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Gary Lash will deliver Kasling Lecture October 16, Kinkela to receive Hagan Award
On Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 4 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall, Geosciences Professor Dr. Gary Lash will deliver the 2012 Kasling Lecture, entitled,“...boring old shale - how simple questions can take one on a submicroscopic to global tectonic journey...” Dr. David Kinkela will receive the annual William T. Hagan Young Scholar/Artist Award.
Tim Frerichs unveils art installation on former Erie Canal in Syracuse
"A long (the) line," by Timothy Frerichs. More>> SUNY Fredonia art professor Timothy Frerichs unveiled "A long (the) line," his site-oriented public art installation that...
Natalie Gerber's article on Wallace Stevens wins award
Associate Professor of English Natalie Gerber's article “Wallace Stevens' Mixed-Breed Versifying and His Adaptations of Blank-Verse Practice” is the winner of the first annual John N. Serio Award for the Best Article Published in The Wallace Stevens Journal. This first award, which considered articles published in the Spring and Fall 2011 volumes, was selected by Charles Altieri, UC Berkeley; Juliette Utard, Sorbonne; and Lisa Goldfarb, NYU.
Dustin Parsons wins residency at Wyoming arts colony for 2013
Dustin Parsons Assistant Professor of English Dustin Parsons has been awarded a residency for the 2013 Winter/Spring session at the Brush Creek Foundation for the...
Richard Alexander named to SUNY Fredonia College Council
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has appointed Richard L. Alexander to the SUNY Fredonia College Council. His seven-year appointment is effective immediately and will conclude in 2019. Mr. Alexander is President and Chief Consultant of Alexander and Associates, a business development and management company he founded in 2006 which focuses on business start-up and expansion efforts. Prior to this, he served as Executive Director of the Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency and its Economic Development Department from 1998 to 2006. He also spent 22 years as Chief Executive Officer of Chautauqua Opportunities, Inc.
Student organizations in communication department host internship information panel
The Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) and the Applied Communication Association (ACA) are co-sponsoring an Internship Informational on Thursday, Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in McEwen Hall Room 209.
Sarah Gerkensmeyer's short stories win Autumn House Press Fiction Prize
Visiting Assistant Professor for the English department Sarah Gerkensmeyer has written the collection of short stories, “What You Are Now Enjoying,” which was selected by novelist Stewart O’Nan as the winner of the 2012 Autumn House Press Fiction Prize. This will be her first book and will be published in early 2013. The publishing contract includes both a $1000 advance against royalties as well as a $1500 prize to help jump-start a reading tour.
Fritzinger elected to board of Business Incubator Association of New York State
Robert Fritzinger, Director of the SUNY Fredonia Technology Incubator, has been elected to the board of directors by members of the Business Incubator Association of New York State (BIA/NYS). Members and guests gathered at the University at Buffalo’s NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences to attend the daylong 2012 annual meeting of the BIA/NYS earlier this year. His selection to the board provides the opportunity to network with incubators across the state to discuss goals and strategies.
Arts and Sciences Brown Bag starts October 3 with panel on Race for the White House
“A Global Perspective” is the theme for the fall Arts and Sciences Brown Bag Series, a series of informal lunchtime presentations by SUNY Fredonia faculty members. The series begins on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, with “What the World Thinks of American Politics: The 2012 Race for the White House.” Presenters include: Bond Benton, Ph.D., communication; Guangyu Tan, Ph.D., curriculum and instruction; Shazad Mohammed, Ph.D., marketing; and, Alex Caviedes, Ph.D., political science, who will moderate the panel.
Mantai Research Lab named in new Science Center
The naming of the Mantai Research Lab in SUNY Fredonia's new Science Center was announced by the family of Professor Emeritus Kenneth E. Mantai on Saturday at the conclusion of the Jewett Hall 50th Anniversary Celebration, held at the College Lodge. The Mantai Research Lab will open with the new $60 million facility in 2014. Construction of the new Fredonia Science Center began in 2011 and with it has come more than a dozen gifts and pledges to the Fredonia College Foundation for named spaces.