Alfred State College - National Recognition
Alfred State College is honored to be included as one of the colleges participating in US Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's "New York Farm Day" to be held in Washington, DC, in late September.
Alfred State College is ranked in the Top 50 of Baccalaureate Colleges in the North in the 2009 edition of "America's Best Colleges" by U.S. News & World Report, the nation's leading source of service journalism and news. This is the second consecutive year that Alfred State has appeared in the America's Best Colleges rankings.
John Garippa, associate professor, Automotive Trades
Department, Alfred State College, was recently named the 2008 Educator of the
Year at the North American Council of Automotive Teachers (NACAT) conference
held recently at the Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport.
Alfred State College (ASC) and the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) are pleased to announce a partnership to establish Pioneer Farm, a model farm to be operated by the college in accordance with Animal Welfare Approved standards. It will focus on teaching grazing systems and animal husbandry practices that enhance land use and animal well-being.
Michelle Green, MPS,
RHIA, CMA(AAMA), CPC, FAHIMA (NY), SUNY (State University of New York)
Distinguished Teaching Professor, Physical and Life Sciences Department, Alfred
State College, has received the 2008 FORE Triumph Educator Award from
the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).
The School of
Applied Technology at Alfred State College is pleased to announce that the
relatively new automotive parts technology curriculum, begun in fall 2007, will
be offered in an online format beginning fall 2008. This new format was
approved at a recent partnership meeting with ASC and UNI-SELECT.
Dr. Earl Packard, assistant professor and chair of the Mathematics/Physics Department at Alfred State College, was selected to participate this June in the annual reading and scoring of the College Board's AP Examinations in AP Calculus.
Stephen Richard, assistant professor, building trades, at Alfred State College, has authored a workbook: Workbook to Accompany Masonry Skills, 6th ed., published by Thompson Delmar Learning to be used in high schools, colleges, and training centers throughout the United States.
Alfred State College will participate in the United States Department of Agriculture's Research, Education, and Economics Agency's (USDA/REE) second annual Bio Energy Awareness Days (BEAD II) in Washington, DC, in June. The purpose of the event is to increase awareness and knowledge related to the sustainable production of agriculture-based and natural resource-based renewable energy and the efficient use and conservation of energy for the benefit of rural communities and the nation.
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