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Creative writing program creates changes with new hires

Reading Time: 3 minutesANGELINA DOHRE Photo Editor This past summer, four new faces were hired to support Fredonia’s creative writing minor. Two full-time lecturers, Eric Schlich and Sarah Green, and two part-time adjunct lecturers, Rebecca Cuthbert and Cornelius FitzPatrick, were welcomed to the English program. The four lecturers are bringing back courses to......
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Bill that would protect students from additional fees is likely to pass

Reading Time: 2 minutesALEXANDRIA NIEVES and DAN ORZECHOWSKI Special to The Leader and News Editor A bill passed by the New York State Senate and Assembly could cover the cost of salaries, inflationary costs, collective bargaining and mandatory operating costs, protecting the pockets of SUNY and CUNY students. The “Maintenance of Effort” bill......
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Center for Multicultural Affairs becomes the Intercultural Center

Reading Time: 3 minutesJACOB SANTOS Special to The Leader During the early to mid 1990s, the administration at SUNY Fredonia pushed to promote inclusion and diversity to their students. This led to what became known as the Center for Multicultural Affairs (CMA) in 1997, catering to various students from different backgrounds. Over the......
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FSA changes operating hours with an eye to the future

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer Food vendors on the Fredonia campus are currently in a transitory period, with operating hours experiencing an across-the-board cut to combat the falling enrollment of past years. Returning students are particularly irate when it comes to the changes to Tim Hortons, which in past years was......
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Recent efforts to strengthen enrollment displays results

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor For the first time since Fall 2013, there are over 1,100 first-year students enrolled at Fredonia. According to last year’s admissions report, in 2013 Fredonia saw 1,105 new faces. In that same year, the university received 6,069 applications, and 3,141 (52 percent) of them were admitted.......
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Revolutionizing air craft technology: Fredonia professor approved for patent

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Special to The Leader   Fredonia professor Junaid Ahmed Zubairi of the College of Arts and Sciences has recently been approved for a patent that will change the way researchers recover data from crashed airplanes and can also prevent airplane catastrophes. Say goodbye to multi-million dollar searches......
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The Science Center Hosts Fredonia’s First-Ever ‘Bat Lab’

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer   Last Saturday, Fredonia’s Science Center was transformed from its average, spacious, sleek-white interior into a jam-packed area with tables, posters, pamphlets, cookies and presentations revolving around bats. This is Fredonia’s first year hosting Greystone Nature Preserve’s “Bat Lab,” but students are hoping that Fredonia’s hosting......
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Annual community service fair to be held by Office of Volunteer & Community Service

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor   On Sept. 20, the Office of Volunteer & Community Service will hold its 14th annual community service fair. “The office is dedicated to promoting volunteerism outside of the classroom,” said chair of the office, Joyce Harvard Smith. “The community service fair is a great opportunity......

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