Students  will again sponsor the second-annual Chautauqua County AIDS Walk on Saturday, Dec. 6, to raise funds for African children who are AIDS victims. Douglas and Ann Manly, two Fredonia residents who lost their son, David, to AIDS in 1983, will be this year’s guests of honor. Registration packets are available in the Campus Life office in the Williams Center.

On Friday, Dec. 5, volunteers will be sweeping the SUNY Fredonia campus collecting donations for the 9th annual Campus-Wide Donation Drive. All items collected will be donated to the local agencies of the Chautauqua County Rural Ministry and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Youth Organization.

The Department of Theatre and Dance will present six performances of “A Christmas Carol” from Dec. 3 through December 7 in Marvel Theatre at Rockefeller Arts Center. It is the second production in the 2008-09 Walter Gloor Mainstage Series.

In announcing the SUNY Fredonia for honorable mention in its national contest, the PETA2 website stated, “At Fredonia, the university has added vegan tortellini, vegan seitan subs and faux-chicken and faux-beef ramen stir fries, to the delight of the student population!” The judges added that Fredonia is a “rising star in the contest and we look forward to seeing them in 2009.”

An impressive total of 17 items – from plastic bottles to newspapers to tin cans – may now be deposited into one single recycling bin. Gone are the days when there were blue-colored bins for just paper in residence halls and offices, and students and faculty were asked to cart other recyclables to central collection sites in their buildings. Five students, all members of the local Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) chapter, are assisting the Sustainability Committee by adopting the green recycling bin program for a class project in an upper-level Business Administration course.

Seniors Atira Hepworth , Zach Kwarta and Mary Meyer successfully completed the challenge in the fastest time, winning first place. Claiming second place were seniors Holly Todd and Dan Heyer and in third place were junior Kelsey Simet and senior Nate Marsh.

Small reproductions of movie star photos, with accompanying biographies, and lobby cards from the silent era have been assembled for “Silent Movies,” an exhibit prepared by Kathleen Sacco now in Reed Library. The exhibit also introduces a new feature on the library's website which allows viewing of silent film clips.

There’s little doubt that the 2008 elections signaled some major changes in the American national fabric; the challenge is trying to figure out just what that means.  The Communication Department will host three of Western New York’s pre-eminent political observers Tuesday night (7:30, 101W Thompson Hall) for a forum examining just that.

Fredonia, N.Y. — November 17, 2008 —SUNY Fredonia is offering a three-credit J-Term course allowing students to study abroad in Turkey January 6-18, and students, faculty, staff, or members of the community are eligible to enroll. The program fee is $2,200 plus tuition ($697.20).

The Women Take Aim Film Series and International Education Office present this week the foreign film, "Bet Collector," a captivating portrait of a proud woman, haunted by memories of a dead son and hounded by the police, and her fragile and lonely life as a kubrador (bet collector) on the streets of Manilaman.

The SUNY Fredonia Women’s Studies Program will be holding an event titled "Art and Activism: The Transgender Movement” on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in room 105 of Fenton Hall. The presentation is free and open to all students, faculty, and the general public.

SUNY Fredonia students Joshua Curry-Bascome and Cristina Rodriguez have been appointed to the Youth Service Committee of the New York State Commi...
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William Graebner (History, emeritus) just published (October 15) a book, Patty's Got a Gun: Patricia Hearst in 1970s America (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008).  The book has been discussed or reviewed in the Atlantic Monthly, the Economist, and Newsday. It is the first substantial reconsideration of Patty Hearst’s story in more than twenty-five years, William Graebner vividly re-creates the atmosphere of uncertainty and frustration of mid-1970s America.

Four students from the Integrated Marketing Communication class, along with a guest speaker from First Investors, will provide tips on various economic issues aimed at graduating students and community members. They will discuss the importance of the economic climate in our country today, how students can prepare for retirement, how to successfully save, and how to pay back student loans.

Students at SUNY Fredonia talk about what they like about their college experiences in a new series of videos which have been launched on the university website.  “Fredonia Live" was produced by students and features some of SUNY Fredonia's most talented student actors, directors and musicians.

The New Horizons Band of Western New York will present a Fall Concert at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 19 at Fredonia High School Auditorium in Fredonia, N.Y. The concert is free, but the band would appreciate donations of non-perishable food that will be donated to the Food Pantry of the Chautauqua County Rural Ministry.

The first of four forums in the “Lundine Series” will focus on school consolidation Monday, Dec. 1, at 8 a.m. in Williams Center Room S104 at SUNY Fredonia. “This public discussion will complement the existing efforts to improve the efficiency of our school system in Chautauqua County,” said Chuck Cornell, director of the SUNY Fredonia Center for Rural Regional Development and Governance (CRRDG).

Under the direction of musician and faculty member John Bacon, the Fredonia Latin Jazz Ensemble will perform new arrangements of works by Horace Silver, Duke Ellington, and Pixinguinha in a concert on Monday, Dec. 1, at 8 p.m. in Diers Recital Hall. The concert is free and open to students, faculty, and the general public.

The Fredonia Improv Collective is holding a concert on Sunday, Nov.  16, at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall, under the direction of Dr. David Rudge,  a member of the Fredonia School of Music faculty.  Featuring music created in the moment, the event is free and open to the public.

Native American poet Allison Hedge Coke will be performing a reading of her works at SUNY Fredonia on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in 101 Jewett Hall as part of the university’s recognition of National American Indian Heritage month. The event is free and open to the public.