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Concerts will support 30-Hour Famine
Ashley R. Bergman, a junior English major, announced that she is spearheading several events to fight world hunger. The international "30 Hour Famine" starts worldwide and at SUNY Fredonia on Saturday, March 31, at 10 a.m. and ends Sunday, April 1 at 4 p.m. There will be a dinner in Cafe G to break the fast at that time.
Lucille Clifton and Gwyneth Walker celebrate "No Ordinary Woman"
Lucille Clifton Gwyneth Walker Lucille Clifton, whose powerful explorations of race, womanhood, spirituality and morality have made her one of America’s most admired poets, will return to the SUNY Fredonia campus as a Williams Distinguished Visiting Professor for a two-day celebration of her poetry on April 2 and 3. Renowned composer Gwyneth Walker will be present as the Fredonia College Choir and the Fredonia Women’s Choir perform a concert of songs she set to Ms. Clifton’s poems. Two concerts and two poetry events are planned. A prolific composer, Dr. Walker has written more than 160 pieces for orchestra, band, chorus and chamber ensembles. She has dedicated her career to composing since leaving Oberlin in 1982. She is a graduate of Brown University and Hartt School of Music, and holds bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in music composition.
Amanda Beauchemin poster for Women's History Month
Amanda Beauchemin is a senior graphic design major from Rochester, N.Y.
Fredonia takes SUNYAC title for hockey
The men's ice hockey team captured the SUNYAC title in its 6-4 defeat of Plattsburgh on Saturday, March 3. The first round NCAA Division III pitted them against Middlebury College Wednesday, March 7, at 7 p.m. in Middlebury, Vt., where the Blue Devils lost 9-0, finishing the season at 15-10-0.
Executive Council of Women's Student Union
The Executive Council of the Women's Student UnionWomen who helped plan the activities for Women's History Month 2007 are, left to right front row: Melissa...
Feminist Activism through Art is March focus
The Women's Student Union planned Women's History Month. Canadian artist, Jennifer Linton Lisa Jervis, publisher Scholar Jo Anna Isaak The Women’s Student Union at SUNY...
Athlete Scholars move on to NCAAs
Fredonia sophomore Kelly Sponholz and senior Scott Horsington have qualified for the NCAA Division III swimming and diving championships for women and men, respectively.
<strong>News of the Faculty</strong>
Gordon C. Baird (geosciences) will present a paper on his research at the 42nd annual meeting of the Northeastern Section of the Geological Society of...
Carmen Rivera to discuss Mexican identity in literature
Carmen Rivera (chairperson of foreign languages), will be presenting a lecture titled, “Octavio Paz and Gloria Anzaldúa: The Labyrinth of Mexican Identity,” for the Brown...
EDP holding awards ceremony on March 14
Ana Brignoni-Waliczek, '96 FREDONIA, N.Y.-- A Dunkirk native will be honored when the Educational Development Program (EDP) at SUNY Fredonia hold its 25th annual awards...