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Gerber interviewed on UC Berkeley’s East Bay poetry podcast
Department of English Professor Natalie Gerber revisited her graduate school years at the University of California, Berkeley – nearly three decades later – as a guest on a recent East Bay podcast “Poetic Pontification” that commemorated the founding of the campus’ very popular Lunch Poems series in 1994.
Jarvis to hold reading from acclaimed Vonnegut book
Department of English Professor Christina Jarvis will give a reading from her new book about Kurt Vonnegut, “Lucky Mud and Other Foma,” on Thursday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. in Diers Recital Hall.
Homecoming 2022 to honor alumni, connect classmates
Two alumni will be recognized during Homecoming Weekend, slated for Oct. 14 to 16, with Outstanding Achievement Awards – Cecilia (Howe) Fordham, ’59, and Sean Kirst, ’81. Many other activities are planned for the weekend.
Fredonia introduces new B.A. in Writing degree
The Department of English at SUNY Fredonia is launching an innovative B.A. in Writing this fall that blends critical, professional and creative writing into a single undergraduate program that offers strong career readiness skills for students.
Vanwesenbeeck uncovers SUNY Fredonia connection to renowned poet Sylvia Plath
Department of English Professor Birger Vanwesenbeeck spent part of the summer at Indiana University’s Lilly Library to research the Sylvia Plath papers. While there, he discovered a unique connection to SUNY Fredonia.
McVicker Scholarship winners announced
Four students have achieved distinction as recipients of the Jeanette McVicker Scholarship in Women’s and Gender Studies for 2022: Haileigh Pawlak, Kristin White, Amber Ambrose and Jessica Keeler.
Jarvis’s Vonnegut scholarship continues to shine
Department of English Professor Christina Jarvis has published the entry on Kurt Vonnegut in “The Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Fiction 1980-2020,” which has been released in electronic format on Wiley Online Library and in print.
McVicker, alumna Stenson to present scholarly work at Woolf conference
Department of English Professor Jeanette McVicker will have an essay published in the academic journal Woolf Studies Annual this summer and will also give a paper at the annual conference on Virginia Woolf, sponsored by Lamar University and held virtually June 9-12.
Buffalo community activist to give poetry performance
Spoken word artist Jillian Hanesworth, a community activist/organizer in Buffalo and SUNY Fredonia graduate, will give an in-person poetry performance as part of the Mary Louise White Visiting Writer Series at The Spot at Tim Hortons in the Williams Center on April 28.
Narrative installation ‘Lost in the Woods’ taps into art, writing students’ talents
A steady flow of students and other visitors toured an interdisciplinary immersive narrative installation, created by SUNY Fredonia students enrolled in writing and art courses, on an unusually warm December afternoon.