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Student with CF wins scholarship for essay
Sophomore and childhood education major Christine Padasak of Springville, N.Y., is one of 40 students nationwide with Cystic fibrosis who have received a $2,500 scholarship from Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc., based on her essay about achieving her goals despite living with the disease. She is now eligible for a $10,000 scholarship from the company which will be awarded through an on-line voting process.
SUNY Fredonia hosting a DebateWatch event
The Presidential Debate of Tuesday, Oct. 7 is the focus of a DebateWatch program at SUNY Fredonia, which is one of a handful of hosts in New York State for the DebateWatch voter education program.
Jeanette McVicker delivering President's Award address
Dr. Jeanette McVicker, a recipient of the 2008 President’s Award for Excellence at SUNY Fredonia, will explore the topic, “Truth and Consequences: Adventures in Language, Literature and Culture,” during a lecture on Monday, Sept. 29 at 3 p.m., at the Juliet J. Rosch Recital Hall. The event is free and the public is invited to attend
Children’s Concerts Series to kick off third season
The Musical Journeys Program of the SUNY Fredonia School of Music will kick off its third season of free concerts designed to appeal to very young children. Selected student ensembles from the Fredonia School of Music will perform half-hour Children’s Concerts on four Saturday mornings at 10:30 a.m. beginning on Saturday, Oct. 4 in Darwin R. Barker Library.
Marian Wright Edelman to deliver convocation address
Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund, will present the annual Maytum Convocation Lecture at SUNY Fredonia, “Human Rights: With Liberty and Justice for All?” on Wednesday, Sept. 24. She has also been named a Williams Distinguished Visiting Professor at Fredonia.
SOM puts spotlight on American band music
The School of Music at SUNY Fredonia is hosting a weekend celebration of 19th-century American band music Oct. 3 and 4. Nationally recognized scholars and conductors will be offering lectures, while ensembles from the School of Music will be featured in a series of concerts highlighting the wind and brass music of early America, music of the Civil War, and the sounds of Sousa and Gilmore from the Golden Age of band music.
Bassoonist Laura Koepke giving recital Sunday
SUNY Fredonia School of Music faculty member and bassoonist Laura Koepke will give a recital Sunday, Sept. 28 at 2 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall. The recital is free and open to the public. It will feature the works of Antonio Vivaldi, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Malcolm Arnold, Maurice Ravel, Michel Corrette, and Ernesto Nazareth
New Ticket Office opens in Williams Center
A new SUNY Fredonia Ticket Office has returned to the Williams Center, but in a larger, more customer-friendly "digs." The office is now located in room G-144, which is directly across from its previous Williams Center location.
Sung and Koenig perform sonatas in Rosch Oct. 7
Janet Sung Robert Koenig Violinist Janet Sung and Grammy-nominated pianist Robert Koenig are performing a program of sonatas on Tuesday, Oct. 7 at 8 p.m...
James Thomas Stevens to read poetry at St. Mark's in NYC
Poet and faculty member James Thomas Stevens (English and Native American Studies) has been invited to read his poetry at St. Mark's Poetry Project on...