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Post-College Service Fair
Encourage your students to visit the Post-College Service Fair on Wednesday, February 16 from 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. in the Palisano Pavilion They can learn about opportunities to about performing a year of service after graduation. Students will have the chance to speak with representatives from the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, FrancisCorps, Americorps, Buffalo Diocesan Service Corps, Mercy Corps and others. Contact the Office of Campus Ministry at Ext. 2420 for more information.

Stress-less Day for Faculty and Staff
Got stress? Come to the Grupp Fireside Lounge on Friday, February 18 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. for Stress-less Day. The free, informal program includes massages, yoga, games and puzzles, health tips and much more. Bring your own lunch, coffee and tea will be available. For more information, contact Anne Marie Dobies at Ext. 3748.

CSW to Host Dessert and Conversation
The Committee on the Status of Women will host Dessert and Conversation on Tuesday, February 22 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Regis Room North. For more information, contact Barb Wozniak in the Office of Student Retention at Ext. 3737 or by E-mail at wozniakb@canisius.edu.

Lead Canadian Figure in Free Trade Agreement to Speak at Canisius
Thomas d'Aquino, president and chief executive of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, will speak on Thursday, March 3 at 4:00 p.m. in the Grupp Fireside Lounge. Considered Canada's leading private sector architect of the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement, d'Aquino is believed to have had the most powerful influence on public policy information in Canadian history. For more information, click here or contact Dede Johnson at Ext. 2162.

Canisius Welcomes Acclaimed Poet
The Contemporary Writers Series will host acclaimed poet Eavan Boland on Thursday, March 3 at 8 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center. Boland, a native of Dublin, Ireland has published nine books of poetry and is director of the creative writing program at Stanford University. For more information, click here or contact Mick Cochrane, PhD, professor of English, at Ext. 2662.

International Fest Highlights Cultures from Around the World
Celebrate cultures from around the world at the sixth annual International Fest on Friday, March 4 from 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. in the Richard E. Winter '42 Student Center. Tickets are $9 presale and $10 at the door, and include the popular international dinner. For more information, contact the Office of International Student Programs at Ext. 2784 or click here.

"When Religion Becomes Evil" Topic of March 5 Lecture
The Conversations in Christ and Culture lecture series welcomes Charles Kimball, PhD, chair of the Department of Religion at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Saturday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Grupp Fireside Lounge. Kimball will present a lecture entitled "When Religion Becomes Evil." For more information, click here or contact Timothy Wadkins, PhD, associate professor of religious studies & theology, at Ext. 2824.

President of AARP to Speak at Canisius
William D. Novelli, chief executive officer of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), will speak on Tuesday, March 8 at 7:00 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center. Novelli's visit to Canisius is part of the Distinguished Business Leaders lecture series created by the Hon. John J. LaFalce, Peter Canisius Distinguished University Professor. For more information, contact Dede Johnson at Ext. 2162 or click here.

Canisius Program in the African American Experience to Host Civil Rights Leader
Civil Rights leader and Baptist minister Rev. Charles Sherrod will give a lecture entitled "The Albany Movement" on Tuesday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Regis Room South. Sherrod spearheaded the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee's efforts in the contentious Albany Movement of southwest Georgia, which led directly to Martin Luther King's campaign in Birmingham, Alabama. He was featured recently in a PBS documentary, This Far by Faith. For more information, contact Bruce Dierenfield, PhD, at Ext. 2063 or click here.

		Bruce Dierenfield, PhD, professor of history, and students from his Civil Rights Movement course will travel to various historical sites in the southern U.S. in late March, as part of the Canisius College Program in the African American Experience.