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Igoe offers career advice to Chinese students in virtual talk
Students enrolled at Wenzhou-Kean University in China were recently treated to a virtual lecture on "Careers in Media" by Associate Professor Mike Igoe.
Students to be recognized as Communication scholarship recipients
The Fredonia Department of Communication will honor students at its annual banquet, which will be a virtual event, on Saturday, April 10.
‘Big Blue Family’ reaches out to help struggling families through ‘Operation Santa’
Efforts to help brighten Christmas for local families through the U.S. Postal Service’s 'Operation Santa' are getting a hefty boost from Fredonia’s Big Blue Family.
Students perform essential work during general election
Several Fredonia students had the unique experience of being at ground zero – working lengthy 16-hour or longer shifts at polls in Chautauqua, Niagara and Cattaraugus counties – during the hotly contested general election.
Fredonia graduate student and alumni receive awards from statewide student affairs organization
The College Student Personnel Association of New York State has announced the recipients of its 2020 awards, which recognize outstanding student affairs practitioners and scholars in New York State.
Many campus events fuel Election Day momentum
A discussion led by two Department of Communication faculty members that explores the media and presidential campaigns, the opportunity to become a poll worker and a post-election wrap-up conversation are three ways students can become engaged in the general election process through the campus’ American Democracy Project (ADP).
A magical mid-term exam, all in the name of safety and fun
Students in the Department of Communication’s Associate Professor Roslin Smith’s COMM 368 Camera and Lighting class were treated to a unique mid-term which highlighted safety in the studio.
Fall Sweep cancelled
The Applied Communication Association, a Fredonia student group, has announced the cancellation of the 16th Fall Sweep held in the village.
Popeye sketch by Fredonia alumnus delights Communication professor
Not everyone can boast to appearing, side-by-side, with their childhood idol, but Department of Communication Professor Mike Igoe can. That’s him standing next to, well, Popeye. Not in real life, of course, but in a black and white cartoon sketch created by Fredonia graduate Ken Wheaton that looks every bit like it was plucked out of a vintage Popeye comic book.
Radio stations interview Igoe about coronavirus
Department of Communication Assistant Professor Mike Igoe was interviewed by area radio stations WBEN 930 AM, Buffalo, and WDOE 1410 AM, Dunkirk, about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).