| March 21, 2007 | Vol 8. No. 10 |
Canisius CAC Program Presents “Wild Places”
The Canisius Ambassadors for Conservation (CAC) will present the premiere of their latest video production on Wednesday, March 21 at 4 p.m. in Regis South.
“Wild Places” presents the story of the Canisius Ambassadors for Conservation and their exploration of the US National Wildlife Refuge System. The story begins in fresh water marshes along the East coast and ends with the team’s encounter with a polar bear in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The video was directed by independent filmmaker, Michele DeLuca.
IU Soul Revue to Perform March 22
Back by popular demand, the IU Soul Revue will perform at Canisius on Thursday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center. The performance is free and open to the public. Seating is limited.
The IU Soul Revue, part of the Indiana University African American Arts Institute, delivers the sounds of timeless R&B, soul, funk and contemporary urban black popular music. Performances feature original compositions, along with arrangements by Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind & Fire, Patti Labelle, Kelly Price, D’Angelo and Mary J. Blige.
For more information, contact the Office of Multicultural Programs at Ext. 2787.
Steps to Wellness Lunch Series Features Seminar on the “DASH” Diet
On Wednesday, March 29 at 12 p.m. and again at 1 pm. in the Regis Room South, Independent Health will discuss “Make the DASH,” a presentation on the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. Chartwells will offer the following balanced lunch options for $3: blackened chicken and berry salad or grilled portabello mushroom sandwich with fruit kebab with lemon lime dip and bottled water. Lunch must be pre-ordered and pre-paid by March 26 with Pat Brawn in the Office of Student Affairs (OM 102). The lunchtime lecture is part of the Steps to Wellness brown bag lunch series presented by the college’s STEPS committee, in conjunction with the Department of Athletics, Chartwells and Human Resources. For more information, contact Diane Wolfe at Ext. 2475.
CSW Dessert and Conversation
The Committee on the Status of Women (CSW) welcomes all men and women to join them for Dessert and Conversation on Wednesday, April 3 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Lyons Hall Conference Room (118). Bring your own lunch. Dessert and beverages are provided. Each month features a different theme and you can enter to win great prizes. For more information, contact Claudia Hojnacki at Ext. 2181.
2007 Shoes for Shelter is April 15
It’s time to hit the ground running (or walking)! Independent Health and Canisius College host the 2007 Shoes for Shelter event on Sunday, April 15 in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Registration begins at 9 a.m. at the Canisius College Patrick Lee Center. The one-mile fun walk starts at 11:30 a.m.; and the 5k race begins at noon. Bring an extra pair of sneakers or shoes to donate to the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Last year more than 1,100 pairs of shoes were collected.
The first 400 registered participants will receive a long-sleeved t-shirt. Prizes will be awarded to the first place male and female finishers, the top three finishers in each age category, and to the top finishers from Canisius students, faculty, staff and alumni. The cost to register is $18 for adults; $15 for Canisius faculty and staff ($20 the day of the race); $10 for children 14 and under, Canisius students or Independent Health employees ($14 the day of the race).
For more information, contact John Maddock, associate director of athletics for external affairs, at Ext. 2977. To fill out an on-line application, click here.
Contemporary Writers Series Welcomes Author of American Girls Series
Canisius welcomes Lackawanna native and novelist Connie Porter to the Grupp Fireside Lounge on Thursday, April 19 at 7 p.m. The second youngest of eight siblings, Porter graduated from Buffalo’s City Honors High School. She earned an undergraduate degree from SUNY Albany and an MFA in creative writing from Louisiana State University. Following the publication of her critically acclaimed first novel, All-Bright Court, she was named a regional winner in Granta’s Best Young American Novelists competition. Porter is the author of a second novel, Imani All Mine, and the best-selling Addy books in the American Girls series.
For more information, contact Mick Cochrane, professor of English, at Ext. 2662 or visit the Web site here.
Canisius Community Day is April 21
Canisius faculty, staff and students are invited to participate in the college’s spring Community Day event. Volunteers will assist local non-profit organizations with various projects at meal programs, food banks, shelters, agencies that work with refugees and Habitat for Humanity.
A free barbeque lunch will follow in the Palisano Pavilion courtesy of Chartwells. For more information or to register, contact Joe Van Volkenburg in the Office of Campus Ministry at Ext. 2875 or vanvolkj@canisius.edu.
Campus Ministry Alternative Spring Break
Rev. John Bucki, S.J., director of campus ministry; Sarah Signorino ’04, associate campus minister and Joe Van Volkenburg, assistant to the director, campus ministry on the bus ride to this year’s ASB.
Fifty Canisius College students and seven staff members took part in Campus Ministry’s Alternative Spring Break (ASB) trip from March 11-17. Participants traveled to sites in rural Appalachia in Kentucky and West Virginia to work on construction projects, and gained a valuable perspective on the power of service. Petrea “Peach” Anderson, assistant director, COPE and Joe Van Volkenburg, assistant to the director, campus ministry volunteered at the Almost Heaven Habitat for Humanity site in Cherry Grove, WV; Jose D. Valdez, Jr., officer for public safety and Sarah E. Signorino ’04, associate campus minister worked at Christian Appalachian Project in Flat Gap, KY; Rev. John P. Bucki, S.J., director of campus ministry, volunteered at the Christian Appalachian Project in McKee, KY; and Rev. Tom Colgan, S.J., worked at Nazareth Farm, Centerpoint, WV. ASB was established 16 years ago.
Luanne Tunmore (far left), associate campus minister, along with a group of Canisius students, gets suited up to work on a home in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans. The group participated in a weekend-long Ignatian Family Teach-in on racism and poverty with other Jesuit colleges, high schools, and parishes before embarking on their service project.