School of Education Receives NCATE Accreditation
The Canisius College School of Education and Human Services has been granted professional accreditation from the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).  The U.S. Department of Education recognizes NCATE as a specialized accrediting body for schools, colleges and departments of education. 

“We are proud to be accredited by this highly respected, national organization,” said, Margaret McCarthy, PhD, dean of the college’s School of Education and Human Services.  “We are also pleased that NCATE recognizes that Canisius College graduates highly competent, professional and socially committed educators and counselors prepared for today’s challenges and opportunities.”

NCATE is composed of more than 30 professional and policymaker organizations representing millions of Americans committed to quality teaching.  It was founded in 1954 by the teaching professional and the states.  NCATE continues its mission today:  the profession and the states working together for excellence in teacher preparation and development.   For more information, click here.

Canisius Names New Hockey Coach

(left to right) Ellen O. Conley, PhD, vice president for student affairs; Dave Smith, head men's hockey coach; Rev. Vincent M. Cooke, S.J., college president; and John Maddock, associate director of athletics for external affairs.

Canisius has named Dave Smith as the new head men’s ice hockey coach. Smith spent the past three seasons as the associate coach and recruiting coordinator at fellow Atlantic Hockey member Mercyhurst College.  He previously served as an assistant coach at Mercyhurst, Bowling Green and Miami of Ohio. The Arthur, Ontario, native was instrumental in guiding Mercyhurst to two league championships and two NCAA Division I Tournament appearances in the last three seasons.

Smith will enter his eighth season as a NCAA Division I coach and his first as a head coach. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism/public relations from Ohio State College. Smith spent six seasons in professional hockey, and was under contract with the New York Rangers in 1994-95. For more information, click here.

Young Receives Distinguished Faculty Award

Rev. Vincent M. Cooke, S.J., college president and Paul A. Young, PhD, associate professor of education.

Canisius President Rev. Vincent M. Cooke, S.J., presented Paul A. Young, PhD, with the Kenneth L. Koessler Distinguished Faculty Award during Spring Honors Convocation on April 29 in the Montante Cultural Center. The Distinguished Faculty Award is given annually by the college’s Alumni Association to recognize an outstanding full-time faculty member for contributions to teaching excellence.

Canisius Honored With County Energy Conservation Award

(left to right) Edward P. Cogan, director of facilities management; Gary B. Lew, senior facilities operations manager; Thomas Hersey Jr., Erie County Department of Environment and Planning; and James Loesch, Chairman of the Erie County Environmental Management Council.

Canisius College was honored with an Erie County Executive Energy Achievement Award on Thursday, April 28 during a ceremony in the faculty dining room.  The college was recognized for Canisius College Conserves Energy (C3E), a campus-wide energy conservation effort which kicked off in March 2003.

The award program, sponsored by the Erie County Environmental Management Council (ECEMC) and the Erie County Department of Environment and Planning, is intended to identify, share and recognize projects in Erie County that serve as outstanding energy conservation models.  In addition to Canisius College, which was honored in the educational institution category, the Town of Amherst received the municipality award, Ecology and Environment, Inc., received the local business award, and Julie and Patrick O’Neill received the residential award.  Edward P. Cogan and Gary B. Lew accepted the award on behalf of the college.

For more information on the award, click here. (www.erie.gov) For more information on C3E, click here.  

Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day

Michelle Moorman, dining hall cashier for Chartwells, supervises her niece, Brittiany McCarter, as she checks out lunchtime customers.  Brittiany is a junior at Grover Cleveland High school.  Morman also brought her daughter, Lonniece (pictured below) to work.  Lonnience, also a junior at Grover Cleveland High School, spent the day cooking omelettes.

Nick Bauer, grandson of Barb Penrod, supervisor for Chartwells, makes wraps and subs for the lunchtime crowd. Nick is in fifth grade at Global Concepts Charter School.

Nathan Etu, six-year old son of Kristin Etu, NetGazette editor, drew this picture of what he did on Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day. Gary Everett, director of public safety, gave Nathan and his sister, Hanna, a tour of public safety and demonstrated the different types of equipment an officer uses.

Summer Hours Begin
Summer office hours, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with one-half hour for lunch, will be in effect from Monday, May 23, 2005 through Friday, August 19, 2005.

College Closed for Memorial Day
The college will be closed, except for essential operating personnel, on Monday, May 30 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.