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‘The most famous Fredonian’: Zweig celebration returns to campus

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MOLLY VANDENBERG Special to The Leader Following the recent surge of interest in the Austrian Jewish author Stefan Zweig, the Zweig lecture series is returning to Fredonia this Fall. “Zweig at Fredonia 2016,” planned for Oct. 3–5, will feature some unique Zweig-related events on campus. This is the fourth time......
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News

Fredonia College Foundation initiates annual All-Campus Appeal

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  KELSIE ABBT Special to The Leader                           Every year since the mid-1980s, the Fredonia College Foundation has organized a campus-wide appeal of its employees to draw in funds for approximately 500 different schools, programs, scholarships and endowments. The All-Campus Appeal has become necessary, in part, due to......
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Life & Arts

“Piano men” kick off Pops concert series: Inside the tribute to Elton John and Billy Joel

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SHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer   If you’re in the mood for a melody, then on Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. there will be a tribute in honor of Billy Joel and Elton John in the Rockefeller Arts Center. As part of the DFT Communications Pops Series, performances will be done......
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‘Growing into the future’: College of Education receives prestigious CAEP accreditation

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JORDAN 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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Legendary entertainer Moreno to give Convocation address

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LERON WELLINGTON Staff Writer Fredonia is starting off the new year with a Convocation speaker with flair and gusto that you don’t find just anywhere. She is one of the handful of people in the world who can call themselves a Grammy-, Tony-, Emmy- and Oscar-winner, and she is here......
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From the Desk of Colin Perry, Editor in Chief: A new year, a new Leader

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I like to joke that I entered college with a major in English because I wanted some book recommendations. As it turns out, I ended up adding a second major as a sophomore in journalism, which I suppose must be because I love having conversations. The issue of The Leader......
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Fredonia changes official mascot: Sports teams to be addressed as the Harambe State Harambes

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RICK HARRISON Staff Lampoonist   Rick Harrison here, reporting from my pawn shop. In order to pay tribute to the late Harambe, a gorilla who was killed at the Cincinnati Zoo in May, the athletics program will be changing its name and logo. The announcement came from Athletic Director Greg......
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New year, new VP Howard begins first semester at head of Student Affairs

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CONNOR 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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