Date stone ceremony commemorates start of construction on Student Leadership Center

New York State Senator Catharine Young (R-Olean) joined special guests of Alfred State recently to see a large granite stone engraved with the year '2011' placed at the entrance of the new Student Leadership Center (SLC) on the Alfred campus. The Center, which is slated to open next year, will be used as a hub of activity and will be dedicated to developing leadership and civic engagement initiatives on campus.

From left Ruben O. Rogers, Alfred State owner representative; Greg Sammons, Alfred State’s interim vice president for student affairs and university chief of police; Bill Goodrich, president and CEO of LeChase Construction; Eric Tellander, associate project manager at William Rawn Associates; Andrew J. Smilinich, Alfred State’s director of capital projects; Alfred State President Dr. John M. Anderson; NY State Senator Catharine Young; Gabe Conti, State University Construction Fund senior project coordinator; John Casey, chief operations officer at Manning Squires Hennig; Brian Donnelly, project manager for Manning Squires Hennig; Steve Tyrell, president of North Country Community College; Doug Johnson, principal and project executive for William Rawn Associates.