School of Arts and Sciences

Baseball Team Assists with Stream Clean Up

The Alfred State baseball spent their last free Saturday of the spring season to assist in the cleanup of Orebed Creek in the Wellsville/Shongo area. The Orebed Creek is a tributary to the Genesee River. Read Article

Hinkle Library to Host Exhibit by Maria Rhone

The Hinkle Memorial Library on the Alfred State campus will host a watercolor and oil paintings exhibit by Maria Rhone, Belfast, an art teacher, K-6, at Belfast Central School, March 28 through the month of April. All are welcome. Read Article

Students Receive Scholarships to Attend NAPFA Northeast Region Symposium

As part of the Alfred State financial planning outreach program in which students receive exposure to "real world" financial planning practitioners, four students attended the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) Northeast Symposium, held at the Hilton Newark, on March 7 and 8. Read Article

Students Place 4th at Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition

Alfred State placed fourth out of 12 teams at the 2012 Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition at Northeastern University, Boston, MA. This is a remarkable achievement given the level of competition from teams sponsored by major northeastern universities and given almost all of the other teams had graduate student members. Read Article

The Mousetrap Tickets For Sale

Contact Student Activities by phone: (607) 587-4075 or e-mail: piercebb@alfredstate.edu to order tickets for any of the performances. Come see this classic murder mystery, and you will understand why it has been showing for 60 consecutive years. Read Article

NAFTC Publishes Alfred State Hybrid Vehicle Article

National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium (NAFTC) recently published an article, "Alfred State Automotive Students Prepare to Race Hybrid Vehicles." The article mentions Automotive Trades students' involvement in the 2012 Green Grand Prix, slated for April 20-21 in Watkins Glen, NY, and racing during Speed Week beginning Aug. 11 at the Bonneville, Utah, Salt Flats. Read Article

Home School Science Day

Department of Physical and Health Sciences, recently hosted approximately 90 home schooled children from the Alfred, Almond, and Wellsville areas for Home School Science Day. Read Article

March 20 New Horizons Forum to Feature Leon Buckwalter

Alfred State’s March 20 New Horizons Forum will feature , assistant professor, Building Trades, presenting an account of his work on an international team to re-create sections of the 17th century Gwozdziec Synagogue in Poland during the summer of 2011. The presentation will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20 in room 215 of the Engineering Technology (SET) building on the Alfred campus. Read Article

Buckwalter Takes Honors Program Members on Tour of Astrakhan, Russia

SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor Honors Program members on a tour of the city of Astrakhan, in southern Russia, on March 8, without ever leaving Alfred. Read Article

Peavey Presents to NODA

Spencer Peavey, director of Student Activities and Orientation at Alfred State, presented “Making IT Happen, Encouraging Student Connections and Civic Engagement” to the attendees of the National Orientation Directors Association in Burlington, VT. Peavey highlighted the steps that Alfred State has taken to incorporate leadership through Civic Engagement in its Orientation and transition programs. Read Article