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Business students stage 5K race in honor of Dr. Krohn
On your mark, get set … go! That’s the call runners can expect to hear at the Franklin B. Krohn 5K Memorial Run, which steps off at SUNY Fredonia’s main entrance on Central Avenue on Sunday, April 15, at noon.
Panel to discuss internet and other media
The Chautauqua League of Women Voters is sponsoring a panel discussion on the media's use of the Internet for presenting news and engaging new audiences. "Blogs, Wikis, and Newsfeeds: The Internet and Other Media," will be held Monday, April 16, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the SUNY Fredonia Williams Center, Room S104. The program is free, open to all, and includes dessert.
Free speech and hearing clinic offered April 28
Free testing for hearing, speech-language and vision for all ages will be offered to the public on Saturday, April 28 from 9 a.m. until noon at SUNY Fredonia. In addition, testing for ambliopia (lazy-eye in children) will be offered to young children. Individuals and parents are encouraged to attend the free testing service if they have any concerns about their own or a family member’s speech-language, hearing or vision.
Lecture to explore strategy to improve science, math education
A vision to improve science, technology, engineering education in the United States will outlined by Dr. Osman Yasar, SUNY Empire Innovation Professor at College at Brockport, at talk he will deliver Friday, April 13, 4 p.m. at SUNY Fredonia in 101 Fenton Hall. All are welcome to attend. The computer science department is sponsoring the event.
Vandana Shiva to speak on environment and activism
Dr. Vandana Shiva, a physicist, activist and writer, will deliver a lecture Tuesday, April 10, at 5 p.m. at W101 Thompson Hall. Informal meetings with students and faculty are also planned during her day-long visit to the SUNY Fredonia campus. Following her lecture at Thompson Hall, Dr. Shiva will host a question-and-answer session, 5:45 to 6 p.m. A book-signing/reception follows from 6:15 to 7:30 p.m. in Café G at the Williams Center. Her itinerary also includes attending the WOST 301 Feminist Theory class taught by Dr. Adrienne McCormick that morning and meeting with women’s studies students and faculty in the afternoon.
Welch’s and National Grape Cooperative announce scholarship
Eligible students are invited to compete for three $1,000 scholarships to the State University of New York at Fredonia as a result of a scholarship...
Fredonia talent and BPO perform in concert
Janet Sung The Fredonia School of Music and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra will partner for a concert on Sunday, April 15, at 7:30 p.m. in King Concert Hall. The special engagement will feature the orchestra under the direction of its celebrated conductor, JoAnn Falletta (in photo above). She and the orchestra will be joined by guest violin soloist and Fredonia School of Music Violin Professor Janet Sung, performing the famous Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35. The program will also feature the Overture to Mignon by Ambroise Thomas and Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No. 7. Tickets are $20 ($12 for students) and are available at theCentral Ticket Office (716-673-3501; 866-441-4928). All concert-goers are welcome to join Maestro Falletta in celebrating the BPO’s return to Fredonia at a post-concert reception.
Erbsmehl and Foley named to College Council
Shirley Miller Erbsmehl, '58 Heather Morey Foley, '90 Two Fredonia women, both with deep educational roots at SUNY Fredonia, were appointed to the SUNY Fredonia...
Concerts will support 30-Hour Famine
Ashley R. Bergman, a junior English major, announced that she is spearheading several events to fight world hunger. The international "30 Hour Famine" starts worldwide and at SUNY Fredonia on Saturday, March 31, at 10 a.m. and ends Sunday, April 1 at 4 p.m. There will be a dinner in Cafe G to break the fast at that time.
Concerts for the very young start Feb. 17
The Musical Journeys Program of the Fredonia School of Music has launched a new series of free concerts designed to appeal to very young children. Selected student ensembles from the Fredonia School of Music will perform four, half-hour Children’s Concerts on Saturday mornings at 10:30 a.m. continuing on February 17 in the multi-purpose room of the Chautauqua County Home, 10836 Temple Road in Dunkirk.