About 800 Alfred
State students attended the annual activities carnival on the eve of the first
day of classes. Students took a chance
at Putt Luck, Pot-O-Luck, Spindrift, and Krazy Rail among other games of skill.
Alfred State College President Dr. John M. Anderson, ASC Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Steven J.
Tyrell, and Dr. Shaojie Jiang, ASC director, International Education, welcomed Lin Zhongdong and Ma Xiaochuan to the college as they
begin their year-long stay as part of SUNY's (State University of New York)
China 150 program, which has welcomed 150 Chinese students to 22 SUNY schools,
Alfred State College faculty and staff gathered for
breakfast recently to hear President John Anderson's opening remarks.
Anderson kicked off the academic year by updating new and returning faculty on
the state of the college as well as spotlighting the college's strategic plan
to guide the campus community through the next five years.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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 more »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.
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