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Art galleries exhibit student works in annual Senior Show
An exhibition featuring the works of 13 students from the Department of Visual Arts and New Media at the State University of New York at Fredonia will be on display in the art galleries at Rockefeller Arts Center through December 11. The show opened with a reception on Friday, Dec. 5.
Coalition on West Valley Nuclear Wastes donates papers to library
The Coalition on West Valley Nuclear Wastes has donated 90 cubic feet of primary documents to the Archives and Special Collections at SUNY Fredonia. The materials, pertaining to the West Valley Nuclear Demonstration Project, have been collected and maintained over the last four decades by the Coalition, an activist group of primarily Cattaraugus and Erie County citizens.
Record label chooses Rosch for recording session
Telarc International, a prominent record label in classical music, has picked the Juliet J. Rosch Recital Hall at SUNY Fredonia to record the debut album of 16-year-old violinist Caroline Goulding, a rising talent who has already performed with major orchestras in Cleveland and Detroit and won several young-artist honors.
Fredonia one of just 12 U.S. universities honored in vegetarian contest
FREDONIA, N.Y. — November 25, 2008 — SUNY Fredonia was one of 12 universities nationwide to be recognized in the final results of a recent...
"One Stop Drop" system created on campus for recycling
An impressive total of 17 items – from plastic bottles to newspapers to tin cans – may now be deposited into one single recycling bin. Gone are the days when there were blue-colored bins for just paper in residence halls and offices, and students and faculty were asked to cart other recyclables to central collection sites in their buildings. Five students, all members of the local Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) chapter, are assisting the Sustainability Committee by adopting the green recycling bin program for a class project in an upper-level Business Administration course.
Contest includes Fredonia for Most Vegetarian-Friendly
Balloting is underway at 32 colleges and universities across the nation, including SUNY Fredonia, in the first round of the competition for the Most Vegetarian-Friendly College, a contest sponsored by PETA2. The nomination signifies that Fredonia offers bountiful vegan and vegetarian menus for the discriminating appetite.
Alumni christen Marvel lobby in memory of von Tornow
A half-century after the death of beloved teacher Dr. Georgiana von Tornow, alumni returned to christen the lobby of the 400-seat Marvel Theatre in memory of the former speech and drama teacher who is considered the founder of SUNY Fredonia's theatre arts program.
Hopes expressed as Tech Incubator breaks ground
“In a time when we’re surrounded by negative news about the economy, it’s so encouraging to be a part of a project like this that could potentially have such a positive and significant impact on our region.” President Dennis L. Hefner spoke these words Monday at the ground-breaking ceremony for SUNY Fredonia's highly-anticipated Technology Incubator in Dunkirk, N.Y.
New Ticket Office opens in Williams Center
A new SUNY Fredonia Ticket Office has returned to the Williams Center, but in a larger, more customer-friendly "digs." The office is now located in room G-144, which is directly across from its previous Williams Center location.
Theatre technology professionals met at Fredonia
Nearly 100 theatre faculty, students and industry professionals were on hand Sat., Sept. 13 at the Rockefeller Arts Center on the SUNY Fredonia campus for the annual “Fall Fling,” a conference of the Upstate New York Section of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT).The event was the result of nearly six months of planning.