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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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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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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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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 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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The Council on Social Work Education has reaffirmed its accreditation of the SUNY Fredonia bachelor’s degree program in social work. Less than 10-years old, the social work program at Fredonia has been accredited nationally since 2003. 
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Alumni raced to raise funds for the track and field program in honor of late alumnus, Fred Ruterbusch, '77.

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To the advantage of her audiences, filmmaker Nefin Dinc’s eyes become theirs. A documentary filmmaker allowed to follow a group of whirling dervishes behind the scenes as they prepare for a ceremony in Turkey, she turned her camera on a 12-year old girl who was undergoing the spiritual and physical training to perform the ancient devotional dance. “I wanted to show a glimpse of Islamic life in Turkey,” the SUNY Fredonia communication professor said.

Professor Nefin Dinc

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