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Wind Ensemble goes to China --with 25 high schools in tow
Just one day after performing at Commencement, the SUNY Fredonia Wind Ensemble will embark on an ambitious 10-day tour of China, where they will perform alongside Chinese student musicians and learn about the country’s music and culture. In addition, they will communicate with high school students in their home towns via a specially created blog which will chronicle their adventures.
Record numbers are applying for Fall
SUNY Fredonia has received a record 6,500 freshman applications for Fall '08— up more than 600 from a year ago. These have yielded 1,100 deposits from students who will become members of the Class of 2012. While an overall demographic issue has played a role in these unprecedented results, Fredonia’s enrollment figures are distinguishing themselves beyond this trend.
Rick Haug selected as Banse-Fay Intern
The sev enth annual Jurgen P. Banse-Fay Production Management Internship Award at the Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center has been presented to Rick Haug, a BFA Production Design major at the State University of New York at Fredonia
Profs Grady and Grady eyeing two special grads
Besides being SUNY Fredonia faculty who enjoy seeing their students graduate each year, Michael and Carolyn Grady are, this year, proud parents who will be watching two of their own children mark the milestone. “We love Fredonia; it is a very nurturing and supportive place for students, and they have done so well here,” Mrs. Grady said. “Any student that goes to Fredonia can end up going anywhere.”
Join the home team in Relay for Life
This year's Relay for Life will be Saturday, June 21, at the SUNY Fredonia outdoor track.
Lyric Arts performers will sing in Italy
A unique opportunity for students to experience Italy as musicians caps off a busy semester in the SUNY Fredonia School of Music. On Monday, May 19, 11 students and faculty will leave Western New York for a 10-day performance trip to Italy under the auspices of Lyric Arts International.
Rausa portraying Golda Meir in Buffalo
Alumna Christina Rausa (Class of '77) will star as Golda Meir in the JRT production, Golda’s Balcony, June 5 through June 29 at MusicalFare Theatre...
Photo by Morse selected for calendar
A photograph taken by Charlotte Morse (AIT) was selected for the 2008 Concord Grape Belt Heritage Association Calendar, which features the scenic beauty of local vineyards within the Lake Erie Concord Grape Belt. All of the photos used in the calendar were from the "I love My Concord Grape Belt Heritage Area" photo contest sponsored by the Association as part of New York State's 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Heritage Area Program.
Neil Feit is author of new book
Neil Feit's book, " Belief about the Self," will be published in June by Oxford University Press. The book defends a theory about the nature...
Funding comes for "Big Read" this fall
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded SUNY Fredonia $20,000 for the second Big Read Program to feature the novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,"...