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Support for those impacted by the Buffalo shootings from President Kolison
I am deeply saddened and troubled by the shootings that occurred yesterday in Buffalo. Whenever there is such a violent loss of lives, it leaves people of good will everywhere sad and concerned. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and the families, and I urge our community to remember them in ways that are supportive and uplifting.
Greek Life students conduct successful village cleanup
About 100 students – all members of Greek organizations at SUNY Fredonia – literally made a clean sweep of downtown Fredonia and surrounding areas, gathering trash and litter along streets on Sunday morning, May 8.
Colorful rocks spread upbeat message across campus
An upbeat or encouraging message may be as close as your next iced white chocolate mocha, thanks to the Kindness Rocks that have been placed outside of Starbucks in University Commons, as well as at other campus locations, through the coffee chain’s Season of Cheer program.
Art Forum students forge partnership with middle schoolers to create school mural
A colorful mural designed and painted by Fredonia Middle School students will adorn a school hallway, thanks to the vision of art teacher Mackenzie Sheldon and a mentoring partnership she created with a student group at SUNY Fredonia.
SUNY Fredonia archives preserves Holocaust survivors’ memories
How Holocaust survivors who relocated to western New York recalled their German camp experiences in interviews they gave more than three decades ago have been preserved in a digitalization project undertaken by Special Collections and Archives.
Valentine's Day campus blood drive honors Reilly
There’s an emergency need at the American Red Cross for blood, so Fredonia students, faculty and staff are asked to roll up their sleeves at a blood drive to be held in the Williams Center Multipurpose Room on Monday, Feb. 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Summer Music Festival returns to in-person format
The annual Summer Music Festival at SUNY Fredonia will offer five different music camps for middle and high school musicians, led by more than 20 faculty members from the School of Music, when it returns to an in-person format this year.
Narrative installation ‘Lost in the Woods’ taps into art, writing students’ talents
A steady flow of students and other visitors toured an interdisciplinary immersive narrative installation, created by SUNY Fredonia students enrolled in writing and art courses, on an unusually warm December afternoon.
SUNY Fredonia to host community COVID-19 testing beginning Thursday
The State University of New York at Fredonia is one of 10 additional SUNY campus COVID-19 community testing sites scheduled to open this week across the state, Governor Kathy Hochul announced Monday.
DFT Communications makes multiyear commitment as Rockefeller pops sponsor
DFT Communications has made a three-year commitment to serve as the pops series sponsor for Rockefeller Arts Center at SUNY Fredonia.