Williams Chosen for Freshman Advocate of the Year Award

Alfred State College
honored more than 250 students for their academic success and honored
distinguished faculty members for excellence and commitment at its annual
Honors Convocation.  Chosen this year for the Freshman Advocate of the
Year Award, presented at the ceremony, and sponsored by the Division of Student
Affairs, was Dr. John C. Williams, of Alfred, associate professor and chair,
Mechanical Engineering Department. The award is presented to the employee at
Alfred State College who had a most positive influence on a student's freshman
year at the College.

Williams was noted as a
faculty member to whom students turn for assistance, whether it is in regard to
an academic concern or a personal problem.

The nomination read, in part: "I was privileged enough to have Professor
Williams [during my] first semester and I was overly impressed by his positive
teaching attitude and his enthusiasm in the classroom.....His willingness to
provide extra help to students in need is genuine. He knows his students by
their first names. I feel that having him for a professor first semester got me
off on the right foot and in the right direction so that I could enjoy my
studies at Alfred State College."

Presentation of the
award was made by Dr. Steven J. Tyrell, vice president for student
affairs.