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Events and news of what's happening around the Fredonia campus.
Events and news of what's happening around the Fredonia campus.
Myron Glick, M.D., whose Jericho Road Community Health Care Center has served low-income populations and refugees in Buffalo for more than 20 years, will share his unique insight in a talk, “Confronting Health Inequity: One Doctor’s Experience in Buffalo and Around the World,” on Tuesday, Sept. 18.
The first phase of the Houghton Hall renovation is clearly the most visible campus construction or improvement project in the fall semester, but it’s by no means the only significant campus investment undertaken or completed as students, faculty and staff return for the fall semester.
An all-new menu stocked with plant-based items is being rolled out at the appropriately named Sprout Café, the former Faculty Student Association food outlet in Fenton Hall.
Seven Fredonia graduates were accepted into health professional schools during the 2017-2018 application cycle to prepare for careers in medicine this fall.
The Stroke Awareness Walk, an annual event held at Fredonia and dedicated to provide education on stroke prevention and introduce services available at the campus’ Henry C. Youngerman Center for Communications Disorders, will be held on Saturday, Sept. 8, at 10 a.m.
Three Fredonia students have been awarded 2018 Gilman Scholarships to support study abroad experiences during the fall semester.
The World War II experiences of two Western New York veterans have been chronicled in dramatic fashion by Matthew DeWinde, a 2017 graduate of the Fredonia, in articles published in the June issue of the magazine, America in WW II.
Fredonia has established a comprehensive affiliation with TimberFish Technologies, a startup pioneering an ecotechnology to produce seafood from plant materials and nutrients that has the potential to alleviate severe problems that threaten the global seafood industry. Under a memorandum of understanding, developed with Fredonia’s Engagement and Economic Development division, the university has been designated as a primary academic affiliate for the company.
The first company to begin operations in Chautauqua County through Fredonia’s StartUp NY program has helped to write a “blueprint” for creating new jobs through public-private partnerships. Attracting Original Crunch Roll Factory LLC through the Fredonia StartUp NY program is a huge win for the company, the university and the region, said Vice President of Engagement and Economic Development Kevin Kearns.
Six faculty and staff at the State University of New York at Fredonia have been honored with the State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence, including Kimberly S. Mancino, Dr. Junaid Ahmed Zubairi, Daniel M. Tramuta, Lisa N. Melohusky, Dr. Bruce Neal Simon and Lori Johnson.