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Shown giving blood in the Williams
Center recently are University Police Officer Ben
Miller, and senior Lisa Piering of Syracuse
(theatre arts), in background. Technician Ann
Unger works for the Community Blood Bank of
Western New York.
Eric Skowronski is the new Director
of Lifelong Learning at SUNY Fredonia.
The New
Horizons Band is presenting a concert May 3 at
Fredonia High School.
Yartish Bullock-Okeke, '01, of New York
City, was among the alumni who returned for the
People of Color Concerns Conference recently.
Above, she reunites with English Professor
and Department Chairperson Jeannette
McVicker.
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Ongoing
Park and Ride: Shuttle service runs
continuously from Park and Ride parking lot to Maytum
Hall from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day classes are
in session.
Monday, April
30
McNair Scholars Banquet: 4
to 6 p.m., Café G. By invitation.
Student Chamber Music Concert:
7:30 to 10 p.m., Juliet J. Rosch Recital Hall. Free
and open to the public.
Tuesday, May
1
Women’s Lacrosse vs. Oneonta: 3
p.m., soccer field. Free.
Stroke Support Group Meeting: 3
p.m., W127 Thompson Hall.
Fredonia Jazz Workshop in Concert:
8 to 10 p.m., Diers Recital Hall. Free and open to
the public.
Wednesday, May
2
Enrollment Management Committee: 8
to 9 a.m., President’s Conference Room, 118 Fenton
Hall.
"Family Tree" Dedication: noon,
inside Symphony Circle. Campus community plants a
tree to honor and memorialize family members. All
welcome.
The
Brown Bag Talk, Poems by Aimee
Nezhukumatathil: Noon to 1 p.m., G143-44
Williams Center. Free and open to the public.
Women’s Studies Spring Symposium: 5
to 7 p.m., Garden Room, Alumni House. This annual event
showcases the research projects of Women's Studies
majors and minors. This year’s researchers and their
projects are: Leigh Roell, author of
“Silent Suffering: Social Constructs of Postpartum
Depression and Motherhood;” Sarah
Clayton, author of “Facing Fears: Women
Functioning Despite Fundamentalism;” Kim
Siejak, author of “Domestic Violence: The Need
for a Feminist Approach;” Meaghan
Provost, author of “Moving the Machine:
Obstacles Facing Women Writers and Characters
Creating the Need for Feminist Revision;” Sarah
Schwab, author of “I am (fill in the
blank): Ambiguity in a Defined World;”
Justine Roth, author of “The Obstacles
for Victim's of Sexual Assault;” Katie
Diebold, author of “The Problems of
Globalization in India and the Role of Women in Local
Responses;” and Jenna Gawne, author of
“Male Perpetrators of Domestic Violence: The Forgotten
Demographic?”
FSA Student of the Year Dinner: 6 to
8 p.m., Café G. By invitation.
Thursday, May 3
Student Association Dinner: 5 to
8:30 p.m., Café G. By invitation.
Study Abroad Orientation: 5 to 8
p.m., McEwen Hall G26. Presented by International
Education Office.
Visiting Artist Program presents Senior
Presentations and Awards Ceremony: 8:30 p.m.,
209 McEwen Hall.
Friday, May
4
SYSCO Day: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
Williams Center. Free samples of cuisine prepared by
FSA, sponsored by its food vendor, SYSCO.
School of Music Convocation: 3 to
4:30 p.m., Juliet J. Rosch Recital Hall. Free. All
welcome.
English Department Awards
Ceremony: 3 to 5 p.m., Fenton Hall 105. Free.
By invitation.
Business Department Awards
Reception: 5 p.m., Café G. By invitation.
Art Gallery Closing Reception for Senior
Show IV: 7 to 9 p.m., Art Gallery Lobby. Free.
All welcome.
Saturday, May
5
Graduate Literacy Conference: 7:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m., W101 Thompson Hall. By
reservation through the College of Education.
Distinguished
Service Awards Dinner: 6 p.m., Williams
Center. Tickets are by reservation only through the
Fredonia College Foundation. Honorees are the Fredonia
Rotary Club, State Sen. Catharine Young, and Walter
Gotowka, local business man.
Sunday, May
6
March of Dimes Walk America: 7
a.m. to 2 p.m., Dods Hall gymnasium.
Monday, May
7
College of Education Retreat: 10
a.m. to 2 p.m., Alumni House, Garden Room. By
invitation.
Friday, May
11
Last day of Final Exams
College of Education Reception for
Seniors: 8:15 a.m., Cafe G. By
invitation.
Office of Field Experience
Luncheon: noon to 1:30 p.m., Cafe G. By
invitation.
Commencement
Eve Pops Concert presents "Best of
Broadway:" 8 p.m, King Concert
Hall.
SUNY Fredonia’s
top student vocalists take the stage to sing, dance and
give their hearts to our audience with one show-stopping
number after another. Join us for "Best of Broadway" as
the Western New York Chamber Orchestra performs
memorable tunes from Gotham's greatest songbooks and our
talented students leave us cheering one last time.
Tickets through the Central Ticket Office are $20 for
the general public. Call 673-3501. Sponsored by WDOE AM
and Kix-FM Radio.
Saturday, May 12
Commencement
Morning Ceremony: 10 a.m., Steele Hall. Alumnus
David
Mittlefehldt will receive an honorary
doctorate from SUNY, and address the Class of 2007 at
this ceremony. Candidates for graduation in May and
August 2007 will be individually recognized, along with
graduates from August and December 2006 and January
2007. Ribbons of orange and maroon, the school colors of
Virginia Polytechnic University, will be offered to all
graduation candidates, faculty and staff to wear as a
symbol of support for the students and faculty who lost
their lives there last month. A reception follows for
all graduates and their families, along with faculty and
staff.
Commencement
Afternoon Ceremony: 3 p.m., Steele Hall.
Foreign Language Professor (Emeritus) Max
Oppenheimer will address the Class of 2007
at this ceremony. Candidates for graduation
in May and August 2007 will be individually recognized,
along with graduates from August and December 2006 and
January 2007. The Lanford Presidential Prize will
be presented to graduating senior Rachel E.
King of Syracuse. Ribbons of orange and maroon,
the school colors of Virginia Polytechnic University,
will be offered to all graduation candidates, faculty
and staff to wear as a symbol of support for the
students and faculty who lost their lives there last
month. A reception follows for all graduates and their
families, along with faculty and staff.
Sunday, May 13
Chautauqua Children's Chorale Spring
Concert: 4 p.m., Rosch Recital Hall.
Monday, May 14
Computer Science High School
Contest: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Fenton Hall Room
105. Sponsored by the SUNY Fredonia Department of
Computer Science.
Monday, May 21
First day of classes, Summer Session
1: See more
information on Summer Session I and II.
Thursday, May
24
BOCES Special Olympics: 7 a.m. to 3
p.m., Outdoor track. (Rain date is May 30.)
Wednesday, May
30
Upward Bound Summer Program
Orientation: 6 to 8 p.m., Thompson Hall Room W
101.