National Recognition

Michelle Green, MPS, RHIA, FAHIMA (NY), CMA (AAMA), CPC,  PCS, SUNY (State University of New York) Distinguished Teaching Professor, Physical and Life Sciences Department, Alfred State College, was named among the Top 10 in HIM (health information management), as published in the Advance for Health Information Professionals newsmagazine.

Alfred State College's Office of Communications has been notified that it was named a recipient of three awards in the 24^th  Annual Admissions Advertising Awards Competition, sponsored by the Admissions Marketing Report publication. Winning entries were the Alfred State College total recruitment package (gold); Alfred State College direct mail advertising visit post card (merit); and Alfred State College Web site (merit).

Alfred State College's School of Applied Technology, Wellsville, will host the 11th annual New York State Postsecondary (college level) SkillsUSA competition Saturday, March 28, 2009.  Proposed categories of competition are automotive service, CNC milling, carpentry, collision repair technology, commercial baking, computer maintenance technology, cosmetology, culinary, job skills demonstration, masonry, precision machining, residential wiring, technical drafting, and welding.

Recently, Alfred State College National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH) adviser Allison Keddie and a group of five ASC students attended the NEACURH (National Affiliation of College and University Residence Halls) Regional Conference at Western New England College.  While at the conference, the Alfred State NRHH chapter was awarded a NEACURH Scholarship of $250.  This scholarship, which is given to only a few schools per year, was quite an honor for ASC as it has been a member of NRHH for just under a year. 

At a technician recognition awards banquet held in San Diego, CA, in November, John Garippa, Wayland, associate professor, Automotive Trades, Alfred State College, was honored as the NATEF/ASE (National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation/Automotive Service Excellence) Instructor of the Year. 

[img_assist|nid=7226|title=SkillsUSA Helps Soldiers|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=225]Students enrolled in the School of Applied Technology of Alfred State College, and members of the SkillsUSA Club, joined forces to collect items for soldiers in Iraq.  Building Trades faculty member and former Marine Dave Chilson, standing fourth from left, gathered the gifts and took them to the Blue Star Mothers, parents of soldiers who meet and send needed items to their sons and daughters who serve.  Money was also donated to cover the shipping charges.  Pictured with Chilson

Student Health Services at Alfred State College has achieved re-accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC).  The award is given to those ambulatory care centers that have met nationally recognized standards for quality health care.

Alfred State College volleyball coach Gene Doorley has earned two national Coach of the Year awards.  For the third straight season Doorley has been named the American Volleyball Coaches Association Northeast Coach of the Year and for the second straight season he has been named the NJCAA Division III District A Coach of the Year.

Alfred State College sophomores Yurika Toyodome (Tokyo, Japan) and Jenni Jerome (Syracuse/Westhill) have been named All-Americans by the Division III of the NJCAA.  Toyodome was a first team selection while Jerome was named honorable mention.

Toyodome and Jerome helped lead the Lady Pioneers to the best volleyball season in school history.  The team finished the campaign with a new school record 38 victories (38-4) and a 4th place finish at the NJCAA Division III National Championships.

Three Alfred State College surveying engineering technology students were recently recognized by the U.S. Department of the Interior-Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Santa Fe Office for their exemplary work and willingness to learn while filling surveying internship requirements through that entity.