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New game room, student lounge enhance the Williams Center
The role the Williams Center plays as a campus student union will be upgraded in the fall semester with the openings of the Blue Devil Den and Blue Lounge. Input from students fueled creation of both spaces.
Lots to see and do at Welcome Week activities
It’s Welcome Week, so that means movies, an ice cream social, karaoke and a few new attractions for students during the first full week of the fall semester.
Student shares personal story in collecting donations for Ukraine
“My heart’s there in Ukraine, but I can’t be there to help, so I want to do all that I can. I can’t imagine what my family and friends are going through right now.” That’s the driving force behind the humanitarian aid campaign Christina Witters, a junior Biology major from Rochester, N.Y., is conducting at SUNY Fredonia to support Ukrainians.
First-ever Spring Clothing Swap set
Looking to do some spring cleaning? Hoping to refresh your wardrobe for the new season? The Campus Life office’s Campus Connections may be able to provide an easy remedy to such challenges with its first-ever Spring Clothing Swap.
Activities Night shifts to Saturday to cap Welcome Back Week
Activities Night, a wildly popular event associated with Welcome Back Week, will be staged at the end of the week, on Saturday, Jan. 29, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., in the Steele Hall Fieldhouse.
Red Cross to host campus blood drive
Fredonia students, faculty and staff will be asked to roll up their sleeves – not for a COVID-19 vaccine – but to donate blood at an American Red Cross blood drive on Thursday, Dec. 9.
Holiday tradition returns to SUNY Fredonia
After more than a year of unprecedented times, SUNY Fredonia is welcoming back a 50-plus year holiday tradition, the Hanging of the Greens, on Dec. 2 at 6 p.m. in the Williams Center.
Homecoming rally set for Oct. 16 in fieldhouse
A Homecoming pep rally, complete with assorted performances, prizes, games and other attractions, will fill the Steele Hall Arena on Saturday, Oct. 16, beginning at 7 p.m.
Life Club offers students new ways to get together
The Life Club welcome mat has been rolled out, ready to greet students. The Department of Psychology launched the informal social club last fall to give students a place to get to know one another, to talk about and get support in everyday life and to do random acts of kindness to make the campus and the world a better place.
Fredonia hosts only Amtgard LARPing park among universities in the state
Notable for their enthusiasm, their Medieval themed outfits and foam weapons, it is hard to miss members of the Fredonia LARPing Fellowship as they act out fantasy combat in highly visible sections of campus.