Dorothy (Lockwood) Anderson, a 1927 graduate of the Fredonia Normal School, bequeathed a gift to SUNY Fredonia that will amount to approximately $500,000, President Dennis L. Hefner announced. The gift is among the largest ever received from a graduate of the university.
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of University Partnerships has named SUNY Fredonia as one of 13 new Community Outreach Partnership Centers (COPC), which it is funding across the country to address neighborhood problems at grassroots level.

State University of New York Provost Peter D. Salins has issued a call for presentations to the four-day Conference on Instructional Technologies (CIT),  which begins May 30 at SUNY Fredonia. Titled, “Envisioning Tomorrow’s Classroom: Learning without Limits,” the conference is considering proposals that focus on the potential for technology as a tool for teaching and learning.

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The upcoming SUNY Fredonia presentation of Handel’s “Messiah” has been sold out. Composed by George Frederic Handel in 1741, “Messiah,” with its musical narrative of the coming of Christian salvation, is a time-honored Christmas tradition in countries throughout the world.
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The SUNY Fredonia Faculty-Student Association (FSA) has named Ryan Sharp as program coordinator of the new College Lodge Workforce Experiential Training Program at the College Lodge.  Funded by a $57,658 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission, the program expands the College Lodge's Challenge Course – a series of outdoor team-building tasks.

SUNY Fredonia hosted a book reception for recently published faculty members in Daniel Reed Library.
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A $3.3 million project to start next spring will mean SUNY Fredonia gets a new natural grass playing field for the men’s and women’s soccer teams, an artificial turf field, improved bleacher seating for 1,500 spectators, lights for night games and good field drainage despite any weather.  

SUNY Fredonia is adding a Neurogenic Speech Disorders Laboratory to its facilities serving the Speech Pathology and Audiology graduate program. The $20,500 project was supported by monies from the Youngerman Center and university funds.

Fredonia is the latest institution in the SUNY network to sign onto an international dual-diploma, joint-degree program that was established in 2003 with the Turkish Council of Higher Education. The newest agreement  will see 30 university students from Izmir, Turkey entering Fredonia in the Fall of 2007 to earn degrees in either computer science or international studies.

The first crop of freshmen in the new Interdisciplinary Studies major in Sport Management and Exercise Science entered classes in the Fall 2005 semester, marking an important step in the development of a program that has captured the attention of a growing segment of students in recent years.