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Faculty Spotlight: Ferguson utilizes largest grant in Biology Department history

    CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer   In 2012, professor Scott Ferguson of the Biology Department was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for his research project, “Genetic Analysis of Gurken Translational Control.” The $250,000 grant, the largest ever awarded to a Fredonia Biology faculty member, has helped......
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Enrollment Crunch: New report shows increased diversity on campus

  CONNOR HOFFMAN Managing Editor Although the recently released Student Affairs report shows that enrollment is down, as reported by The Leader last week, it also shows that Fredonia’s campus has become more diverse. Corey Bezek, the director of admissions and also an alumnus, explained how the campus used to......
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Good vibes, good food and a great cause: Rockin’ the Commons 2016

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AMBER MATTICE Reverb Editor   Bringing music, food and games together is never a bad idea, especially when it is for a good cause. Rockin’ the Commons (RTC) is a shining example of exactly this. The annual event hosted by Fredonia Radio Systems took place on Sept. 24. The band......
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Visual Arts and New Media Department looks to the future: New semester brings new chair and more

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JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer Fredonia’s Visual Arts and New Media Department is facing numerous changes this year as it adapts to a new location in the $37 million dollar expansion added on to the Rockefeller Arts Center, an expansion which includes new areas for sculpting, drawing, animating, and illustrating. Leading......
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Woodard to help write next chapter in Fredonia’s story: University alum appointed Director of Marketing and Communications

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CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer Just six weeks before students were due to campus for the semester on July 6, Jeffrey Woodard sat down at his desk for his first day of being Fredonia’s new Director of Marketing and Communications. Woodard, an alumni of SUNY Fredonia, graduated in 1997 with a......
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All that jazz at EBC Fredonia Jazz Ensemble and Weapons of Jazz Destruction host big band bash

MARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer   On April 29, EBC West was transformed into a jazz-age speakeasy through the jazz big band stylings of the Fredonia Jazz Ensemble and Weapons of Jazz Destruction. The Fredonia Jazz Ensemble started as a dance band at the Fredonia Normal School in 1934. The University......

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