On Wednesday, Nov, 11, the campus will welcome reality TV star Ruthie Alcaide, one of the more unique and memorable cast members of the hit MTV series, “The Real World," as a guest speaker for its Diversity Day. Events start at noon and she speaks at 7 p.m. in the Williams Center.

The fall 2009 conference of the Seaway Section of the Mathematical Association of America will be held at SUNY Fredonia on Friday, October 23 and Satu...
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SUNY Fredonia’s College of Education will host the 20th Annual Early Childhood Conference on Saturday, Oct. 3, in McEwen Hall.  The conference, co-sponsored by the College of Education, the Chautauqua County Association for the Education of Young Children, and Chautauqua Opportunities, Inc., will consist of two sessions with featured presenter Janice Smestad, President of Empathy Associates, Ltd, of Merrick, N.Y

Scholars from around the world will be on campus Oct. 1-3 to take part in a three-day symposium devoted to the life and works of the prominent early 20th-century Austrian-Jewish author Stefan Zweig. Numerous archival materials from the university’s internationally renowned Zweig collection will be exhibited, many for the very first time. Other highlights include keynote addresses visiting scholars and a Zweig biographer, as well as the U.S. premiere of the Brazilian feature film, “Lost Zweig,” with director Sylvio Back in attendance.

Uniquely designed for a commercial environment rather than residential code compliance, an in-service training program for code compliance officers statewide was the brainchild of Anne Podolak, director of environmental health and safety, and Markus Kessler, director of facilities planning, at SUNY Fredonia. The program launched this month at SUNY Fredonia with 83 registered professionals from public and private colleges, as well as many state agencies.

SUNY Fredonia’s English Department will welcome Wai Chee Dimock, a professor of English and American Studies with Yale University, as the keynote speaker for the fourth annual Mary Louise White Symposium, which will be held May 6 and 7 on the Fredonia campus. All of the symposium events are free and open to the public.

Dr. Nancy B. Swigert, director of an acute care facility in Lexington, Kentucky discussed the the evaluation and treatment of swallowing disorders (dysphagia) in adults and children at a continuing education conference held at SUNY Fredonia.

This past Saturday SUNY Fredonia was host for an introductory workshop for chemistry instructors from throughout New York and Pennsylvania. The event introduced high school, college and university educators to POGIL (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning), a research-based learning environment where students are actively engaged in mastering course content and developing essential skills by working in self-managed teams on guided inquiry activities.

Victory in a regional competition in Tarrytown, N.Y., earned SUNY Fredonia's SIFE team a trip to the national competition in Philadelphia this May. The regional competition included more than 40 teams, including such prestigious and sizable universities as Penn State, Syracuse and Princeton, as well as fellow Western New York institutions Canisius College and St. Bonaventure University.

Communication Disorders and Sciences Professor Bridget Russell is the program chairperson for the 2009 convention of the New York State Speech-Languag...
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The national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Salt Lake City was the scene of an impromptu SUNY Fredonia reunion as alumni, faculty, and undergraduate researchers got together to share information and discuss their research. Undergrads Nicole Earnshaw and Jeremy Wignall made presentations.

Biology research students Cassidy Hahn and Nick Sard received awards at the Great Lakes Research Consortium Annual Conference. The event was held...
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Details of the first-ever SUNYWIDE Film Festival are starting to take place, as the line-up for this inaugural three-day event was unveiled this week. The student showcase, with 13 short films made by students from across the SUNY system, opens at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 2.  Filmmakers hail from SUNY Fredonia, Dutchess Community College, SUNY Oswego, Niagara County Community College, SUNY New Platz and SUNY Purchase have also entered films.

Four undergraduate students and one professor from SUNY Fredonia presented papers on March 7 at the Mid-Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies (MA...
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Women's History month continues on March 30 with a traning session and panel discussion on issues surrounding human trafficking, which is a relevant issue right here in Western New York.  Among the featured speakers will be Dr. Thema Bryant-Davis, an expert in women's violence issues from Pepperdine University.

The Women's Studies Student Research Conference will take place with dinner and presentations by award-winning student researchers in the Horizon Room of the Williams Center on Wednesday, March 25, from 5 to 7 p.m.  Serving as keynote speaker will be Dr. Amanda Godley of the University of Pittsburgh, an expert in the field of language and literature.

The Lundine Series, sponsored in part by the SUNY Fredonia Center for Rural Regional Development and Governance, will create dialogues on efficiency opportunities for local governments in Chautauqua County. The series springs from the recommendations of the New York State Commission on Local Government Efficiency and Competitiveness, chaired by Former Lt. Gov., Stan Lundine.

An overview of the struggle to get women involved in politics following passage of the 19th Amendment that gave them the right to vote will be offered by Dr. Nancy McGlen of Niagara University on Tuesday, March 18, at 7 p.m., in S104 Williams Center.   

On February 22, more than 130 Fredonia faculty and professional staff gathered in the Williams Center for the campus’ First Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning. Organized by the Office of Academic Affairs, its development is a part of the implementation of the strategic “Fredonia Plan,” developed in 2005. One of the plan’s initiatives focuses on the “culture of learning” and, among other components, includes a campus-wide event focused on this subject.

Two performances by Grammy Award winning classical guitarist Sharon Isbin, master classes and a luthier workshop will be among the highlights of the Art of the Guitar Festival at the State University of New York at Fredonia.  The five-day festival, a collaborative effort of the SUNY Fredonia School of Music, the Western New York Chamber Orchestra, and the Fredonia Guitar Society, runs from Wednesday, Jan. 30 through Sunday, Feb 3.