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Alum, honors seminar instructor, named Fellow
Dr. John Baust (in photo), a member of the SUNY Fredonia Class of 1965, who is a UNESCO Chair and Professor in the Department of...
Music graduate caring for his community
Fredonia music alumnus Bud Lowery is coordinating a benefit concert to aid Silver Creek and Gowanda flood victims and to honor emergency responders ( read...
Alumni get two new tools to stay connected
The Division of University Advancement is pleased to announce the launch of two new alumni tools: a fully revamped alumni magazine, and a new alumni website, complete with a social networking section with content exclusive to Fredonia graduates.
In a class by themselves
In 44 years of Fredonia State athletics, the campus never had a female NCAA national champion. Now it has two. Nobody saw this coming. Four years ago, as two freshmen from opposite ends of the state unloaded their relatively sparse possessions from their parents’ cars, no one could have envisioned how their collegiate journeys might end.
Alumni and Friends online community portal is launched
SUNY Fredonia has launched FREDConnect — a special social networking online service exclusively for SUNY Fredonia graduates and friends. FREDConnect allows alumni of Fredonia (as well as faculty, staff, seniors and other university supporters) to find long-lost friends, catch up with favorite faculty members, stay up-to-date on campus events and alumni reunions, and start or participate in a variety of discussion groups.
Fredonia graduate among those carried to safety when pilot lands aircraft on the Hudson River
Daniel Vinton, ’88, is an audit manager who recovers lost money for Fortune 500 companies. However, it’s a tattered copy of a law enforcement drama that has taken a prominent place in the Vinton family library. That’s because both the Fredonia grad and a paperback copy of Michael Connelly’s, “The Closers,” survived January’s crash landing of U.S. Airways Flight 1549 in New York City’s Hudson River.
Recent Fredonia grad to serve on Golden Key International Leadership Council
Maryanne Long, a May 2009 graduate of SUNY Fredonia, has been elected to serve as the sole student representative of the Golden Key Honor Society...
Foundation honors contributors to society
The Fredonia College Foundation presented its Distinguished Service Awards on Saturday in the Williams Center on the SUNY Fredonia campus. This year’s honorees, which must be citizens and organizations that make significant contributions to society through business, government, education and the arts, were Mrs. Gileen W. French, The Holmberg Foundation, and the Quatroche Family.
Alumnus Tony Vitrano is guest at business luncheon
Tony Vitrano, '83 Tony Vitrano, a 1983 SUNY Fredonia alumnus, spoke at a luncheon sponsored by the School of Business on Wednesday, April 22 at...
Senator Catharine Young to be keynote Commencement speaker
SUNY advocate and New York State Senator Catharine Young will be the featured keynote speaker at SUNY Fredonia’s Commencement on Saturday, May 16. Senator Young...