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A lively collection of video art and animation accomplished by students this year will be showcased at the annual Transmedia Festival on Friday, May 16 from 6 to 9 p.m. in McEwen Hall Room 209. The festival celebrates the creative endeavors of the students taking courses in media arts and animation through the department of Visual Arts and New Media SUNY Fredonia. The event is free and the public is invited. 

David McCormick experienced a catastrophic and complete loss of hearing two years ago, and even though it threw a mighty curve in his life, the 46 year- old, who has a wife and two children, is graduating this week from SUNY Fredonia with a B.F.A. in Visual Arts and New Media: Photography. He counts Stephen Komp and Elizabeth Lee, faculty members in Visual Arts and New Media, among his strongest supporters. “I was overwhelmed by the amount of support I received from everyone – faculty, staff and students. They made it all impossible to give up.”

“Poseidon’s Eye” is Jonathan Kirk’s second sculpture to be displayed on campus as part of the "In Sight/On Site" program. In1999, his sculpture called “Jonah’s Tale” was installed in front of Rosch Recital Hall. “I’m delighted to be here again,” Kirk said. “I’m grateful to Bob (Robert Booth, professor of New Arts and Visual Media, who coordinates the “In Sight/On Site” program). I’m glad to see the campus collection growing and thriving.”

Fifty-five young people, ages 8 to 14, will be enrolled on a first-come, first-served basis during a week-long day camp called “PLAYGROUND” from Aug. 18 to Aug. 23 at SUNY Fredonia.  The cost is $175 per participant and includes 12 class periods, an opportunity to be part of the cast or crew of “HONK! JUNIOR,” a T-shirt, daily snack and admission for family members to “HONK! JUNIOR.”

Senior clarinetist Scott Horsington was one of 76 student athletes from 27 campuses selected for the 2007-08 Scholar Athlete Award, which recognizes a combination of academic excellence and outstanding athletic achievement at the Division I, Division III and NJCAA levels, Interim SUNY Chancellor Dr. John B. Clark today announced.

Wendy Corsi Staub, the 2008 commencement speaker, will be at the University Bookstore for a book signing on Friday, May 16, at 2:30 p.m. A native of Dunkirk, N.Y., and a graduate of the English Department, she writes suspense thrillers and young adult novels.  Ms. Corsi Staub is a regular among such bestseller lists as USA Today, Barnes & Noble’s Top Ten, and Bookscan, in addition to the New York Times, which included her latest novel, Don’t Scream, for five weeks.

Fredonia’s School of Music welcomed home one of its most successful alumna on Friday afternoon to not only give this year’s Convocation Address to its faculty and students, but also make a surprise announcement which will positively impact Fredonia’s students forever.  The alumna who inspired the movie, “Music of the Heart,” dedicated the scholarship to the Fredonia professors who inspired her.

SUNY Fredonia and the Fredonia College Foundation today announced the public phase of a five-year, $15 million capital campaign — the longest and largest capital campaign in Fredonia’s 182-year history. The dollars generated during the campaign, entitled, “Doors to Success: the Campaign for Fredonia,” will be used primarily to fund scholarships, educational enrichment, academic program enhancement and cultural programming.

One of SUNY Fredonia's most inspirational graduates, Roberta Guaspari, will be the featured guest at the School of Music's annual convocation on Friday, May 9. An advocate for music education in public schools, Ms. Guaspari's story has been told via the feature film, "Music of the Heart," and the documentary, "Small Wonders."

The sound of classic big band music will fill King Concert Hall on campus Friday, May 16 at 8 p.m. when the DFT Communications Pops Series at Rockefeller Arts Center presents the 2008 Commencement Eve Pops Concert: “Big Band Classics.”  Featuring Bruce Johnstone and the Little Apple Big Band, the concert will include some of the greatest big band songs of all time. Helping to bring the songs to life will be student performers chosen by competitive auditions earlier this semester.

Ensembles from the New Horizons Band of Western New York will present a recital at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 9 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 410 North Main Street in Jamestown. The recital is free and open to the public.  Several New Horizons ensembles will perform including the Saxophone Quartet, Woodwind Ensemble and Dr. Richard Lundquist performing a trumpet solo with piano accompaniment.

More than 350 students from SUNY Fredonia raised $3,569.19 for the Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo by selling the 2008 Kids Day edition of The Buffalo News recently.  Involvement from SUNY Fredonia is coordinated by the Office of Residence Life each year.  A total of 24 different campus groups, including the residence halls, sold the newspapers around campus entrances and in the village.

As hostess for “AquaKids,” a nationally syndicated children’s television program, SUNY Fredonia senior Molly McKinney has done location shoots in the Bahamas, where she monitored Caribbean reef sharks, and in Bimini, where she swam alongside wild spotted dolphins. But early this month, she brought her crew to tape shows in her college stomping grounds of Western New York.

The annual Best of SUNY Student Art Exhibition returns to the New York State Museum Sunday, May 4, showcasing the work of SUNY’s top student artists from across the state, including two illustration majors from SUNY Fredonia:  Anna Christenson and Jorge Mendez.

Highlighting some famous examples of dancers and choreographers throughout western history whose styles were in sharp contrast and even rivalry with each other, Helen Myers will show how her own choreography reflects these contrasts. Her May 7 talk is the final event in the Arts and Humanities Brown Bag Lunch Series.