TRANSITIONS FALL 2014 Alumni Magazine Transitions Is Available Online at [CONTENTS]

Fall 2014 NEWS FOR ALFRED STATE ALUMNI, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS TRANSITIONS Project-based Published by the division of Enrollment Management, learning is a Marketing Communications, and the Alfred State Alumni Council cornerstone of our culture. When Senior Director of Marketing Communications Debra Root students work on real-world problems, Editor Jeff Cole they learn how to think, not what to Contributing Writer Paul Welker, Sports Information Director think. As a result, Alfred State has a Designer Molly Andrus 99% employment and transfer rate. Student Photographers Lucas Bayus, Timothy Morgan, Alisha Jenney Web/Social Media Publisher Stephanie Hoyer Office Manager Kathleen Bayus SEND editoriaL SUBMISSIONS to: Marketing Communications Office, Alfred State, 10 Upper College Drive, Alfred, NY 14802. Or, email submission to [email protected] attn: “Transitions editorial”. To make corrections to your name and/or mailing address, please go to the Alumni page of the college’s website – www.alfredstate.edu. To be removed from our mailing list, email [email protected], and include “Transitions” in the subject line. ALFRED State ALUMNI COUNCIL MEMBERS Michael Murray, Chair, ’78 David Post, ’85/’83 The Mission of the Alfred State All programs and services of Wren Keber, Vice Chair & Secretary, ’06 Roxana Sammons, ’08 Alumni Council is to enhance the college are administered Michael Burke, attended ’87 Teresa Sexton, ’87 without discrimination on the Valerie Daciw, ’92 William Snyder, ’01 the engagement of the college’s basis of age, sex, marital or Kandi Geibel, ’92 Matthew Speed, ’09 alumni for their enjoyment military status, race, color, Carol Herbst, ’85 Valerie Tober, ’99 through programs and services creed, religion, national origin, Amanda Herrick, ’06 Daniel Waldorf, ’91 disability, or sexual orientation. Aaron Horning, ’10 JoAnne White, ’94 which build relationships and This policy of nondiscrimination Robert Livingston, ’56 Bonita Woodring, ’68 to support the institution’s extends to admission, financial aid, housing, counseling, James Locker, ’66 Colleen Argentieri, Director of Alumni Relations, ’85 efforts in student recruitment, Christine Loperfido, ’72 Dr. Skip Sullivan, President, Alfred State educational programs, athletic career placement, and friend/ activities, and placement as well fundraising. as to all aspects of employment. [2] TRANSITIONS FALL 2014 alumni magazine Transitions is available online at www.issuu.com/alfredstatecollege [CONTENTS] [16] [06] [20] [12] 12 Homecoming/Family Weekend 14 School of Architecture, Management, and Engineering Technology Students participated in the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Baja competition, held from April 24-27 at the University of Texas at El Paso. 16 School of Applied Technology A $5 million Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing Center is coming to the Wellsville campus. 17 School of Arts and Sciences High school students applying for the associate-degree program in nursing who meet all established entrance requirements will be offered acceptance through a new 1+2+1 format. [26] 18 College News 20 Development News FeatURES [THEN AND now] 06 An enduring and endearing presence 24 Alumni News For years, former first lady of Alfred State Mary Huntington has donated her time and energy to the college and the surrounding area. 26 Athletic News 08 From the ground up 28 Achievers Alfred State alumnus Al Styrcula went from driving trucks and washing bottles at Foodcraft Inc. to becoming head of the company. 30 Class Notes 10 Inauguration Dr. Irby “Skip” Sullivan was inaugurated as the 12th president of Alfred State in October. www.alfredstate.edu TRANSITIONS FALL 2014 [3] [IT matters] eal N Chuck Barb Pierce Erica Brundage Michelle Margeson Hinkle Library Student Engagement Associate VP for Cleaner, Huntington Secretary Secretary Academic Affairs Administration Bldg. Jim Grillo Glen Cline Sean Haggerty Joe Richardson Joe Assistant Professor, Director of SUNY Distinguished Professor and Chair, Automotive Trades Procurement Teaching Professor, Building Trades Dept. Dept. Business Dept. Don Carl Mike Cobb Mike Diane Winans ikkie Hockenberry N Payroll Examiner II Facilities Services Lecturer and Equity, Inclusion, Green Thumber Chair, Social and Title IX Interim Behavioral Sciences Coordinator Dept. Rhema Fuller Danielle Bond Melinda Rounds University Police Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Officer I Mechanical Business Dept. and Electrical Engineering Technology Dept. [4] TRANSITIONS FALL 2014 alumni magazine [IT matters] I want to thank all of you for making my first semester as president a very welcoming one, as well as a productive one. My wife and Ed Burns I have been embraced by the college community in a way that exemplifies why Alfred State is great and also why I am personally Rick McDaniel excited to be part of the Alfred State family. I want to tell you in very simple terms that it matters what we Bus Garage SUNY Distinguished do here at Alfred State. As I speak with alums across the United Mechanic Teaching Professor, States, I am learning “it” is all about the Alfred State “experience.” Mathematics and Believe me, “it” is the sum of the whole. The “it” that folks talk Physics Dept. about is an experience that is enhanced by our distinctives. On this page, you will see just some of the faculty and staff who continue to help make “it” the best experience possible. As you read through the pages of this edition of Transitions, you will learn how an Alfred State education mattered to Al Styrcula, Jeff Stevens Jeff Marie Wilson who through the knowledge and hands-on experience he gained while as a student at the college, was able to become CEO of a successful company. You will also read about why Alfred State matters to Mary Huntington, a former first lady of the college who Hinkle Library Clerk I Associate Professor and Chair, Electrical has been deeply involved with the institution since 1964. Trades Dept. I want you to be proud of Alfred State. It matters that we are student-centered. It matters that you take pride in who you are. It matters that you are an example. Attitude matters. H.G. Wells said, “What really matters is what you do with what you have.” iki Young N Mike Case Mike As we view our part, kindness matters, integrity matters, civility matters, courtesy matters, civic engagement matters, sustainability matters, leadership development matters, project-based learning matters, good health matters, student success matters, and I could go on and on. Director, Technology Student Records & Services Financial Services We are defined by our families, our relationships, our faith, and Calculations Clerk I many things, but we are also defined by our life’s work. It is not to be minimized. It is also about your experience at Alfred State. I couldn’t be more proud of the Alfred State family. It matters to me to be a part of this family. Ed Tezak Dr. Skip Sullivan, President Elaine Morsman b/AlfredStateCollege Watch the faculty and staff It Matters video, on our YouTube channel. Director, Career SUNY Distinguished Development Service Professor and Chair, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Technology Dept. www.alfredstate.edu TRANSITIONS FALL 2014 [5] [IT matters] ou may have seen her at an Alfred State sporting event, at Commencement, or exercising at the Orvis Strength and Conditioning Center. MARY HUntington HAS HAD A strong PRESENCE at ALFRED State AND THE NEARBY COMMUNITY SINCE 1964, when she became first lady of the college after her husband, David, took over as the school’s seventh president. David Huntington, for whom the Huntington Administration Building on the Alfred campus is named, served as head of the college until 1986. “Alfred State really means a lot to me because David was president for quite a long time and we did a lot of things for the college,” Huntington said. Born in a small town in eastern New York State called West Hebron, Huntington graduated high school at Washington Academy in Salem, NY. She went on to attend the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oneonta, where she graduated in 1946 with a Bachelor of An Enduring & Endearing Education degree. After college, Huntington taught fourth grade in Pine Bush, NY, where she connected with a certain high school teacher. “That’s where I met Dave,” she said. The couple married in 1949 and had two children, Debra and Scot. After leaving Pine Bush, Huntington taught second grade in Ithaca, NY, then kindergarten and sixth grade in Maine. Presence When her husband became president of Alfred State in 1964, Huntington said, her children were very young. “One was five and the other was nine, so I had to draw lines sometimes to make sure that I gave attention to them as well as to the college,” she said, “and you’re really busy.” [6] TRANSITIONS FALL 2014 alumni magazine [IT matters] That same year, Huntington became an here, I grew to like it, and after he passed honorary president of the Alfred State on I thought, ‘Well I’ll just give my time College Association of Women. Known as and whatever I can,’” she said. “One of the the Alfred State Faculty Wives from 1963 things is, I go to events, just to make a until 1979, the group participated in presence, because I enjoy what the numerous service projects and held many college has.” fundraisers, which collected scholarship funds for students in need, older returning Her involvement extends beyond the students, and women. boundaries of Alfred State, too. “It was about $20,000 that we had Huntington is a board member of multiple raised for scholarships and then when non-profit organizations, including Habitat David and Mary Huntington we disbanded in the ‘90s, the money we for Humanity, which builds affordable had left over, we gave to the Development houses in partnership with those who Fund,” Huntington said. lack adequate shelter, and the Bethesda “I’m physically active,” she said.

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