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‘Big Blue Family’ reaches out to help struggling families through ‘Operation Santa’
Efforts to help brighten Christmas for local families through the U.S. Postal Service’s 'Operation Santa' are getting a hefty boost from Fredonia’s Big Blue Family.
Students perform essential work during general election
Several Fredonia students had the unique experience of being at ground zero – working lengthy 16-hour or longer shifts at polls in Chautauqua, Niagara and Cattaraugus counties – during the hotly contested general election.
Fredonia graduate student and alumni receive awards from statewide student affairs organization
The College Student Personnel Association of New York State has announced the recipients of its 2020 awards, which recognize outstanding student affairs practitioners and scholars in New York State.
Many campus events fuel Election Day momentum
A discussion led by two Department of Communication faculty members that explores the media and presidential campaigns, the opportunity to become a poll worker and a post-election wrap-up conversation are three ways students can become engaged in the general election process through the campus’ American Democracy Project (ADP).
A magical mid-term exam, all in the name of safety and fun
Students in the Department of Communication’s Associate Professor Roslin Smith’s COMM 368 Camera and Lighting class were treated to a unique mid-term which highlighted safety in the studio.
Fall Sweep cancelled
The Applied Communication Association, a Fredonia student group, has announced the cancellation of the 16th Fall Sweep held in the village.
Popeye sketch by Fredonia alumnus delights Communication professor
Not everyone can boast to appearing, side-by-side, with their childhood idol, but Department of Communication Professor Mike Igoe can. That’s him standing next to, well, Popeye. Not in real life, of course, but in a black and white cartoon sketch created by Fredonia graduate Ken Wheaton that looks every bit like it was plucked out of a vintage Popeye comic book.
Radio stations interview Igoe about coronavirus
Department of Communication Assistant Professor Mike Igoe was interviewed by area radio stations WBEN 930 AM, Buffalo, and WDOE 1410 AM, Dunkirk, about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Preddie receives Fredonia’s first EOP student excellence award
Titanya Preddie, a senior Communication: Video Production major from Brooklyn, has etched her name in Fredonia history as its first recipient of the Norman R. McConney Jr. Award for EOP Student Excellence.
Igoe recognized for videos
Department of Communication Assistant Professor Michael Igoe’s video, “Interviewing: Getting the Facts the Feelings, and the Focus” has won another award. The Broadcast Education Association (BEA) is honoring it at its On Location Conference this fall in the Instructional Category of the Video Competition. The award will be given in October during the BEA regional conference in Denver, Colo.