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Heichberger and Burr debut compilation of works
Five Years on the Cutting Edge: From Our Perspective 2003-2008 (paperback, 978-1-60477-714-7), penned by authors Robert L. Heichberger, Ph.D., and Fredonia alumnus M. Andrew Burr...
Dr. Reiff to Speak at Washington Conference
Daniel D. Reiff, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Fredonia State University Department of Visual Arts and New Media, is one of five speakers at a conference in honor of James Hoban, architect of the White House. The all-day conference, sponsored by the White House Historical Association, will be held on Thursday, March 13, at Decatur House on Lafayette Square. Dr. Reiff has also written an illustrated essay on Fredonia, N.Y., architect Enoch A. Curtis for the volume, "American Architects and their Books, 1840-1915."
Accounting Society announces speaker series
The SUNY Fredonia Accounting Society is hosting three upcoming guest speakers in a Spring series: Buffalo News finance reporter David Robinson, White Inn innkeeper Robert "Mr. Manners" Contiguglia, and Buffalo City Comptroller Andrew SanFilippo. Robinson (in photo) will speak on Wednesday, March 12, at 6 p.m. in Fenton Hall Room 105. A graduate of Syracuse University, he has been with the Buffalo News since 1985, having spent the last 20 years writing for its Business section.
Comedy jugglers bringing family act to Marvel
As the world’s foremost comedy jugglers, the Gizmo Guys have amused and amazed audiences around the globe – and now they are coming back to Rockefeller Arts Center for a night of family fun. The Gizmo Guys Family Show will take center stage in Marvel Theatre on Friday, March 14 at 7 p.m.
PR Class to help opera house and literacy group
The public relations curriculum at SUNY Fredonia has selected two agencies for its eighth annual 2008 Community Partners program. In the senior capstone course, Public Relations Management, students will develop strategic campaigns to benefit Literacy Volunteers of Chautauqua County and the 1891 Fredonia Opera House, local nonprofit organizations facing public relations challenges.
Nuremberg Judge is focus of drama at Jackson Center
Theatre Professor James Ivey is reading the role of Nuremberg Chief Judge Francis Beverley Biddle during a performance of the play, “Trying,” occurring Saturday, March 1, at 7 p.m. at the Robert H. Jackson Center, 305 East Fourth Street in Jamestown. Junior musical theatre major Chelsea Claiser will complete the duo in this two-person, dramatic reading. The campus community is invited to a reception afterward hosted by the Fredonia Alumni Association.
World Travel Series goes in-depth to Hawaii
Filmmaker Dennis Burkhart will present his travelogue in person at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23 at Rockefeller Arts Center. “Hawaii: The Pacific Paradise” will be shown in King Concert Hall as part of the World Travel Series sponsored by Fredonia Place. It is part of the 2007-08 Lake Shore Savings Season at the arts center.
Designs unveiled for Technology Incubator facilities
President Dennis L. Hefner gave the campus and Dunkirk-Fredonia communities their first glimpse of the highly anticipated SUNY Fredonia Technology Incubator on Thursday, Jan. 31, when he reviewed several design boards for the planned 21,000-square-foot, two-story facility. The Incubator, to be located on a vacant parcel of land at 214 Central Avenue in the City of Dunkirk, will be able to support up to 31 start-up companies.
Children's Concert Series features trumpets Feb. 16
The Children’s Concerts Series continues season with the Fredonia School of Music trumpet ensemble on Saturday, Feb. 16 at the Chautauqua County Home in Dunkirk. The performers will be Fredonia School of Music students. Planned with the help of SUNY Fredonia faculty who are experts in music and education, the concerts are designed to introduce very young audiences (from infants to 6-year-olds) to musical instruments.
Melissa Sidor named Clinic Director of Youngerman Center
Melissa A. Sidor of Eden, N.Y., is the new Clinic Director of the Youngerman Center at SUNY Fredonia. She began January 10 with the retirement of former director Michele Notte.