HAMBURG — Hilbert College Global, the new online division of Hilbert which launched earlier this month, has joined Acadeum and the Council of Independent Colleges Online Course Sharing Consortium. The CIC Online Course Sharing Consortium provides access to technology that facilitates online course sharing among CIC members that have similar curricular goals, a concern for academic […]
Trocaire College and Health Sciences Charter School have announced a new collaboration designed to enhance educational experiences and opportunities in the health care field for high school students by giving them a jumpstart on college curriculum. The goal of this partnership is to create a pipeline of students who successfully achieve their Health Sciences diploma […]
St. Francis seniors Aidan Roberts (from left), Joseph “JT” Syta and Andrew Sovinski display the Erie Niagara Scholastic Achievement Awards they received as top scholars. Photo courtesy of St. Francis High School. ATHOL SPRINGS — St. Francis High School seniors Joseph “JT” Syta, Aidan Roberts and Andrew Sovinski were honored at the 41st annual Erie […]
TONAWANDA — The Erie Niagara Sunrise Exchange Club presented its Accepting the Challenge of Excellence (ACE) Award to Benjamin Kilduff, a senior at Cardinal O’Hara High School, at a breakfast meeting May 12 at the Olympic Restaurant in Kenmore. The award if given to a high school student who has faced many challenges in his […]
ST. BONAVENTURE — As part of its Faculty and Staff Awards Ceremony Tuesday, May 18, St. Bonaventure University recognized 54 employees who marked employment anniversaries or are retiring. Employees who were honored are: Retirees: Dr. Lisa Buenaventura (School of Education), Cheryl DeBoy (Athletics), Robert Donius (Theology & Franciscan Studies), Jean Ehman (The Learning Center), Connie Ford […]
St. Mary Mackillop once said, “Never see a need without trying to do something about it,”and that’s exactly what the students at Notre Dame Academy did when they found out that the children in the Roswell Park Oishei Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Program needed to focus on something positive while receiving treatment. After speaking with a Notre […]
ATHOL SPRINGS — On May 10, St. Francis students in the Alverna service homeroom participated in a service project at Feed More WNY. They helped in the community garden by weeding, composting, and collecting garbage. Some members fixed the plots to prepare for a fruitful summer. Service is a hallmark of a St. Francis education. […]
HAMBURG — Hilbert College will hold its 60th annual commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 15 at 1 p.m. via a virtual ceremony at www.hilbert.edu/commencement. Hilbert President Michael S. Brophy, Ph.D. and chair of the board of trustees, Laurie Boreanaz Carra ’81, will present the President’s Medal to two members of the Hilbert community, Sharon Sisti and Dr. Christopher R. Siuta. The […]
TONAWANDA — Jillian Phillips has been named valedictorian of the class of 2021 at Cardinal O’Hara High School. Haley Siegel has been named salutatorian. Phillips is a member of the National Honor Society and has achieved high honors for all four years at Cardinal O’Hara. She is secretary of the Student Council, a member of […]
Dr. Tim Uhl, the new superintendent of Catholic Schools, talks to Sister Gail Glenn, SSJ, principal of Catholic Academy of West Buffalo. Uhl visited the Delaware Avenue school to meet the faculty and staff of Catholic Academy and Our Lady of Black Rock School. Photo by Patrick J. Buechi On April 19, Dr. Tim Uhl […]