Jill Johnston-Price is one of SUNY Fredonia's newest assistant professors, hired this fall to teach animation and illustration in the Visual Arts & New Media Department. She is also the writer, director, producer and editor of “Prickle Britches,” a six-minute animated short about a young girl and the rite of passage that leads her on a surreal fairy tale journey. Johnston-Price’s film, along with 59 independent and amateur films from across the country, was officially selected for Minnesota’s first annual Twin Cities Underground Film Festival, taking place over Labor Day Weekend. Read more about this.

After announcing their retirement from university service, 20 retiring faculty and staff will be honored at a dinner Tuesday, Sept. 12, in Cafe G. The dinner is open to all.
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Michael Minery has been on campus this month as Artist in Residence, sponsored by Orchesis.  One of the finest tap dancers working today, he founded the extraordinary tap ensemble, "Tapaholics," appearing in Marvel Theatre Sept. 30.

Celebrating its first anniversary, the band of nearly 40 members gave its first public concert at Fredonia High School’s auditorium in May and is off to a great start. The band is living proof that, when it comes to learning to play a musical instrument, it truly is “never too late.”
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The Youngerman Center Preschool, a SUNY Fredonia facility that offers a chance for children with special needs to learn from their peers, will begin its fifth year on Wednesday, Sept. 6. Openings exist for community children who have no special needs.
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Construction of a multi-million soccer and lacrosse stadium has moved along steadily during the summer. Ground has been leveled, irrigation and draini...
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Paintings by Alberto Rey (Visual Arts and New Media), along with an interview of the artist, were featured in the June exhibition at the Art Gall...
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The New York Council for the Humanities has added Raymond Angelo Belliotti (philosophy) to its New York State Speakers in the Humanities program. His ...
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Dr. Bill Brown Even the Swedish punk band, Frantic Mantis, posted the news on its website: a SUNY Fredonia study showed that praying ma...
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Each academic year, Fredonia sponsors a university-wide convocation to provide greater insight into current issues. Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson will deliver the Maytum Convocation Lecture, entitled "Delusions of a Space Enthusiast," on Wednesday, Sept. 13 at 4 p.m.
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SUNY Fredonia selected for lists of top schools in new rankings by U.S.News and The Princeton Review.
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James Piorkowski (School of Music) has the honor of giving the annual Kasling Lecture on Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall. Entitled, "Welcome to my Attic," his lecture/demonstration will delight the campus community with an inside look at his work and art, which has been internationally acclaimed for decades. 

The campus community will come together for the first time this semester at the traditional All-Campus Meeting called by President Dennis L. Hefner for Friday, Aug. 25, at 9 a.m. in Rosch Recital Hall.
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It happens every year: you get to campus and you realize you forgot something. It may be a toothbrush. It may be the tuition check.
Whatever it may be, you’ll need answers, and you’ll need them fast. The Office of Media Relations has compiled a list below to help expedite the process.
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The 2,400-square foot coffeehouse – reportedly twice the size of many of the company’s stores – opened for business Monday, Aug. 7, to sell the full line of Starbucks coffees, pastries and sandwiches.
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Approaching a female for sex is tantamount to laying his life on the line, but male praying mantises aren't that willing to die for the chance to mate, Biology Professor William D. Brown and his former graduate student Jonathan P. Lelito reported recently in the The American Naturalist.
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Office of the Registrar has been relocated until 2008 from Maytum Hall to the Daniel Reed Library. The move is temporary while Maytum Hall undergoes significant heating and cooling renovation. To find the Registrar's Office, visitors can enter the McEwen Hall/Reed Library complex. Signs have been posted to help direct visitors to the proper area.
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