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Alfred State hosts 2024 Skills USA Postsecondary Championship

“We had a great day of competition and I look forward to seeing our New York State team compete at Nationals,” 

NYS SkillsUSA College Postsecondary director Craig R Clark, PhD.

Alfred State College (ASC) hosted the 2024 SkillsUSA New York State Leadership and Skills Conference Postsecondary Championship, and ten students earned the right to compete at Nationals with their performance. The event, held on ASC’s Wellsville campus, featured forty students competing in one of the nation’s most prestigious showcases of career and technical aptitude.

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New Recording Studio opened in Student Leadership Center

“We are proud to provide a high-quality Recording Studio space for our students to be creative. This gives our office the ability to be intentional about hands-on learning in our students’ co-curricular experience."

Director of Student Engagement Dennis Dueño

Alfred State celebrated the official opening of a new Recording Studio for students to produce music or podcasts. The studio adds to the various media creation tools offered to students on campus.

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PionEar earns third place in the 4th annual AHA! Allegany County Startup Collegiate Competition

PionEar earned third place in the 4th annual AHA! Allegany County Startup Collegiate Competition. A trio of sport management students, Nick Valentino (Tonawanda, NY), David Harrell (New York, NY), and Evan French (Rochester, NY) won a $1,000 prize.

PionEar earned third place in the 4th annual AHA! Allegany County Startup Collegiate Competition. A trio of sport management students, Nick Valentino (Tonawanda, NY), David Harrell (New York, NY), and Evan French (Rochester, NY) won a $1,000 prize.

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Spring into Action weeks begins Saturday

“We have some very motivated student leaders and supportive faculty and staff that help to make these events possible. The opportunities to give have been created and it is my hope that our campus community gets involved in these initiatives, ensuring that all of these Spring into Action efforts are a success.”

Cyan Corwine

Director of Global Engagement and Civic Wellbeing

The Alfred State community is excited to take part in numerous service activities as the college begins Spring into Action week. Events begin on Saturday, April 6 and run until Sunday, April 14.

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Educational Foundation of Alfred, Inc. continues scholarship assistance

“I was pretty set on coming to Alfred State, but the scholarship really helped me make the decision. My experiences here have been nice thus far, I like it here. I definitely made the right choice.”

Mackenzie Dupra 

The Educational Foundation of Alfred, Inc. continues to partner with Alfred State students to contribute to their success at Alfred State College (ASC).  The foundation supports ASC with many different forms of support, including providing much-needed scholarship assistance.

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Kellogg authors new book in Barry Baskerville series

Dr. Richard Kellogg, professor emeritus of psychology at Alfred State College, has authored his ninth book in a series of mystery stories for children entitled “Barry Baskerville and the Stolen Car.”

Dr. Richard Kellogg, professor emeritus of psychology at Alfred State College, has authored his ninth book in a series of mystery stories for children entitled “Barry Baskerville and the Stolen Car.”

As in previous adventures, young Barry admires Sherlock Holmes and has dreams of becoming a famous detective. He wears a deerstalker hat and searches for clues with a magnifying glass. Barry likes to confound his teachers and classmates by barraging them with riddles and logic problems.

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ACES partners with Restaurant Technologies to recycle cooking oil

“It is great to partner with Restaurant Technologies to not only eliminate the waste but set up a new system that mitigates the impact of Alfred’s carbon footprint.”

Jonna Anne

Executive Director of ACES 

Auxiliary Campus Enterprises and Services (ACES) has partnered with Restaurant Technologies on a new cooking oil recycling program at three Alfred State’s dining venues.

Restaurant Technologies delivers fresh clean oil at the same time as picking up the used cooking oil to eliminate double trucks on campus. It also provides a safe way for ACES employees to handle cooking oil both fresh and used.

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Pioneer PROfiles - Christian Castellanos

“I have been fortunate to do a partnership with the Buffalo Bills the past couple of years. It has been a once in a lifetime experience working in their guest services system. We have also travel to Pittsburgh and toured facilities and done some networking.”

A love of sports and a desire to stay connected to competition drew Christian Castellanos (Greenwood Lake, NY) to the sport management program at Alfred State. 

“I played sports for over ten years, and I wanted to go further and see what the business side of sport was.”

Watch Christian's Pioneer PROfile video

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LaBrozzi named VP for Finance and Administration at ASC

"I was looking for a place to plant my roots and found it at ASC. My initial interactions with the faculty and staff were very positive and welcoming. I got the immediate sense that people at ASC care about the campus and the Alfred community, and love to work there.  It will be a privilege to work and serve with the exceptional leadership team, faculty, staff, and students."

Ryan LaBrozzi

After a national search, Alfred State College (ASC) has named Ryan LaBrozzi the Vice President for Finance and Administration. He begins his new duties on April 8. 

LaBrozzi comes to Alfred State as the college is experiencing record-breaking positive trends. While enrollment difficulties have impacted many colleges and universities nationwide, enrollment and the financial outlook at ASC is strong. 

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Alfred State launches new Parent & Family Connections portal

“We are excited to offer this service to our Pioneer parents and families. It was great to partner with an industry leader to develop a platform that allows families to support their student, no matter how far away from home they are.”

Vice President for Enrollment Management Kishan Zuber.

Alfred State College (ASC) has partnered with CampusESP to design a new web tool that allows parents and family to stay connected to their student. The ASC Parent & Family Connections portal was launched last week.

“We are excited to offer this service to our Pioneer parents and families,” commented Vice President for Enrollment Management Kishan Zuber. “It was great to partner with an industry leader to develop a platform that allows families to support their student, no matter how far away from home they are.”

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