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New year, new VP Howard begins first semester at head of Student Affairs

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Reading Time: 4 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN News Editor   Last Spring, it was announced that David Herman, the vice president of Student Affairs, would be retiring at the end of the semester. By the end of the semester, the university had decided to fill Herman’s vacancy with Dr. Cedric Howard. Howard was born in......
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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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Reading Time: 3 minutesCAMRY 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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Fredonia loses its spine: President and students react

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON Assistant News Editor   Those who tried to walk across the bridge between McEwen Hall and the Williams Center failed. Last year, it was announced that the Academic Spine Bridge, a piece of architecture designed by famous architect I.M. Pei, whose work (among other projects) includes The Louvre......
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Meet the ‘Veep’: Bridget Doyle Junior elected SUNY Student Assembly vice president

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON Staff Writer   On the second day of the SUNY Student Assembly Spring ‘16 Conference, the elections commenced and one of Fredonia’s very own became the vice president. Junior political science and history dual major Bridget Doyle will be the new SUNY Student Assembly (SA) VP. “I am......
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Web Exclusive: The end of an era in campus media

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=6631] KRIS HARRIS Special to The Leader   In Fredonia, students have the opportunity to explore their interests through the various clubs on campus. However, there is something special about the media groups on campus. They are the voice of the school and allow students to connect with their......
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The final conversation with Dr. David Herman

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Reading Time: 6 minutesVice President for Student Affairs Dr. David Herman has fielded an innumerable amount of questions from The Leader. From clubs to FREDFest to anything about students, he’s always been willing to have a conversation with us. So before he retired, we felt it necessary to sit down with him one......
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All that jazz at EBC Fredonia Jazz Ensemble and Weapons of Jazz Destruction host big band bash

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMARIA 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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Diverse times call for diverse measures Proposed diversity general education requirement moves forward

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Reading Time: 2 minutesCAMRY DEAN Staff Writer             On April 21, the Student Association (SA) General Assembly passed a resolution for a diversity education requirement to be added to the University’s curriculum.             Student representatives from each class backed the resolution and pushed it forward to the University Senate on Monday to be......
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Orbitist interns create new map web app for Concord Grape Belt

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Reading Time: 2 minutesCURTIS HENRY Distribution Manager   Orbitist has one main goal for its future. “We eventually want to create the greatest travel content in the world,” said Gunner. Four Fredonia students have spent their semester working on an internship project for a start-up company called Orbitist. The team of four consists......
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