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1826
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The Fredonia Academy opens on October 4 with 15 students
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1827
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The academy enrolls 81 gentlemen and 55 ladies for the fall term.
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1829
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Fredonia is incorporated as a village.
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1867
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The academy closes and the Fredonia Normal School opens.
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1868
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The Fredonia Normal School officially enrolls students in primary, junior and academic departments.
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1887
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Music as a specialty area begins with the appointment of Miss Jessie Hillman to the Fredonia faculty
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1900
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A tragic fire on December 14 kills six students and a janitor, destroying most of the building.
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1903
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The new building, Old Main (now One Temple Square senior citizen housing), is completed.
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1909
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Fredonia is authorized to award teacher certificates in music and art.
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1931
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A four-year course in music is first offered.
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1933
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The state purchases property on Central Avenue to be used for future expansion.
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1938
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A four-year program in elementary education is offered.
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1939
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Construction begins at the new campus.
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1941
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Mason Hall is completed.
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1942
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First baccalaureate in elementary education awarded. Fredonia is now known as Fredonia State Teachers College.
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1948
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SUNY is created. Fredonia is now one of 11 colleges of education in the SUNY system.
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1951
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Gregory Hall, the first dormitory/student union building, is occupied.
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1953
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Fenton Hall is completed.
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1958
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Alumni Hall becomes the second dormitory building on campus.
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1961
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McGinnies dormitory and the first Mason Hall addition completed.
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1962
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I.M. Pei and Partners develops master plan for a new campus.
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1963
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Dods, Nixon, Chautauqua and Jewett halls are completed.
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1968
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Groundbreaking for Williams (Campus) Center.
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1966-1976
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The college experiences rapid growth in programs, academic departments, faculty and students.
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1967-1971
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Maytum Hall and Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center constructed.
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1975
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Thompson Hall opens.
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1976-1986
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The college initiates programs in cooperative engineering, recombinant gene technology and sound recording technology.
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1983
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Steele Hall is completed.
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1991
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Reed Library addition completed.
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1998
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Enrollment now exceeds 4,500 students.
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2001
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Lake Shore Savings Clock Tower and Carillon dedicated. Swimming and diving complex completed.
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2004
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Juliet J. Rosch Recital Hall dedicated.
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2006
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University Commons completed and opened.
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2007
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New state-of-the-art sound recording studio and control room is dedicated. A new lighted soccer/lacrosse complex dedicated and opened as University Stadium.
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2008
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The Carnahan Jackson Center for Learning and Scholarship is dedicated. Ground breaking is held for the university’s Technology Incubator.
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2009
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The Fredonia Technology Incubator dedicated and opened on Central Avenue in Dunkirk, N.Y.
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2010
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Dedication of new Robert and Marilyn Maytum Music Rehearsal Halls.
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2011
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Groundbreaking is held for the university's new Science Center. Williams Center renovation begins.
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2012
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Williams Center and Maytum Hall renovations completed; construction continues on new Science Center.
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2013
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New Blue Devil Fitness Center opens in Dods Hall. Ground broken for new University Village Townhouse complex. Construction continues on new Science Center.
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| 2014 |
Science Center and University Village Townhouse complex open. Ground broken for addition to the Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center.
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| 2015 |
Fredonia earns the Community Engagement Classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
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