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Distance education unfolds at Fredonia
With the spring semester resuming, students, faculty and staff at Fredonia are settling into an online distance education model that was developed and put into place in remarkably short order so learning will continue during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Fund launched by faculty and staff to help students
Fredonia has been fielding questions on how the community can support students who are facing unanticipated and unprecedented hardships resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, it established the Student Emergency Relief Fund through the Fredonia College Foundation.
Fredonia combines school leadership instruction into unique online program
School leadership training at Fredonia has been redesigned to create a single direct path for educators already working in K-12 school districts to attain advanced certifications that lead to becoming a school building principal and school district superintendent.
Seed project aims to connect with students and restore Chestnut trees
Every spring semester at Fredonia, about 25 prospective elementary school teachers nurture American chestnut seedlings that could contribute to long-term efforts to restore the American chestnut tree in the Eastern United States.
Pratt selected to receive Lanford Presidential Prize
Fredonia native Brigham Pratt has been named the recipient of the 2020 Lanford Presidential Prize from the Oscar and Esther Lanford Endowment of the Fredonia College Foundation.
Environmental Science major approved by State Education Department
A stand-alone Bachelor of Science major in Environmental Sciences is one of the newest programs approved by the New York State Education Department for Fredonia.
Vanwesenbeeck review appears in Los Angeles Review of Books
Department of English Professor Birger Vanwesenbeeck wrote a review, published in the Los Angeles Review of Books, of a new study of animals and the environment in Turkish literature and culture.
Summer internships are offered through incubator
The Fredonia Technology Incubator is again offering paid summer internships for Fredonia students advancing an entrepreneurial project.
Radio stations interview Igoe about coronavirus
Department of Communication Assistant Professor Mike Igoe was interviewed by area radio stations WBEN 930 AM, Buffalo, and WDOE 1410 AM, Dunkirk, about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Oasis Guitar scholarship awarded to Music Education major
Allison DiMauro, a senior Music Education major from Long Island, has been awarded the Oasis Guitar Jury Prize, a $500 cash award that recognizes the guitar student who exhibits the greatest improvement over the course of a semester.