Spotlight

Meet Amy Gruttadauria: WCVF’s program director and Peter and The Starcatcher’s stage manager

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 19, 2017August 16, 2019

October 19, 2017August 16, 2019

CHELSEA BARON Special to The Leader College students are oftentimes categorized as lazy, but Amy Gruttadauria is an exception. A senior double major in theatre and audio and radio production, Gruttadauria’s focus in her theater degree is stage management. She is an active member of Sigma Gamma Phi (Arethusa),......

Life & Arts

Breaking the stigma: The National Alliance of Mental Illness comes to SUNY Fredonia

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 6, 2017

September 6, 2017

Bailey Kuzma Special to The Leader This year there is a new club on campus: NAMI. NAMI stands for the National Alliance of Mental Illness. It was started by Tyler Gross, a junior biology major. “I wanted to start the club because I’ve always been passionate about helping people......

Sports

Sabres Spotlight: The search for a GM: How involved is Russ Brandon?

Contributor to The LeaderMay 3, 2017

May 3, 2017

CHRISTIAN EVANS Special to The Leader Buffalo Bills and Sabres owner Terry Pegula has really added a ton onto his already overwhelming plate over the last few weeks. He has fired just about everybody in the Sabres organization, including the head coach, the general manager and the entire scouting......

Sports

Sabres Spotlight: Is Pegula’s impatience hurting or helping?

Contributor to The LeaderApril 26, 2017

April 26, 2017

CHRISTIAN EVANS Special to The Leader Buffalo Sabres owner Terry Pegula is at it again with yet another year of complete housecleaning of one of his beloved Buffalo sports franchises. Reports came out early last Thursday morning that Sabres Head Coach Dan Bylsma and General Manager Tim Murray had......

News

Tweet featuring student goes viral

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017

March 29, 2017

COLIN PERRY Editor in Chief Jimmy Skrzeczkowski began March 19 as an ordinary person, but by the early hours of the morning, his face would be seen by millions around the world. The junior video production major was featured in a tweet that day which almost immediately exploded in......

News

Neal returns to lecture on activism and blackness in the digital age

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 22, 2017

February 22, 2017

CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer After receiving his B.A.and M.A. in English from Fredonia in 1987 and 1993, alumnus Mark Anthony Neal returned to campus earlier this week to discuss black culture, activism and social media as a part of the English Department’s Writers@Work program. During his two-day residency at Fredonia,......

Life & Arts

Course Spotlight: Literary Publishing

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 15, 2017

February 15, 2017

MOLLY VANDENBERG Staff Writer Interested in reading work written by Fredonia’s own students? Look no further than The Trident. The Trident is a campus-based literary magazine that comes out annually every Spring. It features original fiction, nonfiction and poetry. The student editors of this publication are enrolled in......

News

Former Marine finds way to Fredonia

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 9, 2016August 17, 2019

November 9, 2016August 17, 2019

CURTIS HENRY Sports Editor From Monday to Friday, he’s in the classroom, he’s on the rugby field, and he’s learning more about the campus. But at age 23, Jeremy Lilga is far from your typical freshman at Fredonia. Lilga grew up on a farm in Eden, New York,......

News

Course Spotlight: Political classes center around 2016 election

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2016

November 3, 2016

ANGELINA DOHRE Special to The Leader As the election draws near, two special courses are focusing their attention on politics among the student body: Presidential Campaign Communication and 2016 Election. The Presidential Campaign Communication course was created by assistant professor Angela McGowan. According to her, there were three main......

News

Faculty Spotlight: Ferguson utilizes largest grant in Biology Department history

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 6, 2016

October 6, 2016

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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Meet Amy Gruttadauria: WCVF’s program director and Peter and The Starcatcher’s stage manager

Breaking the stigma: The National Alliance of Mental Illness comes to SUNY Fredonia

Sabres Spotlight: The search for a GM: How involved is Russ Brandon?

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Tweet featuring student goes viral

Neal returns to lecture on activism and blackness in the digital age

Course Spotlight: Literary Publishing

Former Marine finds way to Fredonia

Course Spotlight: Political classes center around 2016 election

Faculty Spotlight: Ferguson utilizes largest grant in Biology Department history