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State Dept. awards grant to teach filmmaking in Turkey
Communication Dept. selected for $800,000 Turkish filmmaking project In Sivas, Turkey, above, Professors Nefin Dinc (left) and Ted Schwalbe (right) attended a news conference announcing...
SUNY Fredonia’s Department of Communication selected for $800,000 project
U.S. Department of State awards grant to Fredonia to teach filmmaking to students in Turkey Fredonia, N.Y. — August 20, 2008 — SUNY Fredonia’s Department...
Vassoler book: How Brazilian city re-shaped its destiny
How city residents and leaders in Curitiba, Brazil, succeeded at very little cost in turning a potential disaster into a thriving metropolis that is friendly to the environment and has expanded city services to the shantytowns, has been the focus of Political Science Professor Ivani Vassoler’s research and teaching for almost 10 years. Her new book tells the story in detail.
Three seniors are student teaching in Australia
Making a 13-week summer commitment, the Fredonia seniors are immersing themselves in an Australian perspective on education, while at the same time forming comparisons that they hope will make them better teachers in the U.S. "It's a unique program and it's actually a world exemplar in terms of international student-teacher programs,” said Colin Balfour.
Summer in London a chance to explore
Graduate students and undergraduates took two courses this summer offered by SUNY Fredonia's English Department that included an educational trip to London, England. The courses, focusing on women's literature and major authors, were taught by professors Jeanette McVicker and Adrienne McCormick.
Mexico study program preserving indigenous culture
Six undergraduates have just finished the first annual six-week study-abroad program in Mexico this summer at the Ollin Tlahtoalli Centro de Lenguas y Cultura Mexicana. Located in Oaxaca, the center is dedicated to preserving endangered Mexican indigenous languages, the teaching of Spanish within a Mexican cultural framework, and the promotion of Mexican culture and traditions.
Schwalbe seeks to recruit Chinese
With a population of 1.3 billion people and with an increased emphasis on higher education for more students, China is looking to send more of its students to study in U.S. universities.
International Education Week to be celebrated in November
Several events highlighting the diversity of the world’s cultures will be co-sponsored by the Black Student Union, Writer’s Ring, the Center for Multicultural Affairs, the International Education Center, and the Native American SUNY Western Consortium at SUNY Fredonia the week of Nov. 10 through 15.
Reiff to lead art and architecture tour to London in January
A tour of the art and architecture of one of the worlds’ greatest – and oldest – cities, London, England, will be led January 5 to 15, 2008, by SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus Daniel Reiff of the Department of Visual Arts and New Media at SUNY Fredonia.
Lundquist Fellow relates life changing experience
Ever have just one spoonful of, say, a deliciously rich chocolate pudding or other fancy dessert that leaves you craving for more? A whole lot more! That’s the feeling SUNY Fredonia student Anne Marie Miller, the 2007 recipient of the Lundquist International Fellowship, brought back with her to campus this fall.