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Students mine valuable career guidance at ‘Meet the Professionals Night’
“I had the opportunity to meet with several financial institutions, which included banks, CPA firms and consulting agencies… We got to talk to some of these companies not as students, but as potential employees and interns.” That’s how Josue Petion summarizes the student experience at Meet the Professionals Night.
Farny to give 2021 Kasling lecture; Reese, Weiser to receive Hagan award
Professor Natasha Farny, who will give the 2021 Robert W. Kasling Memorial Lecture, and Associate Professor of Music Education Jill Reese and Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Jazz Nick Weiser, recipients of the 2021 William T. and Charlotte N. Hagan Young Scholar/Artist Award, will be honored on Tuesday, Oct. 5.
Award-winning author of ‘Amphibians,’ Lara Tupper, to give craft talk, reading
Lara Tupper, whose short-story collection “Amphibians” was a Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize winner, will present a virtual craft talk on Wednesday, Sept. 29, and a virtual fiction reading on Thursday, Sept. 30, as part of the Mary Louise White Visiting Writers Series.
Summer, J-Term enrollments climbing at Fredonia
The number of students and the credit hours they earned during Summer Sessions and J-Term (Joining Term) in 2021 have fueled two of the most successful intersessions at SUNY Fredonia.
On-campus voter registration event set
A voter registration drive geared to sign up Fredonia students will be co-hosted by the campus’ American Democracy Project and the League of Women Voters of Chautauqua County on Tuesday, Sept. 28, outside University Commons.
‘Opening Doors’ program to offer leadership stories, strategies for students
“Opening Doors,” a campus-wide program featuring leadership stories and strategies offered by campus and student leaders, will be held on Saturday, Sept. 18, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., in the Science Center’s Kelly Family Auditorium.
SUNY Fredonia again named a ‘Best College’
The State University of New York at Fredonia continues to be considered a top choice for higher education in the region by moving up on one of the most prominent annual rankings.
Lecturer to explore astounding feats of migratory birds
Renowned ornithologist Scott Weidensaul will present a lecture, “A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds,” on Thursday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. in Fenton Hall Room 105.
New Communication students bond with juniors, seniors on field trip
Nearly three-dozen students new to Fredonia’s Department of Communication were able to learn more about the program by gathering at Point Gratiot in Dunkirk with faculty and upper-class students at the department’s inaugural field trip on Aug. 30.
Marx Brothers’ expert Noah Diamond to return to Freedonia Marxonia
For Freedonia Marxonia 2021, author, performer and Marx Brothers expert Noah Diamond will return virtually in a sequel to his 2020 presentation “Home Again: The Marx Brothers and New York City.”