Since early December, the grounds and landscaping crew has been treating all university roads, parking lots and walkways with a new product, aptly named Ice B’Gone, instead of conventional rock salt. The new de-icer is a combination of chloride salts and agriculture-based ingredients and is biodegradable, which means it’s less corrosion to bridges, road surfaces, highway equipment and automobiles. And that also means Ice B’Gone is safer for the environment.

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SUNY Fredonia will compete against colleges and universities from Canada, India and Islampur over a 10-week period to measure the success of its recycling and waste prevention efforts. This year, 510 schools have agreed to participate in "Recyclemania."  All 50 states and the District of Columbia are represented in 2009.

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Requests for funding must be hand delivered to Karen Barnett, Executive Assistant, in the FSA Office, Gregory Hall, by 5 p.m. Friday, Feb.13.

The Faculty Student Association announced its 2009 grants cycle for campus programs. The deadline to apply (applications must be hand-delivered) is Friday, Feb. 12, at 5 p.m.

Through its program funds, the Faculty Student Association (FSA) supports various university activities that enhance the educational and/or cultural experience of the campus community.

The FSA Board of Directors reviews requests for support in March of each year. The Board will soon begin considering applications for support for the period June 1 through May 31, 2010.

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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.

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With the exception of a few offices, college buildings will be closed, and heat reduced, beginning on the close of business Wednesday, Dec. 24, and will reopen on Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Employees will be asked to use their leave credits, but those who choose to work may do so.

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SUNY Fredonia’s Center for Rural Regional Development and Governance (CRRDG) has established an advisory board that includes both SUNY Fredonia faculty and staff, as well as community leaders. Center Director Chuck Cornell said the creation of the board will further SUNY Fredonia’s vision of providing “greater support for the region's economic and educational development.”

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The DFT Communications Pops Series will present “Christmas with the Four Freshmen” on Friday, Dec. 12 at 8 p.m. in Rockefeller Arts Center’s King Concert Hall. Now in their 60th year of performance, The Four Freshmen remain a vibrant musical force on the American Jazz and pop scene, bringing their unique brand of vocal harmony to audiences worldwide.

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An exhibition featuring the works of 13 students from the Department of Visual Arts and New Media at the State University of New York at Fredonia will be on display in the art galleries at Rockefeller Arts Center through December 11.  The show opened with a reception on Friday, Dec. 5.

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The Coalition on West Valley Nuclear Wastes has donated 90 cubic feet of primary documents to the Archives and Special Collections at SUNY Fredonia. The materials, pertaining to the West Valley Nuclear Demonstration Project, have been collected and maintained over the last four decades by the Coalition, an activist group of primarily Cattaraugus and Erie County citizens.

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Telarc International, a prominent record label in classical music, has picked the Juliet J. Rosch Recital Hall at SUNY Fredonia to record the debut album of 16-year-old violinist Caroline Goulding, a rising talent who has already performed with major orchestras in Cleveland and Detroit and won several young-artist honors.

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In announcing the SUNY Fredonia for honorable mention in its national contest, the PETA2 website stated, “At Fredonia, the university has added vegan tortellini, vegan seitan subs and faux-chicken and faux-beef ramen stir fries, to the delight of the student population!” The judges added that Fredonia is a “rising star in the contest and we look forward to seeing them in 2009.”

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An impressive total of 17 items – from plastic bottles to newspapers to tin cans – may now be deposited into one single recycling bin. Gone are the days when there were blue-colored bins for just paper in residence halls and offices, and students and faculty were asked to cart other recyclables to central collection sites in their buildings. Five students, all members of the local Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) chapter, are assisting the Sustainability Committee by adopting the green recycling bin program for a class project in an upper-level Business Administration course.

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Balloting is underway at 32 colleges and universities across the nation, including SUNY Fredonia, in the first round of the competition for the Most Vegetarian-Friendly College, a contest sponsored by PETA2.  The nomination signifies that Fredonia offers bountiful vegan and vegetarian menus for the discriminating appetite.

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A half-century after the death of beloved teacher Dr. Georgiana von Tornow, alumni returned to christen the lobby of the 400-seat Marvel Theatre in memory of the former speech and drama teacher who is considered the founder of SUNY Fredonia's theatre arts program.

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“In a time when we’re surrounded by negative news about the economy, it’s so encouraging to be a part of a project like this that could potentially have such a positive and significant impact on our region.” President Dennis L. Hefner spoke these words Monday at the ground-breaking ceremony for SUNY Fredonia's highly-anticipated Technology Incubator in Dunkirk, N.Y.

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A new SUNY Fredonia Ticket Office has returned to the Williams Center, but in a larger, more customer-friendly "digs." The office is now located in room G-144, which is directly across from its previous Williams Center location.

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Nearly 100 theatre faculty, students and industry professionals were on hand Sat., Sept. 13 at the Rockefeller Arts Center on the SUNY Fredonia campus for the annual “Fall Fling,” a conference of the Upstate New York Section of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT).The event was the result of nearly six months of planning.

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The SUNY Fredonia Department of Environmental Health & Safety offers a wide variety of employee training at no cost for departments all over campu...
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At a ribbon-cutting ceremony this morning, President Dennis L. Hefner, together with campus and community officials, dedicated the new Centre Pointe Lounge. The 28,000-square-foot project, which replaces the long-standing Connections cafeteria, includes the complete renovation of the entire lower level of the Williams Center.

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While its new headquarters are being completed in the Williams enter, the Ticket Office at the State University of New York at Fredonia will remain in its temporary location in the lobby of Marvel Theatre at Rockefeller Arts Center until Sept. 22

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