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Spectrum Entertainment to host Fred Fest 2014
Spectrum Entertainment will be hosting Fred Fest 2014 on Saturday, May 3, from 2 to 6 p.m. in the Steele Hall fieldhouse. The event is...
Student Italian club to hold awards ceremony
Current and former students of the Italian club, Unione Italiana, will be honored by the SUNY Fredonia Italian Studies program and the local Chautauqua Italian-American Organization (CIAO) at an awards ceremony to be held on Friday, May 2, beginning at 3 p.m., in Fenton Hall Room 2157.
Campus and community will come together for Buffalo News Kids Day
Over 270 SUNY Fredonia students and 21 groups will shower the streets of Brocton and Fredonia to help sell a special edition of the Buffalo News for the 2014 Kids Day on Tuesday, April 29 from 6 to 9 a.m. Volunteers will be posted up at 20 different locations to sell the special edition papers.
President’s Award for Excellence given at SUNY Fredonia
Five employees with 100 years of collective service at SUNY Fredonia were among those honored at the annual President’s Awards for Excellence and Service Recognition Luncheon. More than 250 people filled the Williams Center Multipurpose Room for the April 23 gathering that also recognized recent and soon-to-be retirees and awarded service pins and certificates to employees reaching milestone anniversaries.
Fredonia hosting the Governor's Citizen Preparedness Training Program Thursday
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, State Senator Cathy Young, State Assemblyman Andy Goodell, County Executive Vince Horrigan, Fredonia Mayor Steve Keefe, and SUNY Fredonia President Virginia Horvath invite employees to participate in the Chautauqua County Citizen Preparedness Corps Training Program on Thursday, April 24 in the Williams Center. To register for the training after checking with a supervisor, go to: http://prepare.ny.gov/training-events.
Students, faculty and alumni shine at GIS-SIG conference
Students from the Interdisciplinary Studies in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) program participated with faculty and alumni in the 23rd Annual GIS/SIG Spatial/Digital Mapping Conference in the Rochester area held on April 15. Alumnus Bryan Wilson shared First Place with Dr. Ann Deakin and Professor Emeritus Douglas Shephard in the Professional Map category.
Health Professions panel to give insight about the Fredonia experience
SUNY Fredonia’s Health Professions Club and Advisory Council will hold its first Health Professional Panel to discuss how undergraduate students should prepare for health professional schools. The event is scheduled in Houghton Hall Room 213 on Tuesday, April 22 at 7 p.m.
Big Read keynote speaker to discuss Emily Dickinson April 23-24
Keynote speaker Alexandra Socarides, associate professor of English at the University of Missouri, will discuss 19th century poetry as part of The Big Read series on Wednesday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House. She will give a second presentation on Thursday, April 24, at 6:30 p.m at the Patterson Library in Westfield.
Dr. Tamar Jacobson to speak at 2014 Convocation Series event
Educator Dr. Tamar Jacobson will address the challenges of becoming culturally cognizant in the classroom as part of the 2014 Convocation Series of events with the theme, “Raising Cultural Awareness and Building Global Relations,” on Thursday, April 24 at 7 p.m. in McEwen Hall Room G26.
'Teach-in' to commemorate Earth Day Tuesday at the College Lodge
In celebration of Earth Day, April 22, SUNY Fredonia will host a daylong teach-in at the College Lodge in Brocton. Featuring presentations by more than 20 individuals, the program will include guided nature walks, lectures on a range of environmental issues, nature writing and drawing classes, sustainable refreshments, a percussion workshop and a drum circle, a meditation labyrinth, and other educational events. The events, all of which are free and open to the public, will start at 9 a.m. and run in 50-minute increments until 5 p.m.