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Wind Ensemble plans March tour
The Wind Ensemble at SUNY Fredonia, one of the School of Music’s premier ensembles, will perform in high schools across New York State during its spring tour. Buffalo, Brockport, Hilton, Schenectady and Guilderland Center are among destinations of the 44-student ensemble directed by Dr. Paula Holcomb.
Rockefeller Arts Center named to list of 'amazing' venues
The Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center has been named one of the “25 Most Amazing College Campus Theatres” by Best College Reviews. Coming in at No. 19, Rockefeller is in prestigious company. Other universities whose venues appear on the list include Yale, Penn, Rutgers, Michigan and Syracuse.
Women's basketball clinches playoff berth
All five starters scored double figures as the Blue Devils defeated New Paltz, 81-59 last Saturday. The team's fourth-straight win, the victory also clinched a playoff berth. Now in fourth place with four games left, the team hosts its regular-season finale this weekend, when it plays host to Geneseo on Friday and Brockport on Saturday, for Senior Day.
Repeat acclaim for 4 Blue Devil seniors
Four Fredonia State Blue Devils received weekly awards Monday from the State University of New York Athletic Conference. Tyrone Clark (Elmira, N.Y.) was named Men's...
NewSound festival to host music notables
As part of the annual NewSound Festival, SUNY Fredonia’s Ethos New Music Society will be presenting a concert with saxophonist Tim McAllister and composer Roshanne Etezady on Friday, Feb. 14, and an evening of discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steven Stucky on Monday, Feb. 17. Both events are in Rosch Recital Hall at 8 p.m., and admission is free and open to the public.
Meeting to explore Russia study abroad learning experience
An informational meeting that explores SUNY Fredonia’s Study Abroad to Russia summer course will be offered to interested students on Thursday, Feb. 13, at 6:30 p.m. at W231 Thompson Hall. Jack Croxton, director of the Office of Student Creative Activity and Research, and Anton Agafonov of Modern Languages and Literatures, will conduct a presentation highlighted by a slide show.
Train trek across Canada spotlighted in travel film series
The many miles of railroad track that traverse Canada take travelers on a scenic journey steeped in the history of the country. Those rails will be explored in detail when Rockefeller Arts Center presents, “The Great Canadian Train Ride,” on Saturday, Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in King Concert Hall.
Admissions' Williamson earns poetry honors
Admissions Counselor Brandon Williamson, ’07, was voted Best Poet of the Month in October, as judged at a Poetry Slam in downtown Toronto.
Italian Germanist visits Stefan Zweig Archives at Reed Library
The Stefan Zweig Archives in Reed Library received a visit in October 2013 by Dr. Arturo Larcati, an Italian Germanist who teaches at the University of Verona, Italy, and lives in Salzburg, Austria, that will further enhance SUNY Fredonia’s connection to the acclaimed Austrian-Jewish writer of the early 20th century.
Applications being accepted for Japan Studies Institute
SUNY Fredonia is currently accepting applications for the Japan Studies Institute to be held in San Diego, Calif., June 9 to 22. The university will...