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Professor of English John Stinson has been invited to write an introduction to the proceedings from the Second Annual Anthony Burgess Symposium, "Selves and Others," held in Liverpool, England, in 2008.  He has also been invited to give a keynote lecture at the Third Annual Burgess Symposium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, this summer, July 27 - 30.

Today, Michael Petsky is recognized as one of the foremost experts on marketing, advertising and digital media industry trends and strategies for maximizing shareholder value. A highly sought speaker, he has appeared on CNN, been a guest lecturer at New York University, and frequently presents at marketing and Internet trade shows and events.

One of the world’s leading researchers in cryobiology will return to his alma mater, SUNY Fredonia, for public presentations and informal talks Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 5 and 6. A 1965 biology graduate, John G. Baust has studied strategies in low temperature biology that have led to new cancer therapies. Entitled, “From Bugs and Butterflies to Cancer Therapies,” his first talk will be given Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 4:30 p.m. in Jewett Hall Room 101. The public is invited.

Illinois State University presented Dr. Kim Tillery (speech pathology and audiology) with the 2008 Distinguished Alumnus Award from its Department of Communication Science and Disorders in October. Dr. Tillery is chairperson of the department of speech pathology and audiology at SUNY Fredonia.

Earlier this semester, Dr. Tillery delivered two six-hour workshops for the New York State Speech-Language Hearing Association (NYSSLHA)  entitled, “Auditory Processing and Related Disorders: Best Practices in Diagnosis and Evidence-based Treatment options for children and adults." She presented the workshops at Manhasset, N.Y. and Nazareth College with SUNY at Buffalo's speech language clinic coordinator, Terri Cinotti.

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.

John Poppo hears a lot of amazing things. As the founder of Pop Productions, Inc. — operating in the heart of Manhattan’s Times Square — he is a producer, engineer, mixer, arranger and musician who regularly works with the music industry’s biggest stars. But to hear him talk as he received the SUNY Fredonia Alumni Association’s 2008 Outstanding Achievement Award over Homecoming weekend, you’d think this was the greatest honor he’s ever received.

History professor Rodrigo Meringer is in the Brown Bag Lecture Series spotlight Wednesday, Nov. 5, with his discussion, “From Civil Rights to Indian Rights: Negotiating Citizenship in Nicaragua.”  The Brown Bag Series meets at noon in S-104 of the Williams Center. The talk, part of Convocation series, is free and open to the public.

Christian Bernhard (Music Education) will be presenting his most recent research on music major burnout at the Music, Health, and Happiness Conference, to be held this week at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK. Dr. Bernhard has also recently started work as an invited member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Music Teacher Education.

Nearly 100 students and five campus employees will be inducted into the SUNY Fredonia chapter of the Golden Key International Honour Society at a ceremony on Sunday, Nov. 2, at 2 p.m., in McEwen Hall Room 209. The induction ceremony will include full academic procession.

The SUNY Fredonia Department of Visual Arts and New Media will welcome animation and performance artist Kathy Rose to campus to speak for its Visiting Artists Series on Thursday, Oct. 23, at 8:30 p.m. in room 209 of McEwen Hall. The event is free and all are welcome.

Critically acclaimed for its unique style and structure, "Marat/Sade," a “play within a play,” will feature a cast of 27, as well as seven musicians from the SUNY Fredonia School of Music. It opens in Bartlett Theatre on Friday, Oct. 24.

Boys and girls from Silver Creek, Dunkirk, Fredonia, Westfield and Brocton attended the five-day camp, and quickly were turned into “Playground Players,” an acting troupe, by the energetic staff. The Fredonia College Foundation’s Carnahan-Jackson Humanities Fund provided funding for scholarships that allowed more than a dozen additional children to attend the camp.

Award-winning children’s author Linda Sue Park will present, “Writing to Explore Liberty and Justice for All,” on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in room 209 of McEwen Hall. The event, which is part of SUNY Fredonia’s 2008-09 Convocation Series, is free and open to students, faculty and the general public.

The Fredonia School of Music will be hosting “The String Experience,” a workshop for hihg-school-aged players of string instruments such as violin, viola, cello and bass.  Young musicians are invited to improve their practice and performance techniques, interact with other string players, and attend a recital by the SUNY Fredonia School of Music faculty.

Working with Communications Professors Nefin Dinc and Ted Schwalbe, Turkish students in six cities are being trained to use digital video to create films about important social issues in their country as part of the $800,000, 18-month project that is being funded at SUNY Fredonia by the U.S. Department of State. Approximately 450 students have already applied to participate in the project.