campus events


June 18, 2008                                                     Vol 9. No. 15

Chartwells Cookouts
Back by popular demand, Chartwells Cookouts will  be held on Wednesdays during the month of July. Cookouts will be held in the Palisano Pavilion, from 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. on the following dates:
  • July 2
  • July 9
  • July 16
  • July 23
  • July 30
Seating will be available indoors or out. On picnics days, the Old Main Snack Bar will close at 10:30 a.m. For more information about cookouts, please call Ext. 4363.

Canisius Corporate Challenge Team

(l-r) Rachelle Held, director of compliance for athletics; Jenn Gwin, assistant women’s basketball coach; Rajko Pavlicic, mail stock clerk and Tim Paul, assistant men’s basketball coach.
 
Despite the hot and muggy weather, 45 faculty, staff, administrators, family and friends turned out for the 2008 JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge on Thursday, June 5.  After the 5K, runners and walkers enjoyed the Chartwells cookout in the Canisius tent.  Special congratulations to Jenn Gwin, assistant women’s basketball coach, who was the college’s top female finisher and the fifth overall female finisher with a time of 21:52. Way to go, Jenn!! Kudos to Mike Marino, stationary engineer I for facilities management, who was the college’s top male finisher with a time of 22:55. 
 

(l-r): Jim Bagwell, director, graduate admissions;  Shaun O’Rourke, PhD, associate dean, graduate & Canadian programs; Steve Liebig, mail stock clerk; Mike Marino, stationary engineer I for facilities management; Andy Smith, head athletic trainer and clinical instructor, athletics; and Tim McAllister, telephone repair technician, ITS.

Campus Ministry Service Trip to New Orleans

Tim Blewett '67, Paul Synor '66 and Dean Becker, mechanical trades manager for facilities management prepare food for the homeless in New Orleans during the Campus Ministry Service Trip in May.

For the second year in a row, the Office of Campus Ministry lent support to Catholic Charities Operation Helping Hands of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Canisius staff and alumni participated in the service trip, from May 19 to 26. Volunteers participated in home renovation work and served meals to the homeless of New Orleans at the Harry Tompson Rebuild Center at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church.