By: Dominic Lucyshyn, Features Contributor
American Marketing Association
Last week, the Student Engagement and Leadership Development (SELD) office approved the American Marketing Association club (AMA) for Canisius students. AMA is focused on providing a space for marketing, IMC and communications majors, and being a place for creativity and professional development in the marketing field. The club hopes to host a variety of events such as workshops, networking events and potentially site visits.
AMA is a large organization for marketing professionals to come together and network as well as share new ideas. AMA has collegiate competitions in the various fields of marketing, such as sales and market research. Canisius’ chapter was very successful before COVID-19, but the club fizzled out, with no way to recruit new members during the pandemic. The club will have the same name as when it was first formed, despite not being an active chapter; but in the future, there will be opportunities for club members to work together to become one again. Right now, the club would like to set up a space for people interested in the marketing field. They are looking to have their first general body meeting on Nov. 11. Follow @canisiusama on Instagram for more information.
Psych Club
At the end of October, Psych Club was approved by SELD. After she transferred to Canisius, Carson Denny wanted to get involved and saw the club on Canisius’ website. Unfortunately, after checking with the faculty, she was told the club wasn’t active anymore; it was around before COVID, but died off like many other clubs and organizations. Last year, Denny decided to take action and find others – like Sara Swenson, who co-founded the club alongside Denny – who would be interested in fostering a community for psychology students. Psych Club recently held its first meeting and is hoping to get the word out to various students majoring in psych, or anybody who has an interest in psychology. When asked what the club would like to accomplish, Denny said, “I want there to be something outside of classes for students so they can have a sense of community and bring back some engagement through academic and recreational activities related to psychology.” Follow @canisius.psych.club on Instagram for more updates.
HSU
The Humanities Student Union was created last spring as an effort to bring English, Philosophy, History and Arts students together. After Lyons Hall flooded, Canisius continued to downsize its humanities departments, as the arts programs and pre-law were housed there. One student, Ryan Harrington, came up with the idea to bridge the gap between all the humanities students across different academic departments. Due to the current situation at Canisius, he thought that this was the right time to provide a space for them. HSU’s first general body meeting focused on explaining what the humanities are. For their next upcoming event, HSU is planning on partnering with the Philosophy Club for a book rescue event. This will include sorting through the books in the bins outside of the library. Professors in humanities departments will have the opportunity to keep books they like. When asked about what HSU is hoping to achieve, Harrington said, “At a small school like Canisius it’s important for us students to work together. I hope our club can serve as a safe space for humanities students and non-humanities students alike to interact and explore.” Harrington also said, “We want to demonstrate a continued interest in the humanities at Canisius as our school looks to cut programs.” HSU is open to all majors. Follow @canisius.humanities on Instagram for more information.
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