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Ambassador James Foley, '79 grad, to speak at Brown Bag
The Arts and Sciences Brown Bag Series concludes on May 1 with a presentation by Ambassador James Foley (B.A., ’79). In his address, “Can an Exceptional Nation Have a Normal Foreign Policy?” he will offer the perspective of nearly 30 years in the foreign service regarding the immense changes in the international landscape that have occurred in that period, and the likely challenges confronting America in the years to come.
Feraldi, Howard, Baxter and Burchett will receive President's Award for Excellence
The 14th annual President’s Awards for Excellence and Service Recognition Luncheon -- and first under Virginia Horvath -- will be held on Tuesday, April 23, at noon, at the Williams Center Multipurpose Room. Recipients of the 2013 President’s Awards for Excellence are Joseph Baxter, network security administrator, ITS; Darlene Burchett, janitor, Facilities Services; Patricia Feraldi, director, Alumni Affairs; and Dr. Keary Howard, professor, Mathematical Sciences.
Masterworks Concert to support scholarships will feature Gershwin's beloved 'Rhapsody In Blue'
The Fredonia School of Music will present the fifth annual Masterworks Scholarship Benefit Concert on Sunday, April 28 at 4 p.m. in King Concert Hall. The Fredonia College Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. David Rudge, will be joined by the 100-plus voices of the Fredonia Masterworks Chorus.
President's Awards for Excellence Luncheon set April 23
The 14th annual President’s Awards for Excellence and Service Recognition Luncheon -- and first under Virginia Horvath -- will be held on Tuesday, April 23, at noon, at the Williams Center Multipurpose Room. Recipients of the 2013 President’s Awards for Excellence are Joseph Baxter, network security administrator, ITS; Darlene Burchett, janitor, Facilities Services; Patricia Feraldi, director, Alumni Affairs; and Dr. Keary Howard, professor, Mathematical Sciences.
Syracuse columnist Kirst, '81, to headline journalism conference
Sean Kirst, an award-winning columnist with The (Syracuse) Post-Standard and 1981 graduate of SUNY Fredonia, will deliver the keynote address at the Society of Professional Journalists Annual Conference on Saturday, April 6, at SUNY Fredonia. Leading news professionals from WNY will conduct individual break-out sessions at 11 a.m. and noon at Jewett Hall. They include: Bruce Andriatch, assistant managing editor/features at The Buffalo News; Julia Burke, associate editor, Buffalo Spree Magazine; Steve Cichon, news director, WBEN-AM radio; Fredonia alumnus Matt Gould, '95, television director, Buffalo Sabres; and Fredonia alumnus Jeff Woodard, '95, news director at WGRZ-TV, Buffalo;
Scott Bye, '06, returns to install sculpture for In Sight/On Site
Scott Bye, a Western New York artist whose works are a hybrid of found materials and creative fabrication of unlikely structures produced from everyday objects, will return to his alma mater on Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13, for a sculpture installation as part of the In Sight/On Site program.
Alumni host tour of chocolate factory March 20
The Buffalo Chapter of the SUNY Fredonia Alumni Association is hosting a Choco-Logo Chocolate Factory Tour and Wine Tasting event on Wednesday, March 20, at 5:30 p.m.
Ribbon Cutting is Friday for new Blue Devil Fitness Center
The ribbon cutting for the facility will take place in the Fitness Center on Feb. 22 at 11 a.m., with refreshments and wellness displays. The will also be a prize drawing for faculty/staff for a fitness center semester membership. All are welcome. Jason Bishoff, a 2008 sports management graduate of SUNY Fredonia, has been named director of the new Fitness Center. The finished product is a 9,000 square foot facility in the space which once housed the Dods Hall swimming pool. The new Fitness Center consists of a two-sided rock climbing wall with auto-belay and 107 pieces of new equipment.
Technology Incubator welcomes alumna's company, STASH Sporting Goods, as new tenant
The SUNY Fredonia Technology Incubator has welcomed STASH Sporting Goods, Inc., as its latest tenant. The company, which has been in existence since 1981, was founded by Carol “Stash” Stanley, a member of the Class of 1971, making STASH Sporting Goods the first incubator tenant to be founded by a Fredonia graduate. Its latest product, LaceLocker®, is a unique footwear lace storage device designed to make running and competing in sports safer and more enjoyable. The company also offers a line of baseball and softball gloves.
SUNY Fredonia welcomes Vanessa and Helen (Class of '60) Williams back to campus for presentation and book signing
Internationally acclaimed entertainer Vanessa Williams and her mother, Helen Tinch Williams, a member of the Class of 1960, will appear on SUNY Fredonia’s campus Saturday, Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. in Diers Recital Hall. The two have recently co-authored a collective autobiography, You Have No Idea, that characterizes the enduring relationship that aided Vanessa through a series of challenges which arose after she was crowned the first African-American Miss America in 1983.