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SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson to resign

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJAMES 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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Fredonia University Senate Chair addresses presidential search status

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJESSICA MEDITZ Editor in Chief Among the other uncertainties of today’s climate, many of Fredonia’s campus and community members might be wondering: “What’s going on with the presidential search?” It’s a question that’s been buzzing since the retirement of Fredonia’s former president, Virginia Horvath, and the appointment of interim president,......
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SUNY Fredonia responds to scholarship reduction rumors

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJAMES MEAD Web Editor If you’ve been following Fredonia’s response to COVID-19, you’ve likely heard rumors about how budget cuts may affect scholarships. On May 6, a Fredonia student posted on Facebook that he had been contacted by Student Accounts and informed that his Fredonia-granted scholarships for this semester, totaling......
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Fredonia Student Association responds to COVID-19

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSAMUEL LEWANDOWSKI Special to The Leader Despite COVID-19, the Fredonia Student Association Office remains in operation. According to their general manager/accountant, Vince Gugino, the Student Association is operating with staff and only coming to the office when necessary.   “The student executives are only available through email for obvious reasons,” said......
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Highlighting Fredonia’s all-black student government

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Reading Time: 5 minutesALYSSA BUMP Assistant Life & Arts Editor Fredonia is a predominantly white institution. According to statistics from Fredonia’s website, it’s a 70 percent white institution; only 9 percent of students are African-American.  With that being said, where can black students find representation? For the first time in Fredonia history, the......
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The Trident digitized: Annual magazine adjusts for the pandemic

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMARCIA HUNT Special to The Leader March 11 was supposed to be an exciting day for The Trident staff members — it was the deadline for submissions to the literary magazine, which would bring them one step closer to its annual publication. That morning, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the sudden......
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Fredonia Radio Systems and WNYF-TV suspend broadcasting due to COVID-19

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSAMUEL LEWANDOWSKI Special to The Leader SUNY Fredonia’s TV and radio stations will not be broadcasting for the remainder of the semester.  Senior journalism major and general manager of WNYF-TV Patrick Ryan said the decision was made in accordance with Governor Cuomo’s implementation of distance learning, as well as with......

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