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Hillel to celebrate Jewish History Month in April
SUNY Fredonia’s Hillel will be hosting multiple events celebrating Jewish History Month. Hillel will kick-off the celebration with a Holocaust speaker at its opening ceremonies on Thursday, April 3, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in Williams Center Room S204ABC, funded by the Honors Program.
SUNYWide Film Festival honors four Fredonia students
Four Fredonia students received awards at the 5th annual SUNYWide Film Festival and Symposium held on campus April 10 to 12. Those honored included Maisy Keller of Kingston, Kyra Slawski of Wading River, Jason Chadwick of Grand Island and Kirsten Vine of Corning.
Fredonia Radio Systems announces Rockin' The Spot on April 24
Rockin' The Commons, Fredonia Radio Systems' annual Roswell Park Cancer Institute fundraiser event/ concert usually held in April, has been moved to Sept. 27 in Barker Commons. The organization will be hosting an alternative spring event, Rockin' The Spot, at the Tim Hortons Café and Bake Shop in the Williams Center on Thursday, April 24.
Poetry festival slated for April 14
The Fredonia Poetry Festival will be held Monday, April 14 at 6:30 p.m. in McEwen Hall Room 209. The festival is sponsored by the Writer's Ring, the Women’s Student Union and the Pride Alliance.
'Jammin' for Jessa' to memorialize Sigma Kappa member
Sigma Kappa sorority will host its annual Jammin’ for Jessa fundraiser, a night full of musical performances, in honor of Jessa Webber, a member who...
New features will shine at this year's SUNYWide Film Festival & Symposium
The 5th annual SUNYWide Film Festival & Symposium, to be hosted by SUNY Fredonia on April 10 to 12, will showcase the exceptional work of movie and filmmakers across the State University of New York system. The two-day competitive film festival will begin on Thursday, April 10, by celebrating the creation, research and instruction of the cinematic arts.
Student groups offer interactive game in fieldhouse
The Interactive Theatre Society and Nerf Club have teamed up to present Quarantine, an interactive game, on Sunday, April 13, from 1 to 5 p.m. in the Steele Hall fieldhouse. For $5, groups of four people can enter the horror house with Nerf guns and attempt to rid the house of "zombies." Participants will need to race against time as they travel through the eight rooms in the house, facing different zombies with various powers.
Four SUNY Fredonia students receive Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence
By the numbers alone, what Laura Hirst, Cory Jackson, Carl Lam and Samantha Jemiolo have achieved at SUNY Fredonia is impressive -- seven different majors, 11 scholarships and membership in 11 honor societies. They joined a highly select group of students as recipients of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.
Students’ passion for ‘RENT’ leads to genuine community, sold-out performances
Meet some of Fredonia's highly talented students involved in the Department of Theatre & Dance's sold-out production of "RENT."
Students to host Relay for Life in fieldhouse on April 12
One in every three people will be diagnosed with cancer some time in their life. SUNY Fredonia students will go the distance to “Finish the Fight” against cancer with the annual Relay for Life hosted by Colleges Against Cancer on April 12 from 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. April 13 in Steele Hall field house. Registration is $20.