Medaille College News

Kaleidoscope Theatre Productions will stage performances of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde from January 29 – February 13 at Medaille College’s Buffalo Campus, Main Building Lecture Hall. After moving to its new home at Medaille, Kaleidoscope performed I Hate Hamlet in the fall to kick off its 2009-10. Its next show, Jake’s Women, is scheduled to run from June 11-16.

Kaleidoscope will perform a special show for Medaille students, faculty and staff on Monday, February 8 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are free with valid Medaille ID, and seating is first-come, first-serve. Immediately following the performance, the cast, crew and design team will be available for a talkback session about the production.

Tickets are free to all Medaille students, fac-ulty, and staff (w/valid ID).

From Kaleidoscope: A Tale of Depravity, Lust, Love, and Horror. A new and shocking version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale that takes place on the fog-bound streets of Victorian-era London. Henry Jekyll’s experiments with exotic “powders and tinctures” have brought forth his other self – Edward Hyde. Played by four separate actors, Hyde is a sensualist and villain free to commit the sins Jekyll is too civilized to comprehend.

A Winter Basketball Camp for boys and girls (grades 1-6) will run from February 15-18, 2010 at Medaille’s Buffalo Campus. Enrollment is limited; download and print an application at medaillesports.com.

Medaille College Reading Center’s next tutoring session begins Monday, February 8. Parents of students in Pre-K through sixth grade may register to participate in one-on-one tutoring.

Graduate students in Medaille’s Literacy Program provide indivdiualized instruction two days per week for a 12 week session. Anyone interested in applying can find applications at the Reading Center web site or by calling (716) 880-2541. Information regarding fees and times can also be found on our web site.

Medaille College has created a new department within its School of Adult and Graduate Education. The Department of Graduate Counseling and Psychology will house the master’s in mental health counseling program, the master’s in psychology program, the proposed doctoral program in clinical psychology (PsyD), and programs under development in marriage and family therapy and school counseling.

Two faculty in the Social Sciences Department, Dr. Bridget Marinaccio and Dr. Deborah Legge, will move to the newly-formed department. In addition, two full-time teaching faculty in the proposed doctoral program in clinical psychology (PsyD) will be appointed to this department. These positions are currently posted and applications are being accepted.

Medaille’s School of Education has received full accreditation from the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) as of December 2009 for a period of five years, from December 11, 2009 to December 11, 2014. This formal review examined all undergraduate and graduate education programs offered within Medaille’s School of Education at its Amherst and Buffalo campuses. The positive result came from the efforts of faculty, staff and students who collected data, generated reports, and participated in TEAC interviews.

This accreditation certifies that the professional education programs at Medaille have provided evidence that the program adheres to TEAC’s quality principles of subject matter knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, and caring teaching skills.

The School of Education at Medaille College offers initial certification in the bachelor of science in education programs of Early Childhood/Childhood  Education (B-6); Adolescent Education (7-12) with Special Education; and initial and professional certification in the master of science in education programs of Adolescent Education (7-12); Elementary Education (1-6); Literacy (B-6 and/or 5-12); and Special Education (1-6 and/or 5-9).

The Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC), founded in 1997, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving academic degree programs for professional educators, those who will teach and lead in schools, pre-K through grade 12. TEAC’s goal is to support the preparation of competent, caring, and qualified professional educators.

Medaille College and Phillips Lytle LLP are teaming up to acknowledge the accomplishments of individuals and organizations in Western New York who contribute to the advancement of their communities. The Father Medaille Awards for Service and Citizenship will honor efforts in furthering a community effort that serves those in need in Western New York. One local organization will receive a $5,000 award; one individual will receive a $1,000 award; and, one Medaille graduate will receive a $1,000 award. Award winners will be announced at the Medaille College Founders’ Day Celebration, scheduled for April 15, 2010 at the Medaille College Buffalo Campus.

Nominees will be asked to outline how they would use the funds from the award to help their organization and/or their individual efforts. Representatives of non-profit organizations, community groups and social service organizations are encouraged to complete a nomination. For additional information or to submit a nomination, please visit www.medaille.edu/founders or call (716) 880-2259. The deadline for nominations is January 15, 2010.

Nick Calandra, SGA President, and Dr. Richard T. Jurasek, Medaille College President

The newly-renovated Academic Commons on the fourth floor of the Main Building opened on Wednesday, December 9 at 7:30 a.m. With views of the Buffalo Campus, Delaware Park and the surrounding neighborhood, this space has been reclaimed as a warm, inviting area to gather, socialize and study.

In addition to a student-run coffee shop, managed by Medaille’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) and Buffalo’s own SPoT Coffee, the Academic Commons features an exhibition of paintings by Matt Kordrupel, a graduating senior.

Academic Commons
Hours of Operation

Daily: 7 a.m. – midnight

SIFE Café
Hours of Operation

The café, run by students in the Students in Free Enterprise and featuring Buffalo’s own SPoT Coffee, has an independent schedule that is subject to change in the spring semester.

Thursday, December 10: 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m., 8 p.m. – midnight

Friday, December 11: 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Saturday, December 12: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Sunday, December 13: Closed

Monday, December 14: 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m., 8 p.m. – midnight

Tuesday, December 15 – start of spring semester 2010: Closed

All hours of operation subject to change.

Pictures from the Academic Commons on Flickr.

With the holiday season approaching, the Campus Safety Office has compiled a list of safety tips for students, faculty, and visitors to Medaille’s campuses in Buffalo, Amherst and Rochester. Please review the list at the Campus Safety web page.

Medaille College will host A Conversation with Sarah Vowell on Wednesday, November 4 at 6:30 p.m. at the Buffalo Campus, Kevin I. Sullivan Campus Center. A book signing event for students and the Buffalo community will take place from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the Huber Hall Library.

Vowell is a nationally-recognized and acclaimed author of four bestselling books, and contributing editor for National Public Radio’s This American Life. The evening event is organized to support Medaille’s freshman reading program, which featured Vowell’s latest book, The Wordy Shipmates, as a summer reading selection. The Wordy Shipmates has been used by faculty within “Learning Community” classes, in which all first-year students are enrolled, to build upon themes of community and civic engagement and to connect students to the Buffalo community, the campus, and to each other.

The event is free and open to the public; seating is limited, and will be offered on first-come-first-serve basis to members of the local community once Medaille students and faculty have been seated. This event is co-sponsored by Medaille’s office for Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and the Undergraduate Admissions.

In the event of Medaille College closing campuses or cancelling classes due to weather or road conditions, students and employees should the tune into the local media outlets (listed below) for specific closing information about each campus.

Students and employees should also sign up for the emergency notification system, available through a form at www.medaille.edu/alert, in order to receive immediate text messages, emails and phone messages to home/work/cell numbers in the event of a campus closing. Notices will also be posted to the college’s home page at www.medaille.edu, on this news web site, and on Medaille’s Twitter and Facebook accounts.

Classes will close independently for day, evening and weekend classes, and for the Buffalo Campus, Amherst Campus, and Rochester Campus. If day classes are canceled, do not assume evening classes are canceled.

In addition to announcements made in the media, you may call Medaille College’s Campus Public Safety at (716) 880-2911 for an update on closing information and/or class cancellations due to inclement weather, or watch the Medaille web sites for details.

Western New York Media Outlets

Radio Stations

While each station is notified of closings, WBEN 930 AM is most likely to announce all closings in a regularly scheduled format.

WBLK-FM (93.7) / WECK-AM (1230) / WJYE-FM (96.1) / WYRK-FM (106.5) / WGR-AM (550)/ WBEN-AM (930) / WTSS-FM (102.5) / WKSE-FM (98.5) / WGRF-FM (96.9) / WEDG-FM (103.3) / WHTT-FM (104.1)

Television Stations

WGRZ-TV Channel 2 News or www.wgrz.com
WIVB-TV Channel 4 News or www.wivb.com
WKBW-TV News Channel 7 or www.wkbw.com

Canadian Media Outlets

For those students who live in or near Toronto, Hamilton, Fort Erie, or St. Catherines/Niagara, please listen to the following radio stations for weather-related closing announcements:

CHUM-AM/FM / CHAM-AM

Rochester Media Outlets

For those students attending classes at the Rochester Campus, please consult the following radio and TV stations for weather-related closing announcements:

WROC TV / WHAM TV / WHEC TV / WUHF TV  / R News / WCMF /  WPXY /   WRMM/   WZNE/    WBEE / WBZA /  WFKL /   WROC / WHAM /   WHTK / WISY / WKGS /  WNVE / WVOR