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June 30, 2022

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E-news is an electronic newsletter for Alfred University alumni and friends to provide the latest in alumni news and events, campus happenings, and sports. If you have news to share please email Mark Whitehouse or you may call us at 607-871-2040.
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Alumna returns to campus as visiting artist for Summer Arts at Alfred University 2022

Alfred Summer Arts 2022 kicked off this week at Alfred University, offering a wide variety of arts workshops to campus visitors.

 
 
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Alfred University Alumni Reunion Bike pedal onto campus

The Alfred University “Reunion Bikers,” a group of alumni who spend the week preceding Reunion Weekend bicycling to Alfred, arrived on campus precisely at noon on Friday, June 10, as they have each Friday for all but one of the last 13 years.

 
 
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Maria Bentley '15, MSEd '20 appointed assistant dean, School of Art and Design, and Division of Performing Arts

Alfred University announces the appointment of Maria Bentley ’15, MSEd ’20 as assistant dean of the School of Art and Design, and Division of Performing Arts, effective June 13, 2022.

 
 
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Alfred University awards 268 diplomas to AU-NYC Class of '22

Alfred University held an in-person commencement ceremony Thursday evening, June 16, recognizing 268 graduates from the AU-NYC Class of 2022.

 
 
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The Shop at Cohen open for business; online store available

The Shop at Cohen, a recently-opened retail space in the Cohen Gallery on Main Street in Alfred, now offers an online store which allows visitors to virtually shop for fine art and craft produced by Alfred University faculty and staff.

 
 
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Luanne Crosby, Professor Emerita, to perform as soprano soloist with Finger Lakes Chorus and Orchestra

Luanne Crosby, Professor Emerita of Music at Alfred University, will perform as soprano soloist in Beethoven’s “Choral Fantasie” and in choruses from Handel’s oratorio, “Solomon,” at 3 pm July 24 at Hale Auditorium Roberts Wesleyan College, in Rochester, NY.

 
 
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Scenographer Maureen Weiss of Performing Arts co-edits "Scene Shift," to be released in August

Maureen Weiss, Associate Professor of Performance Design and Technology in Alfred University’s School of Art and Design, Performing Arts, is the co-editor of Scene Shift, which will be published in August by Focal Press.

 
 
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Newest novel by alumnus Robert Littell ’56 reviewed in Parisian journal Le Figaro Littéraire

The most recent novel by Alfred University alumnus Robert Littell ’56, “La Peste Sur Vos Deux Familles” (“A Plague on Both Your Houses”), was reviewed by Etienne de Montety in Le Figaro Littéraire, a leading Parisian journal of culture and the arts.

 
 
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Casey Boston ’20 to oversee workshop addressing mental health issues in the Black community

Alfred University alumnus Casey Boston ’20, a social worker in Brooklyn, NY, is facilitating a workshop which will discuss the affect mental health issues have on the Black community.

 
 
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Alfred University alumna participating in Chautauqua School of Art Residency

Alfred University alumna Felicity Machado, MFA ’22 is one of 41 artists in residence this summer in the Chautauqua School of Art Residency Program.

 
 
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Artwork by trio from Alfred University included in SUNY Pride Exhibition

Three Alfred University students have artwork included in the SUNY Pride Exhibition 2022.

 
 
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99 Saxons named to Spring 2022 E8 President's List

Ninety-nine Alfred University student-athletes were named to the Spring 2022 Empire 8 President's List, which recognizes academic excellence.

 
 
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Alfred University appoints new football coaching assistants

The Alfred University Athletics Department announces the appointment of four new assistant coaches to the football team.

 
 
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