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Events and news of what's happening around the Fredonia campus.
Events and news of what's happening around the Fredonia campus.
Come celebrate La Fiesta, a semi-formal dinner dance where traditional Hispanic food will be served. This year’s theme is, "90 Miles to Havana," and will include a short presentation on the history of Cuba’s Revolution and the stories behind the Peter Pan Children who were separated from their families and forced to move from Cuba to Florida. Tickets are on sale now at the ticket office: $3 for students with ID, and $5 for the general public.
Women, Rock and Soul provides students, faculty/staff and members of the Fredonia community an opportunity to perform feminist and women-friendly spoken-word and music. The annual event is slated for Wednesday, Oct. 30, from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Williams Center Multipurpose Room.
The annual “Freedonia Marxonia: Marx Brothers Film Festival and Symposium” will take place on Saturday, Nov. 2 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Tim Horton’s Cafe in the Williams Center at SUNY Fredonia. All campus and community members are welcome to celebrate in the historical event.
"Digital Futures: Technology’s Promise and Perils” will be the focus of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Brown Bag Lecture Series on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at noon at G103 Williams Center. Dr. Adrienne McCormick will moderate the panel discussion, featuring comments by Provost and Vice President Terry Brown, Dr. Ellen Litwicki, Dr. Nancy Hagedorn, Kerrie WIlkes and Lisa Melohusky.
Participating artists are Amanda Besl-Treeby, Bob Booth, Jason Dilworth, Tim Frerichs, Phil Hastings, Steve Komp, Liz Lee, Alberto Rey, Hide Sadohara, Peter Tucker and Megan Urban.
Three Rochester-based filmmakers set out to answer a simple question -- what will climate change mean for our homes? What does climate change mean in a place where it is not an obvious threat? Where sea level rise isn't a factor, and frankly, where people might like it warmer? "Comfort Zone" brings the issue of climate change to a local and personal level. It is the story of the surprising outcomes when we try and translate this global problem to our individual lives.
Eight SUNY Fredonia students engaged in summer research activities funded by grants from the National Science Foundation will outline their findings and experiences to the campus on Friday, Nov. 1, at 3 p.m. at Jewett Hall Room 101.
Elliott DeLine, an award-winning transgender fiction and non-fiction author, will conduct a book reading and signing at McEwen Hall Room 202 on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 6 p.m. The Women’s and Gender Studies program, Women’s Student Union and Pride Alliance are sponsoring DeLine’s visit, which is free and open to the public.
Eight graduate and undergraduate students will present findings of research they performed this past summer, under the guidance of SUNY Fredonia Biology faculty, on Friday, Oct. 25, from 3 to 5 p.m., at Jewett Hall Room 101. Financial support for their research was provided by a Yunghans-Mirabeli, Holmberg, Wettingfeld, Constantine Barker and Yunghans-Dieter Fellowships.
Students and alumni from the Department of Visual Arts and New Media will hold a sale of handmade pottery at the Williams Center Multipurpose Room on Monday, Nov. 4, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m