Ceremony welcomes 40 new international students

SUNY Fredonia will host a welcoming ceremony for more than 40 international students who are new to the campus on Wednesday, Aug. 21, at 1 p.m. at Rosch Recital Hall. They will be among some 230 international students who have enrolled at SUNY Fredonia this fall

These students are from Canada, China, Hungary, Iran, Japan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkey and the West Indies. Fifteen graduate students from Saudi Arabia are among the new Fredonians. Flags of these students’ homelands will be placed on the Rosch stage.

Remarks welcoming these students will be offered by SUNY Fredonia President Virginia Horvath and Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Terry Brown. The program will also include a performance by School of Music students Alec Dube, Elizabeth Kiehl, Felix Reyes and Juan Herrera.