Campus News

Southern singer and songwriter Deidre McCalla will speak and perform a blend of folk, country, rock and pop in a concert during her visit to SUNY Cortland on Friday and Saturday, Oct.8-9.

The 2010-11 Rozanne M. Brooks Lecture Series at SUNY Cortland will encompass the theme of “Women’s Worlds Redux.”

Guest speaker Julia Scheeres and five thought-provoking, Eastern European films are part of the College’s yearlong series themed “Re-education.”

The Performing Arts Department has announced its 2010-11 season of music, theatre and dance events at the Dowd Fine Arts Center. A variety of programs are planned, ranging from a Greek tragedy to a musical comedy.

Mike “Greeny” Green, the president of Collegiate Consultants on Drugs and Alcohol, will discuss “The Four Stages of Drinking” on Sept. 22.

Raymond G. Romanczyk, an internationally recognized expert on autism in children, will speak on Thursday, Sept. 16.

Jieun Kim is one of three art and art history students whose work was recently recognized by the SUNY Art Student Exhibition Series. Her oil painting was one of more than 200 pieces chosen for the series, which drew from submissions across the 64-campus State University of New York system.

Psychology major Matthew Cranson pursued his dream to make a difference in the lives of Cortland youth through the federally supported AmeriCorps Project.

“Shared Experience, the Steven Barbash Collection,” a sampling of artwork collected by SUNY Cortland Distinguished Professor Emeritus Steven Barbash, will be on exhibit from Wednesday, Sept. 1-Friday, Oct. 1, in the Dowd Fine Arts Gallery. An opening reception, which is free and open to the public, will take place from 4-6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 7.

The Choral Union, under the direction of Stephen B. Wilson, Performing Arts Department, will resume rehearsals for the fall semester on Monday, Aug. 30. Rehearsals will be held at 7 p.m. in Dowd Fine Arts Building, Room 108.