School of Arts and Sciences

Buranich Wins WNY Nursery and Landscape Assoc Scholarship

Alfred State College ornamental horticulture-landscape development student Matthew Buranich, Orchard Park, was awarded a scholarship by the Western New York Nursery and Landscape Association. Read Article

Lancscape Students Help ASC Grounds Crew

Alfred State College ornamental horticulture-landscape design students put their skills to work helping the college grounds crew keep up with the beautification of Alfred State Campus. Read Article

Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show

In a prime example of education partnering with industry, Alfred State College students and faculty will join Dresser-Rand employees, high school technology teachers, and BOCES instructors, for a Dresser-Rand-sponsored trip to the Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show (CMTS). Read Article

Sarah Johnston (NYS Dept of Ag Mkts) Visits Campus

Alfred State College is hosting NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets Organic Agriculture Specialist Sarah Johnston on Monday, Oct. 1, for a full day of conversation and dialogue on the needs of organic farmers in New York State and what role Alfred State's new Center for Organic and Sustainable Agriculture can play, now and in the future, at a WNY Organic Agriculture Roundtable. NYS Sen. Catharine Young is expected to attend. Read Article

Alfred State College Student Takes Third in National Competition

Five members of the Alfred State College NYS College/Post-secondary Skills USA delegation placed in the top 10 at the National SkillsUSA Championship in Kansas City, MO, in late summer. Cristian Cruz, East Amherst, who took first place in the state then continued on to Nationals, was awarded a bronze medal for third place in the nation in masonry. Read Article

ASC Vivarium

The vivarium at Alfred State College houses a variety of "exotic" animals to aid in instruction in the veterinary technology program. Read Article

ASC Children's Festival

Alfred State College will host its third Children's Festival on Saturday, Oct. 6, on West University Street in downtown Alfred from 12 noon-5 p.m.  Read Article

ACES Reopens Central Dining Hall Serving Line

The third week of classes began to feel a whole lot more like normal for Alfred State students and the ACES team as one of the dining hall serving lines opened for the first time since last spring's kitchen fire. Read Article

Bake Sale Fall 2007

Students enrolled in the bakery, production and management program of the Culinary Arts Department at Alfred State College's School of Applied Technology Campus, Wellsville, will hold their annual community bake sale Friday, Oct. 5 AND Saturday, Oct. 6, in the Culinary Arts Building parking lot, Wellsville, from 8 a.m.- 1 p.m. and 11 a.m.-2 p.m., respectively. Read Article

Pay it Forward (JT Robertson)

Alfred State College nursing students welcomed Jon Thomas (JT) Robertson, 11, of Cuba, to one of their classes early in the fall semester to help them kick off the caring project in nursing. The caring project is an outgrowth of the "pay it forward" concept (from the movie by the same name) which promotes the practice of helping others, while expecting nothing in return. Read Article