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The enduring contribution that Suzanne McLain made to a generation of children and their families during her quarter-century of leadership at the Campus and Community Children’s Center at SUNY Fredonia is now acknowledged on a handsome wall plaque.

The grades from the last semester are out and three women's teams took the top three spots for academic performance, with the volleyball team taking first with a cumulative GPA of 3.62.  The Women's Basketball team and the Women's Lacrosse team finished the semester with a 3.42 and a 3.41 cumulative GPA, respectively, taking the second and third spots.

Overnight and day camps are available in basketball, swimming, diving, soccer, baseball, hockey, and softball for boys and girls this summer. 

The deadline to register for the 22nd annual Fredonia Summer Music Festival is June 1.  Set on the beautiful campus of SUNY Fredonia and housed in the university’s School of Music, the Fredonia Summer Music Festival will teach instrumental students from grades 9 through 12 starting Sunday, June 24 and ending with a concert Saturday, June 30, taking advantage of Fredonia's first-rate facilities and world-class teachers.

In addition to the top award for her research poster, Marissa Carmello also received a $1,500 scholarship. Dr. Bridget Russell is her undergraduate research mentor. The title of her her research poster was: “Differences in Perceptual Measures of Nasality and Measured Nasalance in Native and Non-Native Western New Yorkers.”

"Steadfast," a film by Phil Hastings, Visual Arts and New Media assistant professor, has been accepted for a three-month showing at the 18th Biennale of Sydney, Australia, which is known for showcasing the freshest and most provocative contemporary art around the world. Hastings will also give an artist talk.

Birger Vanwesenbeeck, assistant professor of English, has published the article, "Loss in the Mail: Pynchon, Psychoanalysis, and the Postal Work of Mourning," in the scholarly journal, the Postmodern Culture  (published by Johns Hopkins University Press). Postmodern Culture has become a leading electronic journal of interdisciplinary thought on contemporary cultures.

This fall SUNY Fredonia will welcome Dr. Jean Kilbourne, an author, speaker and filmmaker who is internationally recognized for her work on the image of women in advertising and her critique of alcohol and tobacco advertising and its impact on today’s youth.  

• Morning Commencement:
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• Afternoon Commencement:
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The Youngerman Center for Communication Disorders will be offering two support group meetings for stroke and head injury survivors and family members during the summer 2012 semester. The meetings will be held in W118 Thompson Hall on Tuesday, June 18 and Tuesday, July 17, starting at 3 p.m.

Geosciences Professor Dr. Gary Lash (right) has been named the Kasling Lecturer at SUNY Fredonia for the 2012-2013 academic year, while Assistant Professor Dr. David Kinkela will receive the annual William T. Hagan Young Scholar/ Artist Award. The Kasling Lecture event will take place in October.

More than 70,000 pounds of electronics equipment – enough to fill 69 skids -- was collected at SUNY Fredonia’s annual community household recycling drive April 21. Members of the men’s soccer team gave yeoman’s service by pitching in to unload a steady stream of nearly 600 vehicles on Ring Road, near the Services Complex, during the four-hour collection. 

Lori M. Dispenza, a U.S. Army Veteran and scholarship recipient at SUNY Fredonia, has been selected to speak May 28 at the 15th annual Memorial Day observance at the Women In Military Service For America Memorial in Arlington, Va. Dispenza, who served for 12 years in the Army, is now a senior majoring in psychology and minoring in criminal justice.

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Emily VanDette has been granted a $6,000 summer research stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Helen Williams, a SUNY Fredonia graduate and mother of actress Vanessa Williams, shares the spotlight in an enduring photograph on the front cover of a new biography, “You Have No Idea,” that she helped her famous daughter write. SUNY Fredonia will host a book-signing for both authors on Nov. 10. The widely anticipated book is the first by Vanessa, whose career includes starring roles on “The Right Stuff,” “Ugly Betty” and “Desperate Housewives.

SUNY Fredonia has begun partnering with the Smithsonian Institution in its global Tree Banding Project through a course taught by Education Professor Michael Jabot, "Teaching Science in the Elementary School Class" (EDU 403).

SUNY Fredonia has had a history of celebrating Earth Day since its origins in 1970. Two former students who were impacted by what they learned about the environment at Fredonia are Environmental Scientist Ryan Burke, '11, and Casey Whyte, '09. who works for the firm that will collect the electronic recyclables this weekend at SUNY Fredonia. 

Vice President of Academic Affairs Virginia Horvath wrote the article for Fredonia, in which she described two goals that the university pursued in its approach to the Red Balloon challenge. The goals were to engage faculty and staff in learning about influential perspectives in U.S. higher education, and build upon that knowledge to focus more deeply on planning for the campus learning environment.