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State University of New York at Fredonia

The State University of New York at Fredonia (alternatively SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia State, or Fredonia) is a public university in Fredonia, New York. It is the westernmost member of the State University of New York. Founded in 1826, it is the sixty-sixth-oldest institute of higher education in the United States, seventh-oldest college in New York, and second-oldest public school in New York (SUNY and CUNY) after SUNY Potsdam (1816).[3]

State University of New York at Fredonia
Former names
Fredonia Academy (1826–1867)
Fredonia Normal School (1867–1942)
Fredonia State Teachers College (1942–1948)
State University of New York College at Fredonia (1948–2023)
MottoWhere Success is a Tradition
TypePublic university
Established1826; 198 years ago (1826)
Parent institution
State University of New York
Endowment$35.6 million (2019)[1]
PresidentStephen H. Kolison Jr.
Academic staff
443 (as of fall 2018)
Students3,780 (fall 2021)[2]
Undergraduates3,555 (fall 2021)
Postgraduates225 (fall 2021)
Location,
U.S.

42°27′12″N 79°20′13″W / 42.45344°N 79.33697°W / 42.45344; -79.33697
CampusSmall town, 256 acres (104 ha)
Colors    Blue and white
NicknameBlue Devils
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division III, SUNYAC
16 varsity teams
MascotFreddy
Websitewww.fredonia.edu

Fredonia was one of the state teachers' colleges traditionally specializing in music education, but now offers programs in other areas, including a graduate division. Areas of study include science, communication, music, education, and the social sciences. There are over 80 majors and over 50 minors.

History edit

Fredonia Academy (1826–1867) edit

Opened in 1826 as Fredonia Academy under its first principal Austin Smith, the academy enrolled eight students. The first classes began on October 4, 1826. Within one year the academy had 136 students, 81 boys and 55 girls.[4] In 1827 it was a state normal school.[5][self-published source?]

The academy reached peak enrollment in 1856 with 217 students. The school was plagued by financial shortages and was forced to close its doors in 1867.

Normal School (1867–1948) edit

In 1867, the college re-emerged for its second phase of existence, as a New York State Normal School. On December 2, 1867, the Fredonia Normal School (as it became commonly known) began classes with 147 students, 62 boys and 85 girls. For students preparing to be teachers, no tuition was charged, books were supplied, and travel costs were reimbursed; in return, students had to promise to teach after graduation. Those students not studying for the teaching profession paid tuition and provided their own textbooks.

During its 82 years, Fredonia Normal had a tumultuous existence. With a fluctuating student enrollment and threats of state funding reductions, the school seemed to be in constant jeopardy of closing.[citation needed] Nonetheless, gradually the school was upgraded. In 1930, fifty-eight acres (230,000 m2) of land west of Central Avenue in the Village of Fredonia were bought to house a future campus. In 1938, music building (Mason Hall) was the first to be constructed on the Central Avenue site. New York State Governor Herbert Lehman signed the Feinberg Law in 1942 that changed all state Normal Schools into Teacher Colleges. With this new law, the school officially became the Fredonia State Teachers College.

State University System (1948–present) edit

With the formation of the State University of New York on March 13, 1948, the school's name changed again, becoming the State University of New York College at Fredonia. The college created a Division of the Humanities in 1958, and, in 1960, Fredonia was selected by State University to grant the A.B. degree. Previously, Fredonia's curriculum was restricted for teacher training only.

From the 1940s through the early 1960s, additional buildings were erected: Fenton Hall (administration), Jewett Hall (sciences), Dods Hall (physical education and athletics), an addition to Mason Hall, and residence halls Gregory, Alumni, McGinnies, Chautauqua, and Nixon.

In 1968, the master plan for the modern Central Avenue campus was drafted by the architectural firm of I. M. Pei & Partners of New York at the request of then-president Oscar E. Lanford. A complex came into being that consisted of the Rockefeller Arts Center (building for fine arts), Maytum Hall (administration), Daniel A. Reed Library, McEwen Hall, Campus Center student union (now Williams Center), Houghton Hall (sciences), and LoGrasso Medical Center (infirmary). Maytum Hall, McEwen Hall (lecture rooms), Reed Library, and the Williams Center were all inter-connected, including an elevated walkway connecting McEwen Hall and the Williams Center. Also included in the plan were the suite-style residence halls Kasling, Disney, Grissom, Eisenhower, and Erie Dining Hall (now closed); In 1970, Pei and Cobb returned to Fredonia to construct the second suite-style residence halls of Hemingway, Schulz, Igoe, and Hendrix.

In the early 1970s a second addition was made to Mason Hall (including practice rooms), science building Houghton Hall, and multi-discipline Thompson Hall. In 1981, construction was finally begun on the long-awaited major indoor sports facility, Steele Hall, which had been delayed for nearly nine years due to state funding difficulties throughout much of the 1970s. More recent campus buildings and additions have been the University Commons residence and dining hall, additions to Steele and Mason Halls, and another long-awaited project—the new science building adjoining Houghton Hall. A stadium for athletics—mainly soccer and lacrosse—which included an upgraded, lighted playing field, was recently built over the existing playing fields.

Between 1981 and 1999, the school was an official training camp site of Buffalo Bills.

In 2023, the college received university designation from the state of New York, thus changing its name to its current State University of New York at Fredonia. Because of the university's multiple graduate level programs, SUNY Fredonia met the requirement for this change, that a state college have at least three.[6]

Presidents edit

President Tenure Notes
Joseph A. Allen 1867–1869 Born on April 25, 1819, Allen was the first President of Fredonia Normal School. Prior to coming to Fredonia, he was the Principal of both Syracuse Academy and The State Reform School and at Westboro where he was principal for seven years. He died on July 17, 1904.
J.W. Armstrong 1869–1898
Francis B. Palmer 1898–1907
Myron T. Dana 1908–1922
Howard Griffth Burdge 1922–1928
Hermann Cooper 1929–1931
Leslie R. Gregory 1931–1948
Harry W. Porter 1953–1961
Oscar E. Lanford 1961–1971
Dallas K. Beal 1971–1984
Donald A. MacPhee 1985–1996
Dennis L. Hefner 1997–June 30, 2012. July 2, 2019 – June 28, 2020 Hefner received his bachelor's degree in economics from California State University and both his Masters in economics and Ph.D. from Washington State University. Prior to coming to Fredonia, he worked for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in Washington, D.C., and also as Vice President of Academic Affairs at California State University in San Bernardino from 1990 to 1994. He also worked as Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs for Minnesota State Colleges and Universities from 1994 to 1996. Hefner also served as Interim President for one year after President Horvath's resignation in 2019.
Virginia Schaefer Horvath July 1, 2012 – July 1, 2019 Dr. Horvath has served as vice president for Academic Affairs at SUNY Fredonia since 2005. She was appointed by the SUNY Board of Trustees on March 28, 2012, after a six-month national search process and assumed office on July 1, 2012.
Stephen H. Kolison, Jr. June 29, 2020–Present
  • Note: Earlier Presidents were Principals of Fredonia Academy and are not included list.

Buildings edit

Architectures edit

Architects I. M. Pei and Henry N. Cobb designed the master plan for the modernized campus in 1968. Many of the buildings are listed in architectural guides as examples of exceptional modern architecture. Some are described in architectural history books. The National Building Museum listed the SUNY Fredonia campus as one of I. M. Pei's ideal places to visit in its 1991 journal Blueprints.[7]

Pei is credited with designing Maytum Hall, Williams Center, Reed Library, Rockefeller Arts Center, and McEwen Hall, as well as its characteristic circular perimeter road, aptly named Ring Road. The design of Daniel Reed Library earned Henry Cobb and I. M. Pei the 1969 Prestressed Concrete Institute Award.

Academic and administrative buildings edit

  • Reed Library was constructed in 1969. It is approximately the size of a regulation football field, provides seating for over 850 readers, and houses over 250,000 books. It is named for Daniel A. Reed (1875–1959), U.S. Representative from the Fredonia area for over 40 years. A four-story addition to Reed Library, known as the Carnahan-Jackson Center, was constructed in 1992; it includes several study areas, a scholarship center, atrium, elevators, tower study lounge which leads to a fifth story, the Tutoring Center, and the Special Collections & Archives Division of Reed Library.[8]
  • Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center, constructed in 1968, is named after the youngest son of former Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, who disappeared in 1961 during an anthropological expedition in New Guinea. Designed by I. M. Pei and Partners, Rockefeller Arts Center includes King Concert Hall (a 1,200-seat concert hall), Marvel Theatre (a 400-seat proscenium theatre), Alice E. Bartlett Theatre (a 200-seat maximum black box theatre), an art gallery, and 24 classrooms. This building houses the Department of Theatre and Dance, and the Department of Visual Arts and New Media. The arts center was opened in 1968 by Clint Norton as its first managing director. He was followed by Robert B. D'Angelo who served from 1970 to 1974 while he also served as a speech writer and adviser to then Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller. Following D'Angelo in the directorship were Ted Dede, Nancy Palmer, Katherine Rushworth and Radford Thomas. Jefferson Westwood has served as director since 1982.
  • Fenton Hall was named for Reuben Fenton (1819–1885), U.S. Senator, and Governor, who was born in Carroll, Chautauqua County. Fenton Hall houses the office of the University President, the Graduate Studies office, as well as classrooms, academic departments and Sprout Café. Computer Science, Modern Languages, English, and Philosophy are some of the departments located in Fenton.
  • Mason Hall is home to the School of Music and was named after American music education pioneer Lowell Mason. This hall is actually three buildings, "Old Mason" (the oldest building on the present-day campus site), "New Mason," and the recent addition of two rehearsal rooms, which are all connected together. Mason Hall includes over 100 personal practice rooms, several small ensemble practice rooms, and large ensemble rooms. Both Juliet J. Rosch Recital Hall and Diers Recital Hall are located here, as well as two MIDI technology labs, and a Studio Recording Department.
  • Maytum Hall is an eight-story, semi-circular office building and computer center, and was named after Arthur Maytum (1866–1953). He served as chairman of the Board of Visitors of the Fredonia Normal School and Teachers college from 1928 to 1953. He also served as supervisor of the Town of Pomfret from 1931 to 1938.
  • Steele Hall is mainly used as a sports center with a basketball court, indoor track, and an ice rink which are used for both campus and community events. It also contains classrooms, a newly constructed natatorium, racquetball courts, dancing practice rooms, and many other facilities.
  • Thompson Hall is the largest academic building at SUNY Fredonia. It houses the departments of Multicultural Affairs, Psychology, Political Science, Speech Pathology, Sociology, Business Administration, History, plus the College of Education. The building, planned during the period of nationwide campus upheavals in the late 1960s and early 1970s, was designed to be riot-proof, with its narrow stairwells, dimly lighted hallways, and no operable windows.
  • Houghton Hall, Jewett Hall, and the Science Center are the three science buildings at SUNY Fredonia. They house the departments of Geology, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Biochemistry, and the 3-2 Cooperative Engineering Program. The Science Center features an observatory, a greenhouse, and an herbarium.
  • LoGrasso Hall On campus medical services, along with counseling, and the office of international education.
  • McEwen Hall Four-level building, Contains lecture halls, Sheldon Media Labs, and Fredonia Radio Systems (WCVF-FM).
  • The College Lodge, located in Brocton, NY and operated by the Faculty Student Association at SUNY Fredonia, is a nature reserve and a certified experiential training facility and conference and events center that offers workforce development, employee training, meetings and other services for businesses and organizations.[9]
  • The Center for Innovation & Economic Development (CIED), located in Dunkirk, NY, is a facility that encourages and instructs the development of small businesses and entrepreneurship skills. The CIED was formerly called the Fredonia Technology Incubator.[10]

Residence halls edit

SUNY Fredonia has 15 residence halls. Students have a choice of building style: corridor, suite, kitchen suite, or independent living. Corridor-style residence halls are long, staggered hallways with no sections, whereas suites are short corridors with either staggered hallways extending from the main corridor or doors leading into the individual suites.

Academic edit

Rankings edit

U.S. News & World Report's 2022-2023 edition of America's Best Colleges ranked Fredonia 70th on their list of Regional Universities North. Fredonia's graduate program in Speech-Language Pathology is ranked 146th.

Colleges and Schools edit

The university is organized into 2 colleges and 2 schools:

  • College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • College of Education, Health Sciences, and Human Services
  • School of Business
  • School of Music

Student life edit

On campus student media edit

WCVF-FM is a public FM radio station located in McEwen Hall, broadcasting from the top of Maytum Hall on campus. Licensed to the State University of New York at Fredonia, the station broadcasts on 88.9 MHz on the FM dial. "CVF" stands for "Campus and Community Voice of Fredonia," the station's slogan. The station primarily features "alternative" rock, but includes an eclectic mix of genres at consistent times throughout the week. Listeners can catch blocks of Polka, Spanish, Blues, Jazz, Folk, Reggae, Hip Hop and anything in between. Live programs hosted by student and community jocks can be of any format/genre from talk, music, to radio drama. WCVF also covers local sports and includes live broadcasts/commentary for several Blue Devil teams. WCVF broadcasts National Public Radio (NPR) Monday through Friday: Morning Edition (7–9 am) and All Things Considered (4–6 pm). These broadcasts are achieved through a partnership with NPR member station WQLN-FM in Erie, Pennsylvania. WCVF-FM has a sister station WDVL which broadcasts via internet streaming and a local cable channel.

The Normal Leader was created in May 1892 by the Agonian Society, an all-male literary organization, and later the Zetesian Society, an all-female organization. The first issues were entirely handwritten, and printed issues began with a renumbered Volume 1, Issue 1 in February 1893. The Normal Leader was a monthly newspaper, costing ten cents a copy or fifty cents for a yearly subscription. On September 28, 1936 The Normal Leader became The Leader on its Vol. XXXVI article No. 3 even though the school would not change its name to SUNY Fredonia until 1948. The Leader is produced by a team of Fredonia students, some of whom receive stipends from the Student Association. The Leader is printed by the Corry Journal in Corry, Pennsylvania and is distributed free on campus and in the surrounding community. Today, The Leader features mainly news which is pertinent to the SUNY Fredonia campus and community. This weekly publication comes out every Wednesday during the academic year and can be found around the SUNY Fredonia Campus.

WNYF is the Student television station of the university. WNYF is sponsored by the Student Association, and was founded in 1979 by two communications students. WNYF's programming includes student-produced programs ranging from entertainment, music, educational television and even a student-written soap opera. In the station's first few months of existence, it began televising the annual dance marathon that raised funds for muscular dystrophy. WNYF maintains an archive of every show produced by the students since 1979. The station was relocated several times, and WNYF settled into its current location in Hendrix Hall in 1997. WNYF broadcasts to the campus on cable TV Channel 8, and to the Public-access television on Channels 17 in Fredonia and 19 in Dunkirk.

Athletics edit

SUNY Fredonia teams participate as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III. The Blue Devils are a member of the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC). Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, ice hockey, soccer, swimming & diving and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cheerleading, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and volleyball.

When SUNY Fredonia was first known as the Fredonia Normal School, the athletics teams were known as the "Normalites". On January 27, 1936, The Leader issued an article which publicized a contest to come up with a new name for the teams. There were two names the committee had chosen, Blue Jackets and Blue Devils. The name Blue Devils seemed to be used more than Blue Jackets. In the issue of The Leader on September 30, 1952; the name Blue Devils was used officially for the first time.

Notable alumni edit

Business edit

Entertainment edit

Music edit

Politics, Government and Law edit

Literature and Education edit

Science edit

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources State University of New York at Fredonia news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message The State University of New York at Fredonia alternatively SUNY Fredonia Fredonia State or Fredonia is a public university in Fredonia New York It is the westernmost member of the State University of New York Founded in 1826 it is the sixty sixth oldest institute of higher education in the United States seventh oldest college in New York and second oldest public school in New York SUNY and CUNY after SUNY Potsdam 1816 3 State University of New York at FredoniaFormer namesFredonia Academy 1826 1867 Fredonia Normal School 1867 1942 Fredonia State Teachers College 1942 1948 State University of New York College at Fredonia 1948 2023 MottoWhere Success is a TraditionTypePublic universityEstablished1826 198 years ago 1826 Parent institutionState University of New YorkEndowment 35 6 million 2019 1 PresidentStephen H Kolison Jr Academic staff443 as of fall 2018 Students3 780 fall 2021 2 Undergraduates3 555 fall 2021 Postgraduates225 fall 2021 LocationFredonia New York U S 42 27 12 N 79 20 13 W 42 45344 N 79 33697 W 42 45344 79 33697CampusSmall town 256 acres 104 ha Colors Blue and whiteNicknameBlue DevilsSporting affiliationsNCAA Division III SUNYAC16 varsity teamsMascotFreddyWebsitewww wbr fredonia wbr edu Fredonia was one of the state teachers colleges traditionally specializing in music education but now offers programs in other areas including a graduate division Areas of study include science communication music education and the social sciences There are over 80 majors and over 50 minors Contents 1 History 1 1 Fredonia Academy 1826 1867 1 2 Normal School 1867 1948 1 3 State University System 1948 present 1 4 Presidents 2 Buildings 2 1 Architectures 2 2 Academic and administrative buildings 2 3 Residence halls 3 Academic 3 1 Rankings 3 2 Colleges and Schools 4 Student life 4 1 On campus student media 4 2 Athletics 5 Notable alumni 5 1 Business 5 2 Entertainment 5 3 Music 5 4 Politics Government and Law 5 5 Literature and Education 5 6 Science 6 References 7 External linksHistory editFredonia Academy 1826 1867 edit Opened in 1826 as Fredonia Academy under its first principal Austin Smith the academy enrolled eight students The first classes began on October 4 1826 Within one year the academy had 136 students 81 boys and 55 girls 4 In 1827 it was a state normal school 5 self published source The academy reached peak enrollment in 1856 with 217 students The school was plagued by financial shortages and was forced to close its doors in 1867 Normal School 1867 1948 edit In 1867 the college re emerged for its second phase of existence as a New York State Normal School On December 2 1867 the Fredonia Normal School as it became commonly known began classes with 147 students 62 boys and 85 girls For students preparing to be teachers no tuition was charged books were supplied and travel costs were reimbursed in return students had to promise to teach after graduation Those students not studying for the teaching profession paid tuition and provided their own textbooks During its 82 years Fredonia Normal had a tumultuous existence With a fluctuating student enrollment and threats of state funding reductions the school seemed to be in constant jeopardy of closing citation needed Nonetheless gradually the school was upgraded In 1930 fifty eight acres 230 000 m2 of land west of Central Avenue in the Village of Fredonia were bought to house a future campus In 1938 music building Mason Hall was the first to be constructed on the Central Avenue site New York State Governor Herbert Lehman signed the Feinberg Law in 1942 that changed all state Normal Schools into Teacher Colleges With this new law the school officially became the Fredonia State Teachers College State University System 1948 present edit With the formation of the State University of New York on March 13 1948 the school s name changed again becoming the State University of New York College at Fredonia The college created a Division of the Humanities in 1958 and in 1960 Fredonia was selected by State University to grant the A B degree Previously Fredonia s curriculum was restricted for teacher training only From the 1940s through the early 1960s additional buildings were erected Fenton Hall administration Jewett Hall sciences Dods Hall physical education and athletics an addition to Mason Hall and residence halls Gregory Alumni McGinnies Chautauqua and Nixon In 1968 the master plan for the modern Central Avenue campus was drafted by the architectural firm of I M Pei amp Partners of New York at the request of then president Oscar E Lanford A complex came into being that consisted of the Rockefeller Arts Center building for fine arts Maytum Hall administration Daniel A Reed Library McEwen Hall Campus Center student union now Williams Center Houghton Hall sciences and LoGrasso Medical Center infirmary Maytum Hall McEwen Hall lecture rooms Reed Library and the Williams Center were all inter connected including an elevated walkway connecting McEwen Hall and the Williams Center Also included in the plan were the suite style residence halls Kasling Disney Grissom Eisenhower and Erie Dining Hall now closed In 1970 Pei and Cobb returned to Fredonia to construct the second suite style residence halls of Hemingway Schulz Igoe and Hendrix In the early 1970s a second addition was made to Mason Hall including practice rooms science building Houghton Hall and multi discipline Thompson Hall In 1981 construction was finally begun on the long awaited major indoor sports facility Steele Hall which had been delayed for nearly nine years due to state funding difficulties throughout much of the 1970s More recent campus buildings and additions have been the University Commons residence and dining hall additions to Steele and Mason Halls and another long awaited project the new science building adjoining Houghton Hall A stadium for athletics mainly soccer and lacrosse which included an upgraded lighted playing field was recently built over the existing playing fields Between 1981 and 1999 the school was an official training camp site of Buffalo Bills In 2023 the college received university designation from the state of New York thus changing its name to its current State University of New York at Fredonia Because of the university s multiple graduate level programs SUNY Fredonia met the requirement for this change that a state college have at least three 6 Presidents edit President Tenure Notes Joseph A Allen 1867 1869 Born on April 25 1819 Allen was the first President of Fredonia Normal School Prior to coming to Fredonia he was the Principal of both Syracuse Academy and The State Reform School and at Westboro where he was principal for seven years He died on July 17 1904 J W Armstrong 1869 1898 Francis B Palmer 1898 1907 Myron T Dana 1908 1922 Howard Griffth Burdge 1922 1928 Hermann Cooper 1929 1931 Leslie R Gregory 1931 1948 Harry W Porter 1953 1961 Oscar E Lanford 1961 1971 Dallas K Beal 1971 1984 Donald A MacPhee 1985 1996 Dennis L Hefner 1997 June 30 2012 July 2 2019 June 28 2020 Hefner received his bachelor s degree in economics from California State University and both his Masters in economics and Ph D from Washington State University Prior to coming to Fredonia he worked for the Department of Health Education and Welfare in Washington D C and also as Vice President of Academic Affairs at California State University in San Bernardino from 1990 to 1994 He also worked as Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs for Minnesota State Colleges and Universities from 1994 to 1996 Hefner also served as Interim President for one year after President Horvath s resignation in 2019 Virginia Schaefer Horvath July 1 2012 July 1 2019 Dr Horvath has served as vice president for Academic Affairs at SUNY Fredonia since 2005 She was appointed by the SUNY Board of Trustees on March 28 2012 after a six month national search process and assumed office on July 1 2012 Stephen H Kolison Jr June 29 2020 Present Note Earlier Presidents were Principals of Fredonia Academy and are not included list Buildings editArchitectures edit Architects I M Pei and Henry N Cobb designed the master plan for the modernized campus in 1968 Many of the buildings are listed in architectural guides as examples of exceptional modern architecture Some are described in architectural history books The National Building Museum listed the SUNY Fredonia campus as one of I M Pei s ideal places to visit in its 1991 journal Blueprints 7 Pei is credited with designing Maytum Hall Williams Center Reed Library Rockefeller Arts Center and McEwen Hall as well as its characteristic circular perimeter road aptly named Ring Road The design of Daniel Reed Library earned Henry Cobb and I M Pei the 1969 Prestressed Concrete Institute Award nbsp Maytum Hall nbsp Williams Center nbsp Daniel A Reed Library with the addition built in 1992 nbsp Rockefeller Arts Center Academic and administrative buildings edit Reed Library was constructed in 1969 It is approximately the size of a regulation football field provides seating for over 850 readers and houses over 250 000 books It is named for Daniel A Reed 1875 1959 U S Representative from the Fredonia area for over 40 years A four story addition to Reed Library known as the Carnahan Jackson Center was constructed in 1992 it includes several study areas a scholarship center atrium elevators tower study lounge which leads to a fifth story the Tutoring Center and the Special Collections amp Archives Division of Reed Library 8 Michael C Rockefeller Arts Center constructed in 1968 is named after the youngest son of former Governor Nelson A Rockefeller who disappeared in 1961 during an anthropological expedition in New Guinea Designed by I M Pei and Partners Rockefeller Arts Center includes King Concert Hall a 1 200 seat concert hall Marvel Theatre a 400 seat proscenium theatre Alice E Bartlett Theatre a 200 seat maximum black box theatre an art gallery and 24 classrooms This building houses the Department of Theatre and Dance and the Department of Visual Arts and New Media The arts center was opened in 1968 by Clint Norton as its first managing director He was followed by Robert B D Angelo who served from 1970 to 1974 while he also served as a speech writer and adviser to then Governor Nelson A Rockefeller Following D Angelo in the directorship were Ted Dede Nancy Palmer Katherine Rushworth and Radford Thomas Jefferson Westwood has served as director since 1982 Fenton Hall was named for Reuben Fenton 1819 1885 U S Senator and Governor who was born in Carroll Chautauqua County Fenton Hall houses the office of the University President the Graduate Studies office as well as classrooms academic departments and Sprout Cafe Computer Science Modern Languages English and Philosophy are some of the departments located in Fenton Mason Hall is home to the School of Music and was named after American music education pioneer Lowell Mason This hall is actually three buildings Old Mason the oldest building on the present day campus site New Mason and the recent addition of two rehearsal rooms which are all connected together Mason Hall includes over 100 personal practice rooms several small ensemble practice rooms and large ensemble rooms Both Juliet J Rosch Recital Hall and Diers Recital Hall are located here as well as two MIDI technology labs and a Studio Recording Department Maytum Hall is an eight story semi circular office building and computer center and was named after Arthur Maytum 1866 1953 He served as chairman of the Board of Visitors of the Fredonia Normal School and Teachers college from 1928 to 1953 He also served as supervisor of the Town of Pomfret from 1931 to 1938 Steele Hall is mainly used as a sports center with a basketball court indoor track and an ice rink which are used for both campus and community events It also contains classrooms a newly constructed natatorium racquetball courts dancing practice rooms and many other facilities Thompson Hall is the largest academic building at SUNY Fredonia It houses the departments of Multicultural Affairs Psychology Political Science Speech Pathology Sociology Business Administration History plus the College of Education The building planned during the period of nationwide campus upheavals in the late 1960s and early 1970s was designed to be riot proof with its narrow stairwells dimly lighted hallways and no operable windows Houghton Hall Jewett Hall and the Science Center are the three science buildings at SUNY Fredonia They house the departments of Geology Physics Chemistry Biology and Biochemistry and the 3 2 Cooperative Engineering Program The Science Center features an observatory a greenhouse and an herbarium LoGrasso Hall On campus medical services along with counseling and the office of international education McEwen Hall Four level building Contains lecture halls Sheldon Media Labs and Fredonia Radio Systems WCVF FM The College Lodge located in Brocton NY and operated by the Faculty Student Association at SUNY Fredonia is a nature reserve and a certified experiential training facility and conference and events center that offers workforce development employee training meetings and other services for businesses and organizations 9 The Center for Innovation amp Economic Development CIED located in Dunkirk NY is a facility that encourages and instructs the development of small businesses and entrepreneurship skills The CIED was formerly called the Fredonia Technology Incubator 10 Residence halls edit SUNY Fredonia has 15 residence halls Students have a choice of building style corridor suite kitchen suite or independent living Corridor style residence halls are long staggered hallways with no sections whereas suites are short corridors with either staggered hallways extending from the main corridor or doors leading into the individual suites Academic editRankings edit U S News amp World Report s 2022 2023 edition of America s Best Colleges ranked Fredonia 70th on their list of Regional Universities North Fredonia s graduate program in Speech Language Pathology is ranked 146th Academic rankingsMaster sWashington Monthly 11 57RegionalU S News amp World Report 12 69 Colleges and Schools edit The university is organized into 2 colleges and 2 schools College of Liberal Arts and Sciences College of Education Health Sciences and Human Services School of Business School of MusicStudent life editOn campus student media edit WCVF FM is a public FM radio station located in McEwen Hall broadcasting from the top of Maytum Hall on campus Licensed to the State University of New York at Fredonia the station broadcasts on 88 9 MHz on the FM dial CVF stands for Campus and Community Voice of Fredonia the station s slogan The station primarily features alternative rock but includes an eclectic mix of genres at consistent times throughout the week Listeners can catch blocks of Polka Spanish Blues Jazz Folk Reggae Hip Hop and anything in between Live programs hosted by student and community jocks can be of any format genre from talk music to radio drama WCVF also covers local sports and includes live broadcasts commentary for several Blue Devil teams WCVF broadcasts National Public Radio NPR Monday through Friday Morning Edition 7 9 am and All Things Considered 4 6 pm These broadcasts are achieved through a partnership with NPR member station WQLN FM in Erie Pennsylvania WCVF FM has a sister station WDVL which broadcasts via internet streaming and a local cable channel The Normal Leader was created in May 1892 by the Agonian Society an all male literary organization and later the Zetesian Society an all female organization The first issues were entirely handwritten and printed issues began with a renumbered Volume 1 Issue 1 in February 1893 The Normal Leader was a monthly newspaper costing ten cents a copy or fifty cents for a yearly subscription On September 28 1936 The Normal Leader became The Leader on its Vol XXXVI article No 3 even though the school would not change its name to SUNY Fredonia until 1948 The Leader is produced by a team of Fredonia students some of whom receive stipends from the Student Association The Leader is printed by the Corry Journal in Corry Pennsylvania and is distributed free on campus and in the surrounding community Today The Leader features mainly news which is pertinent to the SUNY Fredonia campus and community This weekly publication comes out every Wednesday during the academic year and can be found around the SUNY Fredonia Campus WNYF is the Student television station of the university WNYF is sponsored by the Student Association and was founded in 1979 by two communications students WNYF s programming includes student produced programs ranging from entertainment music educational television and even a student written soap opera In the station s first few months of existence it began televising the annual dance marathon that raised funds for muscular dystrophy WNYF maintains an archive of every show produced by the students since 1979 The station was relocated several times and WNYF settled into its current location in Hendrix Hall in 1997 WNYF broadcasts to the campus on cable TV Channel 8 and to the Public access television on Channels 17 in Fredonia and 19 in Dunkirk Athletics edit Main article Fredonia Blue Devils SUNY Fredonia teams participate as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association s Division III The Blue Devils are a member of the State University of New York Athletic Conference SUNYAC Men s sports include baseball basketball cross country ice hockey soccer swimming amp diving and track amp field while women s sports include basketball cheerleading cross country lacrosse soccer softball swimming amp diving tennis track amp field and volleyball When SUNY Fredonia was first known as the Fredonia Normal School the athletics teams were known as the Normalites On January 27 1936 The Leader issued an article which publicized a contest to come up with a new name for the teams There were two names the committee had chosen Blue Jackets and Blue Devils The name Blue Devils seemed to be used more than Blue Jackets In the issue of The Leader on September 30 1952 the name Blue Devils was used officially for the first time Notable alumni editBusiness edit Benjamin Franklin Goodrich 1857 founder of B F Goodrich tire company Karl Holz 1973 president of Disney Cruise Lines James H McGraw 1884 founder of McGraw Hill Companies 13 Entertainment edit Nick Bernardone 2008 writer producer five time Emmy multiple WGA Award winner nominee and PGA Award winner 14 Rich Ceisler 1978 stand up comedian actor writer 15 Jennifer Cody 1991 actress Pete Correale 1992 stand up comedian Brian Frons 1977 president daytime Disney ABC Television Group 16 Peter Michael Goetz 1965 actor 17 18 Mary McDonnell 1974 Academy Award nominated actress 19 Tom Pokel 1991 Head coach Italy national ice hockey team 20 Andrea Romano 1977 casting and voice director Peabody Award winner Emmy Award winner 21 Kevin Sylvester 1995 co owner of the Buffalo Sports Page Music edit Lance Bernard Bryant 2002 vocalist current member of The Platters 22 Greg Collins Grammy Award winning recording engineer producer Dave Fridmann Grammy Award winning recording engineer producer Marcus Goldhaber 2000 BFA in Musical Theatre NYC based jazz vocalist bandleader Roberta Guaspari 1969 music educator 23 Onaje Allan Gumbs 1971 pianist composer and bandleader 24 James Houlik 1964 American tenor saxophonist 25 Don Menza saxophonist arranger composer jazz educator Kevin Moore original keyboardist for Dream Theater Bob McChesney studio and jazz trombonist Chris Poland 1981 Guitar player for heavy metal band Megadeth Stephen Roessner 2004 Grammy Award winning recording engineer producer Gar Samuelson 1982 Drummer for heavy metal band Megadeth Politics Government and Law edit Marcus M Drake 1852 Mayor of Buffalo 1882 26 Paul Cambria 1969 First Amendment lawyer 27 William Conrad III 2000 member of the New York State Assembly Reuben Fenton U S Senator and Governor of New York State from 1865 to 1868 Attended part of a term at Fredonia Academy 28 29 James Brendan Foley 1979 Diplomat served as the U S Ambassador to the Republic of Haiti and as the U S Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia Ozra Amander Hadley Governor of the State of Arkansas from 1871 to 1873 30 Robert Spitzer 1975 political scientist 31 Frank Manly Thorn lawyer politician government official essayist journalist humorist and inventor sixth Superintendent of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 1885 1889 Literature and Education edit Lucille Clifton 1955 American poet 32 Gaelen Foley 1991 author 33 Greta Morine Dershimer American education researcher 34 Neil Postman 1953 educator and author 35 Wendy Corsi Staub 1986 author 36 Jean Webster 1894 Novelist Graduated from Fredonia Normal School 37 Science edit Jeffery W Kelly 1982 B S Chemistry Michael Marletta 1973 chemist and MacArthur Fellow 38 References edit SUNY at Fredonia Archived 2021 05 26 at the Wayback Machine Data Fall 2020 21 Archived 2022 01 20 at the Wayback Machine Oldest Universities in the United States by foundation year www 4icu org Archived from the original on 2019 02 25 Retrieved 2019 02 25 Academy to State University Fredonia s Story Archived 2009 06 09 at the Wayback Machine Written by William Chazanof Accessed 6 16 2007 Keith Anderson 29 August 2015 The Los Angeles State Normal School UCLA s Forgotten Past 1881 1919 Lulu com pp 175 ISBN 978 1 329 31719 2 self published source A minor change with a potentially big impact fredonia edu SUNY Fredonia Retrieved 9 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