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Hillman Memorial Music Association honored in Buffalo
The Hillman Memorial Music Association at SUNY Fredonia was one of 15 individuals and organizations honored by the Western New York chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals at its Distinguished Honoree Program held at the National Philanthropy Day luncheon on Nov. 14 at Salvatore’s Italian Gardens in Buffalo.
2012 Veterans Scholarships presented during ceremony
Five students received scholarships established for veterans or military family members at SUNY Fredonia. Above, left to right are Mark Mackey, Lori Dispenza, Brittany Toapha, Daniel Rowe, and Brittany Herbst.
Foundation asks faculty and staff to join community of donors
It is the time of year that faculty and staff at SUNY Fredonia will begin receiving information in their campus mail on how to contribute to scholarships, or to endowments that benefit their favorite departments and programs. Through the annual All-Campus Appeal, the Fredonia College Foundation makes a special effort to draw in needed support from faculty and staff to help maintain and expand SUNY Fredonia's excellence.
Students who won summer research awards in biology will present their findings on Friday
Graduate and undergraduate biology majors who won research awards this past summer will present the findings of their plant and animal studies on Friday, Oct. 19, starting at 3 p.m. in Jewett 101. The summer research program for SUNY Fredonia biology majors is supported by the Fredonia College Foundation with gifts from the Holmberg Foundation of Jamestown, N.Y., Constantine Barker Foundation, Dr. Robert Wettingfeld Undergraduate Research Award and Biology Endowment Fund. Each fall, the department welcomes donors and guests to hear the results of the student work.
Mantai Research Lab named in new Science Center
The naming of the Mantai Research Lab in SUNY Fredonia's new Science Center was announced by the family of Professor Emeritus Kenneth E. Mantai on Saturday at the conclusion of the Jewett Hall 50th Anniversary Celebration, held at the College Lodge. The Mantai Research Lab will open with the new $60 million facility in 2014. Construction of the new Fredonia Science Center began in 2011 and with it has come more than a dozen gifts and pledges to the Fredonia College Foundation for named spaces.
Foundation hiring students for Phonathon Campaign this year
The Fredonia College Foundation will be hiring students to staff its annual fundraising appeal by making calls to potential donors this fall and spring. The Phonathon callers are expected to work two or three nights a week between Sunday through Thursday evenings during the months of October, November, February, March, and April.
Retired teacher takes fundraising challenge a step further
“I wanted to do something to help young people today to become teachers,” the 1952 graduate explained. “You see, I was so fortunate. Back in 1948, Fredonia didn’t charge tuition, so that made it possible for me to go to college and become a teacher. All these years I had it in the back of my mind I wanted to do something to help,” she said.
Campus hosts two gala events this week to honor departing couple, Dennis and Jan Hefner
Dennis L. Hefner Jan Hefner Just days before presiding over his 16th and final SUNY Fredonia commencement, President Dennis L. Hefner and his wife, Jan...
Al Dunn Day of Poetry and Prose growing in popularity, planned for April 12
Last year, 50 people read from poems or literature they loved. The event, which benefits the Albert A. Dunn Memorial Scholarship Endowment and Book Grants given to English majors, will be held Thursday, April 12, in the Alice E. Bartlett Theater from noon to 3:30 p.m.
College Foundation's Capital Campaign exceeds $15 million goal by $1.7 million
The largest and most ambitious fundraising campaign ever waged by the university and the Fredonia College Foundation raised just over $16.7 million — nearly $2 million above the goal — over its five-year timetable that ended December 31, 2011. Exceeding the goal was possible in large measure by across-the-board participation from Fredonia College Foundation board members, alumni, university administration, faculty and staff and the community and the generous donations — especially from alumni and friends — that followed. The university’s previous capital campaign that ended in 2003 generated $10.6 million.