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Join an open meeting for anyone who plans events on campus!
Do you plan events? Does your office or department provide support services for campus events? Are you interested in knowing what others are planning? Looking for collaborations or programming partners?
If so, please join in the fun for a monthly open meeting on Campus Event Planning:
Tuesday, September 19th
2-3 p.m.
Herrick Library in the BookEnd Lounge.
What to expect:
-Casual conversation and sharing about ideas and plans (no formal prep required)
-Meet colleagues across campus
-Share what events your department is planning (or thinking of planning)
-No events right now? Just come and say hi and hear about what others are up to.
-Don't plan events? No problem! Anyone who is interested is welcome!
Future Meeting Dates:
-Tuesday, October 10
-Tuesday November 7
-Tuesday December 5
Everyone is welcome!
Hope to see you there!
Submitted by: Mechele Romanchock
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Planning a meeting or event on campus?
Add public events, faculty and council meetings, academic calendar events, lectures, open meetings, etc. Discover potential collaborations and avoid double booking students and staff. Add your planning schedule - even TBD events - to hold a place and announce your events.
To add your event or meeting, create the event in your calendar and invite [email protected]. Any changes or updates to the event will be reflected on the calendar!
Want to see if your event conflicts with another event on campus? Add the AU Events calendar from the directory to your list of calendars to see what's coming up.
HOW TO ADD:
From Webmail
1. Go to Outlook calendar
2. Click Add Calendar
3. Select add from directory
4. Type [email protected] > choose "my calendars", "people's calendars" or "other Calendars" depending on how you organize
Link: [email protected] Planning Calendar
Submitted by: AU Events
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Job Title - Student Fundraising Representative
Purpose - Call Alfred University alumni, parents, and friends to fundraise and engage.
Duties and Responsibilities - Call alumni, parents, friends of the university to raise funds for Alfred University's annual giving effort. Update our contact information and engage them with the University.
Qualifications - Good communication and telephone skills. Positive attitude, reliable, responsible, punctual and an excellent ambassador for Alfred University.
Day and evening positions available.
Rate of pay is $12.60 per hour.
Open to work study and non-work study.
Work location - Fasano House.
When applying on handshake please include hours of availability.
If you have any questions, please email [email protected] or call 871-2538.
Attachment: Application
Submitted by: Audrea Sirianni
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If you are a student intending to work or a Supervisor looking to hire student employees. There is a website (linked below) that is for Supervisors/Students that details the requirements to work on campus.
Student employees- if you have never worked for AU before you may not begin working until all of your paperwork is complete this includes your I-9 (federal) requirement. Please see the website below for better detail of what is required to bring to your appointment with you.
Supervisors- it should be noted if you are hiring Non-Work Study students they should all be going through the Electronic Personnel Action (EPAF) system. If you need training/access to this system, please visit https://my.alfred.edu/hum... for instructions.
All Work Study jobs will remain on the Employment Authorization Cards issued by Financial Aid.
Rates:
$12.75 is the general Non-Work Study/Work Study rate
$13.00 Public Safety ($14.00 if student is Supervisor)
$14.20 Food Service ($15.00 if student is Supervisor)
$13.50 Models/Research Jr.
$14.00 Senior Researchers
Link: Student Employment Webpage
Submitted by: Kayleigh Jones
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Public events in the School of Art & Design + Performing Arts Division, week of September 3 - September 10, 2023. All events are free and open to the public.
September 13, 4:30pm Holmes Auditorium
First Year Graduate Student Presentations: Annual event introducing the incoming class of graduate students in the School of Art & Design. Short presentations by first year graduate students including candidates in Electronic Integrated Art, the Divisions of Ceramic Art, Sculpture Dimensional Studies, and Painting. This pecha-kucha-style talk will offer a glimpse into their innovative and exciting studio practices.
September 16, 7pm Miller Theater
WONLANDE - presented by The Echoes of Africa Dance Collective Alfred University and the New York State DanceForce are proud to offer: Echoes of Africa - a collective of artists - dancers, choreographers and musicians that bring arts within the African Diaspora to audiences within New York State and beyond.
The Echoes of Africa Dance Collective will present "Wonlande," a production of Traditional and Contemporary African drum and dance on September 16th 7:00pm in Miller Theater. This high energy, dynamic and musically enriching communal event takes the audience on a cultural tour through the countries of the Caribbean and West Africa. The audience will enjoy the songs, the rhythms and the live percussion as they celebrate life and culture of the African Diaspora in this one-night extravaganza. This performance would take place at the Miller Performing Arts Center and is free to the public.
September 17, 11am-4pm Crandall Hall Parking Lot
Alfred University Theatre Department Fundraising GARAGE SALE The Alfred University Theatre Dept. is holding a fundraising garage sale! Need an interesting outfit, a piece of furniture, a tool, or just some random bric-a-brac to decorate your wall? All that and more can be found at this unique and one of a kind event. Years of accumulated inventory from the Alfred University Theatre department is being offered in this garage sale fundraiser.
The sale will include costumes and clothes of all kinds as well as tools, furniture and other strange and cool items gathered from the depths of the theatre's storages. In addition to items culled from the department, there will be a broader selection of community donated items as well.
Held in the parking lot and front lawn of Crandall Hall (The Montessori parking lot), directly across from the AU bandstand and Alfred Farmers Market, come buy a basket from the garage sale to put all your farmer market goodies in! All sales will be cash only and these deals are not to be missed!!
Link: Complete and up to date listing of arts events
Submitted by: Arts Events
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September 21 -December 30, 2023
Opening Reception: September 21 at 5pm
Super Real presents a collection of recent artworks, ranging from the colossal to intimate, by sculptor Ashley Lyon. Through scale, fragmentation, and touch, Lyon translates figures and objects into reflections of lived experience.
Museum Hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 10am - 5pm
Link: Alfred Ceramic Art Museum Exhibitions
Submitted by: Bill Giese
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September 21 - December 30, 2023
Opening Reception: September 21 at 5pm
Reuben Nakian is best known for his large-scale bronze sculptures. However, Nakian left for posterity a large, highly significant body of work in the ceramic medium. It is this less recognized, but unquestionably important work the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum is celebrating with this exhibition.
Museum Hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 10am - 5pm
Link: Alfred Ceramic Art Museum Exhibitions
Submitted by: Alfred Ceramic Art Museum
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Please see the attached poster from the American Red Cross for details regarding their on-campus Blood Drive to be held on September 14th from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Knight Club. Please note that appointments are required to give blood and may be made as outlined on the attachment.
Attachment: Directions to Give Blood on September 14th
Submitted by: James Ward
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The Foundations program at the School of Art & Design is looking for objects for our still life collection; our Closet of Curiosities for first year art students. The weirder, the better! Interesting patterns, colors, shapes. Big and small. Objects, small chairs and tables, fabric, oddities. If you're donating something small or medium sized, please bring it to the rolling cart outside of Harder 227. If it's something large, such as furniture, please reach out to Mary Johnson, Director of Foundations. [email protected]
Submitted by: Arts Events
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The director for the AU Theatre dept. fall show of Marisol is looking for angel wings.... In the play, the angels revolt and go to war with what they call a senile God who has abandoned humanity. So the angels shed their wings of peace and love and adorn their wings of war. With that in mind, the director would like to fill the scenography gallery in Miller with YOUR interpretation of angel wings. Looking for all mediums, the more diversity the better! Open to all Alfred Unv students. All artwork must be received by Nov 6 for Nov 9 opening.
Angel wing art creations for Marisol (play) lobby display.
The director for the AU Theatre dept. fall show of Marisol is looking for angel wings.... In the play, the angels revolt and go to war with what they call a senile God who has abandoned humanity. So the angels shed their wings of peace and love and adorn their wings of war. With that in mind, the director would like to fill the scenography gallery in Miller with YOUR interpretation of angel wings. Looking for all mediums, the more diversity the better! Open to all Alfred Unv students.
Submitted by: Arts Events
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The Writing Center is open on weekdays for drop-ins and scheduled appointments from from 10:15am to 4:15pm in Seidlin 008.
We are also open from Sunday - Wednesday in the Bookend Lounge in Herrick Library for drop-ins from 7:30pm - 9pm.
See the link below to schedule an appointment, or drop-in at any time! (use your Alfred email and password as the TutorTrac login)
Link: Make a Writing Center Appointment
Submitted by: Beatrice Crespo
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Have The Alfred Sun weekly community newspaper delivered FREE to your Powell Campus Center mailbox every Thursday!
Sign up now! Email your name together with your PCC box number to: [email protected] today! Here comes the SUN....!
Submitted by: David Snyder
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In order to streamline the requisition approval process in The Saxon Shop (Unimarket), we are now requiring that all requisitions include a justification statement. We ask that you simply state the business purpose of your purchase. If you think it would help the approver(s), there is also the possibility of adding attachments to your justification. Some examples of potential justification statements are:
- This requisition is for supplies required for the ___________ class I am teaching this semester.
- This requisition is for office furniture for a new employee in our department, John Smith, who will be starting on September 4th. Procurement helped us to secure quotations.
- We are placing this order with Amazon instead of B&H because the projector is on back order with B&H and we need it ASAP.
- These materials are for storing samples and materials for the ARL project.
This change in the process will save the approver(s) throughout the workflow from needing to email or call you with questions regarding the order.
Because of this change, you will no longer have to answer the question, "Is this requisition related to Sponsored Research or a Grant?"
As always, please feel free to contact the Procurement Office if you have any questions or need additional information.
Thank you.
Submitted by: Melissa Badeau
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The Alfred University Business office is seeking a student with available College Work Study hours to assist with basic office functions including scanning and electronic and paper based filing!
If interested - please email:
Amanda Azzi - [email protected]
Jason Warner - [email protected]
Submitted by: Amanda Azzi
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The Information Literacy Librarian has created a series of canvas modules that can be imported into your Canvas courses. The most popular modules include building complex searches, finding scholarly articles, and creating appropriate citations.
Other topics include Zotero (citation manager), using library resources, evaluating sources, and brainstorming research questions.
Email Kevin Adams to request a module: [email protected].
NOTE: If you have used an Information Literacy Module in the past, please reach out to Kevin for an updated version, instead of copying the old one. Most modules were updated last year.
Link: Information Literacy Canvas Modules
Submitted by: Kevin Adams
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Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), students have certain rights with respect to their education record at AU. Most information is confidential such as your grades and is only accessible to those with an educational purpose. Directory information is not protected under FERPA but at Alfred we protect and limit this information. Please see our website on FERPA for details about those rights.
With these rights even parents can be denied access/information unless you sign a release form authorizing their access. Please visit the registrar web page and look under forms to find the Parent/Guardian Access Waiver form.
You can choose to have your record confidential. Though it does mean there will be implications. Please read thoroughly the attached form before making this decision.
Link: WEBSITE ON FERPA
Attachment: Confidential Form
Submitted by: Tammy Jursza Williams
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Public events in the School of Art & Design + Performing Arts Division, week of September 18 - September 24, 2023. All events are free and open to the public.
September 21, 4:30pm Nevins Theater Powell Campus Center Arts Speaker Series: Selva Aparicio, Sculpture and Dimensional Studies Randall Chair
SEPTEMBER 21, 5-8PM ALFRED ART WALK
5-7pm Opening Receptions Alfred Ceramic Art Museum Reuben Nakian: The Impassioned Gesture and Ashley Lyon: Super Real on view through December 30, 2023
6-8pm Opening Receptions Robert C. Turner Gallery Back Burn 2023 Summer Ceramics Intern Showcase and A ticket to Senegal: Where one feels at home On view through September 29, 2023
ON VIEW and open to the Public during Alfred Art Walk
Fosdick-Nelson Gallery Andy Brady: Steward of Precision on view through October 22, 2023
Cohen Gallery Central Receiving New Works by Trevor Bennett on view through October 1, 2023
TSI/Harland Snodgrass Gallery Harder Hall Lobby FRAGMENTS, Kika Nikolela on view through September 24, 2023
September 24, 2pm Miller Theater Sara Badeau Senior Music Recital Alfred University's Music Department is pleased to present senior and music major Sara Badeau's Senior Music Recital. Sara will showcase her musical abilities via multiple instruments as well as her vocal talents. She will be backed by guest artists that feature fellow Alfred music students as well as community members. There will be a reception in the Miller lobby immediately following the recital.
Link: Next Week in the Arts
Submitted by: Arts Events
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Engineering Seminar
Casey Schwarz, PhD
Associate Professor of Physics, Department Chair
Ursinus College
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"Advances in Engineered Chalcogenide Glass Materials for Optical and Photonic Devices"
Thursday, September 14th, 2023
11:20 - 12:10 p.m.
Holmes Auditorium, Harder Hall
BIO:�Casey M. Schwarz completed her PhD in physics at UCF in 2012 under the supervision of Prof. Leonid Chernyak studying the radiation effects of semiconductor transport properties using electron beam induced current and Cathodoluminescence characterization techniques. Schwarz went on to teach at Valencia College in 2012 as an Adjunct Professor of Physics. Schwarz then joined the Kuebler research group in spring of 2013 a post-doctoral researcher where she investigated the processing and properties of novel materials for future optical device applications. Schwarz joined the faculty at Ursinus College in the fall of 2016. Her research interests include 3D direct laser writing of multi-component chalcogenide materials, development and design of optical devices, and optical characterization. The development of optics that function at wavelengths in the infrared (IR) can be used for applications in diagnostic medicine, environmental sensing, space exploration, and search-and-rescue tools. She is also very active in her outreach activities which include mentoring high school and undergraduate students and participating in promotion of women in science events and organizations. She lives in Collegeville, PA with her husband, 3 year old "mini-scientist" daughter and big dog.
Abstract: �In this presentation, I will discuss recent advancements in the development of methodologies and techniques used to structurally and morphologically engineer novel chalcogenide (ChG) materials. Innovative deposition and processing techniques of ChG thin films and our methods used to pattern them will be introduced. Multiphoton lithography (MPL) was used to create nanoscale alterations in thermally deposited As2S3, leading to the successful fabrication of a gradient refractive index (GRIN) effective medium lens within multilayer As2S3-As2Se3 films. This lens possessed structures as small as 120 nm and demonstrated optical functionality. Additionally, ChG Ge-Sb-Se-Te (GSST) material is explored for its potential as a phase-change material (PCM), including a novel solution process for film deposition. These innovative material processing and structuring methods open up exciting avenues for the creation of functional planar optical and photonic devices. Lastly, I will discuss teaching, outreach, careers and what makes these topics so exciting.
Submitted by: Nikkie Guysick
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Bergren Forum
Thursday, Sept. 7
Nevins Theatre, 12:15 - 1:00
Rob Reginio, Assoc. Prof. of English, will share stories about exploring the original notes and manuscripts that Bob Dylan wrote during the tumultuous years of 1967 and 1968.
The Bergren Forum takes place every Thursday lunchtime during the semester from 12:10 to 1:00 in Nevins Theater. Bring your own lunch. Tea and coffee provided.
The Zoom link for people unable to attend in person is: https://alfredu.zoom.us/j...
For further information, contact Paige Bock: [email protected]
Submitted by: Paige Bock
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Calling all Support Staff Members!
Our first Support Staff Council meeting of the 2023-24 academic year will be held this Thursday, September 14, from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. in the Herrick Library's Drake Wing (go in the front doors and hang a left).
All support staff members are invited and welcome to attend!
We hope to see you there!
Submitted by: Katie Decker
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Did you know that you can work as a work-study student at local off-campus community service employers?
The Alfred Montessori School is looking to hire 4 Federal Work Study eligible students as Teacher's Assistant(8:00am-3:00pm) and After School Program Assistants (3:00pm-5:00pm).
Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions that you may have regarding this Work-Study opportunity
Submitted by: Brielle Gavin
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