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Remembrance ceremony set to recognize veterans; scholarship recipients to be honored
The Veterans Remembrance Ceremony will be held at the Williams Center Multipurpose Room on Friday, Nov. 12, at 3:30 p.m., to remember, honor and show gratitude to the countless men and women who have served the United States through branches of the armed forces.
Rosa Parks scholarships to be awarded
Scholarships valued at $350 each will be awarded to three students at the Rosa Parks Scholarship Competition awards ceremony on Wednesday, Oct. 27, at noon, in the Williams Center Horizon Room.
Theatre alumna Cody returns in residency to choreograph ‘The Wild Party’
Jennifer Cody, a veteran of Broadway, film and television who earned a B.F.A. in Acting at SUNY Fredonia in 1991, has returned to campus as choreographer of “The Wild Party,” the first show of the 2021-2022 Walter Gloor Mainstage Season.
Receptions planned to celebrate book created through Costello Interplay Award
Receptions have been scheduled in both Fredonia and Dunkirk to mark the release of “Canadaway Creek-Western New York,” a new soft-cover book that presents an extensive survey of Canadaway Creek compiled by SUNY Fredonia faculty, students, emeriti, alumni, and community members.
Carnahan Jackson Fund issues Request for Proposals
The selection committee for the Carnahan Jackson Fund for the Humanities is now accepting requests for proposals (RFP) for the 2022-2023 award cycle.
Farny to give 2021 Kasling lecture; Reese, Weiser to receive Hagan award
Professor Natasha Farny, who will give the 2021 Robert W. Kasling Memorial Lecture, and Associate Professor of Music Education Jill Reese and Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Jazz Nick Weiser, recipients of the 2021 William T. and Charlotte N. Hagan Young Scholar/Artist Award, will be honored on Tuesday, Oct. 5.
Award-winning author of ‘Amphibians,’ Lara Tupper, to give craft talk, reading
Lara Tupper, whose short-story collection “Amphibians” was a Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize winner, will present a virtual craft talk on Wednesday, Sept. 29, and a virtual fiction reading on Thursday, Sept. 30, as part of the Mary Louise White Visiting Writers Series.
Maytum Convocation speaker to explore fake news, online rumors
Craig Silverman, a journalist who has examined online rumors, fake news and misinformation for nearly 10 years, will present “Fake News, Real Consequences” as an online Maytum Convocation lecture on Thursday, Sept. 23.
Yochym biology scholarship benefits future veterinarians
The dream that the father of Barbara and Cynthia Yochym to become a veterinarian lives on through SUNY Fredonia alumni such as Megan MacIntyre, a 2019 graduate and recipient of two Michael Yochym Biology Scholarships attending The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
Vanwesenbeeck to give 2020 Kasling Lecture, Dunham to receive Hagan
“African American Writing as World Literature,” the 2020 Robert W. Kasling Memorial Lecture, will be given by Department of English Professor Birger Vanwesenbeeck, on Sept. 14. The recipient of the 2020 William T. and Charlotte N. Hagan Young Scholar/Artist Award, Department of Physics Assistant Professor Michael Dunham, will also be recognized.