WILL KARR
Editor in Chief
All photos by DREW PALUCH | Photo Editor.
Watching sports is about more than just merely the game; it’s about the sense of community that develops from it. This year, SUNY Fredonia President Stephen H. Kolison Jr. hosted a Super Bowl Party, bringing students, staff and community together for a Sunday evening in the Williams Center. The event featured game day foods, trivia and raffles.
“I am always interested in being committed to bringing faculty, students and staff together, including celebrating, eating and solving problems – building community,” Kolison said. “ … The Super Bowl became a top candidate for my goal of trying to build community.”
Kolison is glad to see many events returning to campus as the pandemic prevented them from occurring for an extended period of time. He recently attended the Fredonia men’s ice hockey team’s Pink the Rink game at the beginning of this month, which he described as “tremendous.”
Kolison hopes that the Super Bowl Party will become an annual tradition at Fredonia.
“[Campus] should be a home away from home for those that come from far away,” Kolison said. “I don’t want people on this campus to ever feel lonely, not connected or homesick to the point where they feel like they have to drive 50 to 60 miles away home.”
Kolison then added, “We want to bring things here so this is the destination. … This is all a part of making the campus the place of destination for students, faculty and staff, so you have to provide different opportunities for people to interact and connect. We want a vibrant community.”
