November 20, 2008

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Alumni

No E-News next week. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!
(E-News will return Thursday, Dec. 4, 2009)


AU football team to travel to RPI for ECAC Bowl Championship game
The Alfred University football team will travel to Troy, NY, to take on host Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at noon Saturday, Nov. 22, in an Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Bowl Championship game. The ECAC announced bids to its bowl championships Monday and Alfred (7-3) was chosen to travel to RPI (7-2) to play in the North Atlantic Bowl Championship. It will mark the fifth straight year AU has played in an ECAC Bowl Championship game; the Saxons have won the previous four, including last year’s 49-14 win over Rochester in the Northwest Bowl Championship.


Radio broadcast of AU ECAC game at RPI to be streamed live
The radio broadcast by WCKR-FM 92.1, Hornell, of the AU football team's ECAC Northwest Bowl championship game at RPI on noon Saturday, Nov. 22, will be streamed live at www.canisteovalleynews.com


Alfred University invites you to meet the coaches!
Alfred University Trustee Greg Connors ’92, and his wife, Jeni Wetzel Connors ’94, are hosting a complimentary reception in honor of AU’s fall coaches at their home in Pittsford, NY, on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m.

Meet and mingle with Athletics Director Jim Moretti ’72, alumni, parents, friends and coaches for the following AU teams:

Football
Men’s Soccer
Women’s Soccer
Men’s Cross Country
Women’s Cross Country
Women’s Tennis
Women’s Volleyball

RSVP by Friday, Nov. 28, 2008, and/or direct any questions to the Alumni and Community Relations Office: Phone 607.871.2144; fax 607.871.2391; Email; or visit www.alfred.edu/alumni to register online. Directions to the event will be provided. Hope to see you there!


Endangered Species Act to be discussed at next environmental forum
Tim Bassette, environmental biologist, will conduct Alfred University’s next and final Environmental Studies Speakers Series seminar for the semester on Friday, Nov. 21, at 12:20 p.m. in Roon Lecture Hall, the Science Center. Bassette, an AU alumnus, will talk on the “Environmental Species Act and the Federally Threatened Plant Dwarf-flowered Heartleaf (Hexastylis naniflora).” The program is open to the public free of charge.

To read more, go to: http://www.alfred.edu/pressreleases/viewrelease.cfm?&ID=5109


Alumnus edits article featuring AU ceramic engineering professor
John Mauro, AU class of 2001, served as the consulting editor for the
November/December edition of Odyssey: Adventures in Science magazine, a science-themed magazine for children. The issue, “GlassWorks,” explores glass: history, composition, application, properties and forming processes. Included is an article featuring Dr. James R. Varner, professor of ceramic engineering, a leading expert in the field of glass and ceramic fractography, and one of John's former professors.

To read the article, go to: http://www.odysseymagazine.com/pages/currnt.asp


Alumni celebrate ‘Chihuly Years’ in Rhode Island exhibit
“Studio Glass in Rhode Island: The Chihuly Years,” runs through Jan. 4, 2009. Many alumni who studied at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) during the Dale Chihuly years went on to become world-class artists in their own right. To celebrate his wide-reaching influence in the field, the companion show “Studio Glass in Rhode Island: The Chihuly Years” presents 40 pieces by nine groundbreaking artists, all students of Chihuly’s while at RISD and some who followed up by teaching at RISD themselves. On view, this companion exhibition features works by Howard Ben Tré AU M.F.A. ’80; James Carpenter ’72; Bruce Chao ’73, M.F.A. ’75; Dan Dailey M.F.A. ’72; Michael Glancy ’79, M.F. A. ’80; Therman Statom ’75; James Watkins M.F.A. ’81; Steven Weinberg M.F.A ’79; and Toots Zynsky ’73, along with some early pieces by Chihuly.

For more information, go to: http://www.risdmuseum.org/exhibition.aspx?type=current&id=15262

Searching for holiday gift ideas?
Check out the College Book Store Web site at  http://www.alfred.bncollege.com\ for some great purple and gold Saxon gift ideas!


Visit the new Saxons Athletics Site!
Alfred University Saxon Athletics has a new look. Visit our new Web site at http://saxons.alfred.edu


‘Courage,’ an Alan Littell novel, to be released Tuesday
A new novel by Alan Littell, AU class of 1953, will be released Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008, by Thomas Dunne Books, a division of St. Martin’s Press. “Courage” is a 160-page, hardcover publication. “Those with salt water in their veins will not want to pass this up,” writes Publisher’s Weekly. “Littell’s prose is stark and cold, evoking the howling wind and lashing sea … “ says Library Journal. The setting for “Courage” is 1950, in the North Atlantic, west of Ireland. Here the destinies of two ships fuse. One, an English tramp, breaks apart in a winter storm. Five survivors cling to the wreckage. Chance puts the novel’s central character, an officer of a nearby liner, at the helm of a boat that battles its way through the mountainous waves in a desperate attempt to reach the castaways.


Send us your nominations!
The Alumni Association presents awards annually at Reunion to alumni and friends of the University who have contributed to Alfred, their workplace, and society in general. Please help us recognize those individuals for their efforts and achievements by nominating them for an Alumni Association Award. Nomination forms are available for download at http://www.alfred.edu/alumni/awards.cfm.  Nominations are due by Jan. 1, 2009.

Alumni Award for Distinguished Achievement – given to honor alumni whose achievements in their profession, career or vocational pursuits, or service to society bring honor and distinction to AU.

Alumni Award for Distinguished Service – given to alumni in recognition of loyalty and commitment in service to Alfred University.

Abigail Allen Award for Service to Women – given to honor an Alfred alumnus/a in recognition of distinctive career achievement, community service, or vocational pursuits that have improved the quality of women’s lives.

Lillian T. Nevins Award for Lifetime Service to Alfred University – given to honor alumni who have rendered outstanding service to Alfred University.

Honorary Alumnus/a Recognition Award – given to a non-graduate in recognition of interest, allegiance and service to Alfred University and alumni, that the recipient may be evermore one of us.

Nominations may be forwarded to the Alumni Relations Office, Welcome Center, One Saxon Drive, Alfred, NY  14802.  You may Email nominations to or fax your information to 607-871-2391. Please contact us with any questions at 607.871.2144. We thank you for your support and assistance!


Alumnus’ Sculpture Barn features annual sculpture exhibit

To read more, go to: http://www.alfred.edu/pressreleases/viewrelease.cfm?ID=5098


School of Engineering alumni: opinions please
Alumni who received an undergraduate engineering degree at Alfred University are asked to go to engineering.alfred.edu/survey to fill out an online survey about your educational and career experiences. The survey is being conducted by the Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering as part of its efforts for continuous assessment and improvement. Input from this survey is an important part of the School’s accreditation efforts. Five of the engineering programs (ceramic engineering, electrical engineering, glass engineering science, materials science & engineering, and mechanical engineering) are currently accredited by ABET, the main accreditation body for engineering programs. Our sixth program, biomedical materials engineering science, will seek accreditation for the first time during the next cycle in 2011-12. The survey runs through Jan. 30, 2009.

Campus News

Weekend of music to feature musicians, singers

For details on all three programs, go to: http://www.alfred.edu/pressreleases/viewrelease.cfm?ID=5102

Student dancers to present evenings of informal performances
Informal showings of what the dancers on the Alfred University campus have been working on during the fall semester will be presented to the public Thursday, Dec. 4-Saturday, Dec. 6, at 7 each evening, in the CD Smith III Theatre, Miller Performing Arts Center. Admission is free. A different program will be performed each night.

To read more about the programs, go to: http://www.alfred.edu/pressreleases/viewrelease.cfm?&ID=5115


AU awards scholarships to top scorers on engineering exam
Alfred University recently hosted its annual Engineering and Materials Science Day. Eighty-nine students from 21 regional high schools participated in the activities, highlighted by a scholarship competition that rewards top-scoring students who wish to enroll in the Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering at AU.

To read more, go to: http://www.alfred.edu/pressreleases/viewrelease.cfm?&ID=5118


New poetry by Howard published in New Hibernian Review
Alfred University Professor Emeritus of English Dr. Benjamin W. Howard recently had work published in the New Hibernia Review, a quarterly journal by the University of St. Thomas Center for Irish Studies, St. Paul, MN. The autumn issue is available online.

To read more, go to: http://www.alfred.edu/pressreleases/viewrelease.cfm?&ID=5110


College of Business dean publishes article on wireless capability


To read more, go to: http://www.alfred.edu/pressreleases/viewrelease.cfm?&ID=5097


Western New York Leadership Conference
Western New York Leadership Conference:“Transforming ourselves, our organizations and our communities”
Monday, Jan. 19, 2009
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Alfred University is hosting this year's conference, co-sponsored by Canisius College, University at Buffalo, St. Bonaventure University, Niagara University, and AU's HEOP program. Workshops will cover a variety of leadership topics – watch for a program list coming soon.

Local alumnae who wish to present a program that day or volunteer to assist with the conference should contact Kathy Woughter, VP for Student Affairs, Email. Registration is $15/person.Online registration is available at http://www.alfred.edu/students/involvement/leadership.cfm


Looking for Women’s Leadership Center director
The AU Women’s Leadership Center (WLC) is seeking a new director. It is a 12-month position and includes developing, coordinating, and presenting programs and workshops to a wide range of audiences in the areas of leadership development. This will include the development and fine-tuning of signature programs that will distinguish Alfred University’s WLC from programs at other universities.

To read a full job description and details for applying, go to: http://www.alfred.edu/hr/viewpost.cfm?ID=569

In The Neighborhood

AU, Alfred State work with community on needs survey
Alfred University, Alfred State College, and the Alfred business community are teaming up on an initiative organizers hope may guide future development.

To read more, and to take the survey, go to: http://www.alfred.edu/pressreleases/viewrelease.cfm?&ID=5096

Sports

Alfred University’s Agro earns weekly swimming honors from Empire 8
Brian Agro (Gray, ME/Cheverus), a senior on the Alfred University men’s swimming and diving team, has been named men’s swimming Athlete of the Week by the Empire 8 Conference.

To read more, go to: http://www.alfred.edu/pressreleases/viewrelease.cfm?ID=5121


Sports Hall of Fame Committee seeks nominations for 2009
The Alfred University Sports Hall of Fame Selection Committee is accepting nominations for the Hall of Fame Class of 2009. The deadline for making nominations for next year’s class if Jan. 15, 2009. Printable and on-line nomination forms are available on-line at http://www.alfred.edu/athletics/hall_of_fame/  Completed printable forms should be mailed to James Moretti, Director of Athletics, Alfred University, 1 Saxon Drive, Alfred, NY 14802.


Saxon Sports Roundup
Alfred University sports fans, check out the last week's scores and highlights in the Saxons Sports Roundup:
http://saxons.alfred.edu/sportsroundup/