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Cafe operators create new scholarship
The Buster Brown Bean Company Scholarship Fund to help full-time students who work for them defray tuition costs. The fund’s goal is to award at least one $400 scholarship each year. The company presently employs about 35 students. “The main point for Greg and me in establishing the scholarship was to give back to the campus and the community. We both started here, we’re both alumni, and it’s really great for us to be back and be a part of Fredonia again,” Culver said.
Hockey team's popular "Pink the Rink" fundraiser set for Feb. 20
The Blue Devils will once again don their pink jerseys and socks for their annual Pink the Rink fundraiser to raise money for the American Cancer Society, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m., against Morrisville in the Steele Hall Ice Arena. All proceeds from the sale of these jerseys will once again be given to the American Cancer Society.
Lifelong WNY Resident chooses SUNY Fredonia to leave legacy
Bob Young's gift of $100,000 will have a profound impact on the School of Music by enhancing its ability to furnish scholarships to talented students and fund programs that assist in the recruitment of high school students or enrich the experiences of SUNY Fredonia students.
Alumna forms Haitian Relief Fund on campus
EDP Counselor Dinecia Pierre-Louis, a SUNY Fredonia alumna and employee who is from Haiti, is coordinating a SUNY Fredonia Haitian Relief Fund in collaboration with...
Fredonia College Foundation names new officers and board members
New officers include Chair Michael Schiavone, ’78; Vice Chair Debra Horn Stachura, ’75; and Treasurer Michael Petsky, ’85. Secretary Jean Malinoski, ’68, ’81, was re-elected to her position.
Young donor raids piggy bank to support new child care center
Three-year-old Riley Grey Smith Mallon visited the Fredonia College Foundation House in late December to make a generous donation to his “school,” the Campus and Community Children's Center (CCCC) at SUNY Fredonia. He wanted to support the fundraising project for the new center, under construction on Temple Street.
Dr. Walther Barnard: Geosciences Professor
The campus received a great loss to start the new year with the sudden passing on January 1 of Dr. Walther M. Barnard, Professor of Geosciences and former chair of the department. More>>
Elwinger establishes first endowment for internships
The Fredonia College Foundation is pleased to announce that Judy Elwinger, who served as director of the Career Development Office for three decades until her retirement this past fall, has begun building an endowment to provide resources for summer internships for SUNY Fredonia students.
Graf Realty presents matching gift for incubator
The $10,000 gift is in response to a $300,000 “challenge grant” received by Buffalo’s John R. Oishei Foundation, which will match $100,000 of giving received per year over the next three years to aid this highly anticipated economic development project.
Music fraternity holds 5K race to turn jing-a-lings into cha-chings
The Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity is sponsoring the Jingle Bell Walk/Run on Saturday, Dec. 5 to benefit the Delia Wallis Scholarship Fund and...