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Vanwesenbeeck delivers paper at ACLA conference
Department of English Professor Birger Vanwesenbeeck presented a scholarly paper at the annual convention of the American Comparative Literature Association.
Gerber pens essay published in The Wallace Stevens Journal
Department of English Professor Natalie Gerber wrote an article and co-authored the current bibliography assembling a year of Stevens’ scholarship, in the Spring 2021 issue of The Wallace Stevens Journal.
Pipitone to speak in incubator’s Arts & Business Luncheon series
Award-winning songwriter and guitarist Alison Pipitone will share her story and offer a look at the business side of her career at a virtual event in the Arts and Business Luncheon Series at the Fredonia Technology Incubator on Thursday, Nov. 5, from noon to 1 p.m.
Buffalo poet to conduct virtual craft talk, reading
Noah Falck, a Buffalo-based poet whose writing combines vivid imagery with the surreal to defamiliarize the familiar and create new emotional landscapes for the reader to navigate and discover, will conduct a craft talk and poetry reading as part of the Mary Louise White Visiting Writers Series.
McRae invited to join scholarly project
Dr. Shannon McRae of the Department of English was invited to participate in the World Religions and Spirituality Project.
VanDette contributes chapter to Cambridge University Press volume on Mark Twain
Dr. Emily VanDette, a professor in the Department of English, contributed to the Cambridge University Press volume, “Mark Twain in Context,” a book that places the iconic U.S. author's life and work in historical and personal contexts.
Student’s reflections that promote sustainability go prime time
“Loud Existence,” the activist portfolio that Abby Hart created to promote sustainability, has leaped from its assignment roots in an English course to major social media platforms.
Vanwesenbeeck tapped to deliver Kasling Lecture
Department of English Professor Birger Vanwesenbeeck has been tapped to present the 2020 Robert W. Kasling Memorial Lecture, an honor that recognizes a faculty member for outstanding achievement in scholarship or artistic performance.
Recognizing outstanding faculty and professional staff
Three outstanding Fredonia employees were named by Interim President Dennis L. Hefner to receive the 2020 President’s Awards for Excellence and Fredonia College Council Award for Community Engagement.
Trio to receive SUNY Chancellor's Awards for Student Excellence
Alyson Baumann, Avril King and Caroline Schettler, seniors at Fredonia who excelled in the classroom and collectively have six academic majors and two minors, will receive the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.