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The Student Association recently approved the creation of The Entrepreneurs' Club, an organization dedicated to financial knowledge and management. "I wanted to create a place where students could learn about business and investment strategy in an open forum, among their peers," said Founding President Gareth Leonard of Hilton, N.Y., a senior finance and economics major.
The club recently raised over $600 at its first event, which attracted 200 students. It intends to continue raising money and undertake projects that provide experiences in financial management and investment, as well as entrepreneurship.
The club's goal is to separate itself from other campus organizations, be more student-centered and organize unique events. "A lot of the activities still need to be approved because they are so different," stated Mr. Leonard. Among those in the works are field trips and involvement in events to benefit the community.
The group will also participate in a stock simulation through Stocks Quest, and will host guest speakers. So far, student members come from a diverse selection of majors, including communication, business management, and marketing. Meetings are held on Sunday nights at 8 p.m. in the Williams Center, and new members are welcomed.
Shown in the photo, left to right, are the first slate of officers: Vice President for Operations Marissa Pennetta of Rochester, senior marketing and economics major; President Leonard; Vice President of Marketing Kristin Owczarczak, a public relations senior from West Seneca; and Treasurer and Vice President of Finance Christopher Donahue, a senior marketing major from Olean.
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Jon Carvella
Senior Jon Carvella, above, and Dr. Jon Titus (biology) are presenting results of their summer's research on Mount St. Helen's at the regional conference of the Association of American Geographers next week. Above, Mr. Carvella is shown amidst the recovering landscape of Mount St. Helen's, where a biologically-devastating volcanic eruption occurred in 1980.
Fredonia hosts annual meeting
for geographers from four NE states
SUNY Fredonia's Ann Deakin (Geographic Information Systems) is organizing and hosting the annual, two-day conference of the Middle States Regional Division of the Association of American Geographers at Bellinger Hall on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution. The Oct. 14 and 15 conference will feature more than 50 presentations, including several from students and faculty at Fredonia. Members will gather to discuss and hear from other researchers about such topics as forest environments, social movements and geographic space, water quality, climatology, and cultural and historical landscapes. Dr. Deakin, who is president of the Middle States Regional division, is expecting 150 to 200 attendees from Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
The participants will include both faculty and students. "The Middle States Regional Division, in particular, has a strong commitment to involving students, both at the graduate and undergraduate level," Dr. Deakin said. "The Chautauqua Institution's Bellinger Hall is a wonderful location for the conference because it is like a retreat center," she added. Many organizations take advantage of the hall's services. During the last presidential election, John Edwards prepared for his vice presidential debate there.
Keynote speaker for the Saturday luncheon is Dr. Richard A. Marston, President of AAG. He will be traveling from Kansas State University where he is Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography. The title of his talk is "Geographers Collaborating to Solve Complex Environmental Problems."
In addition to Vice President Virginia Horvath (academic affairs) and Dean David Ewing (natural and social sciences), who will make welcoming remarks, participants from the Fredonia campus community are senior Jon Carvella (environmental science and Geographic Information Systems) and Dr. Jonathan Titus (biology), who are presenting a poster. Also, Samantha Shoemaker, a political science, economics and GIS student (mentored by Dr. Deakin) is presenting a paper. Also, Laurie Buonanno (political science) and Dr. Deakin are co-authors of a paper they are presenting.
Katrina Fund a rousing success;
$11K presented to local Red Cross
SUNY Fredonia students, faculty, staff, and friends raised $11,410.28 for the victims of Hurricane Katrina last month. President Dennis L. Hefner presented a check to the American Red Cross recently after the two-week campaign brought donations came from all members of the campus community. Some students organized a competition between residence halls, and others began projects in student organizations and clubs which are still ongoing. From left to right in the photo are student volunteer Christopher Reybrouck, a sophomore English education major; President Hefner; Vince Horrigan, executive director of the Chautauqua County Chapter of the American Red Cross; volunteer Karen Munski, a junior music education major; and Joyce Harvard Smith, coordinator of the university's Volunteer and Community Services Office.
Take Back the Night is tonight
The Women's Student Union is sponsoring the annual "Take Back the Night" rally tonight at 7 p.m. in Jewett Hall 101. Take Back the Night is an international event that is organized in local communities with the purpose of unifying women, men, and children in an awareness of violence against women, children and families. The event is a collaboration of community and campus and other interested persons who are ready to take a stand against violence and make the night safe for everyone. Take Back the Night rallies and marches began in England as a protest against the fear that women encountered walking the streets at night. The first Take Back the Night in the United States occurred in San Francisco in 1978.
Follow-up to RFK talk is panel discussion on
environmental issues of the 21st century
The Convocation Committee announced that a faculty panel discussion will take place Monday, Oct. 10, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in G26 McEwen Hall as a follow-up to the Robert F. Kennedy Convocation address Sept. 21. Each panelist will make a statement based on the general theme, "Environmental Issues of the 21st Century." Following their opening statements, they will then pose questions to one another and open up questions from the audience. The panelists and their statements are:
Nation walking Saturday in hopes
of preventing suicide
The second annual SUNY Fredonia "Out of Darkness Community Walk", coordinated with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, will begin at the Community Picnic Grove on the corner of Brigham Road and Temple Street on Saturday, Oct. 8. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. and the walk will begin at 10 a.m. This year, Dr. Dani McKinney (psychology) is coordinating the walk. All faculty, staff, students and community members are encouraged to participate. Campus sponsors include the Psychology Club, Social Work Club, Sister Circle, and others, in conjunction with the Office of Volunteer and Community Services. For more information, contact Joyce H. Smith at the Office of Volunteer and Community Services at ext. 3690.
Golden Key Honour Society
inducted 70 new members recently
Along with the nearly 70 students who were inducted to the SUNY Fredonia chapter of Golden Key International Honour Society at a ceremony on campus recently, five honorary members were also added, Co-advisor Bob Mead-Colegrove (Campus Life) announced. Student members, who are required to be among the top 15 percent in their class, have GPAs in excess of 3.5 at Fredonia. Golden Key was chartered at Fredonia last year. This year's honorary inductees were the keynote speaker, Hon. Walter Drag (Dunkirk City Court Judge), Dr. Neil Feit (philosophy), Dr. Kim Tillery (Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology), Dr. Ted Steinberg (English), and Jeremy Corrente (Judicial Affairs).
Gordon Baird (geosciences) will be presenting the paper, "Hybrid Eustatic and Flexural Effects within a Synorogenic Clastic Wedge: Establishing Temporal Links between the Late Middle Devonian Tully Formation and the Nearshore Gilboa Sandstone in East-Central New York," at the 117th annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 16 - 19.
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