March 11, 2026
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Web Exclusive: Q&A with Michele Bernatz

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 6 minutesAs reported by The Leader last week, the Department of Visual Arts and New Media has welcomed a new chair this semester. Staff Writer James Lillin spoke to her about the future of the department, her Fredonia connections and more.   James Lillin (JL): What differentiates the Visual Arts and New......
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‘Growing into the future’: College of Education receives prestigious CAEP accreditation

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON Assistant News Editor   After a long process, Fredonia has passed all of the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation’s (CAEP) standards, becoming the first college to do so in New York. CAEP, the sole education accreditor in the nation, recently informed Fredonia that they had been......
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Life & Arts

Review: Broadening horizons one note at a time: Faculty concert in King Concert Hall showcases the new organ

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesSHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer   With the addition of the new organ in King Concert Hall, the only way to celebrate Fredonia’s new renovation was, of course, providing a concert for community members and students. The performance featured  faculty members such as Dr. Ji Hyun Woo, Dr. David Cowell, Natasha......
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Life & Arts

A ukulele in one hand, a coffee in the other: Kasia Coffee holds first *B-Side jam session

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutes  MOLLY VANDENBERG Special to The Leader Most Friday evenings are spent unwinding with friends and contemplating your weekend plans. For some of us, this includes checking out favorite local bars or restaurants in the area. However, if you’re ever bored of the typical downtown Fredonia scene, Kasia Coffee, located......
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Life & Arts

‘Harmony across the arts’: New WM Art Installation debuting soon

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer   With a new semester taking place, it’s time to get back into the college routine, whether that be classes, clubs and maybe even work. Despite all of the things boggling every college student’s brain, an idea can spring up  in the most stressful of situations.......
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“Trash statue” stolen and recycled at Tops

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesV. RAVIOLI Staff Lampoonist   Throughout SUNY Fredonia’s history, money and budget cuts have been a constant source of contention. With the new school year in full swing, Fredonia’s school administrators are right back to agonizing over whether funding should go towards campus employee wages or better things like the......
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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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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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Life & Arts

All that jazz at EBC Fredonia Jazz Ensemble and Weapons of Jazz Destruction host big band bash

Contributor to The Leader
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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