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Academic program debuts the Fredonia Dance Ensemble
Helen Myers directs the dance program at Fredonia. The Department of Theatre and Dance at SUNY Fredonia announces the inaugural concert of the Fredonia Dance Ensemble. Performances will be staged at the historic 1891 Fredonia Opera House in the village hall in Fredonia March 8 through 11. Featured will be new and remounted dances choreographed by Professor Helen Myers and a celebrated group of faculty and international guest artists.
Campus will hold tribute for Franklin Krohn Feb. 19
SUNY Fredonia will hold a tribute to the late Dr. Franklin B. Krohn of Brocton on Monday, Feb. 19 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Williams Center Room G-138. The Department of Business Administration, where he taught for 29 years, is organizing the event. A scholarship is being established in his memory, announced Mojtaba Seyedian, chairperson of the department.
Their prof says he epitomizes a rare breed of artist
By Colin Herzog, '06 Led by Geneseo Professor Lynette Bosch, a class of art history students from SUNY Geneseo traveled to Fredonia last December to...
Faculty updates
At the American Speech Language Hearing Association national convention (Nov. 18, Miami, Fl.), Dr. Kim L. Tillery and two professional colleagues led the two-hour program...
College Choir and soloists to sing Bach Advent cantatas
Musicians from SUNY Fredonia and the Western New York Chamber Orchestra will join several featured soloists in performing three of the J.S. Bach Advent Cantatas on Wednesday, Dec. 13, at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall at SUNY Fredonia. Dr. Gerald Thomas Gray of the Fredonia School of Music will conduct.
NBC story on music for older folks shows local players
Dr. Kate Levy directs the Fredonia New Horizons Band Members of the New Horizons Band of Western New York were on the NBC Nightly News...
New coordinator helps students with disabilities
Adam Hino has been hired as coordinator of Disability Support Services for Students at SUNY Fredonia. He is responsible for providing academic accommodations to students...
Jonathan H. Woolson assumes webmaster post
Jonathan H. Woolson Jonathan H. Woolson of Fredonia, N.Y., has been named assistant director for website communications at SUNY Fredonia. He has been a professional...
Dead bridge, dead theory?
Musings during a recent trip through China are the inspirations for Mohawk poet James Thomas Stevens’ sixth book of poetry, A Bridge Dead in the Water, which plumbs the depths of experiences of Native peoples on two continents. Said to have once been an exposed strip of land that brought Asian settlers to the continent of North America, the Bering Strait Land Bridge has also become a metaphor for the conflict between Europeans and Native Americans. Just as science and religion clash in all cultures, the Bering Strait theory has appeared to trivialize the hundreds of creation accounts that were fundamental to the traditions of Native peoples in North America. Read why the theory antagonizes many Native Americans. The Bering Strait Professor Stevens, who teaches English at SUNY Fredonia, researched the effects of colonization on either side of the strait – China and North America, in preparing to write his newest collection. His explorations took him to unexpected sources that gave a glimpse into the lives of native peoples. For example, the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York’s 1901 published list of accidents, emergencies, and illnesses became the inspiration for a key poem in the book, “The Mutual Life.” Two other poems focus on mapping, authority and propaganda, while the short poems recall some of his more personal experiences.
"Mary Cobb and Friends" in concert Saturday
Mary Cobb of the Fredonia School of Music will present a faculty recital on Saturday, Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall, entitled, “Mary Cobb and Friends.” The concert will feature Ms. Cobb performing works by Mozart and Chopin. “Friends” joining her after the intermission are colleagues on the Fredonia School of Music faculty: Brian Walnicki, Wildy Zumwalt, Angela Dilkey, and Mario Falcao.