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Fredonia extends UB medical school connection; eight graduates entering health professional schools
For the first time, a graduate of SUNY Fredonia will be enrolled in four consecutive classes at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo. In total, eight Fredonia graduates have been accepted and will attend health professional schools this summer or fall.
How a first-year student/aspiring doctor makes a strong impression at Fredonia
Even before she sets foot on campus for the first time, Effeh Badu has positioned herself for success at Fredonia.
Fredonians among recipients of Chancellor’s Undergraduate Scholarships and Graduate Fellowships
The State University of New York announced honorees of the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Scholarships and Graduate Fellowships for the State of New York – including two recent Fredonia graduates, Caitlyn Roe and Megan E. Little.
Biology prof enlists former students, now scientists, for cancer biology lectures
Students enrolled in an upper-level biology course connected with former students of Department of Biology Assistant Professor Nicholas Quintyne who are now working in diverse fields of cancer biology, in a series of Blackboard Collaborate sessions in the last five weeks of the spring semester.
Health Professions Club to host online Accepted Student Panel
Six Fredonia seniors and alumni who have been granted admission to health professional schools this fall will participate in an online version, via Zoom, of the annual Accepted Student Panel discussion on Tuesday, May 5 (today!), at 7 p.m.
Pursuing her passion and goals, meeting a need and making a difference
For Kayla Purcell, a sophomore Medical Technology major at Fredonia, the faces of COVID-19 victims don’t live only on television newscasts or in newspapers.
Practice interviews for health professions students go online
There’s a new twist to practice interviews conducted every year by the Fredonia Health Professions Advising Committee for students who will be applying to health professional schools. Like classroom instruction that resumed this week, these sessions were done online.
Fredonia inducts students in new PEK honor society chapter
History has been made at Fredonia with the founding of the Theta Rho chapter of Phi Epsilon Kappa, a national honor society for persons engaged in or pursuing careers in physical education, health, recreation, dance, human performance, exercise science, sports medicine and sports management.
Exercise Science grad brings wisdom back to Blue Devils
“I want my athletes to succeed, not just athletically but as human beings. I want them to be better versions of themselves.” That career mission placed Kelly Vincent on a fast lane to cover lots of ground in just six years.
Students to share their Honduras medical mission experience
The unique experience of serving on medical brigades in Honduras during the J-Term will be shared by Fredonia students in an informal presentation they’ll give on Friday, Feb. 21, at 3 p.m., in the Science Center’s Kelly Family Auditorium (Room 105).