A satirical and ironic comedy with an underlying serious point, "Urinetown the Musical," will open Friday, Feb. 20 in Bartlett Theatre at Rockefeller Arts Center as part of the Walter Gloor Mainstage Series.

The Musical Journeys Program of the Fredonia School of Music continues its third season of free concerts designed to appeal to very young children. Selected student ensembles from the Fredonia School of Music will perform half-hour Children’s Concerts on four Saturday mornings at 10:30 a.m. continuing on Saturday, Feb. 28 in the Darwin R. Barker Library, 7 Day Street in Fredonia

In an event they’re calling “Monday Night Live,” students will have the opportunity to learn from drummer Shawn Pelton of Saturday Night Live fame in a clinic, followed by the artist’s solo performance at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall. Both events are free and open to all.

SUNY Fredonia’s Educational Development Program (EDP) will celebrate its students at the 27th annual awards ceremony on Wed., March 11 at 4 p.m. in the Horizon Room of the Williams Center. Rohan Patrick, a 1992 graduate who is now the new owner and manager of The White Inn in Fredonia, will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award during the ceremony.

A rally to protest the Governor's and Legislature's reallocation of the tuition increase assigned to SUNY students will take place Thursday, Feb. 19, at 3:30 p.m. in the Williams Center. State Sen. Catharine Young will join the Student Association and SUNY Fredonia President Dennis L. Hefner to discuss the issues.

AFAA, the world's largest fitness education organization, will be offering Personal Fitness Trainer Certification April 3-5.  The normal cost is $469 but any Fredonia State students, faculty or staff is eligible for a 25 percent discount which brings the total to $351.75

This year's Pink the Rink effort resulted in a raising more than $4,000 for the American Cancer Society. In all, more than $5,000 in donations were collected. Read more>>

As part of Black History Month, the Communication Department has invited Dr. Aleen Ratzlaff, Associate Professor at Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kansas, to speak on Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. in Room 202 in McEwen Hall.

The Commencement website is full of information for the 2009 event – including Student and Family guides. It’s accessible from the home page (middle column under Convocation).

On Monday, Feb. 23, at the next International Brown Bag luncheon, Ellie Reddy (College of Education) will talk about the Belize Project, which is an international service-learning experience for Fredonia students. The event is located in Fenton Hall Room 127 (English Reading Room). All are welcome.

Award-winning poet and soldier Brian Turner, author of the book, "Here, Bullet," will read from his harrowing and beautiful first-person account of the Iraq War on Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall, accompanied by music performed by Rob Deemer of the Fredonia School of Music.

Caryn Freitag, flute major, has been selected as a finalist in the competition to form the first YouTube Symphony Orchestra. Her acceptance into the world's first collaborative orchestra will depend on the number of votes she receives for her performance video, posted on YouTube. Voting is open this week through Feb. 22.

Public relations students from SUNY Fredonia will hold a news conference Thursday, Feb. 19, at 2:30 p.m. in the President's Conference Room to announce a partnership with two nonprofit organizations from Chautauqua County.

Birger Vanwesenbeeck (English) has been awarded a Summer Research Fellowship from the Northeast Modern Language Association.  He will receive the award during a formal ceremony at the NeMLA conference in Boston at the end of February. The monetary award of $1,000 will allow him to do research at the Paul de Man Archives at the University of California at Irvine for an article-in-progress (tentatively) entitled "Faust in the Fifties: Gaddis, de Man, and Fielder."

In conjunction with the “Big Read” program, coordinated on campus by The Daniel A. Reed Library, the University Bookstore is now selling Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” for $7.99.

1993 Theatre and Dance major, Andy Konrad, appeared in an episode on the ABC series, "Life On Mars."    Andy, a freelance actor, played the guitarist in Sebastian Grace's band.  He reported having a lot of fun working on the project.

SUNY Fredonia English students enrolled in the 300-level course “American Literary Landmarks” have created visual literary exhibits for local high schools and community libraries as part of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) “Big Read” program.

Join the Ethos New Music Society, SUNY Fredonia's completely student-run organization dedicated to new music, as it presents the internationally recognized "Bowed Piano Ensemble" in concert on Feb. 14, at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall. Tickets are $5 for the general public and $2 for students and senior citizens.

Since early December, the grounds and landscaping crew has been treating all university roads, parking lots and walkways with a new product, aptly named Ice B’Gone, instead of conventional rock salt. The new de-icer is a combination of chloride salts and agriculture-based ingredients and is biodegradable, which means it’s less corrosion to bridges, road surfaces, highway equipment and automobiles. And that also means Ice B’Gone is safer for the environment.

SUNY Fredonia’s Center for Multicultural Affairs (CMA) is now accepting applications for its annual Rosa Parks scholarships. All entries are due March 6 at 4 p.m. in room E125 of Thompson Hall. All full-time students, except previous winners, are eligible to apply.