The Community 101 Fair in December has become an annual tradition for freshmen students, allowing them to showcase the projects on which they worked for the entire first semester of their time at Medaille.

On December 9, nearly two dozen projects were on display. Each project challenged students to connect to issues in the Buffalo/Niagara region and to generate solutions to these real-world problems. 

Select topics included:

• Media and its Effect on the Academic Achievements of Medaille Students
• The Relationship Between Humans and Animals in Our Community
• Past, Present and Future: The Story of Buffalo
• The Refugee Experience in Western New York
• A Service-Focused Analysis of Medaille College Neighborhoods
• Exploring Local Activism
• College Leaders: Writers, Thinkiers and Readers
• Discovering Buffalo's Identity

The College and the Community 101 program extend a thank you to the following organizations:

• AIDS Community Services of Western New York
• Black Dog, Second Chance
• Buffalo Zoo
• Canisius College
• City of Buffalo Animal Shelter
• Jericho Road Ministries
• Michigan Street Baptist Church
• Motherland Connextions
• Northwest Buffalo Community Center, Inc.
• Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western New York
• Sisters of Charity Hospital
• S.P.C.A.