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Expanded Living History Day returns to campus
So well-received was Living History Day a year ago at Fredonia that the early American presentation will return to the campus on Thursday, May 30, with more sessions, a larger student turnout anticipated and a new state museum award in tow.
Smith documentary to be screened at UFVA conference
“Among the Hemlocks. Fantastic Stories from Fredonia, NY,” a documentary by Department of Communication Assistant Professor Roslin Smith, will be screened at the University Film and Video Association's 73rd annual conference in July.
Prestigious national research internships awarded to students
Seven top-tier summer research internships, including Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) grants funded by the National Science Foundation, have been awarded to students in Department of Biology programs at Fredonia.
Students prepare income tax returns, achieve refunds for area residents
Student volunteers tallied impressive numbers at this year’s IRS Volunteer Tax Assistance Program. Federal and state tax returns Fredonia students filed for area residents totaled 575, representing a hefty bump of 20 percent from the prior year. Tax refunds due reached nearly $970,000.
Igoe and Rivera honored with President’s Award for Excellence
The 20th President’s Awards for Excellence and Service Recognition Luncheon was held April 24 in the Williams Center. Scores of employees, family and friends packed the Multipurpose Room to support and congratulate the year’s award recipients: Michael Igoe, an assistant professor of Communication, who received the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning; and Dr. Carmen Rivera, currently serving as associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, who received the President’s Award for Excellence in University Service.
Fredonia students bound for health professions, graduate schools
Advanced degrees in medicine, optometry, pharmacy, chiropractic, physical therapy and veterinary science, along with doctorates in biology and chemistry, will be the goal in the next educational chapters of 17 members of the Class of 2019. They comprise one of the largest cohorts of students continuing their education in doctoral and health professions schools in the last 10 years at Fredonia.
Science students shine at ACS research symposium
With one student receiving a first place award and three others delivering poster presentations, the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry was well represented at the Western New York section of the American Chemical Society’s 12th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, held April 27 at D'Youville College.
Fitzpatrick pens articles published in finance journals
Two peer-reviewed journals have published articles written or co-written by School of Business Associate Professor Julie Fitzpatrick during her Fall 2018 sabbatical leave.
Senior duo wins Jeopardy! Tournament
The team of Caitlyn Croft, a senior majoring in Accounting and Business Administration: Management, and Todd Boberg, a senior majoring in Public Accountancy and Business Administration: Finance, won annual Jeopardy! Tournament in the School of Business by amassing 6,800 points.
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.