AU conducts first-ever downtstate commencement ceremony

Seventy-nine graduate candidates received AU degrees in education-counseling and education-literacy teacher during the first-ever commencement ceremony of the University's downstate program on Sept. 20.

University a 'Great School at a Great Price'

AU continues to be ranked among the top master's degree-awarding institutions in the North on U.S. News and World Report's listing of "Great Schools, Great Prices." In the U.S. News and World Report's "Best Colleges 2009," Alfred University is ranked second among institutions that offer the best academic quality for the price of attendance.

Building rapport, and a bus shelter

Alfred University and Alfred State College students arriving by bus are now welcomed at the Alfred Plaza, a new bus shelter completed by students at the two schools that share this small Southern Tier village.

State to fund high-temp materials testing lab

State Sen. Catharine Young (R-Olean) announced in May a $4 million grant to Alfred University to create a high-temperature materials testing laboratory to support materials-based companies, particularly those located in New York.

College of Business ranks among the best

The University's College of Business ranks among the nation's best for Master of Business Administration programs, according to The Princeton Review, which features the school in its just-published 2009 edition of its "Best 296 Business Schools."

New York State Poet coming to campus

Jean Valentine, who was named New York State Poet earlier this year, will read from her work at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 20 in Susan Howell Hall. Her visit to campus is jointly sponsored by the Division of English in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and the Writing Center.

McGee Pavilion in final design stages

The School of Art & Design is entering final stages of design on a $10 million addition to Harder Hall, to be known as the McGee Pavilion in honor of the late State Sen. Patricia K. McGee. The new 20,000-square-foot McGee Pavilion will house exhibition spaces, a student gallery, flexible studio spaces for ceramics, and a suite for the integrated electronic arts, including a sound studio, video studio, interactive digital studio and editing facilities. The new space should be ready for occupancy by the spring semester of 2011.

Manley Memorial Trust funds lighting lab

AU has received a $25,000 grant from the F.T. and Anna C. Manley Memorial Trust to create a lighting laboratory that will complement facilities in the existing Miller Performing Arts Center and the proscenium theater now under construction. The lighting laboratory will serve as a functional classroom for teaching and training theater students in lighting technology and professional practices, using both contemporary and historic lighting equipment.