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New tenure-track faculty enrich community
Teaching in classrooms, studios, science labs and lecture halls this semester are 25 new faculty members who will in the future be eligible for permanent appointments as tenured faculty. Selected by committees through national searches, the new tenure-track faculty represent 13 disciplines and were drawn from 17 states and two Canadian provinces.
Five faculty tapped for Chancellor’s Awards
Five members of SUNY Fredonia faculty have been designated the “best of the best” as recipients of the 2007 Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Faculty Service, Librarianship, Professional Service, Scholarship and Creative Activities, and Teaching. The honorees are Dr. Christina S. Jarvis, associate professor, English; Keary J. Howard, associate professor, mathematical sciences; Dr. Reneta Barneva, professor of computer science; Michele Notte, director of Youngerman Center for Communication Disorders; and Marianne B. Eimer, librarian and head of Research & Instruction at Daniel A. Reed Library.
New soccer fields and stadium debut at games
A campus and community celebration is planned Friday, Sept. 7, to commemorate the first home soccer games at SUNY Fredonia’s new 1,500-seat University Stadium, just constructed this year along with two new soccer/lacrosse fields.
Fair to display community service options for students
The Office of Volunteer and Community Services in conjunction with the Volunteer Services Advisory Committee at SUNY Fredonia is organizing its fourth annual Community Service...
Marxonia Festival internship available
The highly successful "Freedonia Marxonia Film Festival and Symposium," that first appeared on the SUNY Fredonia campus scene in the late 1980’s, may be brought back, thanks to a generous gift from Fredonia alumnus Douglas Canham. Mr. Canham, Class of 1987, has provided a gift to SUNY Fredonia that will fund a paid internship for a business major who will work with senior staff in the spring of 2008 to develop a plan to bring the festival back in 2009.
DFT Communications to sponsor Pops Series
DFT Communications President and CTO Kurt Maytum, left, presents a sponsorship check to Rockefeller Arts Center Director Jefferson Westwood and Tim Murphy, Director of Development...
Blue Devil divers entertain this summer
As summer employees of Watershow Productions, Inc., three Blue Devil divers played the roles of dysfunctional pirates in search of a treasure map. However, they didn’t perform on an ordinary stage, or even a stationary one: their theatrical set was an inflatable pirate ship which partially concealed two three-meter diving boards and a tower with small platforms that extended as high as 50 feet.
Technology Incubator opens for business
With a ribbon cutting ceremony in downtown Dunkirk, SUNY Fredonia officials are celebrating another step in economic development locally as they open the temporary site of the SUNY Fredonia Technology Incubator, the first of its kind in Chautauqua County. State and local elected officials are joining SUNY Fredonia President Dennis L. Hefner in officially opening the incubator today at 11 a.m. in Suite 300 at 314 Central Avenue, and announcing its first tenant, adXit.
Class Notes July 2007
Deaths Alumni Esther (Krager) Fisher Class of 1934 Marjorie (Dillingham) Washburn Class of 1942 George E. Swanson Jr. Class of 1946 Maxine (Willis) Garman Class...
Local bank gives $10,000 to RAC
A long-time supporter of Rockefeller Arts Center and SUNY Fredonia, Lake Shore Savings has significantly increased its commitment to the arts by becoming the first-ever season-wide sponsor for the center.