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Time for annual Daffodil Sale
Order your daffodils today to help in the fight against cancer. Place an order by Feb. 20. Payment is required in advance. Checks may be made payable to the American Cancer Society. Deliveries will be made the week of March 16.
FSA invites applications for 2009-10 grants
Requests for funding must be hand delivered to Karen Barnett, Executive Assistant, in the FSA Office, Gregory Hall, by 5 p.m. Friday, Feb.13. The Faculty Student Association announced its 2009 grants cycle for campus programs. The deadline to apply (applications must be hand-delivered) is Friday, Feb. 12, at 5 p.m. Through its program funds, the Faculty Student Association (FSA) supports various university activities that enhance the educational and/or cultural experience of the campus community. The FSA Board of Directors reviews requests for support in March of each year. The Board will soon begin considering applications for support for the period June 1 through May 31, 2010.
SUNY Fredonia to host lecture series on international experiences
A series of five presentations designed to share the recent teaching and research experiences of Fredonia faculty who have traveled abroad will happen through the Spring semester, beginning on Monday, Feb. 2, with a presentation by Psychology Department Chair Cheryl Drout, who will detail her recent endeavors in Japan.
Jan. 27, 2010: Villages of Florida Reunion
Alumni and friends in Northern Florida, mark your calendars for Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. A reunion is planned at the Waterfront Inn at Lake Sumter Landing. More to come.
Art of Guitar series focuses on living composers
The theme of the 2009 Art of the Guitar Concert Series is Composer’s Alive! Each concert will feature music written for the guitar by living composers, which will include many world premiere performances.
Student travel funds are available
The Office of Student Research and Creativity is accepting applications for student travel funding until Feb. 13, Director Jack Croxton announced. Funds to support student travel taking place between January and August of 2009 are being provided by the Academic Affairs office.
Poetry professor Nezhukumatathil named NEA Fellow
Competing against roughly 1,700 applicants, Poetry Professor Aimee Nezhukumatathil was one of 42 writers to recently receive Literature Fellowships for poetry awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts. The NEA award provides $25,000 to each recipient for the creation of new works. The NEA’s selection process is based on 10 poems and a brief statement by the author.
Track star Hopson has “designs” on more than records
Anyone who knows Fredonia State’s Julia Hopson knows that she is one of the most decorated track and field athletes in the university’s history. A graphic design major, Hopson was one of just 20 student-athletes selected to exhibit her own artwork, in person, at the NCAA National Convention, held in Washington, D.C. recently.
Understanding SUNY Fredonia’s “state” of affairs
David M. Tiffany by David M. Tiffany, Vice President for University Advancement With all of the recent economic uncertainty, coupled with the many budget cuts...
Coalition on nuclear wastes donates papers to Reed Library
The Coalition on West Valley Nuclear Wastes has donated 90 cubic feet of primary documents to the Archives and Special Collections at Reed Library on the SUNY Fredonia campus. The materials, pertaining to the West Valley Nuclear Demonstration Project, have been collected and maintained over the last four decades by the coalition, an activist group of primarily New York State residents from Cattaraugus and Erie counties.