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Speakers probe what's been learned at "front lines" about mental health services
“Lessons Learned from the Front Lines of Military, Medical Health and Mental Health Services” will be the central theme of keynote addresses, classroom talks and panel discussions to be presented April 13-14. Keynote speakers include Elizabeth Norman, Ph.D., RN, and professor of the History of the Professions with New York University (left), and retired Brig. Gen. Wilma Vaught, United States Air Force, and president of the Women in Service to America Memorial Foundation.
Biologist Guy McPherson, climate change expert, to speak on campus today
Renowned climate change expert Guy McPherson will present two free public lectures on Monday, April 2 at SUNY Fredonia. He will discuss global climate change and energy decline at 1 p.m. in 101 Jewett Hall and the building of sustainable communities at 7 p.m. at the Technology Incubator in Dunkirk.
Brigance to explore historical memory in context of post-Holocaust countries
The role of historical memory in the formulation of collective identities in contemporary post-Holocaust/post-communist Poland and Germany will be shared by Dr. Linda Czuba Brigance at the International Brown Bag Luncheon Monday, April 2, noon, at 127 Fenton (English Reading Room).
Brown Bag series continues with panel of innovative students
The spring Arts and Sciences Brown Bag Series continues on Wednesday, April 4, with a panel on “SUNY Fredonia 2.0: Innovative Student Projects and Organizations,” featuring representatives from three student organizations that have experienced great success through their innovative use of social media to promote their groups and events.
Harlem educator and local native Jim Manly to keynote the fourth annual College of Education Research Symposium
Founding Principal of a successful Harlem charter school and local native, Jim Manly will keynote SUNY Fredonia’s fourth annual College of Education Research Symposium on Saturday, March 31. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Thompson Hall W101. It is free and open to the public. The theme of this year's symposium is “Partnerships for Success: Working Together to Transform P-12 Schools and Teacher Preparation.”
Laura Deen Johnson guest lectured at Tabor College
Laura Deen Johnson, assistant professor of communications, was a guest speaker at Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kansas, where she addressed the topic, "Expressions of Civil Region in Post 9-11 America." The multi-media presentation took place March 12 at the Wohlgemuth Music Education Center.
Arts and Sciences faculty describe work on Research Day March 23
The College of Arts and Sciences will be sponsoring a Research Day, featuring professors from the college on Friday, March 23 from 3 to 5 p.m. in Jewett Hall 101. The presenters will include: Dr. Guy Boysen, Dr. Jennifer Hilderbrand, Dr. Michael Milligan, Dr. Kate Douglass, Dr. Erica Snow, and Dr. Daniela Peterka-Benton.
Jill Johnston will discuss her work in Women Create exhibit March 21
Jill Johnston, assistant professor of Visual Arts and New Media at SUNY Fredonia, will discuss “The Red Garden,” her current series, at the 3rd on 3rd Gallery in downtown Jamestown on Wednesday, March 21, from 7 to 9 p.m
Samantha Sayers is a competition finalist for national scholarship in theatre design
Junior Samantha Sayers, a B.F.A. major in Theatrical Production and Design, is one of ten finalists from graduate and undergraduate schools across the nation in the Rose Brand Scholarship contest, sponsored by North America’s largest theatrical fabric and fabrication company.
History team brings War of 1812 bicentennial, local significance, to students
Students enrolled in “The Wars of 1812,” a new course being taught during the conflict’s bicentennial by a veteran team of three SUNY Fredonia history professors, needn’t travel far to visit the site of the first naval fight between the United States and Great Britain.