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Sabres' Broadcaster Kevin Sylvester returns as guest speaker
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED AT A LATER DATE. Kevin Sylvester, host of Sabres Hockey Hotline on WGR Radio (550 AM), will speak to campus and community members on Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 5:30 p.m. in the Williams Center's Room 204E. The event is sponsored by the SUNY Fredonia chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Admission is free.
Fredonia alumnus to perform at Diversity Concert Thursday
SUNY Fredonia alumnus and singer/songwriter Joseph Mulhollen will be featured during a Diversity Concert on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 7 p.m., in Rosch Recital Hall...
Classical Guitarist and SUNY Fredonia music alumnus, Craig Einhorn, will give recital on October 19
Classical guitarist and SUNY Fredonia music ('88) and communication ('83) alumnus, Craig Einhorn will be the featured guest artist in a recital on Friday, Oct.19 at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall. This event is free and open to the public, supported by the Fredonia Guitar Society.
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.
Fredonia will induct five former student-athletes in its Athletics Hall of Fame Saturday
SUNY Fredonia will induct five former student athletes into its Athletic Hall of Fame at the ceremony on Homecoming Weekend Saturday, Sept. 29, starting at...
School of Music offers high notes at Homecoming
An extensive series of concerts, recitals and lectures will be staged at the School of Music during Homecoming Weekend, Sept. 28-30. The popular Alumni Reunion Jazz Ensemble concert, which features Grammy nominee Niel DePonte, '74, this year, will be staged Friday, 8 p.m., at Rosch Recital Hall.
Ford Canada CEO, Duke Professor, giving Homecoming talks Friday
Two alumni who are coming to SUNY Fredonia to receive awards for Homecoming will be giving talks in their respective fields this Friday at 4 p.m. Now the CEO of Ford Canada, Dianne Craig, a 1985 mathematics grad, is speaking in Fenton 105, giving the talk entitled "My Life Since Fredonia." At the same time, biology graduate Dennis Thiele, Ph.D., will be giving the keynote address for the celebration of Jewett Hall's 50th anniversary. His talk will be given in Jewett 101 and is entitled, "The "The Biology of Copper: From Mammalian Development to Anti-Microbial Weapon." Thiele is professor of biology at Duke University Medical Center.
Biology Department holding special events to celebrate 50th anniversary of Jewett Hall opening
Groundbreaking for Jewett Hall, above, took place in 1961, exactly 50 years prior to the groundbreaking for the new Science Center, which will become the...
Alumni contribute to Project Eleven, a collection of recordings that commemorate the 11th anniversary of September 11th
Fredonia grads David Musial (’84) and Marcus Goldhaber (’00) had integral roles in the creation of Project Eleven, a collection of recordings that commemorate the 11th anniversary of the Pentagon and World Trade Center attacks. All proceeds from Project Eleven sales that take place on iTunes on Sept. 11 will go to the United States Young Veterans Association and charities such as Wounded Warriors.
Mark Kleehammer, '12, presented award-winning talk on his research at the MAA's "Mathfest"
Mathematics alumnus and May graduate Mark Kleehammer presented the talk, "Star Studded Mathematics," at the Mathematical Association of America's Mathfest in Madison, WI on August 3. Based on his research at SUNY Fredonia into vertex angles in an arbitrary star, the talk won him an award at the conference. He is now beginning graduate school in mathematics at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.