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What Fredonia’s virtual commencement will look like

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMADISON BLASZ Special to The Leader As colleges across the country plan their spring graduation ceremonies, they are considering the best ways to make them resemble the traditions that were common pre-pandemic. Most universities are taking a cautious approach by hosting a virtual commencement. What exactly does a virtual commencement......
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President Kolison to announce two mental health days

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteJESSICA MEDITZ Editor in Chief After hearing the concerns of students and the circulation of an online petition, there will be two days in April in which all classes will be canceled. April 13 and 21, described as “mental health days,” are intended to help relieve the stress inflicted onto......
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New student advisory group aims to build relationships between students and U.P.

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Reading Time: 3 minutesALISA OPPENHEIMER  News Editor In an effort to create dialogue and build relationships between students and University Police, the Student Association and U.P. have been working together to create the new Student Advisory Group on Campus Safety.  You may have seen an email on behalf of S.A. in recent weeks......
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Virtual commencement: What do seniors think?

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMADISON BLASZ Special to The Leader  Commencement has always been the high point of the academic year, the time when Fredonia formally recognizes and congratulates its graduates for years of hard work and achievement.  As the spring semester comes to a close, students who will be graduating in May are......
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SUNY Fredonia to have students self-administer COVID tests from home

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Staff Writer  If you’re a student at Fredonia, you may have heard that new COVID testing protocols will be employed in the upcoming weeks.  Students will now self-administer weekly COVID tests from their homes or dorm rooms.  When students left their pool testing session last week, they were......
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Fredonia students demand a break

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Reading Time: 4 minutesALISA OPPENHEIMER News Editor  Students are taking initiative and demanding that Fredonia consider adding a break to this semester due to an overload of work and mental health issues that come along with that.  On March 11, a petition titled “STUDENTS NEED A BREAK,” made waves on social media platforms......
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Fredonia hosts Virtual Employer Showcase through the month of March

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMADISON BLASZ Special to The Leader  With COVID-19 infections still surging across the U.S., many employers are turning to virtual showcases as a hiring strategy.  While not new, the concept has been gaining popularity since the pandemic began.  You might be asking yourself — what is a virtual employer showcase?......
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What’s going on with COVID-19 on campus?

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Reading Time: 3 minutesALISA OPPENHEIMER  News Editor  How long has it been since you’ve checked the SUNY COVID-19 Dashboard?  If you haven’t, it’s probably because Fredonia’s positive case numbers have been so low recently.  In the very beginning of last semester, at our worst, our positive case numbers were rising every day by......
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NASA’s rover “Perseverance” lands safely on Mars

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Staff Writer Three… two… one…  touchdown!  Houston, we have landed!  Originally launched in July 2020, NASA’s newest Mars rover, named Perseverance, landed safely on Mars on Feb. 18.  Perseverance is equipped with cameras, a microphone and an assortment of tools that will help it measure the composition of......

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