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Junior excels at regional mock trial competition
Nick Dhimitri, captain of SUNY Fredonia’s nine-member team, shared with two other students the highest ranking given by judges at this year’s competition, scoring 19 points out of a possible 20. Along with Mr. Dhimitri, SUNY Fredonia’s team is comprised of Douglas Jordan, Jessica Weinberger, Megan Mitchell, Belinda Taylor, Keli Cochran, Ashley James, Ben Sachs and Andrea Barriffe. To prepare for the competition, the team meets every week during the fall semester, and then twice a week in the spring term
Commencement website has helpful info
The Commencement 2008 is Saturday, May 17 at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. in the Steele Hall arena. Bookmark the Commencement website to stay up...
Olga Bogatyrenko will examine U.S. at colloquium
Olga Bogatyrenko, Assistant Professor in Political Science will be the featured speaker at the Social Science Colloquium on Friday, March 14, at 3 p.m. in Room E359 Thompson Hall. The title of her talk is “Amazing Transformations: When do Great Powers Successfully Transform Their Power”? This presentation will focus on evaluating America’s current international standing in light of its performance along several economic, political and military dimensions.
B.C.I.C. clinic schedule
The Birth Control Information Center offers clinics once a week on Mondays or Thursdays. The clinics offer pap smears along with chlamydia and gonorrhea testing, thin preps, visual STD testing, HPV acid treatment, along with other gynecological care. All clinics are student-run, while doctors perform the medical procedures
Julia Hopson claims state title in weight throw
Fredonia State junior Julia Hopson of Poughkeepsie/Arlington won the women's 20-pound weight throw at the New York State Collegiate Track Conference championship meet recently, where...
Annual Wellness Fair is March 19
The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) announced its Annual Wellness Fair will be held Wednesday, March 19, 2008 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Williams Center Multipurpose Room. All employees are encouraged to visit the many health and wellness professionals participating in this year’s event.
Heichberger and Burr debut compilation of works
Five Years on the Cutting Edge: From Our Perspective 2003-2008 (paperback, 978-1-60477-714-7), penned by authors Robert L. Heichberger, Ph.D., and Fredonia alumnus M. Andrew Burr...
Dr. Reiff to Speak at Washington Conference
Daniel D. Reiff, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Fredonia State University Department of Visual Arts and New Media, is one of five speakers at a conference in honor of James Hoban, architect of the White House. The all-day conference, sponsored by the White House Historical Association, will be held on Thursday, March 13, at Decatur House on Lafayette Square. Dr. Reiff has also written an illustrated essay on Fredonia, N.Y., architect Enoch A. Curtis for the volume, "American Architects and their Books, 1840-1915."
Rochester area educator is top alumnus
Educator Shaun C. Nelms of Rochester, N.Y., will be honored March 19 as the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year by the SUNY Fredonia Educational Development Program. Mr. Nelms is middle school principal at Burger Middle School in West Henrietta, N.Y. He graduated from SUNY Fredonia in 1999 with a degree in history and New York State certification to teach social studies.
NewSound Festival focus is electronic music
The Ethos New Music Society at SUNY Fredonia presents the Eighth Annual NewSound Music Festival, March 4 through 14 on campus. This year’s festival focuses on electronic music of the 20th and 21st centuries, and will feature appearances from up-and-coming composer Missy Mazzoli and electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick. Missy Mazzoli: presents a lecture and performance of her works with faculty members Kay Stonefelt and Tiffany Nicely on Tuesday, March 11, at 8 p.m., in Rosch Recital Hall.