Department News
Alfred State receives $2 million grant from Appalachian Regional Commission’s POWER Initiative
Wed, Oct 16th, 2024
“This grant will allow us to expand the great work we are doing in these programs already. I am looking forward to adding skilled professionals to a much-needed career path.”
Steve Mauro
Pioneer Summer Adventures – The Great Race
Thu, Aug 8th, 2024
“Having to trust the other guys on the team when we worked on the truck in a parking lot every night or trusting our navigator was crucial for our success in the race.”
Carter Polhamus
Pioneer PROfiles - Spencer Caccamise
Tue, Jun 25th, 2024
“I was not really planning on going to college but when I found out that Alfred State had motorsports and a good buddy of mine came here, I came down here for the day. I hung out at the senior shop, and I just fell in love with the place. I cannot be happier that I chose this place.”
Spencer Caccamise
Alfred State to compete in “The Great Race”
Mon, May 20th, 2024
“The Power Wagon gets so much attention. We hope to move from Kentucky to Maine with minimal problems. The students this year focused on getting the truck back together. We really built it to make it reliable. It has to drive 2,300 miles all the way up the east coast.”
Caryl Koch
Alfred State hosts 2024 Skills USA Postsecondary Championship
Wed, Apr 10th, 2024
“We had a great day of competition and I look forward to seeing our New York State team compete at Nationals,”
NYS SkillsUSA College Postsecondary director Craig R Clark, PhD.
Pioneer PROfiles - Farad Begaliev
Mon, Feb 19th, 2024
“The best part of the program is that you get so much experience. They try to simulate real world situations. The instructors have so much experience. They have answers for pretty much every scenario that me and my classmates have. We are always learning something new.”
Farhad Begaliev
Wreck/Rebuild program continues to benefit autobody students
Mon, Jan 22nd, 2024
“These cars are great learning tools for our students. The repairs that the students perform are like what they will see when they get into the workplace. Challenges like this force our students to step up their skills and reinforces what they have learned during their time in this program.”
CJ Tremper
Scanlon heading to Italy to work Lamborghini races
Thu, Nov 9th, 2023
Quinn Scanlon will travel to Italy and will take part in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final. He will be with the team the whole week through testing, practice, qualifying, and the actual races on Nov. 18 and 19.
Meet the Students - Benjamin Rivera
Mon, Aug 21st, 2023
“In the shop we take what we learn in the classroom and put it all together. We get customer cars, diagnose them, figure out what is wrong, and return to the customers. Lots of live experience.”
Benjamin Rivera
Meet the Students - Mikal Smith
Mon, Jul 24th, 2023
We have lectures and go through the basics, and we talk through everything that we will experience in the real world. Getting hands-on you learn more, experience it, and you know exactly what is going to happen. When I go into the industry, I will already have done it.”
Mikal Smith