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SUNY Fredonia Convocation Series continues with 'Folk Song Festival'
SUNY Fredonia’s 2013 Convocation series, "Raising Cultural Awareness and Building Global Relations," continues to celebrate diversity this semester through a Folk Song Festival, designed to blend music, history and culture together to promote cultural awareness and explore multiculturalism within the community. The festival will take place Monday, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m., in the Williams Center's Multipurpose Room.
President Horvath honored by Girl Scouts of Western New York
President Virginia Horvath was honored Sept 19 by the Girls Scouts of Western New York with its Women of Distinction Award at a gala at Salvatore's Italian Gardens in Buffalo. Amy Jo Dorler, a local scout leader and SUNY Fredonia secretary in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work and Criminal Justice, nominated Dr. Horvath for the award.
Bassoonist Nadina Mackie Jackson Gives Recital October 2
The SUNY Fredonia School of Music presents a guest artist recital featuring bassoonist Nadina Mackie Jackson on Wednesday, Oct. 2 at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall. The recital is free and open to the public.
Guest Poet Matthew Olzmann to speak Thursday
Matthew Olzmann, author of the poetry collection, “Mezzanines,” will present his work on Thursday, Sept. 26, from 4 to 7 p.m. in McEwen Hall Room...
Fredonia College Foundation seeks faculty and staff support of All-Campus Appeal
SUNY Fredonia faculty and staff will begin receiving information in their campus mail on how to contribute to scholarships, or to endowments that benefit their favorite departments and programs. The All-Campus Appeal is coordinated with other fundraising activities of the Fredonia College Foundation, which reaches out to alumni, parents, businesses, foundations and emeritus faculty and staff, as well as the community at large, to support the university.
Five 'Fredonians' honored with Chancellor's Award for Excellence
The prestigious Chancellor’s Award for Excellence, a statewide honor that recognizes consistently superior professional achievement and service throughout SUNY, has been awarded to five SUNY Fredonia employees.
BPO Concert Master Michael Ludwig to perform on Sunday with the Western New York Chamber Orchestra
The Western New York Chamber Orchestra, a professional ensemble-in-residence at SUNY Fredonia, opens its 2013 -2014 concert season on Sunday, Sept. 29, at 4 p.m. in King Concert Hall with a stunning program featuring world renowned guest violinist Michael Ludwig, who Western New York audiences may know better as the Concert Master of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
Beach cleanup rescheduled for Sunday, Sept. 22
Groups of volunteers from SUNY Fredonia will lead beach cleanups at Point Gratiot and Wright Park in Dunkirk on Sunday, Sept. 22, from noon to 2:30 p.m., as part of the Ocean Conservancy’s 28th International Coastal Cleanup Campaign. This is a rescheduled date due to a severe weather forecast for Sept. 21. SUNY Fredonia’s Academic Community Engagement (FACE) Center is directing the cleanup with assistance from the New York branch of the American Littoral Society and SUNY Fredonia’s Sustainability Committee and Office of Volunteer and Community Services.
The 85th Annual Meeting of New York State Geological Association will be hosted by the Department of Geosciences
The 85th Annual Meeting of New York State Geological Association will be hosted by the Department of Geosciences on Sept. 20 to 22 as part of the department’s 50th anniversary celebration. Activities will include five field trips on Saturday and Sunday, and a Saturday night banquet featuring a talk by Dr. Gary Lash.
SUNY Fredonia professor pens first 'Open SUNY' online textbook
Fredonia Distinguished Teaching Professor Ted Steinberg has written the first chapter in a pilot SUNY project designed to control higher education costs by producing online textbooks and making them available to college students — for free.