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The first floor of the Student Leadership Center (off of lot #3) is having flooring replaced on December 26. We ask that you use another entrance to SLC while that work is being done.

Parking lots 3, 19, 20, 20A, and 22 will be CLOSED beginning at 4pm on FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8TH. The lots will remain closed until SUNDAY morning at which time they will be re-opened for those attending the Open House. Students that are being required to move may park in any open lot between 4pm on 11/8 and the conclusion of the Open House. All vehicles should be back in the appropriate student parking by 7am Monday NOVEMBER 11H.

Thursday morning (October 24th) the Ag Science general contractor, Streeter Associates, will be taking delivery of large office trailers.  There is a potential for some minor traffic delays along lower loop road from 8 AM-11AM.  The contractor will have flag crews directing traffic while they are taking delivery of the trailers.  We Thank You in advance for your understanding and patience during this time.

Thursday morning (October 24th) the Ag Science general contractor, Streeter Associates, will be taking delivery of large office trailers.  There is a potential for some minor traffic delays along lower loop road from 8 AM-11AM.  The contractor will have flag crews directing traffic while they are taking delivery of the trailers.  We Thank You in advance for your understanding and patience during this time.

Help us welcome back our alumni and take part in the many festivities planning around Homecoming Family Weekend!

 As we prepare these events,  please note the following Parking Lot changes:

1. Yesterday, the West End (closest to the stadium) of Parking Lot 19/middle lot by stadium closed until Monday (10/21) to allow for a tent to accommodate planned Homecoming activities.
2. On Friday (10/18) at 5 p.m., Parking Lots 18,19,20, 20A, and 22 (the lots closest to the stadium) will be closed until events begin on Saturday (10/19) at 9 a.m.  Students may move their cars into any other campus lot (not handicapped, fire lane, or no parking zones) for the weekend until Sunday at 8pm. 
3. On Saturday, the Big Blue Trolley will be circling campus starting at 10 a.m. to transport guests to Pioneer Stadium.
4. On Saturday, come enjoy the Pregame Tailgate in Lot 19 and the annual Car Show in Lot 20A starting at 10 a.m. 
5. Later in the afternoon, enjoy the Activities Carnival (1:30 p.m.) and a Rock Band Performance (2:30 p.m. or right after the football game) in Parking Lot 20. 

 Again, students moving their vehicles may park in any open lot on campus between 5 p.m. on Friday (10/18) until Sunday night (10/20) at 8 p.m. 

Help us welcome back our alumni and take part in the many festivities planning around Homecoming Family Weekend!

 As we prepare these events,  please note the following Parking Lot changes:

1. Today, the West End (closest to the stadium) of Parking Lot 19/middle lot by stadium closed until Monday (10/21) to allow for a tent to accommodate planned Homecoming activities.
2. On Friday (10/18) at 5 p.m., Parking Lots 18,19,20, 20A, and 22 (the lots closest to the stadium) will be closed until events begin on Saturday (10/19) at 9 a.m.  Students may move their cars into any other campus lot (not handicapped, fire lane, or no parking zones) for the weekend until Sunday at 8 p.m. 
3. On Saturday, the Big Blue Trolley will be circling campus starting at 10 a.m. to transport guests to Pioneer Stadium.
4. On Saturday, come enjoy the Pregame Tailgate in Lot 19 and the annual Car Show in Lot 20A starting at 10 a.m. 
5. Later in the afternoon, enjoy the Activities Carnival (1:30 p.m.) and a Rock Band Performance (2:30 p.m. or right after the football game) in Parking Lot 20. 

 Again, students moving their vehicles may park in any open lot on campus between 5 p.m. on Friday (10/18) until Sunday night (10/20) at 8 p.m. 

Dear campus community,

We've reached another milestone in our construction with all moves completed out of the Agriculture Science Building. This week we moved Student Records and Financial Services (SRFS) to 10 Elm at the intersection of Lower College Drive and Elm Street. 

Thank you to all faculty, staff, and students who have migrated to new locations for classes, labs, and offices this fall to accommodate construction. It is going to be a true transformation of the facility as we remove all the walls and construct a modern academic building in its footprint. 

New locations for offices include the Allied Health Department at Pioneer Landing, Ag and Vet Tech in SET, EJB, and Vet Tech. For staff and services, you'll now find Student Records and Financial Services at 10 Elm, Capital Projects in the Facilities Building, Instructional Technology in the Hinkle Library, and Marketing Communications in Huntington Administration. 

Our contractor has already erected the fence around Ag Sci to begin the project.

A full list of everyone that has moved with their new office locations is available at https://www.alfredstate.edu/construction-updates 

Let the rebuilding begin!

Ryan LaBrozzi, MBA, CEFP

Vice President Finance and Administration

All equipment with a useful life of at least two years requires an ownership tag. Any piece of equipment with a unit value of $5,000 or greater and a useful life of at least two years requires a bar code label and entry into the SUNY Property Control System. Generic ownership tags can be provided to any department for application onto equipment below the $5,000 threshold by contacting the Property Control Office; bar code labels on equipment above the threshold will be affixed by Property Control.

If your department has surplus equipment, please contact the Property Control Office with information concerning the surplus asset. The Property Control Office will advertise the asset locally for potential use by another department. If there is no interest in the asset across our campus, the asset will subsequently be offered to all SUNY campuses for transfer. If unable to relocate the asset within SUNY, it will be reported to the Office of General Services for public sale. 

The Property Control Office can be reached at x3986 or mcclaipm@alfredstate.edu.

There will be a Disc Golf Course Grand Opening, this Friday August 23, 2024, from 1-3pm! With some great effort and hard work from many people, we now have an 18-hole course on campus! We will be hosting the gathering at the start of the course next to the parking lot that leads up to the softball field near Pioneer Stadium. Please look for the Yellow Flags! 

We hope you join us on Friday for some refreshments and a round of Disc Golf. We are very excited about this new wellness opportunity on campus! 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact SciannBL@alfredstate.edu 

Our infrastructure projects on the Alfred campus have made great progress. Areas and roads that are now open, along with some locations still in progress, are included on the 2024 Fall Construction Update web page. Additional updates and more detailed information to help students and faculty navigate the campus for a successful beginning of the fall semester will continue to be released.

The SLC will be open seven days per week from 6AM - 7PM throughout the Summer months starting on Friday, May 10th.  Have a great Summer!

Join us in the Mackenzie Commons on Monday, April 29th (3pm) as we celebrate the progress of a six-year renovation project serving more than 1100 students living in our Residence Halls.  The event will include remarks by President Mauro, Matthew Ryan (Residential Life) and four of our Architectural students (JoAnna Musacchio, Connor Weihoneig, Colin Thompson and John Snyder III), who have created concepts for the Mackenzie outdoor spaces.  The event will feature refreshments and a tour of the newest section of the renovation to open (“C” Tower).

Facilities Services is holding the annual summer construction meeting on Wednesday, May 1 at 10 a.m. in the SLC Small Event Space. The staff will be discussing upcoming projects with tentative dates and timelines. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Rachel Brandow at extension 4755 or BrandoRE@alfredstate.edu.

As previously communicated and planned, Alfred State has ceased operation and will begin draining of the campus pool at the Orvis location.  Since November, after learning through a professional engineering study that the structural integrity of the building and the underneath space prevents continued pursuit of this location as a pool location, a fifteen-member Pool Task Force has worked to develop recommendations for the future of the space.  

This month, we received those recommendations and are now communicating a planned space conversion to the SUNY Construction Fund for their action.  Accepting the task force’s first recommendation, the new facility is proposed to consist of a much-needed open space with sports court flooring.  We are proposing a retractable divider to support multiple activities including our wrestling teams, track teams, student recreational use, and campus events. We want to thank the members of the Task Force who worked collaboratively to identify recommended uses for the space that would most benefit the campus community.  

Plans remain actively underway to facilitate supporting the Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Programs by partnering with a neighboring pool to support our existing athletes as they complete their degrees. We will continue a master planning process that will explore the feasibility and potential for a pool elsewhere on campus and will continue to provide updates to our campus community as they become available. 

The Facilities Office will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 23 and Friday, Nov. 24 for the Holiday. For true emergencies, please call Jon Nickerson at 585-610-8700 or University Police at 3999. We hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

On Monday, November 6, the work for the new bridge to AU will limit access to campus at our front entrance (West Pine St.) to just one lane and will cause a slowdown of traffic in both directions. If possible, please use an alternate route and give yourself a little extra time to travel through this area. 

On Tuesday, November 7, this work will necessitate a brief closure of the Main Street front entrance to ASC (West Pine Street) from 7:30 a.m. until approximately 1:30 p.m. An alternate route to campus will be necessary at these times.

Map of Alternatives to the Alfred Main Street Front Entrance

Parking lots 3, 20 and 20A will be closed today, Friday November 3rd at 4pm. Students that are being required to move their vehicles may park in any open STUDENT lot between 4pm on the 3rd and Sunday night. Parking Lots 3, 20 and 20A will reopen upon completion of the Open House on Sunday. 

**All student vehicles should be moved back to the appropriate STUDENT parking by 8pm on Sunday November 5th**

Vehicles that remain in closed parking lots, or re-enter after the closing time are subject to enforcement up to and including towing at the owner’s expense.

On Friday November 3rd, the power in only Facility Services will be shut off from 6am to 9am. During this time for any true emergencies please contact Jon Nickerson at 585-610-8700.

On Friday, Nov. 3, NYSEG will be conducting a very brief power shut down at 5 a.m. This will only last a few minutes, and should not interrupt operations. If you have any questions or concerns, please call the Facilities main office at 4750.

We welcome thousands of guests for Open House and Homecoming weekends. It has taken a lot of hard work to make campus look good - Steve's Friday Feature

Our contractors continue to make great strides on the infrastructure project!

OPENINGS: For Friday the 13th, we have the good fortune of opening Lower College Drive near the Townhouses along with student parking lot #2 at the townhouses and fac/staff parking lot #6 next to Ag Sciences. It’s great to see this progress as that section of the work is ready to reopen.

Also on Friday, access to parking lots #18-24 will once again be accessible coming from the west with a temporary gravel entrance that will be open just in time for homecoming.

CLOSURE: Beginning Monday, October 16 work on Upper College Drive will move in front of Orvis and will block the entrances to student parking #25 and fac/staff lot #26. All auto access to athletic facilities will need to take the loop road from Facilities Services to the west entrance of lots #18-24.

Fac/staff lot #27 will remain open near the multi-purpose courts but it will be a tight entry for that week. Beginning Monday, October 23 continued Upper College Drive construction will necessitate the closure of fac/staff lot #27.

PARKING IMPACTS: Faculty/staff parking impacts are limited to two spaces in lot #26 in front of Orvis and an RD reserved space in lot #25. All students currently parked in #25 next to MacKenzie North will need to move their cars by noon on Sunday, October 15.

MAP: A University Police Parking Map includes all lot numbers and is available online with the Oct. 16 construction updates marked.

Thank you for your cooperation as we continue to make Alfred State more Be-YOU-tiful and as always please contact Jon Nickerson at 4724 if you have any questions or concerns.

We're excited to announce a fun and interactive Homecoming Week team-building event for all employees that will add a splash of creativity and adventure to our workweek – the Alfred State Employee Scavenger Hunt! Teams will be broken up by departments. Make sure to check announce every morning for the day’s challenge or item to photograph. Each task is worth a set amount of points. The points will be awarded by department, not individually. Each department can decide how many daily tasks they want to complete. All points will be tallied up on Monday, October 16th and a winner will be announced. It's going to be an event filled with laughter, teamwork, and unforgettable memories. We can’t wait to see all the photos and videos.

Please send all photos and videos to hr@alfredstate.edu

Tuesday's Challenge

• Take a picture of a coin of any denomination from 1999 (20 pts)
• Career Change: Take a photo or video of a team member performing (or attempting to perform) a job in a different department. (20 points)
• Take a photo with the Feast Beast (10 points)
• Take a photo with department members from different decades (10 points, extra 10 points for more than 2 decades)

EXTRAS (Can do at any time during the week)

• Take a photo of 2 members at Pioneer Stadium (10 points, Bonus 30 points if the photo is at the homecoming game)
• Air Guitar Hero- Take a Video of your team air-instrumenting/lip syncing a song cover of your favorite rock band (30 points)
• Crikey! Narrate your colleagues while working as if you are on a National Geographic show (30 points) 

Facilities Services will be conducting emergency evacuations (fire drills) from 9/25 - 9/29 to fulfill the requirements of NYS Fire Code.  Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Evacuation of Mobility Impaired Students During Fire Drills

If mobility impaired students are in a classroom or other room located on a floor without immediate egress to the exterior of the building, they are to go to the nearest exit and remain in the stairwell.  The elevators will not be operative during an emergency and should not be used during a drill.  The aide who accompanies his/her mobility impaired student will remain with the student.  Thank you.

In the event of an emergency evacuation (fire drill) in a building, the occupants of the building should assemble at a predetermined location. The following is a list for the Academic buildings on the Alfred campus. These sites were chosen to allow access for emergency personnel in the event of an actual emergency.                                    

EMERGENCY EVACUATION LOCATIONS for the Alfred Campus

Administration—across parking lot #7 near the loop road.

AG. Sci.—Administration parking lot #7, CDH courtyard.

CDH — south side of the building near the entrance to Ag. Science.

Document Center— the rear entrance of Orvis.

E.J. Brown—bell tower area, east sidewalk between EJ and CDH.

10 Elm-bottom of the stairs at lot #4.

Engineering—near the emergency blue light on the west side of Engineering, or the east side near the bell tower.

Facilities Services—the far side of lot #17 by the designated smoking area.

Farm—across the parking lot on the west side of the dairy barn.

Library—bottom of the stairs by the bell tower.

Mackenzie Quad—sidewalk toward Mackenzie West, parking lot # 14.

Motor Sports—top of the stairs to parking lot #73.

Orvis—in front of the building by the bus stop.

Physical and Health Science—bottom of the stairs near the front of Ag. Science.

Pioneer Center—parking lot #35.

SDC—upper sidewalk in front of Engineering, south lawn near loop road.

SLC – parking lot #3 by University Police and

           West exit by Central Dinning Hall

TA Parish –top of the stairs near the loop road.

Theta Gamma House—parking lot #3 at the bottom of the SLC steps.

Vet Tech— far side of the access road on the west side of the building

Please note that due to the ongoing construction and assisting visitors with navigating parking on campus, beginning on Tuesday, September 26, 14 faculty/staff parking spaces in lot 35 will be converted to visitor parking.  In return, 14 visitor parking spaces currently located in lot 3 will be converted to faculty/staff parking through the remainder of the fall semester.   Thank you for your understanding as we strive to provide a positive experience for prospective students and their families visiting campus.

The Facilities office will be closed on Monday, September 4 for the Holiday. For true emergencies, please call Jon Nickerson at 585-610-8700.

Print and Mail Services will be extending mail/package pickup as a convenience for our students during this high volume mail period.

Starting this Wednesday, Aug. 30 through Wednesday, Sept. 13, we will be open from 8 a.m. through 5:30 p.m. We will also be open on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 4.

Reminder: If students are unable to come to the Mail Center during office hours, they may respond to the email from Mailroom@alfredstate.edu stating the name of the designee (trusted friend/roommate) authorized to retrieve their package. Questions may be directed to ext. 3520.