| August 30, 2006 | Vol 8. No. 1 |
Jewel to Perform at Canisius September 7
Three-time Grammy nominee Jewel will perform on Thursday, September 7 at 7 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center. The concert is sponsored by the Canisius College Undergraduate Association. Tickets are $20 and beginning August 30 are on sale ONLY to full-time undergraduate students (one per Canisius ID). Beginning Tuesday, September 5 tickets will go on sale to include graduate students, faculty and staff (limit one ticket per Canisius ID). If any tickets remain they will be sold at the door. The concert is presented by Canisius College and STAR 102.5.
Theodore Bikel to Star in The Disputation
The Canisius College Center for the Global Study of Religion, with Temple Beth Zion, Joan Kostick and Peter Conners Andrews Foundation, in assocation and Theater J, will present a concert reading of The Disputation, by Hyam Maccoby, on Saturday, September 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the Canisius College Montante Cultural Center. The performance will feature world-renowned actor Theodore Bikel.
The evening will include a 15-minute intermission, question and answer session and dessert reception. Tickets are $35 for general admission and can be purchased at tickemaster.com, charge by phone at 716-852-5000 or all Ticketmaster outlets including Kaufmann’s. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. For more information, contact the Canisius College Office of Religious Studies and Theology at Ext. 2824 or click here.
Gansworth to Give Reading
Eric Gansworth, professor of English, will give a reading as part of Gusto at the Gallery on Friday, September 8 at 6 p.m. at the Albright Knox Art Gallery. The theme for the free event, which runs from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m., is Expanding the Circle: Native American Arts and Culture.
ArtsCanisius Season Underway
The 2006-2007 ArtsCanisius season has already begun with the first studio art show of the season. Buffalo artist and Canisius adjunct professor of fine arts Jason Smith offers recent plein air landscape paintings of local Buffalo scenes the Peter A. and Mary Lou Vogt Gallery in the Andrew L. Bouwhuis Library. The exhibit continues through September during regular library hours. Click here for library hours. The fall lineup also includes a Meet-the-Faculty Lecture on September 25 and an Informally Formal Chamber Concert on October 3. For a complete listing of ArtsCanisius events, click here.
Canisius to Offer Native American History Course
Canisius College will offer a course entitled “Native American History” designed to bring Native Americans and the Western New York community through education.
Rather than being taught through a traditional lecture format, students will learn about Native Americans from Native Americans in their own words. This year’s course will emphasize Seneca history and culture and will include several Native American speakers.
The class lectures are free and open to the public. Keith Burich, PhD, professor of history, will instruct the course, which will be held Tuesdays at 6 p.m. in Health Science Room 108 beginning September 5. For more information, click here, contact Burich at Ext. 3284 or send an E-mail to burich@canisius.edu.
Canisius Video Institute Presents Film Screening and Talk - Frank Lloyd Wright’s Rowing Boathouse
The Canisius College Video Institute will present a video screening of their documentary about Frank Lloyd Wright’s Rowing Boathouse on Tuesday, September 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Grupp Fireside Lounge. Wright's famed rowing boathouse designed in 1905, will be constructed in Buffalo on the site adjacent to the West Side Rowing Club.
The evening will also include a talk by Sharon Courtin, executive director of the Frank Lloyd Wright Boathouse Corp., who will discuss the impact and the cultural richness the boathouse will bring to the region. The evening, which is free and open to the public, will conclude with a discussion with the Canisius video production team.
For more information on the event or the Canisius College Video Institute, click here or contact Barbara Irwin, PhD, chair of communication studies at Ext. 2108.
Canisius Employees Eligible for Scholarship to WLP
All women who work at Canisius College are eligible to apply for a half scholarship for the 5th Annual Women’s Leadership Program (WLP) offered by the Canisius Center for Professional Development.
The WLP is an eight-week long program, taught by Canisius faculty, and designed for women who want to become better leaders, more effective in the workplace and increase their workplace value. Guest speakers will supplement the lectures by sharing their business experience in highly interactive presentations, based upon the skill being taught that week. The course fee is $989.
Candidates should apply to Judy Bruce, secretary to the associate vice president for student affairs and chair of the Committee on the Status of Women (CSW). One recipient will be selected by the CSW. Prospective candidates must agree to pay the remaining half of the program fee either personally or as a budget transfer with approval from their supervisor. For more information on the Women’s Leadership Program, click here. For more information about the scholarship, contact Judy Bruce at Ext. 2130.