Campus News

[Column] This week in COVID

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 22, 2020September 28, 2020

September 22, 2020September 28, 2020

ALISA OPPENHEIMER News Editor As we head into our fifth week of classes, Fredonia’s total number of positive cases has increased from 89 on Monday, Sept. 14, to 96 total positive cases at the time of publication. According to the Fredonia COVID-19 dashboard, there are nine active student cases, and......

Life & Arts

“The Future of Inclusion” at SUNY Fredonia

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 18, 2020September 18, 2020

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020

CHLOE KOWALYK Special to The Leader On Friday, Sept. 11, The Office and Council of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion sponsored their first event of a three-event series, “The Future of Inclusion.” The first event, titled “The Future of Inclusion: Students Discuss the Summer of 2020 and Campus Culture” featured seven......

Life & Arts

FREDConnect: Fredonia’s new student portal

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 17, 2020September 17, 2020

September 17, 2020September 17, 2020

HAWA TEJAN-COLE Special to The Leader Confused about how to get involved on campus during COVID-19? Fredonia’s Campus Life has launched an easy way to interact with the 170+ clubs and organizations here on campus. FREDConnect is a student portal that highlights Student Life events and campus clubs. It also......

News

Welcome to Hendrix: A firsthand account of quarantine at SUNY Fredonia

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 16, 2020September 16, 2020

September 16, 2020September 16, 2020

JAMES MEAD Managing Editor Lauren Jenkins is a first-year student at SUNY Fredonia. Coming to Fredonia from out-of-state, she was excited to get out of her house and experience college. Yet four weeks later, she had to be quarantined. She followed all of the safety guidelines — masks on campus,......

News

[Column] This week in COVID

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 15, 2020September 15, 2020

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020

ALISA OPPENHEIMER News Editor This week in COVID, while the rate of positive COVID cases is decreasing in speed, the number of cases is still steadily rising every day. On Monday, Sept. 7, Fredonia’s total number of positive cases was at 73. By Tuesday our positive cases went up by......

Sports

Athletic facilities to reopen once COVID-19 numbers decrease

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 9, 2020September 9, 2020

September 9, 2020September 9, 2020

JORDAN-CHRISTOPHER PURVIS Staff Writer There is good news, and there is bad news. The good news is that the Blue Devil Fitness center, Dods Hall Gym and other athletic facilities on Fredonia’s campus will be reopening Sept. 21. The reopening of athletic facilities was initially scheduled for Sept. 7, but......

News

“Class of” Facebook groups suddenly deleted by Fredonia Admissions

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 9, 2020September 9, 2020

September 9, 2020September 9, 2020

JESSICA MEDITZ Editor in Chief For a change at Fredonia, numbers went down instead of up. This is not in reference to cases of COVID-19, but to the number of members present in Fredonia’s class of 2021 Facebook group. Students reported seeing the amount of members plummet from over 400......

News

[Column] This week in COVID

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 8, 2020September 22, 2020

September 8, 2020September 22, 2020

ALISA OPPENHEIMER News Editor As COVID-19 continues to impact our world, our campus and community is not the exception. This past week in COVID has been a chaotic one, to say the least. Starting Monday, Aug. 31, there were a total of 10 positive COVID cases, according to the COVID-19......

News

Fredonia students’ safer reopening plan endorsed by University Senate, has yet to be enforced

Contributor to The LeaderAugust 5, 2020August 7, 2020

August 5, 2020August 7, 2020

KATIE LENDA Staff Writer On July 1, SUNY Fredonia released a reopening plan for students, faculty and staff returning to campus this upcoming fall semester. Classes will be quite different from previous semesters with precautions such as social distancing, limited capacity in buildings and mandated face coverings being put into......

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SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson to resign

Contributor to The LeaderJune 8, 2020June 16, 2020

June 8, 2020June 16, 2020

JAMES MEAD Managing Editor [UPDATE 06/16/2020, 6:42 p.m.: The next SUNY Board of Trustees meeting has been postponed to June 29, 2020] On Tuesday, June 2, the Times Union obtained an unsigned letter of resignation from Kristina Johnson, the current SUNY chancellor, addressed to SUNY Board of Trustees Chairman Dr.......

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[Column] This week in COVID

“The Future of Inclusion” at SUNY Fredonia

FREDConnect: Fredonia’s new student portal

Welcome to Hendrix: A firsthand account of quarantine at SUNY Fredonia

[Column] This week in COVID

Athletic facilities to reopen once COVID-19 numbers decrease

[Column] This week in COVID

Fredonia students’ safer reopening plan endorsed by University Senate, has yet to be enforced

SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson to resign