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Fredonia New Jazz Ensemble wins prestigious DownBeat magazine award
Rarely, if ever, does an unheralded student music ensemble win a major award from a prestigious international publication, but that’s exactly what the Fredonia New Jazz Ensemble did when it received DownBeat magazine’s Student Music Award for Outstanding Performance by a College Large Jazz Ensemble - Undergraduate College division, for 2019.
SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence honors two Fredonia students
Celina Kryk and Stephanie Wojnowski, who compiled impressive academic credentials, displayed exceptionally strong leadership skills and were actively engaged in campus activities at Fredonia, have been chosen as recipients of the 2019 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.
Student crafts unique art/biology internship in medical illustration
Junior Olivia Connor, who ventured outside of the usual academic convention by pursuing degrees in Biology and Visual Arts and New Media: Drawing and Painting, has landed a unique summer internship that will combine these seemingly distant disciplines: medical illustration. This summer, Ms. Connor will gain valuable insight into this highly specialized field at Mayfield Brain and Spine Institute, a full-service patient care provider in Cincinnati.
Buffalo News ‘Kids Day’ on April 30
On Tuesday, April 30, from 6 to 9 a.m., Fredonia students and staff will be selling special editions of The Buffalo News throughout various locations in Fredonia, Dunkirk and Brocton.
Leadership Awards ceremony to honor Fredonia student leaders for 25th year
It’s the milestone in the semester for recognizing the accomplishments and hard work in leadership done by the students of Fredonia. For the last 24 years, the Leadership Awards Ceremony has honored Fredonia’s premier examples of dedication.
‘Policing in the 21st Century’ to be explored at next campus Brown Bag talk
Two leading area law enforcement officials, Ann Burns, chief of University Police, and FBI Special Agent Brent Isaacson, will speak at the campus’ next Brown Bag Lecture on Wednesday, May 1, at noon, in the Williams Center Room S204. Their presentation, “Policing in the 21st Century,” will examine the latest research and findings on preventing violence on campuses, with a focus on detecting and reporting people who may be planning an act of targeted violence.
Senior Day success: Devils outlast Plattsburgh
Fredonia closed out the home portion of the 2019 women's lacrosse season with a 13-12 SUNYAC win Saturday over Plattsburgh. Samantha Spiess, one of two Fredonia seniors, had a five-point game -- two goals and three assists -- and surpassed the 100-point plateau in the process.
Kurbs wins Cortland 10,000 meters
Hannah Kurbs won the women's 10,000 meters Saturday at the Cortland Classic Invitational track and field meet. Kurbs's winning time of 39:02.29 was a personal best, one of six recorded by Fredonia women at during the two-day meet at SUNY Cortland.
Serafin wins high jump, Egan 3rd with PR in steeplechase
First place by Nick Serafin in the men's high jump was Fredonia's best finish at the Cortland Classic Invitational track and field meet Friday and Saturday. Serafin's clearance of 6 feet, 6 inches tied his personal-best in the event.
Fredonia Wind Ensemble to give N.Y. premiere of ‘Made in America’ at season’s final concert
The Fredonia Wind Ensemble will close its year with an exciting program showcasing the New York premiere of Joan Tower’s “Made In America,” transcribed by Master Gunnery Sgt. Don Patterson of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, at a concert on Sunday, April 28, at 4 p.m.