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Fredonia receives award from SUNY Transformation Fund
The State University of New York has awarded SUNY Fredonia nearly $1 million to replicate and implement the Accelerate, Complete, and Engage (ACE) strategy, which has proven to be an effective model to increase retention and completion of degree-seeking students.
Learn about student-faculty collaborations at mash-up
“What can student-faculty collaborations do for me?” – a mash-up event conducted jointly by the Office of Student Creativity and Research (OSCAR) and the Professional Development Center – will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 12:30 to 2 p.m., on the main floor of Reed Library.
Fredonia research to be presented at annual GSA meeting
The student poster, “Surviving on Dry Land: Geoarchaeological Evidence for a Potential Native American Occupation during the 4.2 KA Drought in Western New York,” created by sophomore Geology major Savannah Steves and Geology graduates Joli Springborn and Tyler Spears, will be presented at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America.
What is OSCAR? Attend an open house to find out
The Office of Student Creative Activity and Research (OSCAR) will host an open house on Tuesday, Sept. 19, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Wednesday, Sept. 20, 3 to 6 p.m., to introduce students, faculty and staff to OSCAR’s new physical space in Reed Library.
Computer Science student presents research project at conference
Miles Calloway, a senior majoring in Computer Science from Eden, presented his research project, “Towards a Deep Learning Based Code Scoring Technique Using Tokenization,” at the 2023 Conference on Instruction & Technology held in May.
Courses redesigned to meet SUNY’s new Diversity framework
SUNY Fredonia has designated its first Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice courses – ENGL 274: Social Justice and the Written Word and ENGL 296: American Identities – that have been recast to conform to the new SUNY General Education Framework.
Study abroad course immerses students in Italian Renaissance art
Fifteen students spent two weeks in Florence, studying Renaissance painting, sculpture and architecture. Brief side trips to the cities of Fiesole, Siena and Arezzo plus hiking and relaxing along the Mediterranean coast at Cinque Terre, a string of centuries-old seaside villages were also on the itinerary.
Fredonia Chamber Choir named National Finalist for the 2023 American Prize
The Fredonia Chamber Choir at the State University of New York at Fredonia, under the direction of Dr. Vernon Huff, was named a National Finalist for the 2023 American Prize.
Students awarded $36,000 to fund summer research at SUNY Fredonia
Eight undergraduate and graduate students majoring in biological sciences have each been awarded $4,500 stipends to support individual research experiences this summer. Endowments established in the Fredonia College Foundation are providing $36,000 to support the research activities.
Vanwesenbeeck gives talk at Orient-Institut workshop in Istanbul
Department of English Associate Professor Ici Vanwesenbeeck was invited to speak at the workshop “Imperial Lives Turned National: Biographical Reflections on the Post-Ottoman Transformation a Century Ago,” at the Orient-Institut, in Istanbul, on May 22 and 23.