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Early Childhood Conference features workshops

Lisa Eikenburg

The 18th Annual Early Childhood Conference will be held Saturday, Sept. 29, from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m., at McEwen Hall. The annual event is held to offer professional development opportunities to members of the Chautauqua County early childhood community, including teacher education students.

Two programs get federal funding

Lisa Eikenburg

The College of Education at SUNY Fredonia has been awarded two federal grants totaling $3 million over the next five years to continue its English Language Acquisition (ELA) program and to also establish the new Bringing Resources that Incorporate Development in General Education (BRIDGE) program. “It’s highly unusual to have two grants funded from the same source to one institution,” said Dr. Barbara Mallette, principal investigator for the Project BRIDGE grant and professor in the Language, Learning and Leadership department at SUNY Fredonia. Both are designed to help schools serve growing student populations whose native language is not English.

Technology Incubator opens for business

Christine Davis Mantai

With a ribbon cutting ceremony in downtown Dunkirk, SUNY Fredonia officials are celebrating another step in economic development locally as they open the temporary site of the SUNY Fredonia Technology Incubator, the first of its kind in Chautauqua County. State and local elected officials are joining SUNY Fredonia President Dennis L. Hefner in officially opening the incubator today at 11 a.m. in Suite 300 at 314 Central Avenue, and announcing its first tenant, adXit.