ASC’s Neal Named Interim Vice President for Administrative Affairs

Charles V. Neal, professor,
Business Technology Department, has taken on the duties of interim vice
president for administrative affairs.

Neal,'74, Wellsville, joined the ASC faculty
as an instructor in 1977 and has moved through the ranks achieving the rank of
full professor in 1999. His primary
faculty responsibility included teaching a variety of accounting courses,
advising students, and serving as Accounting Club adviser.

During his tenure at the College,
Neal has served as chair of the Accounting/Computer Information Systems
Department and as Dean of the School
of Business Technologies
as well as interim dean of the School
of Management and
Engineering Technology prior to his appointment as interim associate vice
president.

In his role as administrative vice
president, Neal is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations for the
college budget, purchasing, human resources, facilities services, and Auxiliary
Campus Services and Enterprises (the food service and vending operation).

Neal has
authored reviews for two nationally used accounting textbooks. He has also co-authored an article, "Campus
Computing-A Big Approach by a Small
College," with former ASC
colleague Dennis Kelsey, which appeared in Education magazine.

Neal was honored with the SUNY
(State University of New York) Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in
2002. Neal has also been honored as the ASC Alumni
Association's "Teacher of the Year."

While a
student at Alfred State College, Neal was an honor student, and at his 1974
commencement was named winner of the Paul B. Orvis Memorial Award for
Excellence as the outstanding senior in the School of Business
Technologies.
As a student he also earned six varsity letters in wrestling, golf, and
bowling and was voted Senior Athlete of the Year, leading to his induction into the Alfred State College Athletics
Hall of Fame in 2002.

Neal holds
a master's degree in business administration from St. Bonaventure University, a
bachelor's degree in accounting from SUNY at Buffalo, and an associate's degree in
accounting from Alfred State College.