Local television coverage of Commencement 2017 at Fredonia will begin at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 13, with coverage of both ceremonies in the Steele Hall arena combining undergraduate and master’s degree and advanced certificate graduates.
Viewers can watch the broadcast on Time Warner Cable Channels 5 and 17 in Fredonia, Cassadaga, Brocton and Stockton, and Channel 19 in Dunkirk, Silver Creek, Forestville and Hanover. If viewers have Time Warner Cable, and do not use a cable TV box, but connect the cable directly to their digital TVs, they may view Commencement on Fredonia Channels 96.1 and 96.2, or Dunkirk Channel 21.4.
Fredonia will also have live streaming video of the Commencement ceremonies. There will be a link to connect from the university’s home page at www.fredonia.edu.
The keynote speaker for both Commencement ceremonies is Dunkirk native Donato J. Tramuto, CEO of Tivity Health, Inc., and President and Founder of Health eVillages.
Senior Class President Eduvijez Sanchez will speak at both ceremonies and the Lanford Presidential Prize from the Oscar and Esther Lanford Endowment of the Fredonia College Foundation will be awarded to Sarah Rose Chamberlain during the morning ceremony. College Council Chair Frank Pagano will offer greetings at both ceremonies. Marc Cohen, a member of the SUNY Board of Trustees, will offer greetings during the morning ceremony.
Music groups performing include the Fredonia Wind Ensemble and the Fredonia Concert Band, under the direction of Dr. Paula Holcomb, and the Fredonia Women’s Choir, under the direction of Dr. Vernon Huff. Julianna Grabowski will sing the national anthem at the morning and afternoon ceremonies.
