Anyone who knows Fredonia State’s Julia Hopson knows that she is one of the most decorated track and field athletes in the university’s history. A graphic design major, Hopson was one of just 20 student-athletes selected to exhibit her own artwork, in person, at the NCAA National Convention, held in Washington, D.C. recently.

Faculty and students from SUNY Fredonia's Department of Communication traveled to our nation's capital to witness history at the Jan. 20 inauguration of President Barack Obama as our nation's first African American Commander-in-Chief.

A journey through one of the most beautiful regions of Italy will take place on Saturday, Jan. 24 as Rockefeller Arts Center presents the travel/adventure film “Inside the Tuscan Hills” at 7:30 p.m. in King Concert Hall.  Narrating the film will be John Wilson, one of Canada’s top award-winning wildlife documentary filmmakers.

Literacy Volunteers will be holding its annual book sale at the Williams Center on Friday, Feb. 6, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. As in previous years, t...
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Professor and Department Chairperson of Mathematical Sciences Nancy Boynton has been elected chairperson of the Special Interest Group on Statistics Education for the Mathematical Association of America. 

Illustrated by Charlotte R. Morse (right), graphic designer for Academic Information Technology, the children's book, Does a Pigeon Bark? was written ...
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Amy Cuhel-Schuckers, grants development specialist for the Office of Sponsored Programs, has achieved the professional milestone of Certified Research Administrator (CRA).

School of Music associate professor Roderick Macdonald recently conducted Germany's world-famous Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra before a sold-out audience in a benefit concert to support the Leipzig Children's Cancer Clinic.

Marcia Mackowiak, Darlene Miller, Denise Aschmann, Markus Kessler and Joel Polito are the winners of the Outstanding Administrative Service Awards presented in late 2008 by Vice President for Administration Tracy S. Bennett, who gave a luncheon in their honor.

FREDONIA, N.Y. — January 16, 2008 — Adriane Blewitt, a cancer survivor and Olympic track and field trial competitor, will speak at SUNY Fredonia on Friday, Jan. 23 at 5:30 p.m. in Steele Hall.  She is scheduled to compete during the annual Mary Phillips Invitational hosted by the Blue Devils track and field teams on Saturday, Jan. 24.

Check out the local off-campus merchants who accept the FREDCard for purchases, and learn more about the FREDFunds account program at the first FREDFunds Merchant Fair on Wednesday, Feb. 4, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Williams Center Multipurpose Room. The Faculty Student Association is hosting the event. All faculty, staff, and students are eligible for the FREDFunds program and are encouraged to visit the fair and learn more about it.

An Opening Ceremony dinner to launch Black History Month will be held Monday, Feb. 2, at 5 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the Williams Center. The event will be hosted by the Black Student Union. All students and faculty members are invited and encouraged to attend. BSU President Jasmine Ranjitsingh announced that many events are being planned for the month.

Hilary Demske, lecturer in Music, was the grand prize winner of a contest, conducted by Academic Affairs at SUNY Fredonia, to encourage use of The New York Times as an instructional resource. She was awarded $250 by the newspaper.   Also, faculty members Dixon Reynolds, Kathryn Moore and Dr. Natalie Gerber gained honorable mention in the contest.

SUNY Fredonia will present a lecture-performance with Dr. Jessica Hillman, award-winning assistant professor within the Department of Theatre and Dance, together with several SUNY Fredonia students, at noon on Wed., Feb. 4, in Room S104 of the Williams Center.

SUNY Fredonia is hosting an informational meeting on its “3-1-3 Program” on Wednesday, Feb. 4. The meeting, taking place at 7 p.m. in Room 209 of McEwen Hall, will explain the popular streamlined degree program through which students spend their senior year of high school taking college courses at SUNY Fredonia

President Dennis L. Hefner will hold the annual All-campus Spring Meeting on Friday, Jan. 23, at 9 a.m. in Marvel Theatre.   Following ...
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SUNY Fredonia has once again been ranked by Kiplinger Personal Finance magazine as one of the 100 best values in public higher education in the nation. The university was rated 77th for in-state residents, and 48th for out-of-state students.

Caring, funny, passionate, and a woman of conviction are a few words that describe Phyllis Willson of Eden, N.Y., who was honored at the National Philanthropy Day Luncheon in Buffalo, N.Y., in November 2008.