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"Take Back the Night" set for Wednesday
The Women's Student Union will host the annual Take Back the Night event Wednesday, Oct. 17, beginning at 8 p.m. in Thompson W101. This consciousness-raising event seeks to encourage respect for all persons by providing a safe space for victims of abuse, assault and rape to share their stories during a "speak out". A candlelight vigil is planned for Alexandra Kogut, the first-year student murdered at SUNY Brockport two weeks ago.
Razzle-dazzle musical "Chicago" sold out for all shows
All shows are sold out for the Department of Theatre and Dance's Mainstage production of "Chicago," opening Friday, Oct. 19 in Marvel Theatre at 8 p.m.
Family Weekend set for October 26-28
Families of all SUNY Fredonia students are welcome to this year’s Family Weekend, taking place Friday, Oct. 26- Sunday, Oct. 28. There are numerous activities...
Annual Grad School Fair set for Oct. 18; one of many Grad School Week events
SUNY Fredonia’s Career Development Office (CDO) will host its annual Graduate School Fair on Thursday, Oct. 18, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Williams Center Multipurpose Room. Representatives from over 50 graduate schools and organizations from across New York State and beyond will be in attendance, providing hands-on information. The fair is just one of many events happening during Graduate School Week, Oct. 15-19.
Gary Lash will deliver Kasling Lecture October 16, Kinkela to receive Hagan Award
On Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 4 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall, Geosciences Professor Dr. Gary Lash will deliver the 2012 Kasling Lecture, entitled,“...boring old shale - how simple questions can take one on a submicroscopic to global tectonic journey...” Dr. David Kinkela will receive the annual William T. Hagan Young Scholar/Artist Award.
Student organizations in communication department host internship information panel
The Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) and the Applied Communication Association (ACA) are co-sponsoring an Internship Informational on Thursday, Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in McEwen Hall Room 209.
Music and sports team apparel execs from New Buffalo Shirt Factory to speak on campus
Jon and Linda-Nagle Weiss, the husband-and-wife team behind New Buffalo Shirt Factory, a world leader in screen printing and apparel decoration based in Western New York, will share their success stories and business experiences that include working with legendary rock performers and numerous professional sports teams, at SUNY Fredonia on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 6:15 p.m., at G24 McEwen.
Andrea Herrera presenting two talks on Cuban diasporic art and literature this Thursday and Friday
Two presentations that celebrate Cuban diasporic art and literature will be delivered in early October at SUNY Fredonia by Dr. Andrea O’Reilly Herrera, professor of Women’s and Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs and a former SUNY Fredonia English professor, to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month. Herrera’s first talk, “Three Women Reside Within Me,” will be given on Thursday, Oct. 4, 3:30, at the 204 Williams Center. Her major presentation, which explores Herrera’s monograph, “Cuban Artists Across the Diaspora: Setting the Tent Against the House,” will be delivered Friday, Oct. 5,
SUNY Fredonia kicks off Homecoming with re-dedication of newly renovated Williams Center
Campus’ “living room” gets long-needed make-over, gives students better learning and leadership options outside the classroom Campus and local officials gathered Friday afternoon with dozens...
More than two dozen science alumni returned for Science Alumni Conference; gave talks in Williams Center
More than two dozen alumni returned to campus this weekend for the SUNY Fredonia Science Alumni Conference, which took place on Saturday, Sept. 29, from 1 to 5:30 p.m., in the Williams Center. Science alumni gave 20-minute talks in biology, biochemistry, chemistry environmental science, space and atmospheric science, medicinal and pharmaceutical sciences.