School of Arts and Sciences

New Student Convocation at ASC

Alfred State College faculty and staff welcomed this year's incoming freshman class of 1,400 students during the 15th annual New Student Convocation. This year's speakers were Jim J. Grillo, SUNY distinguished teaching professor, ASC Business Technology Department; and Adam Nash, Barneveld, ASC Student Senate president. Read Article

Moving-In Day at ASC

Moving-in day at Alfred State College saw hundreds of families like the one pictured here hauling their students' belongings to campus to begin the new academic year. Read Article

ASC President Convenes Meeting with Volunteer Boards

Alfred State College President Dr. John M. Anderson recently convened a meeting of all the volunteer boards that serve the institution. This first-ever gathering of its type served to acquaint new board members (and experienced ones) with the goals and responsibilities of the other volunteer boards. Read Article

Alfred State College Gets Greener: Trayless Dining Debuts

Students at Alfred State College will join the trayless revolution when they return to school this fall. Dining services organizations across the county are removing trays from dining halls in order to reduce food waste and save both water and electricity. Read Article

Holzer Donates $20,000 to his Alma Mater

Donald Holzer, Murfreesboro, TN, Alfred State College class of 1956 (plant and soil science), recently donated $20,000 to his alma mater to help modernize the soils laboratory and provide students with more practical, hands-on techniques to evaluate soil properties and enhance soil quality. Read Article

Greek Organizations

When you think of college fraternities, do scenes from the movie Animal House come to mind? For 30 years, America's view of fraternities (and in some cases, sororities) has been influenced by the toga-wearing, hard-drinking, food-fighting brothers of Delta House. Read Article

ASC to Host Chinese Students

Alfred State College is one of 22 participating SUNY schools which will host a total of 150 Chinese students whose homes in Sichuan province were devastated by an earthquake in May. Read Article

Rusted Root to Perform at Alfred State College

Alfred State College is ready to rock into its second century by presenting a Rusted Root concert as part of Homecoming/Family Weekend, Friday, Sept. 12, at 8 p.m. in the Orvis Activities Center. Read Article

Mary Anne Blum Condon Returns to Alfred State College

Mary Anne Blum Condon, Hornell, former associate professor of nursing at Alfred State College, will return to campus Aug. 7, 2008, in a new role: she will work half-time in the President's Office serving as government relations coordinator and half-time as director of the BSN Program in the Nursing Department. She will sit on the president's cabinet. Read Article

15th Annual New Student Convocation at ASC

The 15th annual Convocation for New Students at Alfred State College is slated for Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008, at 10 a.m. in the Orvis gymnasium celebrating the start of the new academic year. Read Article