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Information Technology Services aims to provide the best possible technology experience for our campus community. If you experience any technology-related difficulty, or have a question regarding AU technology, please contact the Information Technology Services (ITS) Helpdesk as soon as possible.
The ITS Helpdesk can troubleshoot issues and/or refer them to one of five teams in ITS for a timely resolution. Common questions received by the ITS Helpdesk include but are not limited to: AU email, password resets, WiFi capability, classroom technology, computer maintenance, and Applications (Microsoft Office, Canvas, etc.).
The ITS Helpdesk can be reached by phone at 607-871-2222 or by email at helpdesk@alfred.edu.
Submitted by: Meghanne Freivald
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Alfred University's Welcome Week program is designed to assist new students in becoming part of the AU community and to help them feel comfortable with academic and student life on campus. In order to accomplish this, we rely on Welcome Week Guides, a team of enthusiastic and knowledgeable AU students who want to make a difference for their peers.
This is a paid position, involving participation in training August 20-24 and the Welcome Week program itself, August 25-27.
Applications are due by 4:30 p.m. Sunday, April 23rd.
Interviews will be held the week of April 24th.
Link: Welcome Week Guide Application
Submitted by: Eliza Ordway
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The Career Development Center will host a Spring Career Fair on March 23rd from 12-3 pm in the Joyce Walton Center. This premier recruiting event is open to all students. Representatives from a wide variety of companies and government agencies from around the country attend the fair to recruit Alfred University students for co-op, internship, and entry-level full-time positions.
You won't want to miss it! You can register for this event through Handshake at the link below.
Link: Spring Career Fair Registration
Submitted by: Meghan Dwyer
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ITS is pleased to highlight Canvas tools and features that can help faculty and students achieve their goals. This week's tip is:
Customize the Course Navigation Menu
Faculty have the ability to manage the links that appear on the course navigation menu on the left-hand side of the screen. This allows you to hide tools that you to not plan on using. This reduces "cognitive load" and makes it much easier for the students to navigate through the course and locate the items they need to access. Instructions are included in the guide below:
https://guides.instructur...
Submitted by: Meghanne Freivald
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On Tuesday, March 21st, at 5:30 p.m., on Zoom, Dr. Cora Fernández Anderson, Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at Mount Holyoke College, will deliver the second talk in the Riley Speakers Series titled "Fighting for Abortion Rights: Lessons from Latin America." Everyone interested in this topic is encouraged to attend. Below is the Zoom link for registration:
Riley Speaker Series with Dr. Cora Fernández Anderson
When: Tuesday, Mar 21, 2023 05:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://alfredu.zoom.us/m...
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. If you have questions please reach out to Sandra Singer @ fsinger@alfred.edu
Submitted by: Janet McClain
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This is the eighth training in a 9 part training series targeted at any AU employee who has supervisory roles in their department. This training can also be especially helpful for any staff who support the supervisors in their department.
This training will encompass: setting boundaries, acceptable work behavior, how to be the manager, how to address employees, and what you should do to document employee behavior
Supervisors who may be new in their rolls or need a refresher are encouraged to come.
This training will be held on April 4, 2023 from 11:15am-12:00pm and on April 19, 2023 from 11:15am-12:00pm both online.
https://alfredu.zoom.us/j...
Submitted by: Kayleigh Jones
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CANDIDATE # 3
4:30PM, TUESDAY, MARCH 21
Nevins Theater, Powell Campus Center
Submitted by: Arts Events
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Candidates for the glass faculty position in Sculpture Dimensional studies will give public presentations on the following dates
CANDIDATE # 1
4:30PM, TUESDAY, MARCH 21 Binns-Merrill Hall 106
CANDIDATE # 2
11:20AM, THURSDAY, MARCH 23 Location TBD
CANDIDATE # 3
4:30PM, TUESDAY, MARCH 28 Binns-Merrill Hall 106
Submitted by: Arts Events
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Fall Advisement week starts Monday, March 27. Remember all undergraduates must see their advisor to receive their alternate pin number to register for Fall classes.
Web registration begins on date noted for each class standing.
* Graduate Students & Seniors (90+ credits) - Monday, April 3
* Juniors (60-89 credits) - Wednesday, April 5
* Sophomores (30-59 credits) - Friday, April 7
* First Years (0-29 credits) - Tuesday, April 11
*Class Standing for Registration Purposes includes in-progress (Spring Semester) credit hours
Submitted by: Kathleen Hillman
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Are you in need of a job this summer? Consider staying in Alfred and applying as a Peer Mentor for the AU Advantage Summer Bridge Program! For more information, check out the attached flyer.
If interested, you may send your resume to pratt@alfred.edu or apply on Handshake.
Link: Apply on Handshake!
Attachment: Peer Mentor Job Posting
Submitted by: Sarah Pratt
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Candidates for the Director of the Institute for Electronic Arts will give public presentations on the following dates:
#1. 4:30pm, Thursday April 6 BMH 106
#2. 4:30pm, Monday April 10 BMH 106
#3. 4:30pm, Thursday April 13 BMH 106
Submitted by: Arts Events
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Process for Staff and Student Taxable Gifts and Awards
Department completes two forms (both of these forms should be sent together to payroll@alfred.edu for processing):
1. Taxable Gifts and Awards form https://my.alfred.edu/hum...
-Complete all sections of the form
-Don't forget to select where recipient is an employee or not an employee (if the student receives any payroll from Alfred University they are an "employee") (if you are unsure, do not check any boxes, payroll will confirm for you)
-Complete description and reason for award and date presenting award
-Send to payroll@alfred.edu 3-4 weeks before you need the award to allow for processing.
2.Check request form https://my.alfred.edu/bus...
-Complete all sections of the form
-Don't forget to enter account number and amount of the award
-Explain details of award and date presenting award
-Send to payroll@alfred.edu along with the Taxable Gifts and Awards from for processing
Payroll will approve completed forms and release the check request to Business Office. All checks will be returned to Payroll for distribution back to original requestor.
FYI:
-If the student is an "employee" the check will be less taxes regardless of the amount of the award or the intent of the award. The award will be reported on their W2.
-If the student is not an "employee", the business office will issue the check for the full amount. If taxes are owed the student will be responsible for declaring the award on their taxes for the following year. If total awards received by a student in a calendar year equal or exceed $600 they will receive a 1099 for tax purposes.
Awards for Non Employee Students will be reported on 1099 by the Business Office, as necessary.
Important notes:
-No gift cards/certificates are allowed to be purchased
-No awards should be purchased with one-cards, all awards should go through this process.
Submitted by: Kayleigh Jones
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Paul S. Briggs will give a lecture and gallery talk in connection with his exhibition, Knot Stories, currently on view at the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum.
Lecture: Thursday, March 23 at 4:30pm in Nevins Theater
Gallery Talk: Friday, March 24, 4:30pm in the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum
Paul S. Briggs will give a walk through of his exhibition currently on view at the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum. Alfred University ceramic students, Victoria Walton, Chelsea McMaster and Hudson Bell will read poems by Black Poets which inspired Briggs current body of work.
Submitted by: Arts Events
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Alfred University has a six semester live on requirement for its students. Only students who are approved via the waiver process are allowed to live off campus.
If you are a GRADUATE STUDENT who is remaining at Alfred University, you do not need to complete the waiver process to move off-campus. For the complete waiver process, please click the link provided at the end of this announcement.
To complete the waiver process please submit a waiver request in the AU Housing Self Service portal. DO NOT SIGN A LEASE FOR OFF CAMPUS HOUSING until you are notified that your waiver has been approved.
Waiver approvals will not occur until final grades have posted in May.
You can and should go through the room selection process and the waiver process at the same time.
If you have completed the 6 semesters and want to move off-campus, you will need to attend a seminar. These seminars will be conducted virtually via zoom, and the information will be sent out at a later date.
Unless your waiver specifically states that you are waived from campus housing for the remainder of your enrollment at AU, you need to submit a waiver each year.
Students who fail to comply with the Housing Policy will be charged at the double room rate and the lowest meal plan for which they are eligible for each semester registered for classes.
Link: Housing Waiver Link
Submitted by: Daniela Isabella
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We were recently notified that Airgas is changing their delivery day to Tuesdays rather than Thursdays. This will go into effect the week of March 13th.
Submitted by: Valerie Ewald
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Women's History Month was initially just International Women's Day, a day that commemorated the Feb. 28 meeting of socialists and suffragists in Manhattan in 1909.
One year later, on March 8, 1910, according to BBC, a German activist named Clara Zetkin suggested that they recognize International Women's Day at an International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen. With 17 countries in attendance at the conference, they all agreed.
On March 8, 1911, the first International Women's Day was celebrated in Austria, Switzerland, Germany and Denmark, though the holiday wasn't widely celebrated in the United States until the United Nations began sponsoring it in 1975.
In 1977, in order to persuade school principals to comply with the recently passed Title IX, a task force in California created Women's History Week. They used that week to celebrate the accomplishments of women.
In March 1980, after celebrations had spread across the country, President Jimmy Carter declared that March 8 was officially the start of National Women's History Week. That same year, Utah Senator Orrin Hatch and Maryland Representative Barbara Mikulski co-sponsored the first Joint Congressional Resolution declaring the week of March 8, 1981, National Women's History Week.
By 1987, Congress declared the entire month of March Women's History Month. Since then, every president has declared the month of March Women's History Month.
Link: https://ny.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/unladylike2020/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkOz537Tb_QIVyGtvBB1yBASCEAMYASAAEgJZ-vD_BwE
Attachment: Women's History Month
Submitted by: Angie Taylor
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Several AU students have created an "Outside of Ordinary" bottle opener!
Made from upcycled lacrosse shafts, the Bottle Buddy costs $12, or two for $20. (Please ignore the price listed in the video below)
All of our profits are going to The HEADstrong Foundation, a nonprofit organization that raises money and awareness to help those affected by cancer.
Donations are also greatly appreciated!
Venmo - @Hunter-Cartwright-11
Email - htc3@alfred.edu
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLJndr7CCYg
Attachment: The Bottle Buddy
Submitted by: Evan Koffman
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"About SpaceX and Rocket Thermal Protection Systems, Limitations, and Future Problems"
Daniele Boncompagni,
Principal Thermal Engineer, SpaceX Jeffrey Andress,
Senior Thermal Engineer, SpaceX
Thursday, March 23rd, 2023
11:20 - 12:10 p.m.
Holmes Auditorium, Harder Hall
BIO: Daniele Boncompagni has been with SpaceX since 2015, and currently serves as Principal Thermal Engineer - TPS R&D Team Leader based out of Cape Canaveral, Florida. Previously, he served as Aerodynamics Team Leader for McClaren Racing, and as a Senior Aerodynamicist at Toyota Motorsport. Mr. Boncompagni holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the Universitŕ di Pisa and a Certificate in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from UCLA.
BIO: Jeffrey Andress has been with SpaceX since 2018, and currently serves as a member of the Starship heatshield TPS development team based out of Cape Canaveral, Fl. Previously he served as a senior member of the engineering team at the Kennedy Space Center, Thermal Protection System Facility overseeing ceramic and glass materials manufacturing processes for multiple spacecraft re-entry heatshields. This work spanned the entirety of the Space Shuttle program, X-38, X-37, Orion and Sierra Space Dream Chaser development and production.
Abstract: SpaceX, founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. This presentation will provide an introduction and overview of SpaceX operations and will provide an overview and discussion on the design, testing, and production of thermal heat shields utilized in Falcon 9 Full Thrust family of medium-lift launch vehicles. Jeff Andress has worked for the full duration of the NASA space shuttle program and will provide some historical perspective on space flight and a discussion on system limitations and future/open problems.
Submitted by: Nikkie Guysick
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Do you want to live in a house on campus with a French native speaker and other French-speaking students? Apply to live in the "French House" next year (2023-2024). If interested, please submit the Application Form for the Language House by the end of March to Janet McClain in 203 Perlman or mcclain@alfred.edu. No late submission accepted. You may apply as a group, pair or individual. For questions, email Professor Bouhet at bouhet@alfred.edu. The application form can be found here:
https://www.alfred.edu/ab...
Immerse yourself in the French language and French and Francophone cultures!
Submitted by: Janet McClain
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Have you or are you going to earn a minor? Show off all your hard work with a frameable minor certificate, on sale for $20 off. Sale price of $30 (plus shipping) now through April 3rd. Stop into the Registrar's office to order and see a sample.
Attachment: Sale Minor Certificate
Submitted by: Kathleen Hillman
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