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Ray Stewart records with Natalie Merchant
The next CD to be released by Natalie Merchant, former lead singer of 10,000 Maniacs, will become the newest link between SUNY Fredonia and the beloved alternative rock group founded in Jamestown, N.Y. Raymond Stewart, associate professor of Music and member of Meridian Arts Ensemble, spent a day-long recording session this fall with Merchant in September.
Gregory Cole obtains national certification in teaching
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards announced that Gregory Cole, lecturer in the Computer and Information Sciences department, has achieved National Board Certification in...
“Empty Bowls” event Dec. 6 to benefit Friendly Kitchen
The 2008 Empty Bowls event is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 6 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. John’s United Church of Christ, 733 Central Ave., Dunkirk. As is traditional in most Empty Bowls fund raisers, folks make a tax-deductible contribution, choose a bowl they like and are served a simple meal of soup in it. Subsequently, the bowl is washed and wrapped for them to take home.
COPC Program will offer professional workshops in 2009
The Professional Development Series offered to the community by the SUNY Fredonia COPC program this fall was a success and will be offered again in 2009, director of the COPC Program Sherry Lantz said. Speakers and presenters included Rich Goodman, Dr. David Doino, and Kathy Peterson.
Golden Key group noted for membership
SUNY Fredonia’s Golden Key International Honour Society chapter is first in its region, and fifth highest in the U.S., for member join response rate. A...
Chamber Orchestra concert features top student soloists
The Fredonia Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. David Rudge of the SUNY Fredonia School of Music, will perform a mix of classical and contemporary works on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. in the university’s Juliet J. Rosch Recital Hall. Special soloists will be students who won the Concerto Competition earlier this semester.
Orchesis stages AIDS benefit at Dods Gym
FREDONIA, N.Y. — December 1, 2008 — A benefit for children orphaned by AIDS in Malawi, a sub-Saharan country in Africa, will be staged by...
Women's Choir will perform Nine Lessons and Carols
A beloved holiday tradition will combine readings and musical portrayals of the story of Christmas on Saturday, Dec. 13, at the First United Methodist Church in Fredonia when the Fredonia Women's Choir presents, "The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols." There is no fee for the event, but freewill offerings to the church are welcomed. All students, faculty and staff are invited to attend, as are area community members.
Brown Bag series featuring faculty roundtable on election
The SUNY Fredonia Brown Bag lecture series is pleased to feature a post-election conversation in which faculty scholars representing multiple disciplines will compare notes on one of the most momentous presidential election campaigns in U.S. history. Entitled, “Reflections, Lessons and Implications,” the event will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at noon in Room S-104 of the Williams Center. It is free and open to all campus and community members; classes are also welcome.
Nov. 29: Fredonia Students will help open Buffalo Bills game
Twelve of Fredonia’s very best vocalists, under the direction of Dr. Gerald Gray, will be on hand Thanksgiving Weekend to sing to a capacity crowd of roughly 74,000 at Rich Stadium as the Buffalo Bills take on its arch rival Miami Dolphins at 1 p.m.