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Fredonia shortens path leading to B.S., M.S. in Biology
An academic program that enables students to earn B.S. and M.S. degrees in Biology in five years, instead of the conventional six years, is being launched at Fredonia. The B.S./M.S. multi-award program is intended for students with specific career goals that require advanced degrees as well as those who haven’t chosen a profession and want to do advanced research or perform an additional internship before applying to graduate or medical school or other health professions program.
University awarded SUNY grant for study abroad health care in Honduras
Honduras: Health Care in Central America, the J-Term study abroad program that enables students at Fredonia to serve on medical brigades, has received a competitive $4,000 Innovative Study Abroad Program grant from the State University of New York.
Fredonia students, faculty build habitats for at-risk species
Threatened and endangered species in Western New York are getting a much-needed lift, thanks to faculty and students and a fund established by a Fredonia graduate to encourage collaboration between the arts and science.
Fredonia art professor awarded grant for global warming awareness project
Timothy Frerichs, professor of Art at Fredonia, has received one of three Global Warming Art Project grants that will support projects that respond to the rising dangers of global warming and climate change.
Job prospects exceptional for Medical Technology graduates
When students at Fredonia complete Medical Technology courses, fulfill graduation requirements and pass the national certification exam, they’ll be positioned to hit the ground running – straight to a high-paying job. In fact, all 10 students on track to complete hospital internships in August already have multiple job offers on the table.
Fredonia students bound for health professions, graduate schools
Advanced degrees in medicine, optometry, pharmacy, chiropractic, physical therapy and veterinary science, along with doctorates in biology and chemistry, will be the goal in the next educational chapters of 17 members of the Class of 2019. They comprise one of the largest cohorts of students continuing their education in doctoral and health professions schools in the last 10 years at Fredonia.
Student crafts unique art/biology internship in medical illustration
Junior Olivia Connor, who ventured outside of the usual academic convention by pursuing degrees in Biology and Visual Arts and New Media: Drawing and Painting, has landed a unique summer internship that will combine these seemingly distant disciplines: medical illustration. This summer, Ms. Connor will gain valuable insight into this highly specialized field at Mayfield Brain and Spine Institute, a full-service patient care provider in Cincinnati.