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Tour of University Village being offered
The Residence Life Office is holding tours of the “University Village” on Wednesday, April 9 and Thursday, April 10. Tours will run from 1 to 3 p.m., every half hour, from the Residence Life Office in Gregory Hall. Participants will be required to sign a "Construction Tour Participant Waiver,” and those planning to participate on the tour are asked not to wear shorts or open-toed shoes.To sign up for a time slot, contact the Residence Life at 673-3341.
Regional College Fair will be held at SUNY Fredonia on April 9
SUNY Fredonia and the New York State Association for College Admissions Counseling (NYSACAC) will be hosting a NYSACAC Regional College Fair on Wednesday, April 9, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the SUNY Fredonia Steele Hall Field House.The event is free and high school students are especially encouraged to attend. College students, community members, faculty and staff are also welcome.
Woodstock music fest co-creator Kornfeld appears today
Artie Kornfeld, co-creator and promoter of the legendary Woodstock Music and Art Fair, will revisit the iconic counterculture festival on Monday, April 7, at 6 p.m. in McEwen Hall Room 202. The talk, presented courtesy of the Music Industry program and the generous support of DFT Communications and Waring Financial Group, free and open to the public...just like the original.
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 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.
Mary Cappotelli named Student of the Month for February
Mary Cappotelli of LeRoy, N.Y., has been named Student of the Month for February by Residence Life. Joseph McFall, assistant professor of the Department of Psychology, nominated Mary because “she is a truly exceptional student.”
Panel discussion to explore non-apparent disabilities in higher education on April 10
The SUNY Fredonia Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion will host a panel designed to explore and discuss the issues of non-apparent disabilities in higher education on Thursday, April 10 at 3:30 p.m. in Williams Center Room S204. How the disabilities impact students, as well as the resources available at SUNY Fredonia, will be the focus of the discussion.
Korean banquet slated for April 19
The Korean International Student Society (KISS) will host its annual Korean Banquet on Saturday, April 19 at 6 p.m. in the Williams Center Multipurpose Room. There will be a variety of Korean food favorites and several musical performances.
University Police earns coveted Criminal Justice Services accreditation
The University Police Department at SUNY Fredonia has earned the New York State Law Enforcement Accreditation Program (LEAP) designation – the gold standard in law enforcement – from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services.