Campus News

The Performing Arts Department has announced the cast for its spring production of the musical comedy spoof “The Drowsy Chaperone,” which will be performed March 25 through April 3 in the Dowd Fine Arts Center Theatre. Tickets go on sale at Jodi’s Hallmark & Trends, 11 Main St., Cortland, on March 1 and will be available at the door before each performance.

The Storioni Trio, a group of classical and contemporary musicians from the Netherlands, will perform Thursday, March 3.

“Health literacy” will be discussed during a Community Roundtable on Thursday, March 3.

A Chicago scholar who studies the influence of race in urban education, community development and housing will lecture on educational justice Wednesday, Feb. 23.

The 2011 SUNY Cortland Gospel Choir Cultural Celebration on Sunday, Feb. 27, will feature a variety of musical performances by members of the campus, local and regional communities.

Jenni Schaefer, ambassador for the National Eating Disorder Association, will speak on Wednesday, Feb. 23.

Vanessa Johnson, a griot or storyteller in the West African tradition, will speak on Wednesday, Nov. 16.

A geographer will explore the connection between female workers and the distance they must travel to work in large cities.

One-hundred-ninety-five faculty, staff and emeriti opened their hearts and their checkbooks by the end of last fall, pledging or donating a record $214,525 to the annual Faculty and Staff Campaign for The Cortland Fund.

The Performing Arts Department will present a faculty recital titled “Music of American Composers and Others” at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 8.