Meeting Held to Discuss Faculty Exchange

Representatives from Alfred State College (ASC) met
recently with representatives from Cornell Cooperative Extension and the
Wyoming County Dairy Institute to create an arrangement whereby ASC and
Cooperative Extension will conduct a pilot program involving a faculty exchange
for the next academic year. Dr. Dorothea Fitzsimmons, assistant professor, ASC
Agriculture and Horticulture Department, will spend one day per week at the
Dairy Institute sharing her veterinary expertise with farmers in Wyoming
County, while Joan Petzen, extension issue leader for agriculture and natural
resources - business management educator, will travel to Alfred State to share
her expertise in farm business, policy, and tax structure with students
enrolled in agriculture programs at ASC. This exchange is expected to be
a long-term arrangement between the two entities. The impetus behind the
partnership is "to merge our resources and blend our programs to better meet
the needs of the people in our region," notes Dr. Ronald R. Rosati, ASC provost
and vice president for academic affairs. Meeting to discuss the agreement
earlier this summer, were, front row, l-r: Fitzsimmons; Dr. John M.
Anderson, Alfred State College president; Helene Dillard, executive director of
Cornell Cooperative Extension; and Petzen. Back row, l-r: John
Buckwalter, ASC interim dean of the School of Arts and Sciences; William Maddison,
Executive Director of CCE, Glenn Applebee, executive associate director, CCE;
Dr. Ronald R. Rosati, ASC provost and vice president for academic affairs; and
Victoria Bolton, SUNY distinguished professor and chair, ASC Agriculture and
Horticulture Department.