Campus News

Alfred State is celebrating International Week this week and kicked off events on Sunday. Nov. 11, with discussions led by a group of visiting Humphrey Fellows on topics that ranged from living in Africa today to arranged marriages, and clean-up work on the Ganges River in India.

Alfred State honored College Council Chair Patricia K. Fogarty Saturday evening at the President’s Society Dinner at the Workforce Development Center on the Wellsville campus where she was presented with the college’s highest honor, the President’s Medallion Award for outstanding service.

Thirty-seven Alfred State students, faculty and staff traveled to SUNY College at Old Westbury on Long Island last Thursday, Nov. 8, to spend the weekend helping the college recover from storm damage caused by Hurricane Sandy.

“We are very grateful for the hard work that Alfred State students provided to help us through this challenging time,” said Dr. ML Langlie, Vice President for Student Affairs, SUNY College at Old Westbury. “The fact that students from another SUNY college reached out to us at this time is especially meaningful and much appreciated.”

Alfred State President John Anderson, assisted by daughter Katie Anderson, met recently with Alfred State Honors Program members to explain the ‘national popular vote’ movement regarding the election of the president of the U.S. Since the United States earliest days, votes in the Electoral College, not the actual votes of citizens, have decided presidential elections. Katie Anderson works for the nonprofit organization, Support Popular Vote, founded by Alfred State alum and Rochester businessman Tom Golisano. Anderson acts as manager of the national student outreach program.

International Week, Nov. 11-16, kicks off on Sunday, Nov. 11 when a group of visiting Humphrey Fellows from Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Ethiopia, and Lesotho will be on campus for a discussion on “Life in Africa Now”. The discussion starts at 8 p.m. in the Pioneer Lounge and will be followed by a reception hosted by the African Student Association featuring African foods including kabobs, rice, peanut bread and fresh tropical fruit.

Alfred State’s New Horizons Forum is hosting “Mongolian Families: Modern Nomadic Life”, a presentation by Dr. Lou Ann Woolman on Monday, Nov. 12 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the School of Engineering Technology (SET) building, Room 215. A reception will be held before the presentation at 6 p.m. in the SET gallery outside Room 215.

Neil Benedict, associate vice president of student life at Alfred State, met with members of the college’s Honors Program on Oct. 29.  As Hurricane Sandy pummeled the campus, Benedict walked the students through his 32 years at the college working in a variety of positions.

Alfred State has received the Sustainability Tracking Assessment & Rating System (STARS) Bronze Rating for its sustainability achievements.

STARS is the primary tool used to assess sustainability in higher education. It was developed by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) and was designed to measure and encourage sustainability in all aspects of higher education.

Alfred State Football coach Mick Caba is part of the 2012 NJCAA Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame Class.

Alfred State has been listed among prestigious colleges and universities known for a commitment to civic learning and democratic engagement by NASPA, the leading organization for student affairs administrators in higher education.