SUNY Fredonia is providing an exceptional opportunity this semester for a handful of select students to learn about cancer biology from one of the world’s leading researchers in cryobiology, a branch of biology that studies how extremely low temperatures can be used to treat diseases.

Dr. John Baust (in photo), a member of the SUNY Fredonia Class of 1965, who is a UNESCO Chair and Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences a...
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Fredonia music alumnus Bud Lowery is coordinating a benefit concert to aid Silver Creek and Gowanda flood victims and to honor emergency responders (r...
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The Division of University Advancement is pleased to announce the launch of two new alumni tools: a fully revamped alumni magazine, and a new alumni website, complete with a social networking section with content exclusive to Fredonia graduates.

In 44 years of Fredonia State athletics, the campus never had a female NCAA national champion. Now it has two. Nobody saw this coming. Four years ago, as two freshmen from opposite ends of the state unloaded their relatively sparse possessions from their parents’ cars, no one could have envisioned how their collegiate journeys might end.

SUNY Fredonia has launched FREDConnect — a special social networking online service exclusively for SUNY Fredonia graduates and friends.  FREDConnect allows alumni of Fredonia (as well as faculty, staff, seniors and other university supporters) to find long-lost friends, catch up with favorite faculty members, stay up-to-date on campus events and alumni reunions, and start or participate in a variety of discussion groups.

Daniel Vinton, ’88, is an audit manager who recovers lost money for Fortune 500 companies. However, it’s a tattered copy of a law enforcement drama that has taken a prominent place in the Vinton family library.  That’s because both the Fredonia grad and a paperback copy of Michael Connelly’s, “The Closers,” survived January’s crash landing of U.S. Airways Flight 1549 in New York City’s Hudson River.

Maryanne Long, a May 2009 graduate of SUNY Fredonia, has been elected to serve as the sole student representative of the Golden Key Honor Society International Leadership Council. Ms. Long, a native of Buffalo, served as secretary of SUNY Fredonia’s Golden Key Chapter during 2008.  She graduated in May with a degree in Business Administration-Finance, and a minor in Economics.

The Fredonia College Foundation presented its Distinguished Service Awards on Saturday in the Williams Center on the SUNY Fredonia campus. This year’s honorees, which must be citizens and organizations that make significant contributions to society through business, government, education and the arts, were Mrs. Gileen W. French, The Holmberg Foundation, and the Quatroche Family.

Tony Vitrano, a 1983 SUNY Fredonia alumnus, spoke at a luncheon sponsored by the School of Business on Wednesday, April 22, at the Alumni House about his success as a CEO of two very successful companies.

SUNY advocate and New York State Senator Catharine Young will be the featured keynote speaker at SUNY Fredonia’s Commencement on Saturday, May 16. Senator Young will speak at both the 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. ceremonies in Steele Hall.

The International Education Center generated more than $2,500 for the Xylia Peterson Memorial Fund by creating the 3K "Slush Run" fun run held in early March. These proceeds will provide scholarship assistance to junior or senior level international students who need financial help.

Marcus Goldhaber, ’00, a Buffalo native whose vocal tone and style are reminiscent of a young Frank Sinatra, returns to Western New York for a concert at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House on Friday, April 17, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 for general admission, $13 for Opera House members.

SUNY Fredonia joins a growing number of universities across the nation to change the name of their Speech Pathology and Audiology department to Communication Disorders and Sciences. Chairperson Kim Tillery explained that the new title is more appropriate for a curriculum that addresses nine disorders, along with social aspects and assistive technology in speech-language pathology and science.

The national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Salt Lake City was the scene of an impromptu SUNY Fredonia reunion as alumni, faculty, and undergraduate researchers got together to share information and discuss their research. Undergrads Nicole Earnshaw and Jeremy Wignall made presentations.

Two theatre graduates from the State University of New York at Fredonia have returned to direct a production of “To Kill a Mockingbird” at Jamestown High School as part of the National Endowment for the Arts’ The Big Read initiative. Aundre Seals, a 2007 graduate, and Dan Lendzian, a 2006 graduate, will direct the student production

Dani McKinney, right, together with fellow Psychology professor Jennifer Dyck and student Elise Luber, ’08, conducted a study which investigated the effectiveness of podcast lectures compared to their live lecture counterparts. The results have surprised some, and have people talking about what it could mean to the future of teaching and learning.

The first-ever SUNYWide Film Festival, the brainchild of students and faculty in the Visual Arts and New Media department, will be held April 2-4. It was created by the Fredonia Media Arts Club to showcase the best student works in film and video. Award-winning filmmaker Kevin Everson, whose own works have been screened multiple times at the Sundance Film Festival and Rotterdam International Festival, will serve as guest juror.

Rohan Patrick, ’92, the new owner/manager of The White Inn in Fredonia, will be honored as this year’s distinguished alumnus at the EDP's annual awards ceremony on Wednesday, March 11. Having established a stellar, 16-year career as an illustrator and graphic designer which he continues to maintain through an online business, Patrick moved from Monticello, N.Y., last fall to undertake this new adventure.