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Biology students who were awarded summer research fellowships will present the findings of their research at an open session on Friday, Oct. 17, at 2 p.m. in Jewett Hall Room 101. The students undertook a wide range of studies involving local fish, water quality, little brown bats, and native plants.

An historical reconstruction of the landmark 1950 Clef recording “Charlie Parker with Strings” will be performed by Fredonia School of Music talent and guest saxophonist Darcy Hepner on Sunday, Oct. 21 at 1 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall.

The Women Take Aim film series will show four films this fall on Wednesday evenings starting Oct. 22: "The Education of Shelby Knox," (documentary aired on P.O.V. of PBS), "You Don't Know Dick," (documentary), and two foreign films, "Kept and Dreamless," and "Luxury Car."

Alumna Jessica Barnack, a doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will present the keynote address at The Women’s Studies annual Fall Gathering on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 5 p.m. in the Horizon Room of the Williams Center.

Sophomore and childhood education major Christine Padasak of Springville, N.Y., is one of 40 students nationwide with Cystic fibrosis who have received a $2,500 scholarship from Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc., based on her essay about achieving her goals despite living with the disease. She is now eligible for a $10,000 scholarship from the company which will be awarded through an on-line voting process.

The Presidential Debate of Tuesday, Oct. 7 is the focus of a DebateWatch program at SUNY Fredonia, which is one of a handful of hosts in New York State for the DebateWatch voter education program.

Members of the SUNY Fredonia campus community are urged to sign up for SUNY NY-Alert, a secure, web-based emergency alert system implemented on campus and created and maintained by the New York State Emergency Management Office. The system will replace TextCaster, which is being phased out on the SUNY Fredonia campus

A new SUNY Fredonia Ticket Office has returned to the Williams Center, but in a larger, more customer-friendly "digs." The office is now located in room G-144, which is directly across from its previous Williams Center location.

The SUNY Fredonia School of Music announced a vocalist, a horn player and four saxophone students who play as a quartet are the 2008 winners of its annual Concerto Competition, held every fall to select “the cream of the crop” among music students for solo performances in spring concerts.