With a focus on slavery, the fall 2006 symposium of the Arts and Humanities College at SUNY Fredonia will be held Monday, Dec. 11 at 4 p.m. in Fenton Hall Room 105. A panel of three faculty members will present individual commentaries on the theme, “The Cultural Legacy of Slavery in the United States.” 
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Musicians from SUNY Fredonia and the Western New York Chamber Orchestra will join several featured soloists in performing three of the J.S. Bach Advent Cantatas on Wednesday, Dec. 13, at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall at SUNY Fredonia. Dr. Gerald Thomas Gray of the Fredonia School of Music will conduct.
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SUNY Fredonia is sponsoring a Middle Eastern Film Series next week that will feature four critically-acclaimed foreign films. All screenings are free and open to the public, and will feature commentaries by professors Nefin Dinc (communication department) and Iclal Vanwesenbeeck (English department).
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Susan Marie Frontczak as Marie Curie

In the drama, Susan Marie Frontczak of  "StorySmith" performs the role of Mme. Marie Curie, known for her 19th century discovery of radium and radioactivity. The event is the first to be supported by the Phyllis and Lawrence Patrie Endowment for the Sciences.
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In an NBC Nightly News story reported from Chautauqua Institution, where a "New Horizons Band" camp was taking place, several local musicians were visible during the segment, including Fredonia School of Music faculty member Dr. Katherine Levy.
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Three students have stood out among the 16 finalists that performed at the School of Music concerto competition held in September.

Sipkje Pesnichak, a junior, and seniors Phil Servati and Scott Horsington were judged by a panel of faculty to be the concerto winners. An oboist, a pianist, and a clarinetist, respectively, the three instrumentalists will be featured soloists during three concerts in the spring semester.

Phil Servati

Sipkje Pesnichak

Scott Horsington

“Ever since I heard a live orchestra I was amazed,” said Mr. Servati, a music composition major who also studies piano as an applied piano major under Professor Nathan Hess. A native of Rochester and the technical manager for Ethos New Music Society, he said, “I have always wanted to be featured as a soloist.”

And the path to being featured soloists with the College Symphony was not easy.

On top of the juries that all music majors are required to go through just to continue on in their major, these three and dozens of others had to grit their teeth and work their appeal on an additional series of juries during preceding semesters in order to compete for the concerto. Once there, they had to outshine the other musicians who had strived for the same goal in front of a panel consisting of their professors.

Judging by their excitement today, the long hours of practice in Mason Hall were all worth it.
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The classic tale of how Ebenezer Scrooge undergoes a dramatic change of character on Christmas Eve is the second event of the 2006-2007 Walter Gloor Mainstage Series. A production of the Department of Theatre and Dance, the show opens for an eight-performance run on Thursday, Nov. 30 at 8 p.m. in Marvel Theatre.

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Graduate students Cady Nenno (Bolivar, NY) and Rebecca McNamara (Lockport, NY) presented at the New York State Reading Association (NYSRA) Conference on Nov. 9, 2006, in Saratoga Springs, NY. 
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For the seventh consecutive year, SUNY Fredonia seniors majoring in mathematics education were invited to present their ideas on lesson plans at the annual Association of Mathematics Teachers of New York State (AMTNYS) conference.
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SUNY Fredonia students are supporting the local Rotary Club’s “Let Kids Be Kids” program through a broomball tournament to be held Friday, Dec. 1 from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the Steele Hall Ice Rink. The event is open to all, and refreshments will be provided.
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The Fredonia School of Music will present its 20th annual production of  “A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols” on Saturday, Dec. 9 at 8 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church in Fredonia. The concert is free and open to the public.
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Adam Hino has been hired as coordinator of Disability Support Services for Students at SUNY Fredonia. He is responsible for providing academic accommodations to students who have disabilities.
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The music business degree program at SUNY Fredonia is sponsoring a guest lecture by Phil Galdston, a songwriter, record producer and music publisher on Tuesday, Nov. 28, at 3:30 p.m. in Williams Center Room S104. The event is free and open to all. Mr. Galdston, who frequently writes and speaks on issues of intellectual property affecting the creators of music, has written music that has appeared on over 65 million records worldwide.
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Jonathan H. Woolson of Fredonia, N.Y., has been named assistant director for website communications at SUNY Fredonia. He has been a professional in the marketing, graphics and publishing industry for 12 years, and since 2004 has served local and national clients through his Fredonia, N.Y., company, “thinkplaydesign."
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More than 125 SUNY Fredonia students got out of bed early a few weeks ago to do something nice for their neighbors on Temple Street and Central Avenue: rake their lawns.  The Annual Fall Sweep, now in its second year, experienced a big spike in student participation this year.  A community relations event, it was founded by two student groups as a way for Fredonia students to give back to the community, and to offset typical "town/gown" problems between students and permanent residents.
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Musings during a recent trip through China are the inspirations for Mohawk poet James Thomas Stevens’ sixth book of poetry, A Bridge Dead in the Water, which plumbs the depths of experiences of Native peoples on two continents.

Said to have once been an exposed strip of land that brought Asian settlers to the continent of North America, the Bering Strait Land Bridge has also become a metaphor for the conflict between Europeans and Native Americans. Just as science and religion clash in all cultures, the Bering Strait theory has appeared to trivialize the hundreds of creation accounts that were fundamental to the traditions of Native peoples in North America. Read why the theory antagonizes many Native Americans.

The Bering Strait

Professor Stevens, who teaches English at SUNY Fredonia, researched the effects of colonization on either side of the strait – China and North America, in preparing to write his newest collection.

His explorations took him to unexpected sources that gave a glimpse into the lives of native peoples. For example, the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York’s 1901 published list of accidents, emergencies, and illnesses became the inspiration for a key poem in the book, “The Mutual Life.”

Two other poems focus on mapping, authority and propaganda, while the short poems recall some of his more personal experiences.

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Alumni tour WCVF studios in McEwen Hall during Homecoming 2006.
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SUNY Fredonia students have elected Dahn Bull, a junior Political Science major, and Ashley Spaulding, a junior Early Childhood Education major, as the next President and Vice President of the Student Association, respectively. Both have been involved with the Student Association over the last two years.
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The Chautauqua County League of Women Voters is sponsoring a thought-provoking program on wind power as an alternative energy option. The event will take place at SUNY Fredonia on Wednesday, Nov. 15 at 1:30 p.m. in Room S 104 of the Williams Center. Panelists will be Fredonia faculty Jack Berkley and Ken Mantai, and community leaders Elizabeth Booth and Claire Quadri.
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The student organization linked to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is running a contest to select the “Most Vegetarian-Friendly College” in America, and SUNY Fredonia has made this year's list.

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