The SUNY Board of Trustees prepared and forwarded a four-part budget request for 2008-09. " These requests are under consideration by the Division of Budget and the Governor’s Office," SUNY Fredonia President Dennis L. Hefner said, "and hopefully will be reflected in the Administrative Budget scheduled for release on January 22." 

Student Lending Analytics has recognized SUNY Fredonia in its October online newsletter, “Inside Student Lending,” for service to student and parent borrowers.

During the fall semester SUNY Fredonia students performed a variety of volunteer activities, including over 3,000 hours of community service.

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a $5,000 grant to SUNY Fredonia to establish a preservation environment monitoring program at the Archives and Special Collections housed at its Daniel A. Reed Library.

Two pairs of freshmen were accorded top honors in the annual Almost Home Contest hosted by the Office of Residence Life at SUNY Fredonia.

Awards for the 2008-2009 cycle of the Carnahan-Jackson Humanities Fund of the Fredonia College Foundation have been announced. A total of $20,350 was awarded to faculty and staff in the departments of history, English, philosophy, theatre, visual arts and new media, and the School of Music and Reed Library.

Assistant Professor Jill Marshall of the College of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction provided a curricular change to the graduate course, Issues and Trends in Elementary Social Studies Education, which benefitted local social studies teachers.

The sound recording studio and control room at SUNY Fredonia’s School of Music has earned an award from the regional American Institute of Architects chapter for Architectural Resources, P.C., designer of the space.

Education majors cited for exceptional professionalism in and outside of the classroom were honored at a luncheon on Friday, Dec. 7, by the Office of Student Services in the College of Education at SUNY Fredonia.

STEPS, a student organization at SUNY Fredonia, hosted Chautauqua County’s first annual AIDS walk recently, raising over $6,200 as well as campus and community awareness of the AIDS pandemic in Africa.

Moog Music, Inc. has donated a Theremin to the Department of Communication at SUNY Fredonia through the efforts of Communication/Audio-Radio major Christopher Rosebrough.

A local holiday tradition continues Saturday, Dec. 8, as the Women’s Choir of the State University of New York at Fredonia presents the 21st Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at 8 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church of Fredonia, located at 25 Church St. in the village.