Campus Report
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As part of the ongoing partnership with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the SUNY Fredonia School of Music welcomes 23-year-old Israeli pianist Roman Rabinovich for a master class with Fredonia piano students on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 4 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall.

Reggie Watkins, a professional trombonist who has performed with such jazz and pop music icons as Dave Matthews, Dianne Schuur and Maynard Ferguson, will join the SUNY Fredonia Jazz Workshop on Sunday, Nov. 8.  He will first conduct a master class at 3 p.m., followed by a concert at 8 p.m., accompanied by the Fredonia Jazz Ensemble.  Both events are free and open to the public, and will take place in Rosch Recital Hall.

Travel/adventure filmmaker Fran Reidelberger will personally narrate his film “The Best of Bavaria” beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Rockefeller Arts Center’s King Concert Hall. Tickets for “The Best of Bavaria” will be available at the door. One child is admitted free with each adult ticket. Seating for this event is general admission.
 

SUNY Fredonia will hold a memorial service for U.S. veterans on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 4 p.m. in the Williams Center Multipurpose room. The ceremony will include the presentation of the first SUNY Fredonia Veterans Scholarship award to Charlene Miller, a U.S. Army veteran and current member of the National Guard.

On Wednesday, Nov, 11, the campus will welcome reality TV star Ruthie Alcaide, one of the more unique and memorable cast members of the hit MTV series, “The Real World," as a guest speaker for its Diversity Day. Events start at noon and she speaks at 7 p.m. in the Williams Center.

NASA's Jonathan Gardner of the Observational Cosmology Laboratory at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center will talk about the new generation of space telescopes at the annual Harlow Shapley Public Lecture on astronomy to be held Thursday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. in Room 202 McEwen Hall.
 

More than 50 SUNY Fredonia juniors and seniors will be inducted November 8  into the 2009 class of the Golden Key International Honour Society. The SUNY Fredonia chapter also is inducting five honorary members from the faculty and staff.

Student and faculty research projects in Jewett Hall biology classes are being greatly enhanced by the gift of a new Syngene gel documentation system, thanks to a donation by Dr. Christopher Mirabelli, '77, who has held senior research and development positions in the pharmaceutical industry.

The SUNY Fredonia School of Music, in cooperation with the Department of Theatre and Dance, will present four performances of “La Bohème” in Marvel Theatre at Rockefeller Arts Center. Performance dates and times are Nov. 12, 13 and 14 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 15 at 2 p.m.