At a glance
The Alfred State New Horizons Forum continues its 2014 season with two November events. “A Conversation with Alfred State Student Veterans” will be offered on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, at 5 p.m. in the Student Leadership Center, room 310 (Small Events Space). “The Solar Link Project: An Adventure in Interdisciplinary” will be offered on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, at 5:30 p.m. in the School of Engineering Technology, room 215. Both events will start with light refreshments at 5 p.m. and are open, free of charge, to the Alfred State community, Alfred University, and the area public.
The Alfred State New Horizons Forum continues its 2014 season with two November events. “A Conversation with Alfred State Student Veterans” will be offered on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, at 5 p.m. in the Student Leadership Center, room 310 (Small Events Space). “The Solar Link Project: An Adventure in Interdisciplinary” will be offered on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, at 5:30 p.m. in the School of Engineering Technology, room 215. Both events will start with light refreshments at 5 p.m. and are open, free of charge, to the Alfred State community, Alfred University, and the area public.
The conversation with Alfred State student veterans will honor Alfred University Professor Emeritus and local businessman Wally Higgins. Professor Higgins is a World War II veteran and member of the fabled Tuskegee Airmen.
The session will open with brief five minute reflections by students, faculty, and administration veterans and supporters. The forum will then turn to an open mike session and discussion targeting the college’s efforts to serve veterans. Participants will be invited to comment on issues confronting student veterans and how well the college is meeting the challenges faced by this highly valued student population.
Those who have agreed to speak include U.S. Marine Vietnam veteran and SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor, Business Department, James Grillo; U.S. Army Iraq veteran and Alfred State Controller, Joseph Greenthal; and Distinguished Teaching Professor of English, Dr. Aniko Constantine.
The “Conversation” will be moderated by Forum Director Army Security Agency veteran and SUNY Distinguished Service Professor of English, Emeritus Joseph Flynn, who notes the event format should produce a highly interactive discussion with the audience participants.
The following Tuesday New Horizons Forum will celebrate “The Solar Link Project”, a highly innovative academic collaboration which brings together Alfred State students and faculty representing a variety of campus departments and programs. This remarkable effort, whose potential uses solar energy to produce safe drinking water for indigent populations worldwide, represents the expanding implementation of Alfred State’s vision of technology and people in service to humanity. Speaking on behalf of this ongoing effort, information technology major and Buffalo native, Sarah Jastrzab, and computer engineering technology major and Hornell native, Lawrence Fink, have noted that participants come from across the Alfred campus and are drawn from the academic Schools of Architecture, Management, and Engineering Technology, Arts and Sciences, and Applied Technology. The Solar Link Project also extends to area corporations and professionals.
In his initial invitation to students and faculty members of the Solar Link Team forum, Flynn noted, “Your collaborative undertaking contains the essential ingredients of the way local multidisciplinary approaches can be used to address contemporary global problems, a central theme and showcasing goal of the New Horizons Forum.”
The New Horizons Forum, sponsored by the School of Arts and Sciences, showcases current scholarly, creative, and public service work by faculty, students, professional staff, and invited guests. It is guided by a campus-wide team of advisers whose goal is to enrich the intellectual life of the institution.
The New Horizons Forum - Real People. Face to Face. Working for Real Results.