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SUNY Fredonia Partners in Purple for domestic violence awareness
SUNY Fredonia invites the campus and community to wear purple on Wednesday, Oct. 16, as it plans to illuminate the campus for New York State’s annual, “Shine the Light on Domestic Violence – Partners in Purple” campaign. A brief presentation will be made in the Williams Center Multipurpose Room beginning at 1 p.m.
Geosciences alumni, faculty to mark department's 50th anniversary
Alumni from all across the country who studied one of the Geosciences at SUNY Fredonia will return to campus during Homecoming weekend, Oct. 11 to 13, to celebrate that department’s 50th anniversary. Reminiscing with former classmates and professors, enjoying a buffet dinner, meeting current students and perhaps embarking on a field trip to an area of prime geological interest in Chautauqua County are on the agenda.
Women's and Gender Studies sponsors film screening Oct. 8
SUNY Fredonia’s Women’s and Gender Studies program will present a screening of, “The World Unseen,” on Tuesday, Oct. 8 from 6 to 8 p.m., in McEwen Hall Room 202. Faculty, students, staff, and community members are all welcome. Immediately following the screening will be a brief discussion.
Latinos Unidos to host BombaYo! celebration this week
SUNY Fredonia will host BombaYo! for three lectures/workshops to celebrate the Afro Puerto Rican tradition of Bomba. The Latinos Unidos and Orchesis event will include a variety of Latin music for an interactive celebration. The first lecture/workshop is Wednesday, Oct. 9, in Rosch Recital Hall; the next on Thursday, Oct. 10, in the Williams Center Multipurpose Room; and the third on Friday, Oct.11 in Mason Hall Room 1080. Each starts at 8 p.m. and are free and open to the public.
College Lodge the focus of upcoming Brown Bag talk
The Fall 2013 Liberal Arts and Sciences Brown Bag Lecture Series will focus on, "Digital Futures: Technology's Promises and Perils." The series offers monthly informal talks by SUNY Fredonia faculty members. Each panel presentation is followed by a brief discussion and refreshments. The series begins on Wednesday, Oct. 9, with a panel on, “What Makes the Forests of the College Lodge Special.”
Concerto Competition winner featured soloist for Homecoming weekend
The Fredonia School of Music will present two major concerts during Homecoming Weekend. The SUNY Fredonia College Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. David Rudge and assistant conductor Eric Mahl, with Concerto Competition winner Amanda Bottoms, will perform on Saturday, Oct. 12 at 8 p.m. in King Concert Hall. A Choral Showcase will be held on Saturday at 2 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall featuring the College Choir, Chamber Choir and Women’s Choir. Both events are free and the public is invited to attend.
Iclal Vanwesenbeeck chaired panel at Middle East Studies conference
Associate Professor Iclal C. Vanwesenbeeck is chairing a panel on reproductive health and medicine in Jordan and Egypt in this year's Middle East Studies Association Conference in New Orleans, La., in October.
Medical Technology program now "licensure eligible" by state
The Medical Technology program at SUNY Fredonia has been approved as “licensure eligible” by the New York State Department of Education, insuring that its graduates will continue to find employment in this high-growth, well-paying field. With that designation, SUNY Fredonia students earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Medical Technology may be employed by hospital and clinical laboratories. The state now requires medical technologists employed in hospital and clinical laboratories to be licensed by the Department of Education, explained Patricia Astry, chair of the SUNY Fredonia Department of Biology and director of its Medical Technology program.
Work by Liz Lee wins honorable mention in New York City competition
Photography Professor Liz Lee of the Department of Visual Arts and New Media will be exhibiting her image, “Sun Prints: Dragonfly,” in November in the New York City Soho Photo 9th Annual Alternative Processes Competition.
New Women and Gender Studies program to discuss innovations at Fall Gathering
The redesigned Women's and Gender Studies Program will hold its annual Fall Gathering to inform students and faculty of the innovations made to the program on Thursday, Oct. 10, in the Williams Center Horizon Room from 3 to 5 p.m.