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All-Campus Appeal launched this week
The Fredonia College Foundation is launching its 2008-09 All-Campus Appeal Monday, Sept. 15, encouraging faculty and staff members to make a gift to the current "Doors to Success" campaign. As a special incentive for payroll deduction gifts directed to specific endowments, the Fredonia College Foundation Board of Directors has authorized $60,000 in 1-for-2 matching funding.
Hockey team drops gloves yet again to fight cancer
Make a pledge to "Power Plays for Cancer!" Pink the Rink event will return to Steele Hall to benefit cancer on Feb. 7, 2009. This...
Mezzo-Soprano opens Faculty Recital series
The first Faculty Recital of the 2008-09 academic year features vocalist Lynne McMurtry, mezzo-soprano, on Saturday, Sept. 13, at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall. Pianist Alison d'Amato will accompany her. The performance is free and open to the public.
Centre Pointe Lounge dining complex opens with celebration
On Wednesday, Sept. 3, the campus will officially dedicate the $4 million Centre Pointe Lounge, which replaces the long-standing “Connections” food court in the basement of the Williams Center. The facility began operations today, but its official ribbon-cutting ceremony is set for 9 a.m. Wednesday.
Buying tickets online is popular way to go
As part of an effort to improve customer service, the SUNY Fredonia Ticket Office has introduced the option of purchasing tickets online for events at Rockefeller Arts Center – and the option has proved popular with patrons.
Fredonia 12th among public colleges according to U.S. News
Fredonia, N.Y. — August 22, 2008 — For the second consecutive year, SUNY Fredonia earned the 12th spot among top public universities in the North in the 2009 edition of “America’s Best Colleges,” published by U.S. News & World Report. The exclusive rankings will appear in the magazine’s Sept. 1 issue, on newsstands beginning Monday, Aug. 25.
Art Gallery exhibit to feature interactive video
"The Synergy Project," an installation by artist Claudia Esslinger, will open with a free public reception on Friday, Sept. 5 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the university art gallery. The exhibit will continue through October 1.
SUNY officer wins four medals at Indigenous Games
Clifton Wheeler, an investigator and head of the shooter team for the University Police department at SUNY Fredonia, won four medals at the North American Indigenous Games, held Aug. 2 to 10 in British Columbia. The Gowanda, N.Y., resident won one gold and three silver medals in rifle shooting.
State Dept. awards grant to teach filmmaking in Turkey
Communication Dept. selected for $800,000 Turkish filmmaking project In Sivas, Turkey, above, Professors Nefin Dinc (left) and Ted Schwalbe (right) attended a news conference announcing...
SUNY Fredonia’s Department of Communication selected for $800,000 project
U.S. Department of State awards grant to Fredonia to teach filmmaking to students in Turkey Fredonia, N.Y. — August 20, 2008 — SUNY Fredonia’s Department...