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Repair Fair slated as part of Earth Month festivities
As part of Fredonia's Earth Month celebration, a new event, a Repair Fair, will be hosted on Monday, April 16, from 12:30 until 4 p.m. A full slate of Earth Month activities and opportunities, including an electronics recycling day, begins on Saturday, April 7, and continues through Sunday, April 22.
Students conduct Relay for Life on campus
A walk to benefit the American Cancer Society will be hosted at Fredonia on Saturday, April 21, beginning at 4 p.m. and continuing until Sunday, April 22 at 4 a.m., in Steele Hall. Relay for Life offers everyone in the community, as well as students, faculty and staff, an opportunity to participate in the fight against cancer.
International poetry reading slated for April
The Office of International Education, Department of English, and English Works club is sponsoring an International Poetry Reading on Wednesday, April 18 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Japanese Garden Area of Reed Library.
Dr. Madelyn Detloff to give keynote speech for Mary Louise White Spring Symposium
The Department of English is once again hosting the Mary Louise White Spring Symposium, slated for April 5 at 4 p.m., with Madelyn Detloff, professor of English and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Miami University in Ohio, as the guest speaker.
Marion Art Gallery and Jason Dilworth Win Second Prize in the American Alliance of Museums’ Publication Design Competition
The American Alliance of Museums recently announced the winners of its 2017 Museum Publication competition, including Fredonia for the Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery exhibition catalogue titled “Kahn & Selesnick: Truppe Fledermaus and the Carnival at the End of the World.”
Four years out of Fredonia, alumni return to share their career journeys in Writers@Work series
Four successful alumni from the Class of 2014 will return to Fredonia to discuss their post-graduation paths and share tips about professional writing at the second annual Four Years Out residency, from Thursday through Saturday, April 5 to 7, as part of the Writers@Work: Alumni Writers-in-Residence series.
Theatre students shine at USITT Tech Olympics
Fredonia Theatre students chalked up their best performance in recent memory in Tech Olympics competition at the national conference of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) capturing three first places and a pair of second and third places. The contingent also returned to campus with second-best overall team honors.
Communication students take on Buffalo
On Tuesday, March 6, students from Fredonia’s chapters of the Applied Communication Association (ACA) and Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) toured WKBW Channel 7 News headquarters, as well as E3 Communications, a public relations firm.
Health Professions Club to host Accepted Student Panel
The Accepted Student Panel, an opportunity for students to gain valuable insight from seniors enrolled in the Department of Biology who will enter medical and other professional schools this fall, will be held on Tuesday, May 1, at 5:30 p.m. in Science Center Room 126.
Guest lecturer Evans' talks reach for the stars
A talk on astrochemistry and a Brown Bag lecture on extraterrestrial life are the focus of visiting scientist Neal Evans, Randall Centennial Professor Emeritus from the Department of Astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin.