility; Cheryl-Jessel Yates '05, secretary for the Graduate Literacy Center; Sibatu Khahaifa, deputy superintendent for security services at Collins Correctional Facility.

The Graduate Literacy Center at Canisius College received a $1,500 grant from the New York State Minorities in Criminal Justice (NYSMICJ).  Cheryl-Jessel Yates '05, secretary for the Graduate Literacy Center, accepted the award at a ceremony held on Friday, January 13 at the literacy center.  The grant will be used to help the center provide diagnostic testing and remedial reading services to students from local elementary schools. The center, which opened in August of 2004, serves many children from the Hamlin Park neighborhood and financial assistance is provided.

De La Pedraja Contributes Chapter to Book on Air Force Defeats
Rene A. De La Pedraja, PhD, professor of history, contributed a chapter in the book Why Air Forces Fail: The Anatomy of Defeat, published by University Press of Kentucky (2006) and edited by Robin Higham and Stephen S. Harris.  The chapter, entitled "The Argentine Air Force versus Britain in the Falkland Islands, 1982," looks beyond military factors to explore the cultural, political and technical causes of Argentine Air Force's failure in the Falkland Islands. 		   


Smith Receives NYSATA Service Award

(l-r) Andrew Duncan, NYSATA president, and Andrew N. Smith, head athletic trainer and clinical coordinator for the athletic training education major.

Andrew N. Smith, head athletic trainer and clinical coordinator for the athletic training education major, received the Thomas J. Sheehan Sr. Award from the New York State Athletic Trainers' Association (NYSATA) on January 8 at the National Athletic Trainers' Assocation District's I and II meeting in Philadelphia. 

The Thomas J. Sheehan Sr. Award is NYSATA's highest service award and is presented to the athletic trainer whose character, commitment and achievements in the athletic training profession clearly exemplify the traits of Thomas J. Sheehan Sr. Sheehan was the long-time head athletic trainer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is one of the founding fathers of the Athletic Training Profession and NYSATA.

At the same meeting, Katharine Sampson '06, an athletic training major, received scholarships from NYSATA and NATA District II. The competitive scholarships are based on academic and athletic training achievement.  Sampson was nominated by Peter M. Koehneke, chair of sports medicine, health & human performance.
 
Valdez Sworn in as Public Safety Officer

José Valdez '05 (second from left) was sworn in on January 26 as the college's newest public safety officer. Pictured to Valdez's left is Gary Everett, director of public safety. Ken Kruly, director of government relations performed the swearing-in ceremony and is pictured to the right of Valdez.  Kevin Kwitzer, building services supervisor for facilities management (far right), attended the ceremony to support Valdez, who previously served as a work study for the college's grounds department.