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Dedication of renovated Houghton Hall to highlight Homecoming
The welcome mat will be rolled out during Homecoming, including on Friday afternoon, Oct. 14, for the dedication of the renovated and redesigned Houghton Hall that completes the transformation of STEM education at SUNY Fredonia.
Wilkes receives service award
Reed Library Director Kerrie Fergen Wilkes is the most recent recipient of the Western New York Library Resources Council's (WNYLRC) Excellence in Library Service Award.
Journalism student enhances resume at summer newspaper internship
Chloe Kowalyk, a junior at SUNY Fredonia, had a front-row seat to the outpouring of community support extended to needy residents in a Buffalo neighborhood devastated by the mass shooting at a Tops Friendly Market last May. We all read about it; she experienced it.
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.
Geologist Hegna receives 2022 Hagan Award, to offer lecture on Oct. 4
The 2022 William T. and Charlotte N. Hagan Young Scholar/Artist Award will be presented to Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Thomas Hegna at a ceremony in Rosch Recital Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 2 p.m.
Student film ‘The Cryptid Cast vs. Goopy Ganker’ wins BEA Award of Excellence
The Broadcast Education Association’s Award of Excellence won by a team of students enrolled in COMM 464: Fiction II during the spring semester will be collected by their course instructor at the 2022 BEA conference at Colorado State University in October.
Geology alum to give talk on Upper Devonian Shale of western New York
Alumnus Randy Blood will give an invited talk, “The Upper Devonian Shale Succession of Western New York: Insights into the Role of Shale in an Electric Future,” at Houghton Hall Room 132 on Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 12:30 p.m.
ZubAir founder Zubairi to speak at incubator client showcase
SUNY Distinguished Professor Junaid Zubairi, CEO of ZubAir and a faculty member in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, will discuss his journey as an entrepreneur at the client showcase to be held at the Fredonia Technology Incubator on Monday, Oct. 3.
Chris O’Dell to share rock experiences in campus talks
Chris O’Dell – who’s forever linked to The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan – will share stories about her life with legendary rock performers at a presentation on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 6 p.m. She's also slated to present a Women in Music Industry symposium at noon that day in the Williams Center Horizon Room.
Cli-fi novelist Allegra Hyde to give public reading
Allegra Hyde, author of the cli-fi (climate fiction) novel “Eleutheria,” will give a public reading in Rosch Recital Hall on Thursday, Sept. 29 for the Mary Louise White Visiting Writers Series.