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Earth Day's 13-hour "Teach-in" offers deep look at eco-issues
In celebration of Earth Day, April 22, SUNY Fredonia will host a daylong Teach-In on environmental issues in the Multipurpose Room of the Williams Center...
“Learning Through Service” theme of next program
SUNY Fredonia will continue its series which teaches students and the campus as a whole about the importance of community involvement. On Tuesday, April 21...
Environmental Film Festival Kicks Off Earth Week Today
SUNY Fredonia’s Sustainability Committee will host a free environmental film festival from 3:00 to 8:30 p.m. today in Room 101 Jewett Hall. Designed to introduce audience members to a range of sustainability issues, the film festival will feature five award-winning environmental documentaries. Opening the series is A Sense of Wonder (2008), which pays tribute to pioneering environmentalist Rachel Carson.
Three Rs for Earth Week: rethink, react, restore
An exciting and ambitious slate of activities for Earth Week 2009 includes a 13-hour “Teach-In” event on the nationally commemorated Earth Day, Wednesday, April 22.
Senator Catharine Young to be keynote Commencement speaker
SUNY advocate and New York State Senator Catharine Young will be the featured keynote speaker at SUNY Fredonia’s Commencement on Saturday, May 16. Senator Young...
Students present $2,500 for Xylia Peterson Memorial Fund, raised via 3K "Slush Rush"
The International Education Center generated more than $2,500 for the Xylia Peterson Memorial Fund by creating the 3K "Slush Run" fun run held in early March. These proceeds will provide scholarship assistance to junior or senior level international students who need financial help.
Parents are big supporters of the university during the spring Phonathon
The spring Phonathon, conducted by the University Advancement division, brought in over $22,000 in pledges mainly from SUNY Fredonia parents.
Jazz artist and Fredonia alum Marcus Goldhaber returns for performance
Marcus Goldhaber, ’00, a Buffalo native whose vocal tone and style are reminiscent of a young Frank Sinatra, returns to Western New York for a concert at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House on Friday, April 17, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 for general admission, $13 for Opera House members.
SIFE students are champs for 13th-straight year
Victory in a regional competition in Tarrytown, N.Y., earned SUNY Fredonia's SIFE team a trip to the national competition in Philadelphia this May. The regional competition included more than 40 teams, including such prestigious and sizable universities as Penn State, Syracuse and Princeton, as well as fellow Western New York institutions Canisius College and St. Bonaventure University.
Author Karen Russell appears April 15 in Louise White Visiting Writers Series
Karen Russell, writer of the story collection, “St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves”, will read from her works on April 15 at 7 p.m. in 202 McEwen Hall. Her visit is sponsored by the Mary Louise White Visiting Writers Series in the English Department. After the event, she will take questions and then sign her book.