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The Paperless University: Myth or Reality?
A panel discussion on the paperless university will be held Wednesday, Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. in McEwen G26. "The Paperless University: Myth or Reality?" will focus on the effect changing technologies are having on the traditional landscape of higher education.
Spoof on the Bard opens Walter Gloor Mainstage Season
The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged) opened with a wild, laugh-filled ride on October 13. For over a quarter of a century, this show has delighted and surprised audiences with its un-Shakespeare-like references to hip-hop, football, TV cooking shows and psychology. Director Paul Mockovak puts his own stamp on the production by adding three women to the traditional cast of three men and, in his words, “doubling the fun.” Viewers are sure to enjoy this fast-paced, madcap version of the Bard’s classic texts.
Funnyman Lawrence Smythe plays “The Caretaker”
Canadian family entertainer Lawrence Smythe will bring his hilarious new one-man show, “Mr. Smythe: The Caretaker” on Friday, Oct. 13.
Art Gallery highlighting university collections
An original exhibition featuring works from SUNY Fredonia permanent collection and the private collections of area art collectors, will open with a free public reception on Friday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. in the Art Gallery.
Out of the Darkness Community Walk set for Oct. 14
The Psychology Club and Office of Volunteer and Community Services will sponsor the Out of the Darkness Community Walk for Suicide Prevention on Saturday, Oct. 14. The walk will benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s research, prevention and support projects.
CEASE program provides training and education
A new round of funding from the U.S. Justice Department will allow SUNY Fredonia officials to provide rape prevention training for university police, athletic coaches, and key campus personnel while increasing similar programs for incoming freshmen, upperclassmen and transfer students. The $199,996 expands the Campus Education, Awareness, Support and Effect (CEASE) project , which was originally subsidized with a $200,000 Department of Justice grant in 2004.
School of Music giving Prism Concert this Saturday
Free and open to all, the concert will feature a variety of samplings from the Fredonia School of Music student body and distinguished faculty.
Fredonia Chamber Singers to open convention
To open the Classical Guitar Convention in Columbus, Ga., Oct. 10, the Fredonia Chamber Singers have been invited to perform with Guitar Professor James Piorkowski, under the direction of Dr. Donald P. Lang. The concert will be recorded and broadcast on public radio on Oct. 12.
Is slavery the world's oldest trade?
Slavery in ancient Egypt Slavery is not a pleasant subject. The suffering of slaves and the brutality of slavery is a black page writ large in American history, and most SUNY Fredonia freshmen come into Markus Vink’s history classes carrying powerful images of slavery as it was practiced in their own country in the 19th century. But, in his research seminar, Dr. Vink takes them on a different journey across time and space. He directs their attention eastward across the Atlantic, across the continent of Africa and into the world of the early modern Indian Ocean. He points them back to a time earlier than the American colonies. Here they find a world in which slaves are already ubiquitous, and where the practice of slavery is traditional. His research has traced slavery as far back as 1500 B.C.E., to the beginnings of (recorded) history and to the times of stateless peoples, hunter-gatherers, and pastoral nomads. Since then, a steady stream of captive humanity continued to flow through the rise and fall of empires, sultanates, confederations and kingdoms “Slavery,” Dr. Vink maintains, “is the world’s oldest trade.”
James Marron to appear in Rosch
SUNY Fredonia’s School of Music will host special guest guitarist James Marron in a performance at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 28 in Rosch Recital Hall. The renowned guitarist/composer will perform his original works from his recording “Six Poems for the Angels,” which has been called “an impeccable CD of classical and neoclassical guitar music” by 20th Century Guitar Magazine.