CANISIUS COLLEGE

'Canisius College' (pronounced ) is a private Catholic college in the North-Central section of Buffalo, New York in the Hamlin Park district. It was founded in 1870 by the Jesuits. It is named for St. Peter Canisius, a Dutch Jesuit of the 16th century, who spent his active life as an apostle to post-Reformation Germany. As of 2007, Canisius has 3,468 undergraduates and 1,389 graduate students. The freshman class of 2010 currently contains 755 students. The 58-acre campus houses 37 buildings. The school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.
Canisius College consists of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Wehle School of Business, and the School of Education and Human Services.

Contents

Rankings

Academics

Student life

Sports

ROTC

Accessibility

Notable alumni and faculty

External links

Rankings

''U.S. News and World Report'' consistently ranks Canisius as one of the best regional schools in its "North Region." Canisius was included in Kaplan's list of "America's 367 Most Interesting Schools."

Academics

Canisius is home to more than 70 majors, minors and special programs through the College of Arts & Sciences, the Richard J. Wehle School of Business, and the School of Education and Human Services. Canisius is accredited by the Middle States Association Commission on Higher Education, the National Council for Accreditation of Teached Education (NCATE), and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Some of the most prominent programs at the college are; Accounting, Finance, Biology, Chemistry, and Education. Biology and Chemistry majors at Canisius in the past five years have had high acceptance rates into the graduate school of their choice. The Canisius accounting program consistently ranks among the top programs in New York State and the U.S. based on student pass rates on the CPA exam according to the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy. The finance program at Canisius has The Golden Griffin Fund which requires students to research, create, and manage portfolio holdings (stocks); analyze and recommend companies to add to the portfolio; and grow the fund through the solicitation of new investors. The fund started in 2003 with $100,000.

Student life

Canisius College's motto is "Where leaders are made".
Although Canisius College enjoys the atmosphere of a small liberal arts college, it also offers the opportunity of big-city entertainment and amenities. For example, the Buffalo Sabres are a short train ride downtown. The college offers discount tickets, and competitions to get tickets at various times through out the year. Popular programs such as the Best of Buffalo series and the annual Fall Semi-Formal dance offer students an opportunity to experience the "City of Good Neighbors." Other popular student sponsored programs include Mr. Canisius, Mass of the Holy Spirit Fall BBQ, and Springfest (quad party).

Sports

The Canisius College Golden Griffinss are composed of 16 teams including men's and women's basketball, cheerleading, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, and swimming and diving. Men's sports include baseball, ice hockey, and golf. Women's sports include volleyball, synchronized swimming, and softball. The most popular teams are the men's basketball and men's ice hockey teams, both of which engage in heated local rivalries with Niagara University and occasionally compete in their respective NCAA tournaments
In addition to Division I Varsity sports Canisius offers structured intramuals sports to provide students, faculty and staff the opportunity to participate in a variety of competitive and recreational sports activities, students have more than 1,000 students play on over 140 teams, in 17 different men's, women's, and coed activities.

ROTC

Canisius College is the Reserve Officer Training Corps hub for Western New York. The Golden Griffin Battalion is composed of students from Canisius, University at Buffalo (UB), Buffalo State College, Hilbert College, D'Youville College, Daemen College, Medaille College and Erie Community College.
Students may enroll in ROTC during their freshman and sophomore years as a free elective and owe no obligation to the military. ROTC classes are based upon leadership, teamwork, confidence building, and military strategy. Students may receive four, three and one half, three, and two-year scholarships from the United States Army and their respective school based on a tough interview, physical, and application process. In return the cadet is required to serve active duty as a second lieutenant for four years after graduation. The Golden Griffin Battalion is the number 3 battalion in the northeast region of the United States.

Accessibility

Canisius is served by two stations on the Buffalo Metro Rail. In addition Canisius is accessible via numerous Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority bus routes and by car. Canisius is only a short drive from the I-90.

Notable alumni and faculty

:''Main article: List of Canisius College people''


★ Elaine Sciolino ’70 – author: Bureau Chief, Paris, the ''New York Times''

★ Adam Zyglis, editorial cartoonist, ''Buffalo News''

★ 'Robert A. MacKinnon' ’50 – former General Manager, Assistant Coach, New Jersey Nets

★ Michael Smrek ’85 – former professional basketball player, NBA Los Angeles Lakers

★ 'Calvin Darden' ’72 – Senior Vice President, United Parcel Service; named 8th most powerful Black Executive in the U.S. by ''Fortune Magazine''

★ Sir George Mathewson ’72 – Chairman of the Board, Royal Bank of Scotland

★ 'John W. Rowe', M.D. ’66 – Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Aetna, Inc.; member of the Academy of Science

★ 'Thomas J. Lawley', M.D. ’68 – Dean, School of Medicine, Emory University

★ 'Mark J. Lema', M.D., Ph.D. ’71 – Chairman, Critical Care Medicine & Pain Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute

★ 'Robert J. Lull', M.D. ’62 – Chief of Nuclear Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital

★ 'George E. Schreiner' ’43 – Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine

★ Hon. Salvatore R. Martoche, JSC ’62 – New York State Supreme Court Justice: Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury

★ Hon. John J. LaFalce ’61 – former Congressman (NY); Peter Canisius Distinguished University Professor, Canisius College

★ Hon. Anthony M. Masiello ’69 – former Mayor of Buffalo

★ 'James T. Molloy' ’58 – former Doorkeeper, United States House of Representatives

★ Hon. Henry J. Nowak ’57 – former Congressman (NY)

★ Hon. L. William Paxon ’77 – former Congressman (NY); Senior Advisor, Akin, Gump, Hauer, Strauss & Feld

★ Denise O'Donnell, former United States Attorney

★ 'Rev. Leonard G. Hacker', S.J. ’35 – Jesuit Missionary, Marshall Islands

★ 'Dennis Strigl' , Current President and Chairman of Verizon

External links

★ Canisius College's official web site

★ Canisius Athletic official site