| May 20, 2009 | Vol 10. No. 12 |
Two More Faculty Fulbrights Makes Three
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| Christopher R. Lee, PhD | Ronald M. Rivas, PhD |
Lee, associate professor of religious studies and theology, is the recipient of a Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship. The program funds fellowships to faculty members to conduct research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies to improve their languages skills and knowledge of the culture of the people of these countries.
Lee will use his 12-month Fulbright-Hays fellowship to study how the Urdu language mashaira (poetry recital) impacts globalization and transnational processes on two South Asian Muslim communities: working class silk weavers in Varansi, India and South Asian expatriates in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Rivas, associate professor of management, is a recipient of a Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant. The Fulbright Senior Specialist initiative is designed to provide U.S. faculty and professionals with opportunities to collaborate with overseas counterparts on a variety of projects including needs assessments and surveys, specialized academic programs, lectures, seminars and workshops, and faculty-training programs. It is one of several initiatives offered by the Fulbright Program, which is sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Financial support is provided by an annual appropriation from the United States Congress to the Department of State and by participating governments and host institutions in the United States and abroad.
Rivas will use his Fulbright grant to teach for six weeks at the Universidad del Pacifico in Lima, Peru during summer 2009. Rivas will teach a course on international comparative management, as well as a course on international entrepreneurship. In selecting to teach at the Universidad del Pacifico, Rivas will help increase the number of English courses offered at the university.
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Employee Graduates
Congratulations to the following employees, who are among the members of the Canisius College Class of 2009:
- Maj. Jamey J. Barcomb, assistant professor of military science, master’s degree in business administration
- Tara S. Fleming, assistant women’s basketball coach, master’s degree in sports administration
- Patricia Deganis, financial aid associate, associate’s degree in humanities
- Kathleen M. Farley, interim assistant director of residence life, masters degree in college student personnel administration
- Diana M. Johnson, administrative associate for Teaching Excellence and the Career Center, bachelor’s degree in religious studies and theology
- Catherine M. McLaughlin, adjunct professor of philosophy, bachelor’s degree in English
- Colleen A. O’Hara, administrative associate for biology, bachelor’s degree in psychology
- Thomas P. Parotta, head men’s basketball coach, master’s degree in sport administration
Maj. Jamey J. Barcomb, assistant professor of military science, master’s degree in business administration and Kathleen M. Farley, assistant director of residence life, master’s degree in college student personnel administration.
(l-r) Madonna McKernon, executive associate to the vice president of business and finance, bachelor’s degree in art history; Dede Johnson, administrative associate for Teaching Excellence, bachelor’s degree in religious studies and theology; and the Career Center and Pat Deganis, financial aid associate, associate’s degree in humanities.
Colleen O’Hara, administrative associate for biology, bachelor’s degree in psychology.
Cochrane’s Butterflies a Recommended Read by USA Today
| The Girl Who Threw Butterflies, the latest book by Mick Cochrane, PhD, professor of English and Lowery Writer-in-Residence, was one of four spring books recommended for young readers by USA Today. This is Cochrane’s third novel and first book for young readers. Click here to read the article. |  |
Irwin is Distinguished Faculty Award Recipient The Canisius College Alumni Association presented Barbara J. Irwin, PhD, chair and professor of communication studies, with its 2009 Kenneth L. Koessler Distinguished Faculty Award during spring honors convocation on Friday, May 15 in the Montante Cultural Center. The prestigious award, presented annually, recognizes one faculty member for teaching excellence and outstanding contributions to the academic world. For more information, click here.
Wanzer Honored for Teaching Excellence
Melissa B. Wanzer, EdD, received the Donald H. Ecroyd & Caroline Drummond Ecroyd Teaching Excellence Award from the Eastern Communications Association. The award was presented at the association’s annual meeting held in April in Philadelphia, PA. Criteria for the Ecroyd Award includes a demonstrated record of employing communication principles as the foundation applied in teaching practices, evidence of teaching competency and effectiveness and several letters of support from colleagues. 
Astiz Article Tops Most-Cited List“Slouching towards Decentralization: Consequences of Globalization for Curricular Control in National Education Systems” (2002), an article co-authored by M. Fernanda Astiz, PhD, is the all-time most cited article in Comparative Education Review. Published by the University of Chicago Press, Comparative Education Review is one of the most important peer reviewed journals in the field of comparative and international education policy. For more information, click here.
I. Joan Lorch Awards
Congratulations to this year's I. Joan Lorch Award winners, who were honored at the Women's Studies Luncheon in the Regis Room on Wednesday, April 15. From left to right: Tonya Johnson '09, Dr. I Joan Lorch Student Award winner; Kathy Hochul, Erie County Clerk (keynote speaker); I. Joan Lorch, PhD, professor emerita of biology; Johanna Fisher, adjunct professor of English and women's studies, I. Joan Lorch Faculty Award winner; Jane Fisher, PhD, associate professor of English and director of women's studies and Anne Marie Dobies '92, MS '99 MS '06, associate dean and director of disability support services, I. Joan Lorch Administrator Award winner. Missing from photo: Geraldine F. Pawelek, administrative associate for the Department of English, Dr. I. Joan Lorch Staff Award winner.
Everett Serves on Law Enforcement Memorial Committee
Monsignor James F. Campbell, rector of St. Joseph's Cathedral and Gary Everett, director of public safety.
Gary Everett, director of public safety, participated in the Buffalo Police Department’s Annual Law Enforcement Memorial Service and wreath laying ceremony on Monday, May 11 at St. Joseph Cathedral.
The names of all law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in Western New York were read by police officials and a wreath placed at the altar to represent each department who lost an officer. This is the fourth year in a row Everett has been invited to serve on the memorial committee by Buffalo Police Commissioner H. McCarthy Gipson.