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Fredonia New Jazz Ensemble wins prestigious DownBeat magazine award
Rarely, if ever, does an unheralded student music ensemble win a major award from a prestigious international publication, but that’s exactly what the Fredonia New Jazz Ensemble did when it received DownBeat magazine’s Student Music Award for Outstanding Performance by a College Large Jazz Ensemble - Undergraduate College division, for 2019.
SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence honors two Fredonia students
Celina Kryk and Stephanie Wojnowski, who compiled impressive academic credentials, displayed exceptionally strong leadership skills and were actively engaged in campus activities at Fredonia, have been chosen as recipients of the 2019 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.
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.
‘Policing in the 21st Century’ to be explored at next campus Brown Bag talk
Two leading area law enforcement officials, Ann Burns, chief of University Police, and FBI Special Agent Brent Isaacson, will speak at the campus’ next Brown Bag Lecture on Wednesday, May 1, at noon, in the Williams Center Room S204. Their presentation, “Policing in the 21st Century,” will examine the latest research and findings on preventing violence on campuses, with a focus on detecting and reporting people who may be planning an act of targeted violence.
Urban educational pioneer, Fredonia graduate to deliver Commencement address
Dr. Shaun C. Nelms, superintendent of East High School, once a persistently failing school that has been reborn through an innovative partnership between the Rochester City School District and the University of Rochester, will deliver the 2019 Commencement address at Fredonia on Saturday, May 18.
Department of Communication to feature New York City artists
The Department of Communication is welcoming two renowned artists for a Meet the Writers workshop later this month.
It’s back – Food Truck Thursday!
The very popular Food Truck Thursday will return to campus on Thursday, April 25, with serving set from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Dods Hall Grove.
21st Annual OSCAR Expo to showcase student research and creative activity
Hundreds of students will fill the Multipurpose Room in the Williams Center with a cornucopia of research projects in the OSCAR program’s Student Research and Creativity Exposition on Thursday, May 2.
Manney to receive Lanford Presidential Prize
Fredonia graduating senior Monica A. Manney was selected to receive the 2019 Lanford Presidential Prize to be awarded at Commencement on May 18.
Campus group engages students in statewide topic
Sticking with its mission of helping the next generation of U.S. voters be both informed and interested in civic issues, the Fredonia American Democracy Project (ADP) Committee held a tabling event dedicated to the topic of the “New York State’s Women's Rights Agenda.”