The SUNY Fredonia International Education Center hosted its inaugural 3K fun run yesterday on the Fredonia campus. $2,248 was raised from registration, donations, and raffle ticket sales that went to the Xylia Peterson ’85 Memorial Fund. The proceeds provide scholarship assistance to junior or senior level international students who need financial assistance to complete his/her degree. Dubbed the “Slush Rush” because of the likelihood of the melting late winter snow, the “slush” was lacking due to the bitter 21 degree weather. However, the cold did not stop the 140 community members, faculty, staff, and students from participating in the polar bear run.

Dr. Mira Berkley and Dr. Barbara Mallette from SUNY Fredonia’s College of Education will discuss their recent experiences while traveling to The Gambia during the next of the spring 2009 series of international brown bag luncheons. The event will take place Monday, March 9 in the Fenton Hall English Reading Room (room 127) from 12 to 12:50 p.m.

Aromas from foods representing cultures from around the globe will entice students to try new cuisine at the annual International Dinner to be served Wednesday, March 11, at Marketplace at Erie by FSA. Serving begins at 4:30 p.m. Extra staff will be on duty to help accommodate a larger dinner turnout of students. The dinner is covered through the campus meal plans but the public is welcome to pay cash at the door

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.

Fredonia students who have taken at least two semesters of Chinese have until March 15 to apply for one of 10 scholarships made available by the Chinese government to SUNY students who want to study in China next year.

Zhao Ma (history), as principle organizer and coordinator of a 20-scholar group in the US, Taiwan, and China, has secured a grant of $80,000 from the ...
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SUNY Fredonia has announced a series of five presentations starting Monday, Feb. 2, designed to share the teaching and research experiences of Fredonia faculty members who have recently traveled abroad. Dr. Cheryl Drout opens the series with a talk on Japan.

A Chinese New Year celebration will be held on Monday, Feb. 9 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Williams Center Multipurpose Room. Sponsoring the event are students in the Chinese Club, Foreign Language Club, and International Club.

A series of five presentations designed to share the recent teaching and research experiences of Fredonia faculty who have traveled abroad will happen through the Spring semester, beginning on Monday, Feb. 2, with a presentation by Psychlogy Department Chair Cheryl Drout, who will detail her recent endeavors in Japan.

Dr. John Liontas of the Department of Language, Learning and Leadership at SUNY Fredonia delivered a keynote address in Taiwan at the International Conference on Multimedia Language Education recently, where he was also honored with an award. Sponsors of the conference were the Asian-Pacific Association for Multimedia Assisted Language Learning (APAMALL) and Republic of China Multimedia English Learning and Instruction Association (ROCELIA).  

Four seniors at SUNY Fredonia have raised $600 to send to a foundation in Ecuador. The money-raising effort was named AMIGOS (A Mission In Giving Opportunities to Students) and was a project for Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE). The foundation, La Fundación Crecer, is an organization whose central purpose is to provide poor Ecuadorian children with an education.

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.

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.

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.

Poet, musician, author and artist Joy Harjo, a member of the Muscogee/Creek Nation, will share some of her world-famous poetry with the SUNY Fredonia campus at 7 p.m. on Wed., Nov. 12, in room 209 of McEwen Hall.

Two Native American films will be screened on the SUNY Fredonia campus during November.   The screenings are hosted by the Native American Student Union and the Native American SUNY Western Consortium as part of National American Indian Heritage Month. All students, faculty, staff and the general public are invited to attend the free screenings.

A university teaching delegation from Oaxaca, the fifth largest state in Mexico, will meet students, faculty and administrators at SUNY Fredonia and also visit Dunkirk schools and meet Oaxacan families in the area during the university’s observance of International Education Week that begins Monday, Nov. 10. 

Several events highlighting the diversity of the world’s cultures will observe International Education Week at SUNY Fredonia from Nov. 10 through Nov. 20 at various locations on campus. All students, faculty, and general public are invited to attend.

Nearly 90 students have joined the new Chinese Club, which is promoting greater awareness of Chinese culture and life, as well as providing social support to Asian students far from their homes.