Spring 2013

NEWS FOR ALFRED STATE ALUMNI, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS

Honoring Tradition

Embracing Innovation

A College in Transition Alfred State Alumni Council Members David Post, Chair, ’83/’85 Alumni Council Valerie Tober, Vice Chair and Secretary, ’99 Michael Burke, Attended 1987 Chair’s Message Kandi Geibel, ’92 Carol Herbst, ’85 Aaron Horning, ’10 Wren Keber, ’06 Robert Livingston, ’56 Christine Loperfido, ’72 Marjorie Morgan, ’80 Greetings Alumni! Upcoming Michael Murray, ’78 Events Roxana Sammons, ’08 As an alumnus, I am proud of Alfred State for many reasons. Teresa Sexton, ’87 The college continues to expand both the associate and William Snyder, ’01 Sustainability Matthew Speed, ’09 baccalaureate program offerings while providing a top- Conference JoAnne White, ’94 notch education. Students receive project-based learning June 6-8 Bonita Woodring, ’68 opportunities with worldwide experiences. Not only does Sustainability Colleen Argentieri, Director of Alumni Relations, ’85 project-based learning create new relationships for students Innovations in Valerie B. Nixon, Interim President, Alfred State outside the college and the country, but they learn how to Technical Education deal with real life, and many times devastating situations. to Advance Sustainability: Stay Connected Project-based learning allows the faculty to provide Student Leadership excellence in teaching while students learn hands on, a Alfred State News RSS feeds instilling and promoting high standards and morality, all while www.alfredstate.edu/news/all/feed giving back to a community in need. Buffalo Bisons Baseball Game d Alfred State Facebook Fan Page Buffalo Bisons vs. www.facebook.com/AlfredStateCollege As Alfred State serves the needs of its students and Toledo Tigers at community, it too serves the needs of its alumni. Together Coca-Cola Field e Follow Alfred State on Twitter with the Alumni Council members, we continue to strive to Sunday, July 21 www.twitter.com/AlfredState listen to our alumni, reconnect by offering alumni and family Game time 1 p.m. Party Deck b Alfred State’s YouTube Channel events, affording the opportunity to return to the college for www.youtube.com/AlfredStateCollege various lectures, programs, Homecoming/Family Weekend, and sending the Transitions alumni magazine to all, providing Rochester Red z Alfred State’s Photostream updates on the many exciting activities and projects taking Wings Baseball www.flickr.com/alfredstatecollege/collections place at the college. As the Alumni Council Chair, I am also Game Alfred State’s Publications Library proud to give back to Alfred State by serving on the Alumni Rochester Red www.issuu.com/alfredstatecollege Council. It is the Alumni Council’s mission to ensure that Wings vs. Louisville alumni are well represented and listened to as we support Bats at Frontier Field Sunday, Aug. 18 the growth of the college. The Alumni Council invests in our Game time 6 p.m. students, the faculty, and the staff. You can too by investing Hardball Café Contents in Alfred State, the programs, and construction on both the Wellsville and Alfred campuses. Alfred State continues to Homecoming/ A College in Transition...... 4 promote a healthy, positive environment and experience for Family all our students and for our future alumni! I encourage you College News ...... 12 to return to the college or to attend one of our alumni events Weekend Sept. 26-29 Achievers...... 14 so you can see for yourself the tremendous opportunities the college offers our students and the many exciting activities 102nd Commencement...... 16 and projects taking place. Southern Tier Alumni School of Applied Technology...... 18 Again, I am proud to be an alumnus, pleased to serve on Reception your behalf, and I am delighted see the continued growth at at Corning Museum School of Arts and Sciences...... 19 Alfred State! of Glass with glass blowing School of Architecture, Oct. 2013 Management and Engineering Regards, Technology...... 20 Alfred State & Alumni Alfred State “Giving their Best” - Athletic News...... 22 Open House David Post, ’83/’85 Instilling high standards, Oct. 20, 8:30 a.m. Chair, Alumni Council College Development...... 23 excellence, and Nov. 9, 8:30 a.m. Alumni News...... 26 relationship building in the communities we serve… Milestones...... 30 2 Dear Friends of the College

Welcome to the spring 2013 issue of Transitions! As you may have noticed from the cover, our focus this time is on transitions and changes. Colleges all across the country are working to adapt or respond to shifts in financial, cultural, and technological aspects of college life, looking to serve the needs of students while making college a more rewarding and affordable experience. For some institutions, change is difficult, even resisted.

Not so at Alfred State. Change is essential. We embrace it and run with it. Innovation is part of who we are, and adapting to changing times is in our blood.

Our programs reflect it. From Semester in the South to study abroad in Sorrento, Italy, students learn to assess the situation and respond accordingly, giving them hands-on training and adaptability skills. When there’s a natural disaster, like that of Super Storm Sandy, our students are ready to help and help lead the rebuilding. On-campus programs cover everything from planning the construction of homes to converting gas-powered vehicles to electric. As our programs adapt; so do our campuses, from the addition of the Zero Energy Demonstration Home at the Wellsville campus to our one-of-a-kind Student Leadership Center on the Alfred campus. We are even taking our changing skills across the globe to compete with students and campuses from around the world at the Solar Decathlon China 2013, demonstrating how Alfred State students use cutting-edge technology in an ever-advancing world.

Our move into the exploratory phase of NCAA Division III means that more change is on the horizon, but the kind that will increase our visibility, challenge The 2013 study abroad class in Sorrento, Italy, with faculty our athletes, and allow us to share the Alfred State and Interim President Valerie B. Nixon (far right). experience with students for longer periods of time. We’re ready to expand our offerings and refine our programs so as to offer the hands-on learning we’re known for to new audiences.

We’ve never deviated from meeting challenges head- on, even as we have evolved from Alfred Ag. Tech., to Alfred State College, now to Alfred State. Our name Alfred State and programs may shift or develop, but one thing stays the same: our ability to enable graduates to “hit the has an online ground running” and take their knowledge and skills wherever they dream of going. bachelor degree canget you Thank you,

www.alfredstate.edu/tech-mgmt program for YOU. 2 Valerie B. Nixon Read about our technology management (BBA) on page six. Interim President 3 Pioneers Moving to NCAA

The National Collegiate NCAA DIII competition III is a necessary Athletic Association starting in the 2013- transformation for (NCAA) Division III 14 school year. Alfred State and Management Council Alfred State athletics,” has announced that Director of Athletics he noted. “This is a Alfred State has Dr. Daryl Arroyo is positive step in Alfred been accepted as a excited with the NCAA State’s growth as we provisional member, announcement. “The provide a four-year moving the college into move to NCAA Division intercollegiate athletic experience to our student community.”

The biggest change with this move is that student-athletes will be able to wear blue and gold for four years – a significant benefit in the eyes of the department. “Our student-athletes and coaches are looking forward to the opportunity to train together for four years,” Arroyo remarked. “We expect that this increased training time will enhance team cohesion, success, learning, and leadership development.”

1908 The NYS School 1941 1911 Name changed again to New York of Agriculture at Enrollment at 122 students Alfred is instituted. State Agricultural and Technical (30 women, 92 men). Institute, or Alfred Ag. Tech.

1936 Institutional name is changed to The Alfred Agricultural 1909-10 and Technical The 230-acre farm is Institute. purchased and a dairy barn and milk house built.

Name Changes Athletics Construction Academics Enrollment Activities 4 Schedules for the Alfred State currently 2013-2014 school offers 18 intercollegiate year are being created, athletic teams: with a majority of the baseball, men’s and competition comprised women’s basketball, of four-year institutions. men’s and women’s cross country, football, The provisional men’s lacrosse, men’s membership period is a and women’s soccer, four-year process that softball, men’s and fully integrates Alfred women’s swimming, State into the NCAA. men’s and women’s During the process, indoor and outdoor Alfred State will track & field, volleyball, compete versus NCAA and wrestling. competition but will not be eligible to compete in NCAA postseason. The college is also in the process of joining several other athletic associations, including the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference and the United States Collegiate Athletic Association, which will immediately provide postseason and national accolades for Pioneer athletes.

1946 Additional dorm space is built: Wood Hall, Dobson House, Kezia and MacKenzie Hall.

1947 The first Homecoming 1952 Fall Festival is held from 1948 The first Ag. Tech. Oct. 30 through Nov. 2. The New York State Legislature varsity basketball team 1946 established the State University is established. Enrollment at 1,600 students of New York system (SUNY), and adds Alfred Ag. Tech.

1948 Freshmen are required to complete a two- course sequence of English I and English II. 5 Alfred State onlinecampus

Technology Court and Realtime Health Information opportunities exist Sharpening Management (BBA) Reporting (AAS) Technology (AAS) for RHITs in any This popular program Approved by the This online program organization that our Focus is now online. This is a National Court provides career-focused uses patient data or on Online 2+2 online bachelor’s Reporters Association, education to produce health information. program students with students are prepared job-and transfer- In addition, with Degree a technical or two-year for careers as official, ready graduates experience, the associate’s degree freelance, realtime able to perform the RHIT credential Programs can leverage their reporters, and functions of entry-level holds solid potential educational foundation captioners. Jobs are health information for advancement This approach is to earn an advanced available for competent technicians. Graduates to management designed for those who degree quickly and court reporters to work are eligible to take the positions, especially are currently working conveniently. Students in all fields of reporting, national certification if it is combined and seeking a change can customize their including realtime and examination to become with a bachelor’s in career, single education by choosing closed captioning for a Registered Health degree. Alfred State parents, or individuals from an array of the hearing impaired. Information Technician health information who cannot attend upper-division courses (RHIT). Since 2000, technology graduates college campus. designed to give them The online offering this program has had a may enter directly the management, makes it possible 100% pass rate for the into the technology administrative, and for students who RHIT exam. Graduates management BBA technological expertise transfer in credit or are also eligible to take degree program. needed to run a small attend other colleges the Certified Coding business, manage a to earn their degree Specialist and Certified According to the US Get further business or division, from Alfred State. The Professional Coder Department of Labor, and succeed in today’s online approach still exams. RHITs can look forward ahead in highly competitive requires two years to expanding career your career! marketplace. of course work and Although most RHITs opportunities in health does not change work in hospitals, information technology If you have an associate any of the standards many are employed through 2014. degree in a technical or professional area, you reflected in graduation in a variety of other can earn a Bachelor of requirements for all healthcare settings. Business Administration in students. In fact, employment technology management canget you online. 2www.alfredstate.edu/tech-mgmt 1964 Name changed to State University of New 1965 1960 York Agricultural and Technical College at Nelson A. Rockefeller International students from Canada, Iran, Alfred, shortened to Alfred State College. Pakistan, Republic of Guinea, Kenya, and visits the campus in Kuwait arrive on campus. February.

1965 1953-1961 The Student Association purchases a 30-acre hill and builds a Several construction projects completed during this time: slope. Happy Valley opens the following year and runs until 1981. • Industrial Laboratory Building • The Farm Power Machinery Building • North Hall • The Floriculture Center • The eight-lane bowling alley • Health Center • Three men’s and women’s dorms • Student Center • Main Dining Hall 6 Alfred State is Launched its first MOOC

college student (those who are decreasing Transforming How We Teach in number due to a plummeting high Dr. Jayne Swanson, associate vice president school graduation rate for academic affairs, traveled to Seattle, WA, across the country). last year to learn about a new pedagogy of An “adult learner” instruction that is helping educators balance can be defined as a content and context to meet the needs of new One thousand people have signed up for Alfred State’s “working professional” learners. Swanson is now leading an effort at first MOOC course, Project Management for Business who is trying to stay Alfred State to bring this innovative technology Professionals, taught by Peter von Stackelberg. competitive by taking a into the classroom through a pilot team of 12 Alfred State instructors using “clickers,” or small MOOCs – or Massive Who enrolls? course to sharpen their skills; or he or she is a hand-held devices that enable students to Open Online Courses – MOOCs are for register responses with a single click. Instructors are free, college-level everyone but are “job seeker” searching for employment, present and test in a way that poses questions courses that anyone particularly popular answered through a simple click; these with a computer and among people who finishing a degree, or entering a new career responses are then tallied to allow students to an Internet connection have a thirst for see if and where their responses were correct or can take, either for learning, or people who area; and, an adult learner is increasingly incorrect. By monitoring students’ momentary their own personal want to find a niche understanding, a professor can instantly assess enjoyment or – in topic of study, and they an “entrepreneur” who is preparing to the reception of concepts, and immediately many cases – to earn are especially popular adapt as necessary. college credit. MOOCs to those who probably leverage an existing degree to help them are transforming higher wouldn’t take a class at Such technology may offer insights into more education in much all if it meant they had start a business of their own. The convenience, effective public school teaching, as it would the same way that the to deal with the typical allow teachers an instant understanding of Internet transformed hassles and course flexibility, selection, and affordability of online student engagement and comprehension levels, information and considerations like maximizing their time in the classroom. commerce: by making course cost, selection, learning is especially it accessible to the accessibility, availability, appealing to them. masses. MOOCs and scheduling. enable people to take a course by simply “Adult learners” enjoy logging on at a time all the benefits of 1971 1974 that is convenient. Best MOOCs. Theirs is a The Alfred State College Swimming Team wins College moves of all, students never demographic that is the National Junior College Athletic Association from the quarter have to set foot in an fast replacing that (NJCAA) championship in St. Louis, MO, making it system to a actual building! of the “traditional” the first New York State college to do so. semester system.

1970 1973 The Grateful Dead MacKenzie Complex is give a concert on dedicated. campus in May.

1969 1966 1972 The Engineering Two students, Mark O’Meara and Eric “Rick” Vaughn, Wellsville campus Technology Building is launched. started a charity festival entitled “Hot Dog Day” on and Student Activities Apr. 24. The festival was to be a charity fundraiser Building (Orvis Building) for the area and would focus on the hot dog. Hot Dog are opened. Day is a yearly celebration coordinated through both Alfred State and Alfred University.

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The Student Leadership Center

The Student Leadership Center is located at the Building Student Leadership through Civic center of the campus and places every student Engagement- Leadership Suites who enters the facility in the middle of a hub The leadership suites program helps create future of activity that allows students from different leaders to be highly motivated, responsible, and majors, ages, and different levels of community who will contribute to the public good. One of the involvement to be in direct contact with each Built to LEED Gold secrets to developing this program is to provide other. It provides new forms of engagement and standards, the new future leaders with “hands-on” experiences that leadership that will no longer allow the student Student Leadership demonstrate how their choices and actions to be a bystander in regard to their learning and Center set to open impact others. This is not done in a text book, but community engagement. It creates an “in your in August 2013 and done through student-led projects. The Student face” flavor of student engagement. will have renewable Leadership Center will house thirteen leadership energy and energy suites that will be occupied by clubs that have The Center’s uniqueness intertwines student conservation features submitted a student leadership business plan engagement opportunities with sites of student including; on a project that gives back to the community leadership. The Center carefully sequences • geothermal heating (campus, local, regional, world) as well as student leadership training with student “store- and cooling a marketing plan that explains how they will fronts” of engagement so that we heighten the • active solar PV effectively draw other students to their projects. curiosity of all students who visit the Center and panels, and solar Leadership Suite club recipients: encourage their aspiration to lead others. shades • Alfred Programming Board/Jesters • water reclamation • Architecture Club/Interior Design Club The Student Leadership Center is the home base system. • Business Professionals of America for the Emerging Pioneers Leadership Program. • Disaster Relief Team The Alfred State leadership experience is an • International Club/Japanese Dance Club interactive process that develops students who • Live to Fight are committed to lifelong learning, community • Pi Rho Zeta engagement, and having a positive impact on • Pioneer Woodsmens’ Club the Alfred State campus and in the greater • Sustainability Club community and beyond. • Vet Tech Club/Collegiate Agricultural Leaders • Voices/Instrumental Music Two more to be awarded fall 2013.

1979 Educational Foundation constructs a student activity 1983 center/gymnasium on the A word processing option Wellsville campus. 1981 becomes available to For the first time ever, the students in the executive 1979 1980 women’s cross country team wins secretarial science program. The Charlie Daniels Band and Dr. Timothy Leary, the Penn-York Conference title. Industrial technology and the New Riders of the Purple former Harvard design/drafting curriculums Sage perform at Orvis Activities professor and leading 1981 are phased out in a move Center in February. figure in the ‘60s The food service building to consolidate programs cultural revolution, on the Wellsville campus is in preparation for the 1974 speaks on campus. completed. introduction of the bachelor Jazz Band tours Italy. of technology degree.

1983 Campus link with communication 1978 satellites, installed by Electrical The attractive entrance 1981 Engineering Technology monument is constructed. Enrollment at 2,500 students. Department, allows for reception 1981 of sophisticated electronic signals Dizzy Gillespie featured (radio, television, etc). Alfred 1977 at the Alfred State State College is the first SUNY Enrollment at “Jazz Week.” system campus to acquire this 4,050 students. space-age link.

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1986 The campus store in Alfred holds its grand opening. 1988 1992 The men’s cross country team Hunter Student wins its sixth straight New York 1984 Development Conference Championship, The merger of the Center construction under the guidance of Coach School of Agricultural is completed. Gary Moore, ’76. Both the Technology and men’s and women’s teams win School of Allied 1992 regional championships. Health Technology is The Alfred State completed. Fitness and Aerobic Center is opened.

1985 1990 Scott Carpenter, Alfred State College is one of the authorized by SUNY to original Mercury confer the bachelor of astronauts from 1987 technology degree. the 1950s, The Automotive Trades Department is comes to awarded “Best Post-Secondary Training campus. Program” in the state by the Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association. Name Changes Athletics Construction Academics Enrollment Activities 9

Student Leadership We are committed to A College in Transition Center integrating sustainable $33.5 million green technology The facility’s design within these spaces is not focused for student action, on iconoclastic repose, and reflection. architecture that For example, we will becomes an “empty install a waterfall that beautiful facility,” but a will hydroponically center designed around grow lettuce and other student interaction. produce for campus dining programs. We have a student culture that is highly Physical and Health technologically literate. Sciences Building Technology has to be $14 million new, crisp, and play Previously known as an active part with Allied Health Building, student interaction this newly renovated and engagement. building features New technology will state-of-the-art be integrated in this nursing labs, as well

©AmazingAerialPhotos.com space through use of as labs for teaching components such as biology, chemistry, In 2008 Alfred State marked its centennial celebration and embarked on a large screen displays and forensic science. and web cams showing This renovation also $75 million, multi-year construction project – the largest building boom the our student leaders includes a hybrid college has seen since the 1960s. This phase concludes in August with the in action across the Ground Source Heat opening of the new Student Leadership Center. Each construction project campus and around Pump (GSHP)/chiller- marks a milestone in Alfred State history and aligns with our emergence as the world. boiler system that supplies over half of a leader in sustainability, project-based learning, and civic engagement.

2000 2006 MTV Television Network records a The School of portion of its spring campus invasion Management program at Alfred State College. and Engineering Technology offers a Bachelor of Business Administration 1997 in technology Pioneer management, allowing students 1995 baseball wins with an associate The inaugural season for the Region 11 2003 degree in a technical the Alfred State College championship. Women’s cross country team wins NJCAA or professional football team begins. National Championship to become first area to complete a female sport to win a national title. bachelor’s degree.

2003 1996 New on-campus baseball and The Goo Goo Dolls softball fields constructed. perform a concert at the Orvis Activities 2003 Center in January. Alfred State College approves a plan to build a $4.1 million Workforce Development Training Center on the Wellsville campus.

Name Changes Athletics Construction Academics Enrollment Activities 10 the building’s total herds, and the Alfred More recently, townhouses have needs. Total energy State facility is one of been added and new trends savings resulting from only two in all of the are emerging, including pet all the high-performing Midwest and Eastern friendly floors and learning and elements of the states. living communities, which allow building are predicted close-knit groups of students to to be 54 percent, Pioneer Athletic study and live together. Recent compared to a NYS Complex renovations incorporate interior Energy Conservation $3 million design students work. Code baseline. This project includes Physical and Health Sciences Building the expansion of the Veterinary Technology Center Center for Organic track to allow for $1.8 million and Sustainable national competitions, Renovations to the existing Agriculture (COSA) an artificial turf playing horticulture building include new $4.9 million surface, bleachers, surgery rooms and kennels. COSA’s ribbon-cutting lights, concession The building now houses the ceremony last fall at- stand, restrooms, and veterinary technology program. tracted the attention of a new scoreboard. popular Dairy Business Workforce Development Magazine and was Residence Hall Center at the School of featured recently in the Rehab Projects Applied Technology Lancaster News. COSA $3 million $3 million Center for Organic and Sustainable Agriculture features a robotic milk- Over the years, The Center will provide er, which is one of only dormitory living has education and training leading a few in the country. changed dramatically to job opportunities for local, There are only four at Alfred State. In our rural, and urban youth and will facilities in the nation earliest years, students address a workforce shortage like COSA that offer lived with residents, in the regional and national students a side-by-side and apartments for construction industry. All of the analysis of convention- married couples were masonry work was done by the al and organic dairy added in the 1950s. students, and the Center hosted the President’s Society Dinner in 2012.

Pioneer Athletic Complex Pioneer Landing Alfred State is constructing a 2013 7,800-square-foot facility on 2012 Alfred State Route 244 just south of the Football wins ranked no. College Farm. The project is first Region III 7 among expected to take three years Championship. top public to complete and will serve as a schools/ demonstration home in Alfred regional 2012 for green technologies. Featur- colleges Athletics begins ing state-of-the-art geothermal (north) by process of joining U.S. News and solar technologies, building Division III of NCAA. and World trades students are completing Report. nearly every aspect of con- Veterinary Technology Center struction following the National Association of Home Builders 2008 2013 (NASB) green building standards Pioneer Stadium Announced as part of their project-based first MOOC. opened on-campus; learning experience. first on-campus football game played in September. The facility will feature a separate entertainment area for special events with a catering kitchen and will double as the residence for the college president. 11 Pioneer Landing, artists rendering College News

Valerie B. Nixon Named Dr. John M. Anderson Interim President of Steps Down as President of Alfred State Alfred State Upon the Alfred State state-of-the-art laboratories departure of President and classrooms, and the President John Dr. John M. construction of a new $33.5 M. Anderson, Anderson has million Student Leadership Nixon was stepped down Center that is unlike anything named to the from leadership seen in higher education. The post by SUNY of the college college also renovated the Chancellor Nancy Zimpher. She to assume the presidency College Farm and opened the will serve as interim president of Millersville University of new Center for Organic and while a nationwide search for a Pennsylvania. Sustainable Agriculture, which is new president is underway. one of only three centers of its During Anderson’s more than kind in the nation designed to Nixon has over 25 years of 11 years as a professor of enable students to learn about service with Alfred State, serving chemistry and physics at Alfred traditional and organic agriculture most recently as executive vice State, beginning in 1981, he in a side-by-side analysis. president, a position she was also served as chair of the promoted to last year. Prior Faculty Senate at Alfred and Among his peers in higher The College Council has selected to that, Nixon served as vice was convener of statewide State education, Anderson is RPA Inc. as the search firm president for administration and University of New York (SUNY) recognized as a leading advocate enrollment and vice president for Local Governance Leaders. Both for sustainability, and under to assist with the presidential enrollment management, having experiences influenced him his leadership, Alfred State search, and the process is been named vice president in as president to elevate faculty has become a leader in the underway. A committee of 19 2005. She previously held the senate representation to the sustainability movement. For members has been formed positions of director of student highest level possible. example, Anderson is an active financial services and director of “In many schools, faculty member of the American College and comprised of the College financial aid. senate chairs only meet with & University’s President’s Climate Council Chair, four College their respective presidents once Commitment Steering Committee Council members, seven faculty The recipient of the Chancellor’s a year, but John has always (ACUPCC), and he was one of Award for Excellence in embraced a shared governance the first college leaders to add members, a Development Fund Professional Service in 1994, model,” said Faculty Senate a chief sustainability officer board member, a representative Nixon has received numerous Chair Karen Young, chair of (CSO) role to his leadership from UUP and CSEA bargaining professional awards including Computerized Design and team in order to elevate this the New York State Financial Manufacturing. increasingly important initiative. units, a student representative, Aid Administrator’s Association “Dr. Anderson understands an alumni representative, a (NYSFAAA) Founder’s Award and As president, enrollment at Alfred that modeling sustainability in SUNY president, and a liaison the NYSFAAA region 2 Service State grew by 20 percent and everything we do on campus is from the Chancellor’s Office. Award, which was awarded to the college embarked on a new an essential component of our her twice. She is the recipient strategic plan that included the efforts to produce graduates who of the State University of New reallocation of more than $1 are responsible and engaged York Financial Aid Professionals million to new strategic initiatives. citizens,” said CSO Julian (SUNYFAP) Bill Troy Service New programs were added, Dautremont-Smith. “It also can Award, the highest honor that including new baccalaureate save money, attract students, organization bestows. programs in sport management, and raise the profile of the forensic science technology, college.” Nixon serves on a number human services management, of professional boards and and nursing. Most recently, Alfred Anderson holds a bachelor’s committees including the State received approval for a degree in physics with a minor executive boards of the State five-year bachelor’s degree in in chemistry from The College University Business Officers architecture, the only one of its at Brockport; a master’s degree Association (SUBOA) and kind in the SUNY system. For in physics from the State the SUNY Council of Chief the last five years, the college University College of Arts & Enrollment Officers (SUNYCEO). has also been named as a top Sciences at Geneseo; and a She is president of the Canisteo college by the U.S. News & World doctorate in education from Community Support Group, a Report Best Colleges Report. Cornell University in Ithaca, local charitable organization, NY. His major area of doctoral and also coaches Tee Ball. Most notably, the college has study was adult education, with She holds a bachelor’s degree also undergone its largest minors in program evaluation in business administration building boom in recent history and planning and organizational from SUNY Fredonia and a under Anderson’s leadership. behavior. He also completed master of professional studies Projects totaling $75 million additional postgraduate work at degree in community services include the complete renovation Harvard University’s Institute for administration from Alfred of the Physical and Health Educational Management, and University. Sciences Building, featuring University at Buffalo. 12 College News

Students help SUNY Old Community Garden Westbury clean-up after Featured in New National Hurricane Sandy Wildlife Federation Case Thirty-seven students, faculty, Study and staff traveled to State The National Wildlife Federation University of New York (SUNY) at (NWF) has recognized Alfred Old Westbury on Long Island in State for its leadership in November to spend the weekend sustainability and has featured a helping in recovery efforts detailed case study about Alfred from storm damage caused by State’s Community Garden in the Hurricane Sandy. NWF Campus Ecology database of campus sustainability Led by Heavy Equipment initiatives. The Alfred Community Operations Assistant Professor Garden, along with its ‘Team Alfred’ Begins Final Countdown to Mark Payne, the students helped associated composting area and clean-up downed trees across greenhouse, provides hands- Artists rendering of Team Alfred’s home. Artists rendering of Team Solar Decathlon China 2013 campus that were blocking on education in sustainable The final preparations are students, providing them with roads and creating hazardous agriculture to students, underway as Alfred State, Alfred a real-world experience unlike conditions. Students who faculty, staff, and community University, and Guilin University of any other. “It’s an ideal way participated in the relief effort members as well as enabling Technology (China) get ready for for engineering students to were from both the Alfred and local production of healthy and this summer’s Solar Decathlon understand how a project moves Wellsville campuses representing affordable foods. China 2013. The three schools, from the conceptual stage to a diversity of programs and better known as ‘Team Alfred,’ a final product,” remarked Dr. majors. Wellsville resident Roy “We are very pleased to see form one of 23 teams in the Doreen Edwards, dean, School of Gay donated his tractor trailer our community garden gain competition co-hosted by Engineering at Alfred University. to make the trip with students, national recognition,” said Julian the China National Energy Craig Clark, dean of the School while Otis Eastern Co. and Dautremont-Smith, Alfred State’s Administration and the U.S. of Applied Technology at Alfred Greater Southern Tier Boards of chief sustainability officer. “The Department of Energy. A total of State, shares similar sentiments, Cooperative Educational Services garden has generated a great 36 universities from 13 countries noting the excitement of using (BOCES) loaned equipment deal of excitement on campus will be represented in Datong, sustainable and clean energy and tools. Other supplies were and in the community and is China, in July and August 2013 techniques “in developing donated by K-Mart, Walmart, helping people connect more as they compete to design, a practical and buildable Giant, and L.C. Whitford Co. directly with their food production construct, and oversee operation demonstration project, working Students were accompanied and consumption, a key for of solar-powered homes, utilizing with our partners’ students and by faculty and staff Jack Jones, sustainability.” current technologies in an effort faculty.” Building Trades instructor; to demonstrate solar-driven Dennis Conrad, Automotive energy efficiency. Students from Alfred will travel to Trades instructor; and Steve China and experience the culture Jakobi, associate professor, As part of these preparations for before the competition, where Physical & Life Sciences. Team Alfred, two homes – one they will then work with their Alfred State Named to in Alfred and one in China – are counterparts at Guilin University Dr. ML Langlie, vice president for NASPA’s List of Leaders in being built to allow students to as the three schools synthesize Student Affairs at Old Westbury, Civic Learning use their knowledge and skills their concepts, practices, and expressed gratitude for the in practice for the summer applications to work together aid from Alfred State, saying Alfred State has been listed competition, as the two locations and build an energy-efficient, that “the fact that students among prestigious colleges have similar climates. Alfred solar-powered home. The working from another SUNY college and universities known for a State students will draw on model in Alfred, currently under reached out to us at this time is commitment to civic learning and their project-based learning construction in Wellsville, will be especially meaningful and much democratic engagement by the experiences from clean energy on display for contractors and the appreciated.” National Association of Student training at the college, including public and includes a wood frame Personnel Administrators (NASPA) that used on the Zero Energy construction with structural insu- “Instilling a strong sense of – Student Affairs Administrators Demonstration Home on the lated panels, photovoltaic grid-tie civic engagement in students in Higher Education, the leading Wellsville campus. From start system for energy and to heat for is a central tenet of an Alfred organization for administrators in to finish, the entire home’s hot water, and materials and sys- State education,” said vice the field of student affairs. design and construction has tems that are chosen to minimize president of Student Affairs Greg been the responsibility of the the required energy usage. Sammons, noting that Alfred This distinction lists the college students also responded with on NASPA’s network of the top a similar relief effort last year 50 public and private, two- in Binghamton, NY, following and four-year colleges and Hurricane Irene. “When there’s universities. Selected institutions a community need, our students have civic engagement are ready, willing, and able to get embedded in their strategic the job done.” plans, regularly measure progress with these initiatives, and work in collaboration with their larger communities to solve problems through collective action. 13 Achievers

Bill Rezak, Greg Craig Clark, Tammy Dr. Robert author and Sammons executive Brackett, Curry, associate former has been director of assistant professor Alfred State named vice the Wellsville professor and and chair, President, returned to president for Student campus and dean of chair, Digital Media and English and Humanities, campus in February to Affairs. Sammons, who the School of Applied Animation, exhibited her was a guest panelist sign and promote his joined Alfred State in Technology, and work in three venues at the College Board new book, The Arab and 1996, was appointed William Dean, this fall, including the Annual Forum last the Brit: The Last of the chief of police in 2005 professor of prestigious TONY 2012 month in Miami. He was Welcome Immigrants. The and became interim vice architecture and (The Other New York) selected to participate project began upon his president for student design, have exhibition organized by in the event by College retirement as president affairs in 2012. With this been named Appalachian the Everson Museum in Forum president David in 2003, reached 260 permanent appointment, Regional Commission Syracuse, NY. Brackett’s Coleman. The Forum pages by the year 2005, he will oversee several (ARC) Teaching Fellows. synchronized 3-D, explored ways to help and spent several more departments including As ARC Fellows, Clark 2-channel HD video K-12 teachers meet new years in revision with his Athletics, Civic and Dean are responsible installation, “Field Guide,” education standards and editors. Engagement, Greek Life, for administering the was chosen from among expectations. Health and Wellness Appalachian Teaching 335 artists’ work for Based on the story of Services, Judicial Affairs, Project (ATP) on the Alfred inclusion in the show. The In October 2012, Curry his family’s history, The Multicultural Affairs, State campuses. exhibit was on display at traveled to Washington, Arab and the Brit follows Residential Services, the Syracuse University DC, for the last of a series the stories of Rezak’s Student Engagement, and Led by the Consortium Art Gallery where Brackett of meetings with the Palestinian predecessors University Police. of Appalachian Centers also presented “An U.S. Dept. of Education. through his father’s side and Institutes, the ATP Evening with Video Artist He has served since and his mother’s British Last year, Sammons was offers students a unique Tammy Renée Brackett,” late 2011 on a panel patronage. He noted awarded the Chancellor’s opportunity to conduct a presentation which of national ELA experts that “the story wrote Award for Excellence in active community- will be published online convened to guide the itself” as he delved Professional Service. He based research on by Syracuse University. revision of national Adult into research, and the has an associate degree their campuses. ARC Brackett’s other exhibits Basic English Education editing phase occurred in criminal justice from is a unique partnership included a solo exhibition, standards in order to with the backdrop of Finger Lakes Community between the federal “Field Guide Remix,” at align them with the the immigration debate College, a bachelor’s government and the the Earlville Opera House new nationally-adopted in American politics, degree in organizational governors of the 13 in Earlville, NY, and a third Common Core State making the work all the management from Appalachian states exhibit, “In Words, Drown Standards. The group’s more poignant to Rezak Houghton College, and a designed to improve I” (co-created with artist final recommendations and other immigrant master’s degree in justice economic opportunities Jen Pepper), which was at were collected in October, descendants. His administration from throughout the region. the Kirkland Arts Center in and the final report will “autobiographical novel,” Norwich University. Clinton, NY. be made available to the as he refers to it, will be Deborah J. public this spring. a gift to his children and Melissa Blake, Goodrich Kandi R. hopefully encourage a court reporting has been Geibel has Spencer Peavey, shared interest. Rezak instructor, named the been named senior director of is currently writing a recently interim vice president the interim student engagement leadership guide for those completed Certified of Administration and director of Admissions at & orientation, Alyshia in higher education and Program Evaluator Enrollment. In this role, Alfred State, coordinating Zurlick, assistant plans to begin a memoir (CPE) training for the Goodrich oversees all admissions activities director of orientation, that continues beyond National Court Reporters Facilities Services, for the college. Geibel and Mallory Norton, 1951, which is where The Association. With this Admissions, Student joined the staff in coordinator of parent Arab and the Brit leaves training, Blake is qualified Records & Financial 1996 as an admissions programs, presented on off. to evaluate undergraduate Services, Marketing assistant and has since Alfred State’s successful court reporting programs Communications, and served as adviser, civic engagement David and assist schools Printing and Mailing assistant director, program at the National Sengstock, through the rigorous Services. She joined and most recently as Orientation Directors executive certification process. Alfred State in 1978 associate director of Annual Conference in Las director CPEs also help shape the and rose through the admissions. She holds Vegas this past October. of Auxiliary Campus future of reporting and ranks from admissions an associate degree from The event was attended Enterprises & Services captioning professionals. counselor to associate Alfred State and both by over 900 higher (ACES), was recently vice president. Goodrich bachelor’s and master’s education professionals elected vice president has a bachelor’s degree degrees from Alfred from around the world. of the SUNY Auxiliary from the University of University in psychology Services Association Buffalo and a master’s and counseling, (SASA). degree in student respectively. personal administration from Buffalo State.

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Dr. Richard Erica Dr. Cliff Officer Mark Woodworth receives the Kellogg, Matteson, McPeak, professor registered associate 2013 Award for Valor emeritus of health professor psychology, has authored information administrator, and Sports Marketing Officer Woodworth has a short story including lecturer, and professional instructor, recently been selected by the a new anthology of practice experience joined the CEO of USA International Association of adventures about coordinator, has Volleyball, Doug Beal Campus Law Enforcement legendary detective completed American (former head coach of Administrators (IACLEA) Sherlock Holmes. “Irene Health Information the 1984 gold medal Awards and Recognition and the Old Detective,” Management Association U.S. Men’s Volleyball Committee to receive the Kellogg’s inclusion in (AHIMA) course work for Olympic Team) for the only 2013 Award for Valor the volume The Great its International Statistical induction ceremonies given out at this year’s Detective: His Further Classification of Diseases at the Volleyball Hall of Annual Conference in Adventures, follows and Related Health Fame in Holyoke, MA. Louisville, KY. Holmes in retirement as Problems (ICD) ICD-10 McPeak is the former CEO he shares his detective Academy, and has passed for USA Volleyball, the On Nov. 11, 2012, there was a natural gas explosion methods with a young girl the final assessment national governing body at an off-campus apartment complex in the village named Irene. Kellogg has test to become an for volleyball in the United of Alfred. Officer Woodworth selflessly entered the received grants from the AHIMA-approved ICD-10 States, and was also the unstable structure in order to free and rescue an State University of New trainer. This distinction former chief administrator injured tenant. “Officer Woodworth represented the York (SUNY) Research will allow Matteson of the USA Men’s Team best of what the New York State University Police Foundation for developing to be specialized in that won back-to-back offers,” stated Greg Sammons, vice president of instructional materials the latest ICD coding gold medals in the 1984 Student Affairs. on the problem-solving system and train others. Olympics. techniques of Sherlock Matteson teaches health The award will be presented during the Opening Holmes. He has authored information technology Dr. Rick Ceremonies on Saturday, June 29, 2013, at the three books about the and coding at Alfred Mitchell, Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel from 8:30 to great detective and is a State. professor, 10:15 a.m. frequent writer for The English Baker Street Journal, the Peter McClain, and Humanities, has premier journal of studies senior staff published five new of Sherlock Holmes. assistant in poems: “Remolding,” Kellogg studied at Alfred Business “The Race,” “In Her State and SUNY Geneseo Affairs, has created a Image,” “Just a Different for his undergraduate new card game that he Game,” and “Workshop.” College Website Earns Gold Medal work, and completed is selling online with a Mitchell has published his graduate studies at portion of sales being poetry in some of the Alfred University and The donated to Alfred State’s best magazines across University of Rochester. Institutional Advancement the nation including The Office. The game, inspired Cold Spring Review, Tracy Locke, by Alfred State, can be The Wisconsin Review, assistant found at www.str8-eight. The Louisville Review, professor, com. The Cimarron Review, Physical and The Pittsburg Quarterly, Life Sciences, has been Nicholas and Skylark (Purdue selected to serve on a Waddy, University). His first book, national American Health associate Speaking of Seed and Information Management professor, Social Night, was published by Association curriculum and Behavioral Sciences, Chiron Books. workgroup for a two-year attended the Southern term. The workgroup African Historical Society Dr. Lisa addresses curriculum Conference in Gaborone, Harmon, The Alfred State website was recently awarded a gold of Health Information Botswana, in June 2013, assistant medal for creative design in the MarCom Awards 2012 Management programs at where he presented a professor, competition and a silver medal for creative design by the associate-, bachelor- paper titled “The Strange Nursing, has authored an the International Academy of the Visual Arts (Davey and master-degree levels. Death of ‘Zimbabwe- article in The Journal of Awards). In each instance, the site was judged against Rhodesia: The Debate Continuing Education in thousands of others created by creative agencies, over British Recognition Nursing regarding a pilot small firms, schools and firms from around the world. of the Muzorewa Regime, project development of Additionally, Alfred State’s Transitions newsletter won 1979.” Waddy will also be a rural model Dedicated a gold medal for design by MarCom Awards, with traveling to Mozambique, Education Unit (DEU) by marketing and promotional materials earning several Namibia, South Africa, a rural college nursing honorable mentions. and Zimbabwe. program, which is becoming a best practice in the nursing field.

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May 19, 2013 Commencement

Friends and families of over 900 graduates gathered at Pioneer Stadium on the Alfred campus to celebrate the 102nd Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 19, 2013. This year’s ceremony was dedicated to veterans and those currently serving in the United States Armed Forces, with the commencement address delivered by Colonel Timothy J. LaBarge, commander of the 105th Airlift Wing at Stewart Air National Guard base in Newburgh, NY. A special flyover by a WWII-era C-47 aircraft served as a tribute to our servicemen and servicewomen.

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Building Trades Students Recognized By City of New Orleans for Rebuilding Historic Dodwell Mansion

Fourteen Alfred State Building Trades students have been Building Trades Students Help Long Island recognized by the City Council Homeowners Rebuild after Super Storm Sandy of the City of New Orleans for Ten freshmen Building Trades students traveled with instructor work they performed this past Jack Jones to Long Island this February to aid residents in the fall as part of the 12-week rebuilding process after the devastation of Super Storm Sandy “Semester in the South” in October 2012. The students demolished sheds, decks, and project-based learning/civic other structures while also learning about their trade by seeing engagement experience. examples of techniques and workmanship that survived the storm or succumbed to it. The project was part of the Building The Rev. William H. Terry, Trades lab component and was coordinated through Alfred M.Div., M.P.S. of St. State’s Center for Civic Engagement. Anna’s Episcopal Church in New Orleans made the “We were thrilled to have Alfred State students here to help acknowledgement on behalf us rebuild,” said New York Annual Conference (NYAC) Disaster of the Council, presenting catapulted this major Response Coordinator Warren Ferry. “Having volunteers who Building Trades Associate are diligent, open to taking on tough challenges, and who have Professor Norm Ellis with renovation ahead by at least two years.” For Terry, however, the skills to use the right safety procedures is a tremendous a plaque featuring the city help. We hope they come back soon!” commendation. The students “These students are heroes to us all and especially to the worked closely with Terry Yonit Viner, a Massapequa, NY, homeowner whose home on the renovation of the children that they have made a place for.” the students helped with, called them “extremely talented, Marsaudet-Dodwell House, professional, hard-working, polite, and compassionate” and a cherished historic mansion wrote that he was “amazed by their knowledge, the pace and built in 1846 that will serve as Prior to the Dodwell House work, the students worked quality of their achievement, and the sense of camaraderie and the new home for the Treme responsibility they felt for each other and their instructor.” community center. The center for six weeks building homes serves at-risk children and the for Habitat for Humanity in Biloxi, Mississippi, also aiding “This was a rich and rewarding learning experience on many approximately 20,000-person levels. Being able to see real examples like this while also community, providing a residents in Hurricane Isaac preparations and then helping experiencing how important safety and quality is to the people safe haven as well as after- who live in these buildings was a meaningful experience,” said school, tutoring, arts, and with cleanup efforts after the storm passed. This is the Jack Jones. The students worked on four homes identified by adult education programs. the NYAC, a mission and relief organization through the United As part of the project, third year that Alfred State students have journeyed Methodist Church that coordinates volunteers to assist with students also renovated recovery efforts. an adjoining building that to the south to apply their once housed slave quarters knowledge and gain valuable Pictured above, from left: Instructor Jack Jones; Samuel Barber of Rochester, for the mansion, now to be hands-on learning, while NY; Daniel DiBella of Hornell, NY; Jordan Cochrane of Honeoye Falls, NY; Kevin repurposed as housing for making a significant differ- Costello of Genesee, PA; John Mark Asquith of Black Creek, NY; Devon Cork ence in struggling communi- of Dansville, NY; Samuel Alexis of White Plains, NY; Myron Bentley of Hornell, volunteers working on projects NY; (Back, from left), Brandon Doolittle of Newfield, NY; and (back) Thomas throughout the city and Alfred ties still damaged by 2005’s Burdick of Richburg, NY. State students next fall as Hurricane Katrina, the largest they continue the project. urban disaster in U.S. history.

“The value of the skilled craftsmanship that these Alfred State Ranked Top Electrical Repair and Maintenance School students provided is A popular website for evaluating educational programs has ranked Alfred State no. 1 in the Top estimated to be well over Electrical Repair and Maintenance Schools category. Education-portal.com mentions Alfred $250,000,” said site State’s focus on project-based learning and its many interning opportunities as key factors supervisor Mike McDonald. in successfully preparing students for employment in many occupations, including designer, “These students are artisan contractor, electrical inspector, and construction site electrician. The ranking can be viewed at craftsmen and they have education-portal.com/articles/Top_Schools_for_Electrical_Repair_and_Maintenance.html. 18 School of Arts and Sciences

New Horizons Forums Human Services Area Students Visit for Dr. Marty Schmidt, vice president and director Awareness Day Science and Technology Fair of Environmental Remediation in Cleveland, Alfred State’s OH, visited the Alfred campus as speaker Department of Social for the March 14 New Horizon’s Forum. and Behavioral His presentation, titled “Implementation of Sciences hosted Sustainable Remediation Opportunities for ‘Win- a Human Services Win’ Solutions for All Stakeholders,” discussed Awareness Day on Regional junior and high school students brought Atlantic Richfield Company’s holistic remediation Thursday, April 11, on their science knowledge to the Alfred campus for efforts in Wellsville’s former Sinclair Refinery, the Alfred campus, the 14th Annual Alfred State Regional Science aimed at using remedies and methodologies that opening the event and Technology Fair on Friday, April 12, 2013. both address the cleanup but provide long-term to students, alumni, Students competed at novice (grades 4-6), junior benefits to the community and the environment. and community (7-9), and senior (10-12) levels in 12 categories, members interested including the more general sciences (biology, April’s New Horizon Forum featured in fields related to chemistry, physics, earth science), engineering, Debra Quinn (McQueen ’98), who human services. The forensic science, and medicine. made a presentation on Lou Gehrig’s event allows area Disease, also known as Sporadic and agencies to come to All participants received a certificate, and first, Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis campus to share their second, and third prize ribbons were offered at (ALS). Quinn drew from her own experiences with offerings as well as each level in addition to a grand prize winner for fighting ALS. After discovering that over 20 family expose students and the fair. Judges awarded school trophies to the members through 13 generations of her family community members schools having outstanding overall offerings as had also suffered with ALS, Quinn has worked to to these agencies that well as to the school possessing the grand prize raise awareness of the fatal neurodegenerative are hiring or recruiting exhibit. disease that she was diagnosed with in 2009, interns. and her campaign has led her to speak both This year’s fair was sponsored by Alstom locally and nationally about it, including before Agencies at the event Transportation of Hornell, NY, with additional the Food and Drug Administration. She also works included: funding from the Alfred State Student Senate and extensively with Hearts for ALS NY. Quinn holds an • The Accord Corporation Auxiliary Campus Enterprises and Services (ACES) associate degree in business management from • Alfred Montessori • Allegany County ARC at Alfred State. Alfred State and lives in Wellsville, NY, with her • Allegany County on husband. Alcoholism • Allegany County The New Horizons Forum, sponsored by the Probation Department School of Arts and Sciences, showcases current • Allegany County Youth scholarly, creative, and public service work by Bureau faculty, students, professional staff, and invited • Allegany Office of the guests. It is guided by a campus-wide team of Aging advisers whose goal is to enrich the intellectual • American Red Cross • Arbor Housing and life of the institution. Development • Cattaraugus Community Action • Fidelis Care • Finger Lakes DDSO • Hornell Area Concern for Youth • Institute for Human Services, Kinship Youth & Family Services • Ontario ARC • Snell Farm Children’s Center • Steuben ARC • St. James Mercy Hospital • Turning Point

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Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering Urban Design Studio Students Students Restore and Transform Two Electric Vehicles Present Work in Washington, DC Students in the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Technology and Six architectural technology students from Alfred Electrical Engineering Technology programs hosted an open house this State presented at the annual Appalachian semester to unveil two electric maintenance vehicles that they restored and Teaching Project (ATP) conference last month in enhanced with sophisticated performance monitoring features. The two zero Washington, DC. emission vehicles – a 2008 Miles Electric delivery-style pick-up truck and a 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit (initially converted to all electric by a previous The six seniors presented on the work they did class) – are now in use by facilities employees at the Alfred campus. last semester as part of an urban design studio course in which they worked closely with residents Over 35 students worked for 12 weeks in their two-hour weekly labs on and community leaders in the nearby community the restoration, with many devoting out-of-time hours to the vehicles as of Bath. The students created architectural plans they worked through ideas. Patrick Connor, a student from Peekskill, NY, for the community, which were well received and remarked that students felt “a real sense of ownership for this project,” may be considered for future implementation. respecting their work and contributions from classmates. Working with Led by the Consortium of Appalachian Centers David Hunt, associate professor of mechanical and electrical engineering and Institutes, the ATP offers students a unique technology, the students outfitted the vehicles with equipment to opportunity to conduct active community-based monitor vehicle performance, including an on-board laptop with student- research on their campuses. implemented programs to indicate power consumption and battery health as well as provide some drive-by-wire capabilities.

The Volkswagen, a passenger vehicle in service at the Alfred campus since 2010, received a new battery pack and charge system improvements as part of its maintenance. Facilities Services assumed the $2,600 cost to restore the Miles vehicle, which was obtained at no cost when State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego posted the availability of the non-functioning vehicle. A single charge can take the Miles vehicle around the campus loop at least 17 times, reducing Facilities Services Director Glenn Brubaker’s fuel costs. “I’m convinced that vehicles like this will be considered as our fleet ages and needs to be replaced,” he remarked.

“Project-based learning and sustainability is who we are,” said Dr. Matt Lawrence, associate professor of mechanical and electrical engineering Attendees from Alfred State at the ATP conference include, technology. “Restoring two electric vehicles was not only going to be a terrific from left: ARC Federal Co-Chair Earl F. Gohl; Alfred State challenge for seventh semester seniors but also a great tool for reducing Architectural Engineering professors William Dean (ATP campus emissions.” Teaching Fellow) and Rex Simpson; students Matthew Sickles of Albany, NY, Travis Monroe of Cattaraugus, NY, Emily Connors of Spencerport, NY, Thomas Button of Rushville, NY, and Anthony Vischansky of Elmira, NY; Alfred State’s Craig Clark, executive director of the Wellsville campus and dean of the School of Applied Technology (ATP Teaching Fellow); and James Marsh of Belmont, NY.

Some Alfred State students involved with the refurbishing electric vehicles include, from left: Morgan Collins, Brandon Boyd, Mat Stetzel, Jacob Bayus, Ed Cigno (seated), associate professor Matt Lawrence (rear), Dave Patterson and Adam Martinelli. 20 School of Architecture, Management and Engineering Technology

Construction Management Students Earn Third-Place in Major East Coast Competition Construction man- agement engineering technology students Douglas McNamara placed third in the BBA Technology Management, ’13 Associated Schools of Construction, Region 1 oug McNamara wants to do a lot of things With the BBA under his belt this spring, Doug competition, in Morris- Dwhen he graduates in May, and with his Alfred will be able to offer employers something that town, NJ. State associate degree in electrical construction is sure to set him apart from the competition: This annual construc- and maintenance electrician and a BBA in tech- maintenance electrician expertise combined with tion management nology management, he surely will. all the upper-level management, administrative, challenge involved 30 and technology skills needed to effectively run a student teams from For starters, Doug wants a career that is ground- small-to-medium size business, manage a depart- along the East Coast ed in his area of expertise as a maintenance ment, or succeed in an entrepreneurial pursuit. competing in three electrician. After all, he graduated from the Actually, Doug wants to do all three of those building categories. top-rated program in the field with a 4.0 average! things, from managing a maintenance depart- Seventeen leading And, like so many of the other associate-level ment for a large international company to own- engineering schools, degrees offered at Alfred State, his degree is in ing his own real estate units, and even possibly including such presti- an ‘in-demand’ field. In fact, his field is one of the returning to Alfred State to teach. gious colleges and uni- top 10 industries experiencing a shortage of qual- versities as University ified professionals this year, according to a recent For the last two years, he has interned as a main- of Maine, NJ Institute ManPower Group survey, so plentiful employment tenance electrician at Moog Inc., a worldwide of Technology, Old opportunities are ahead. designer, manufacturer, and integrator of preci- Dominion University, sion motion control products and systems. This Polytechnic Institute of “I selected my field very, very carefully,” said summer he hopes to work in project management NYU, Central Connecti- Doug. His goal was to build a career foundation as an intern at another international company, cut State University, that could last a lifetime, so he took a full year to Siemens, Inc., a global powerhouse in electron- R.I.T, Drexel University, decide. During that time, he volunteered for Hab- ics and electrical engineering in the energy and and Clarkson Universi- itat for Humanity and, along the way, realized that healthcare sectors. ty, had teams entered being an industrial electrician would be a good fit in the events. for him. “I really did my homework which is how I “The BBA program seamlessly positioned my found out that Alfred State is the best school for technical background into a foundation for higher Alfred State’s team in my field,” he said, adding that “Alfred State also learning and it has given me a network that has Region 1 (Heavy/High- has other important things too like affordability, a already helped get my foot in the door with an way Category) prepared sense of community, and great teachers.” international company,” he said. “I can’t help a cost estimate and being excited by all the doors that have opened. schedule, outlined By first earning an associate-level degree, Doug This program has been a very, very good choice means and methods was immediately qualified for direct acceptance for me.” for the project, and into the BBA program, which is a pathway to presented to a panel of upper-level and managerial opportunities in a Throughout his Alfred State career, Doug has earned construction experts. number of fields. The program was designed for many academic distinctions including winning first A second Alfred State students who have already earned a technical or and second place honors in a SkillsUSA competition team received impres- associate-level degree and it is a fast-track to a for residential wiring. He also placed seventh in sive peer feedback bachelor’s degree. The BBA is offered on a flexi- wiring in a national competition in Kansas City, MO, that acknowledged the ble schedule and can even be taken completely and was selected to be among a group of Alfred team’s work in having online for working professionals. One of the major State students who installed solar panels on the produced the most features of the program is its internship require- rooftop of the National Arboretum in Washington, accurate construction ment which, for many students, turns out to be a DC. In 2011, he earned the College’s Paul B. cost estimate in the springboard to employment or acceptance into a Orvis award and is set to graduate with a BBA in 13-team division. master’s degree or MBA program. technology management in 2013. 21 Athletic News

Holmok and Moore Named Streater Prepares Coaches of the Year for Second Season with Raiders Women’s soccer coach Anne Holmok and women’s cross country coach Rod Streater made Gary Moore have been named Region III Coaches of the Year by their peers Alfred State history following very successful fall seasons. last fall when he became the first Holmok led the Lady Pioneers to a 17-2 season in which the former Pioneer to team moved all the way up the NJCAA Division III poll to the suit up in a NFL #1 ranking behind the strength of a 17-game winning streak. regular season The team earned the #1 seed in the Region III Division III game. He has Tournament but was tripped up in the championship game. Alfred finished abclocal.go.com spent the offseason the year ranked #7 in the country. preparing for his second year wearing the Raiders silver and black. After losing their first game of the year, Alfred won 17 straight games in which they outscored opponents 69 to 4. During that streak the team Streater, who was signed as a free agent hours recorded 15 shutouts. after the completion of the 2012 NFL draft, had a solid rookie season. He appeared in all 16 Four members of her team, Kali Muhleisen, Hannah Holmok, Kelsey Murray, of Oakland’s games and made two starts. He and Maura Tuffey, were named All-Region 1st team and seven Lady Pioneers caught 39 passes for 584 yards (15.0 yards per were named All-WNYAC. The team also captured the WNYAC championship catch) and three scores on the season. with a perfect record of 5-0 in WNYAC DIII play. Streater is projected to compete for a starting Moore led the women’s cross country team to their second wide receiver job in 2013 with the Raiders. straight Region III crown and the program’s sixth all-time. The Raiders open up the 2013 campaign on The blue & gold went on to finish 3rd at the NJCAA National September 8 when they travel to Indianapolis to Championships. Three members of his women’s team, Kim take on the Colts. Lupo, Claire Holleran, and Katy Monahan, raced to All-Region honors.

Moore and the Lady Pioneers were ranked in the top five all season and were ranked as high as #2. This is the second year in a row that Moore has Athletic Department Hosts been named coach of the year. Special Olympics Event The Alfred State Athletic Department partnered with Special Olympics and hosted the Inaugural Athletic Department launches new website Special Olympics Track & Field Spectacular at The Alfred State Athletic Department launched a new Internet home for Pioneer Stadium on Friday, May 3. Pioneer athletics in January. At www.alfredstateathletics.com you will be able to find the latest news, schedules, scores, and more. The event featured 75 athletes from four local schools (Hornell, Bath Haverling, Jasper The new athletic site Troupsburg, and Canisteo-Greenwood) competing designed by Presto in track events (1,500 m, 200 m, 100, 50 m, 25 Sports will be the hub m, and relays) and field events (shot put, softball of all the information throw, long jump, and standing long jump). Every for Pioneer athletics. participant was able to compete in one running The site allows the event and one field event. Athletic Department to add new features The Special Olympics is the charity of choice of including live stats Division III of the NCAA in which Alfred State was of contests, photo recently accepted into. galleries, player bios, and cumulative stats. Members of the Athletic Department along with numerous colleagues from across the campus In the first three assisted in the event. Students representing months of operation the site is averaging nearly 900 visitors a day. Make athletic teams, residential life, and Greek life also sure to bookmark www.alfredstateathletics.com to keep up-to-date with volunteered to make the event a success. Pioneer athletics (the site is also accessible from www.alfredstate.edu). 22 College Development

William H. Goodrich President and CEO LeChase Construction AAS Construction Engineering Technology, ‘84 ill Goodrich knows that civic engagement is more than just “We see firsthand the tangible Bpart of the culture of Alfred State. It is in our DNA. Goodrich benefits of an Alfred graduate. has played a large role in this. Recently he was honored with Project-based learning, which the President’s Medallion in recognition of his outstanding is the cornerstone of their contributions to the college as an advocate, investor, and program, allows students to leader. deal with real life problems and situations. It’s learning Reflecting on his own time at Alfred State, Bill Goodrich still beyond the text book. Students are taught how to think and prizes two valuable assets. “I received a solid foundation for my solve problems, which is the real differentiator in the work professional life and I developed lifelong friendships, both are environment.” invaluable.” Goodrich is personally proud of being a graduate and what Currently, Goodrich’s company LeChase Construction Inc. that education has taught him over the course of his career. represents the interests of the college during the construction He enjoys seeing the same sense of value, dedication, and of the new Student Leadership Center. The building will also pride in the Alfred graduates that LeChase hires. “With the house a “state-of-the-art” leadership institute for training completion of the Student Leadership Center, I anticipate an students, hosting seminars with speakers from around the even higher caliber of graduate out of Alfred.” globe. It will also conduct a leadership lecture series that allows students to learn and practice ethical decision-making, communication skills, leadership, teamwork, and conflict This listing showcases the largest gifts received for the Student resolution. Leadership Institute & Center. All gifts to the Center will ensure that the programs and endowment for the future and growth of the program are successful. Collectively over $100,000 has The Student Leadership Center will also house 13 leadership been committed to the Student Leadership Center. We are very suites which are awarded to the organizations that submit appreciative of the gifts that we have received at all levels. the best business and marketing plans that give back to the community (campus, local, regional, or global) and draw other Leadership Suite Sponsors - $25,000 students into the project. Suites cost $25,000 each. LeChase John and Vivien Anderson Construction will donate the cost of one of the suites to the LaBella Associates, P.C. college. LeChase Construction Services, LLC Russo Family

Said Goodrich, “We highly prize leadership at LeChase. That’s Kenneth W. Beckerink - $12,500 why we want to fund a suite in the new Student Leadership Center and why we continue to look for graduates from Alfred. Main Gathering Place Fireplace Sponsorship - $10,000 They arrive with a solid education and a hands-on approach Alfred State Alumni Council for solving problems. Currently, more than 40 Alfred alumni, spanning over five decades, work at LeChase. They bring a James A. Bradbury and Kanawha Scales & Systems, Inc. - $10,000 solid work ethic and a strong sense of leadership.”

Professional Event for Educational Fundraisers Hosted at Lake Lodge The Office of Institutional Advancement recently hosted a Speakers included: Melissa Van Winkle, Director of the successful professional development conference at Lake Lodge Alfred Fund, Alfred University; Pamela Witter, Director of with proceeds from a $1,000 CASE (Council for Advancement Development, Houghton College; Colleen A. Brade, CFRE, Vice and Support of Education) District II Venture Capital Grant. President and Consultant, RuffaloCODY; Julie Cunningham, The event was attended by more than 40 professionals in the Director of Annual Giving, and Diane Frick, Director of field and featured a variety of accomplished speakers who Advancement Services, both of St. Bonaventure University; and discussed the diverse issues that challenge annual, major, Robert Constantine, Director of Planned Giving, Development, and planned giving programs. Conference participation by and Alumni Relations, RIT. CASE members provided each with 5.25 points toward CASE certification or recertification.

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Gifts$10,000+ & Commitments of May 2012 – April 2013 $152,000 gift in kind from UNI-SELECT USA including tools intended to directly benefit the Alfred State Automotive Department.

$40,000 from the Estate of Anna C. McCormick Alumnus Bob Pahl Recognizes Students in Sorrento, Italy to create the Anna & Merrill McCormick Alfred State alumnus Bob Pahl, ’81, recognized Alfred State seniors earlier Memorial Nursing Scholarship. this year with cash prizes for architectural sketches they produced while participating in Alfred State’s study abroad program in Sorrento, Italy. Pahl $32,000 from BP Corporation North America presented the awards to students on a visit he made to Sorrento. Inc. $25,000 is funding an Electrical Trades Scholarship, $5,000 is for the Electrical Jacob Wasneecha of Youngstown, NY, came in first place with a $700 Trades Department in Wellsville, $1,000 is a award, with Ben Palagonia of Bradford, PA, in second with $300, and sponsorship for the Alfred State Sustainability Elizabeth Kirchhoff of Webster, NY, in third with a $100 award, contributed Conference, and $1,000 is for Applied by Joy Carlson, professor, Architecture and Design at Alfred State. Technologies.

$25,000 is from LeChase Construction Pahl works with the Science & Academic Group of NBBJ Architects in Services, LLC for the Student Leadership Boston, MA. He holds an associate degree in architecture from Alfred State Center & Institute. and a bachelor of architecture degree from the Boston Architectural Center. $25,000 gift in kind from Lufkin-RMT of a Above, from left: Dr. Heinrich Hermann, chair of the VMC15XT Windmill. Alfred State Department of Architecture and Design; $22,750 from Evelyn Turner for the Evelyn Turner Jacob Wasneecha; Bob Pahl; Culinary Arts Scholarship. Ben Palagonia; and Jeffrey Johnston, assistant professor, Architecture and Design and $19,000 gift in kind from Baker’s of Jericho Hill coordinator of the Sorrento of the use of heavy equipment and labor for program. construction work performed on campus.

$15,000 from the Bethesda Foundation, Inc. for Did you know… the Bethesda Foundation Scholarship. Alfred State’s study abroad program takes $10,000 from Builders Exchange of Rochester place at Sorrento, Italy’s for the Workforce Development Center. Sant’Anna Institute, where programs were $10,000 from Harold Howard, ’69, to create recently ranked No. 1 the Hal Howard EET Gamma Theta Gamma in a USA Today article Scholarship. identifying the top 10 study abroad programs $10,000 gift in kind from Stewart Haas Racing offered today. of Dynojet Dynamometers.

Your continued support is greatly appreciated! Elizabeth Kirchhoff On behalf of the Development Fund Board, we would like to extend our sincere gratitude for the support received from our alumni and donors for scholarship funds used during academic year 2012-13. Because of you, we were able to disburse more than 131 annual and endowed awards and scholarships to Alfred State students totaling more than $284,000. 24 College Development

New Development Fund Board Members Ms. Connie Wittmeyer Caputo graduated from Alfred State You in 1987 earning her degree in ...you can have a lasting impact individual studies. She then Matter... transferred to SUNY Geneseo, graduating in on our students. Buy a Brick 1989 with a bachelor of science degree in Your gift will help Alfred State management science. In 1989, Ms. Caputo today and in the future! joined Wolf Agency, Inc. in Orchard Park, Use this tear-off and mail to: Alfred State has NY, and is currently Operations Manager. In established Alumni addition, she is the Assistant JV Girls’ Volleyball Office of Institutional Advancement Plazas, at the base of Coach at Orchard Park High School, Club 10 Upper College Dr., Alfred, NY 14802 the Alfred Bell Tower Volleyball Coach at Niagara Frontier Volleyball, Designate your gift to the area that is most and the Wellsville involved with Buffalo Greyhound Adoption, and important to you. If no choice is made, your gift will Campus Courtyard, enjoys downhill & cross-country skiing. be directed to Advancing Alfred State. that pay tribute to the I am enclosing a gift of $ college’s friends and Ms. Geralyn Gough serves as alumni while serving Please direct my gift as follows: the liaison to the Educational as a reminder of the q (For Alfred State’s greatest needs.) Foundation Board. Gough Unrestricted accomplishments of graduated from State University of q Student Leadership Center the many generations New York (SUNY) at Oswego in 1981, earning of the Alfred State q Wellsville Workforce Development Center her degree in business administration. In family. q 2006 she became affiliated with independent Culinary Arts Center brokerage firm FSC Securities in Wellsville, NY. q Athletic Pioneer Pride Society You may engrave the In addition, Gough is currently the secretary/ q Academic Excellence name of an alum, a treasurer and finance committee chair of the q favorite faculty or staff Educational Foundation. She currently serves Scholarships member, a classmate, as a trustee for the David A. Howe Library in q Other a family member, Wellsville, NY, and was past president of the For assistance, contact the Office of Institutional a favorite class, or Wellsville Rotary Club. Advancement at (607) 587-3930. a friend, in a brick I am q an alumnus q parent q friend q faculty/staff that will be included Mr. Richard A. Laudisi graduated in either the Alfred from Alfred State in 1980 with a Name or Wellsville Alumni degree in business administration Plazas. before transferring to Rochester Address Institute of Technology (RIT) to earn a • Alumni Plaza brick bachelor’s degree in the same field. He City with three lines of immediately went to work as a project text: $75 manager for Ancoma, Inc. In 2001 Laudisi State Zip • Alumni Plaza brick joined LeChase Construction Services, LLC, with two lines of in Rochester, NY, where he is currently a vice Phone text: $65 president. He has worked with notable clients • Alumni Plaza brick like Wegmans, Eastman Kodak, Xerox, and with one line of Kraft Foods and managed a project in excess Email text: $55 of $200 million. Laudisi comes from a long line of Alfred State graduates and is one of Check q Enclosed (payable to ASC Development Fund) To order your brick, go six siblings who graduated from the college. Charge q Visa q MasterCard q Am.Ex. q Discover to www.alfredstate.edu/ In addition, he is the co-chair for McQuaid’s give or call (607) 587- BASH fundraiser in 2014, volunteers at St. Card Number 3930. Josaphat’s Church, and is a member of the Greater Rochester Track Club. Laudisi lives in Exp. Date the Rochester area with his wife, Joanne, and their three children. Save time! Give online! www.alfredstate.edu/give 25 Alumni News

Alumni Events

Women’s alumni basketball team reunited on campus for a game to mark the start of a new season. From left: Erin Vess, Nuri Bey, Amie Brooks, Shawna McNeil, Ardaisha Hudson. Bottom row: Jazlynn Lee, Amy Plank, Ayana Rhodes.

Alumni gathered for a curling party March 23 at the Rochester Curling Club.

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Alfred State alumni celebrated Valentine’s Day a little early with a Chocolate & Wine Pairing Tour at Seneca Lake wineries on Saturday, Feb. 9.

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This Way to Over 2,700 Employers Are you an Alfred State grad who is currently looking for work Career Development also has many other online resources that or maybe an employer who is in need of talented employees/ can be very valuable in networking and job searching. Some of interns? our resources include a group on LinkedIn (Alfred State College – Career Development), a Facebook page (Career Development Career Development has the answer for you – JobLink! JobLink - Alfred State College), a twitter page (@AlfredStateCD) is our job posting system that connects employers with job with over 2,000 followers, Pinterest and Instagram (@ seekers. In fact, we are proud to announce that our database AlfredStateCD). Please join us, like us, and follow us on all of of employers has now officially surpassed 2,700! JobLink is these great resources. Additionally, I welcome you to join my available to all alums seeking employment and to all employers network on LinkedIn (Elaine Morsman who want to post jobs/internships (and it is all FREE). Director, Career Development). I am always seeking to build my network to To find JobLink please go to www.alfredstate.edu a Career help connect students/alums with great Development a JobLink. Be sure to enter through the correct career opportunities. link. Enter as an employer if you would like to post a job or internship. Enter as a Student/Alum if you are seeking To go directly to our Career Development employment. Simply create your account the first time. On page with your smartphone, simply snap return visits you can simply log in. this QR code and find links to all of the www.alfredstate.edu/ resources mentioned above. career-development

Homecoming/Family Weekend Be a part of it all, Sept. 26 - 29 give back, and serve Class’s of 1963 and 1988- How would you like to celebrate your on the Alfred State 50th and your 25th reunion? Email [email protected]. Alumni Council!

Thursday The Council meets 8 p.m. Dodgeball (students/faculty & staff) three times per year on campus and works for Friday the current needs and 3:30 p.m. Student Leadership Ribbon Cutting mission of our alumni 4 p.m. Tour of the campus and Alfred State. 5:30 p.m. Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Your participation as 7 p.m. Alumni & Hall of Fame Recognition Dinner an alum encourages 8 p.m. Dive-In Movie – Family Friendly Event Alfred State students, 9 p.m. Alfred’s Got Talent – rated PG13/R and other alumni, to 11 p.m. Madden Tournament – Late Night Event strengthen ties with the college, create Saturday new friendships 9 a.m. 3rd Annual Race for a Cure – 5K Run/Walk and networking 10 a.m. Men’s Lacrosse Alumni Game opportunities, and to 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Tailgate Chicken BBQ Party – serve the students beer & wine available for 21 & over of today and future 1 p.m. Football game generations. 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Gold Rush Send information to 5 p.m. Women’s Soccer alumni@alfredstate. 6 p.m. Family Feud – Greek Game Show edu. 7 p.m. Men’s Soccer 8 p.m. Mike Super – Magician & Illusionist

Sunday 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Brunch

Save the date 9/26-9/29 Noon Women’s Alumni Softball

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New Alumni Council Jennyrae Brongo Members AAS Construction engineering technology, ’09 BS Construction management engineering technology, ’11 Aaron Horning is a 2010 ennyrae Brongo is part of the third generation recycling and it has changed its name to Brongo graduate Jin her family to work in construction and Contracting and Supply. Through it all, her efforts of the Electrical Trades excavating – an unlikely profession for a 23-year- have been heavily influenced by the same three program. Aaron is the old woman, but one she’s been preparing for all concepts that shape an Alfred State experience: Project Manager for the her life. an eye on sustainable practices, real-world Douglas Electric Co., learning, and civic engagement. Inc. in Rochester, NY, Brongo’s grandfather started her family’s business which is a family-owned in 1950. Lyell Excavating, as it was known then, “Construction and demolition materials make business. became recognized throughout Rochester for up approximately 40 percent of the waste in having done such major site developments as the U.S.,” said Jenny, which is why Brongo Teresa L. Spencerport Schools, Kodak Park, and the 531 Contracting and Supply now recycles everything Sexton, expressway. When the senior Brongo passed on its property. The company doesn’t have a 1987 away, his son, Jeff (Jenny’s father), followed in his dumpsters and it doesn’t transport anything to graduate footsteps and ran the business and a large fleet a landfill. Everything is recycled including dirt, who earned her degree of earthmovers by himself. concrete, asphalt, brick, wood, and green waste, in exec. secretarial which are all reused in the construction process science. Teresa is “We had dreams of running the business and sold to contractors and homeowners. currently the Assistant together,” said Jenny, which is why, while in to the Vice President of high school, she never let it bother her that she To give back to the community, Brongo Administration at SUNY was the only girl in her Boards of Cooperative Contracting is also partnering with the Center for Geneseo. She resides Educational Services (BOCES) heavy equipment Workforce Development in Spencerport, NY, to in Hornell with her operation and maintenance class. “I didn’t care create a project called “Project Sandbox.” This husband, Jim Sexton, because I knew that I knew what I was doing!” initiative gives adult students learning about heavy ’88, and they have And that’s the attitude that brought Jenny to equipment operation at Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES three children, Jimmy, Alfred State. “I knew what I was looking for,” the chance to experience hands-on learning by Brianne, Technology she said. “I already had the field skills but what I testing out the skills of their trade on equipment Management BBA, ’13, needed [were] the management skills that would at Brongo’s 16-acre gravel. The business does and Courtney. go in back of them and, to me, that meant going the same for high school students who are to Alfred State.” learning about maintaining heavy equipment, and later this year it will open a not-for-profit to put Jenny excelled in project planning, scheduling, these workers to the test building a group home safety, and estimating. She graduated in 2011, for adolescents with autism. just two short months before her father passed away unexpectedly, leaving full responsibility of “I’ve always learned by doing and applying my the family business to her. Since her father’s skills to real world situations,” said Jenny. “I have death, Jenny has successfully implemented a been given a chance to help others learn in the new vision for the company, one that she and same way I did, so hopefully when they are put to her father shared. As a result, the company the test, they can rise to the challenge.” now specializes in construction and demolition

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1984 2007 1978 1986 1993 Samuel Steele, Air Joseph G. Louis Damiani, Air Leon E. Blondin, Karen L. Ackerman Conditioning Eng. Tech., Thompson, Conditioning Eng. Tech., Construction Engineering (Whitbeck), Orn. Hort.- of Fort Worth, TX, was Architectural and Phillip Davis ‘78, Tech., of Centreville, Floriculture Merch., of recently awarded the Technology, Agricultural Business, VA, has been promoted Castleton on Hudson, NY, Region IV Energy Manager of Beacon, are now co-owners of to division president graduated summa cum of the Year for 2012 by NY, was Damiani Wine Cellars, by Balfour Beatty laude with an associate the Association of Energy announced as a licensed located on the eastern Construction in degree in nursing from Engineers (AEE). He is NYS Registered Architect shores of Seneca Lake in Washington, DC. Blondin Albany Memorial School completing service as in February 2013. the Finger Lakes region has been with the of Nursing on Dec. 12, one of a six-member Thompson has more than of Upstate NY. Damiani, a company since 2001, 2012. Ackerman was Energy Efficiency & a decade of experience winemaker, and Davis, a holding positions as chief the keynote speaker Conservation Block in the building trades, is grape grower, nurture over estimator, vice president, at the ceremony and Grant Subcommittee for a Leadership in Energy 23 acres of Vinifera vines and senior vice president. received two prestigious the U.S. Department and Environmental that surround the winery In this new role he will awards: The Clovys Town of Energy. Steele holds Design (LEED) accredited and tasting room. oversee all public and Award and The Fleischer credentials through AEE professional, is certified private projects in the Foundation Award, both as a Certified Energy by the Construction 1979 Washington division. given for excellence in the Manager (CEM), Certified Specification Institute in Connie J. Kaiser (Hill), care of the sick. Karen Sustainable Development Construction Document Accounting, of Saint 1988 Reunion Year! started her new career Professional (CSDP), Technology, and is Charles, MO, was recently Vaughn Langless, Elec.- in March 2013 at the and through the United accredited as a Certified promoted to division Elt. Ser.-Cons. & Maint. Albany Memorial Hospital States Green Building Sustainable Building operations performance Elec., of Rochester, NY, is as a registered nurse in Council as an Accredited Advisor (CSBA). manager for Nestle Purina currently employed with the operating room. Professional in Leadership Petcare in Saint Louis, the City of Rochester’s in Energy & Environmental 2012 MO. Inspection & Compliance 1998 Design (LEED AP). He Colter D. Johnson, Services as an electrical Sarah B. Starr Kingdon received his bachelor Agricultural Business, of 1980 inspector/code (Starr), Individual of science degree in Warren, PA, has signed Sheila Schermerhorn enforcement officer. Studies, from Pavilion, NY, energy engineering from with the University of (Mustari), Mech. Tech.– was sworn in as the new Rochester Institute of Massachusetts Amherst, Mech Des.–Design & Lucille A. Milliken clerk of the legislature Technology (RIT). becoming the third Dftg., of Caledonia, NY, (Schmidt), Medical for Genesee County on Pioneer football player was recently announced Assistant, of Fresno, Mar. 26, 2013. She 1990 to sign with an NCAA as regional sales manager OH, has been added to previously worked for Rocco Casullo, Division I school. by Reinshaw Inc. She the staff of Coshocton Charles Zambito, the Automotive Service provides applications Hospital’s Arrowhead county attorney. Kingdon Technician, of Grand engineering solutions for Physician’s Clinic in holds an associate degree Island, NY, was inducted machine tool, calibration, Newcomerstown. from Alfred State and a into the Sweet Home High Births CMM and styli products She has a master’s bachelor’s degree from School honorary alumni and has been with the degree in nursing from SUNY Fredonia. Wall of Fame, an honor 2009 company for more than Otterbein University and awarded to outstanding Sarah A. Dobrovolc 11 years. Schermerhorn a bachelor’s degree 2012 alumni in the area who (VanGorder), Health brings experience in CNC from Ohio University. Matthew Kooy, Web serve as motivators and Information Technology, machining, mechanical Milliken is a member of Development, of role models to students of Little Falls, NY, and and electrical design, the American Academy Caledonia, NY, is now and acknowledges Vincent Dobrovolc ‘08, and applications/ of Nurse Practitioners, employed with University their postgraduation Architectural Technology, manufacturing the Ohio Association of Rochester Medical achievements. He welcomed baby girl Avery engineering. of Advanced Practice Center as an analyst/ founded Casullo’s Charlotte on June 8, Nurses, and Sigma Theta programmer. Automotive Services in 2012. 1985 Tau International Honor 1990 after completing his Anthony Merrow, Society of Nursing, and Katiemarie Puntoriero, studies at Alfred State. Careers Financial Services, of is a Basic Life Support Court and Realtime Casullo currently serves Central Square, NY, has instructor through Reporting, of Buffalo, NY, as a member of Alfred 1973 joined Solvay Bank as the American Heart was recently named a State’s five-year review Jeffrey House, a mortgage loan officer. Association. freelance stenographic board for auto body, auto Construction Engineering He brings over 23 years reporter by Jack W. Hunt service, and truck / diesel Tech., of Pittsford, NY, of financial industry Laura M. Williams and Associates. programs, and has made has been hired as a experience to the table (Graves), Nursing, of sizable donations of auto project manager for and will be responsible Scio, NY, was promoted Class Notes parts and supplies to Manning Squires Hennig, for providing mortgage to assistant professor at the school’s Automotive a commercial building products and services for Jamestown Community 1981 Trades department. company. His main focus residential customers. College. She has taught Deborah A. Taylor (Hill), will be to coordinate Merrow earned his nursing courses at the Nursing, of Marion, NY, Log on to the alumni Rochester City School bachelor’s degree in Cattaraugus campus and Michael Taylor ‘81, finance at State University since 2008. In addition to page of the college District’s World of Inquiry Construction Engineering School No. 58. of New York (SUNY) at her associate degree from Technology, celebrated website alfredstate. Fredonia and an associate Alfred State, she also their 25th wedding edu/alumni-services/ degree in banking and holds a bachelor’s degree anniversary on Oct. 10, transitions-newsletter finance at Alfred State. from The College at 2012. to update your class Brockport and a master’s notes. degree from Daemen College. 30 Milestones

1988 Reunion Year! 2009 1957 1973 1994 Andrew J. May, Heavy Megan L. Hamilton John E. Northrup, William Bartlett, Dottie K. Helms, Lib. Equip. T & D Technician, (Turnquist), Veterinary Electrical Engineering Bldg. Trades - Building Arts & Sci. - Humanities, of Fairport, NY, took a Technology, of Hollywood, Tech., of Berkshire, NY, Construct., of Perrysburg, of Wellsville, NY, passed team of 34 electricians MD, married Will David passed away Sept. 24, NY, passed away Mar. 25, away Nov. 29, 2012. from the Greater Hamilton on Apr. 21, 2012. 2013. Rochester area and 2012, in Manuel Antonio, 1995 traveled to central Long Cost Rica. She is 1958 John J. Hartwell, Stephen A. Wright, Island to restore power employed as a veterinary Margaret Gray Bldg. Trades: Building Elec-Elt Ser. – Electrom. to those who were hit by technician at Companion (Grinnell), Medical Sec. Construct., of Mount Sys. Mech., of Wellsville, Super Storm Sandy. Veterinary Clinic in Science, of Painted Post, Upton, NY, passed away NY, passed away Jan. 3, Maryland. NY, passed away Mar. 21, Nov. 25, 2012. 2013. 2008 2013. Jessica R. Giverson, 2011 1974 2003 Lib. Arts & Sci. - Social Alex Dibble, Construction 1960 Debra Mattison Jennifer E. Buxton Science, of Rochester, Mgmt. Eng. Tech., of Sharley V. Johnson (Dahlgren), Bus. - (Schwartz), Nursing, of (Vossler), Medical NY, graduated from The Rochester, NY, married Secretarial Science – Hornell, NY, passed away Laboratory Technology, of College at Brockport Alinah Rose Bretl on Sept. Exec., of Stafford, VA, Jan. 17, 2013. Elma, NY, passed away in Aug. 2012 with a 21, 2012. He is currently passed away Nov. 26, Jan. 31, 2013. bachelor’s degree in employed as a project 2012. recreation and leisure engineer for LeChase Opportunities studies. She has been Construction Co. 1962 Kathy G. Riddick Karan Peasley, Medical for Involvement with accepted into the Laboratory Technology, organizational leadership Remembrance (Gluck), Bus.-Secretarial the Alumni Council Science–Exec., of of Belmont, NY, passed master’s degree program away Sept. 17, 2012. at Medaille College. Nellysford, VA, passed Take a look at the 1939 away Nov. 14, 2012. James A. Crolle, 1976 following website and Marriages see how you can help Agricultural Business, 1963 Marilee Kibler, Medical of Forestville, NY, and John S. Mathews, Laboratory Technology, of Alfred State: www. 1960 Orlando, FL, passed away Construction Engineering Elma, NY, passed away alfredstate.edu/ Scott R. Johnson, Mar. 21, 2013. Tech., of Barton, NY, Jan. 12, 2013. alumni-services/ Surveying Engineering passed away Dec. 10, opportunities-for- Tech., of North East, Nick E. Pettigrass, 1950 2012. involvement. PA, and Mandi Fargo Leland J. Wheaton, Business Administration, exchanged wedding vows Agri.–Engr. Tech. Power & 1965 of North Chili, NY, passed on Oct. 6, 2012. He is Mach., of Hobe Sound, Charles Dickens, Mech. away Oct. 4, 2012. employed as a surveyor FL, passed away Oct. 19, Tech.–Mech. Des.-Design 2007 with Hill Engineering. 2012. & Dftg., of Friendship, 1982 Lance Corporal Michael NY, passed away Oct. 13, Thomas Boulanger, D. DiRoma, Lib. Arts & 1997 1952 2012. Bldg. Trades: Building Sci. - Social Science, of Joshua A. Amodio, John P. Czado, Electrical Construct., of Portsmouth, Shoreham, NY, passed Bldg. Trades: Building Tech., of Corning, NY, 1969 RI, passed away Mar. 15, away Oct. 14, 2012. Construct., of Utica, NY, passed away Feb. 10, Steven C. Kenyon, 2013. married Toni Lynn Holmes 2013. Bldg Trades: Building Retirees on Apr. 9, 2011. Construct., of Montour Gary Magura, Bldg. Dorothy O. Argentieri, 1953 Falls, NY, passed away Trades: Building retired staff, of Alfred 2002 Charles E. Quick, Dairy Dec. 30, 2012. Construct., of Liverpool, Station, NY, passed away Brooks Z. Travis, Industry, of Westfield, NY, NY, passed away Sept. Nov. 19, 2012. Landscape Development, passed away Nov. 28, 1970 20, 2012. of Westfield, NY, married 2012. Robert E. Bartell, Richard J. Giedlin, Tiffany Wolfe on Dec. 31, Accounting, of Carrboro, 1987 retired staff, of Virginia 2012. He is currently 1954 NC, passed away Oct. 20, Joann Sammarco Beach, VA, passed away employed at Behrend Jack Kelly, Office 2012. (Brewer), Accounting, Oct. 2, 2012. College. Technologies, of Carmel, of Lockport, NY, passed CA, passed away Feb. 20, 1971 away Dec. 9, 2012. Roland D. Hale, retired 2005 2013. James Field, Accounting, faculty, of Wellsville, NY, James E. Huels, of Andover, NY, passed 1988 passed away Dec. 30, Computer Art and Design, 1955 away Monday, Feb. 11, Paul Griswold, Individual 2012. of Dunkirk, NY, married Raymond J. Jerge, 2013. Studies, of Hornell, NY, Julie Gugino on Sept. 1, Diesel Tech., of Janesville, passed away Jan. 6, Jean B. Lang, retired 2012. WI, passed away Nov. 6, 1972 2013. staff, of Alfred Station, 2012. Donald D. Adler, NY, passed away Oct. 4, Please share your news Surveying Engineering 1989 2012. 1956 Tech., of Seneca Falls, Jennifer L. Orcutt (Rial), and photos with us. You Rose Sheridan, retired Rudolph H. Hauptman, NY, passed away Mar. 2, Business Admn.-Trnsfr, of may forward information Business Administration, 2013. staff, of Alfred, NY, passed Bath, NY, passed away away Mar. 8, 2013. to alumni@alfredstate. of Painted Post, NY, Feb. 7, 2013. edu. Publication is at passed away Mar. 21, Linda Marone (Lamby), Computer Information Alpheus R. Streeter, the discretion of the 2013. Systems, of Brunswick, retired staff, of Wellsville, editor. OH, passed away Dec. NY, passed away Oct. 27, 22, 2012. 2012. 31 NON PROFIT U.S. Postage Paid SUNY College of Technology Woodstock, IL 10 Upper College Drive Permit No. 663 Alfred, NY 14802

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