Student Announce May 24, 2023


Memorial Day Office Closure

The Office of Human Resources and CCET will be closed on Monday, May 29 in observance of Memorial Day. We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday!!

- Amber Ferguson

Fighting Cancer Scholarship

The Pilzer/Klein, P.C., Fighting Cancer Scholarship offers $2500 to a student diagnosed with or recovering from cancer. Applying students are expected to submit 1,000-word essays detailing their experience with their diagnosis and their hopes for the future.

Application Requirements

  • GPA of 3.0 or higher
  • Enrolled in or accepted at an accredited college, university, or graduate school in the United States
  • Personal experience contending with cancer, i.e a recent diagnosis and/or childhood diagnosis
  • Agree to the scholarship terms and conditions
  • Submit the necessary application materials

The deadline to apply is June 15, 2023.

To complete this scholarship application, click here.

 

- Katlin Meehan

On-campus job opportunity: Academic Peer Mentor (APM) positions available for Fall 2023

Need a job for the Fall 2023 semester? 

The Office of Residential Services and Student Success Center are hiring Academic Peer Mentors (APMs) for the Fall 2023 semester. 

  • Academic Peer Mentors (APMs) are live-in residential staff that are co-supervised by Residential Services and the Student Success Center (SSC). 
  • APMs will connect with mentees in their residence hall to establish academic, social, and career goals. 

  • The APMs will also engage residents in timely and topical conversations to help student develop a deeper understanding of how to be successful in college. 

  • Additionally, APMs will serve as a resource for students helping them identify and use appropriate campus resources. 

    APMs will serve as a positive role model in the classroom and within the community at large and must maintain a 2.75 GPA. 

  • The job requires 10 hours a week.

  • APMs will be placed in first-year residence halls (Shults, Peet, MGA, Mackenzie South, Braddon, and Burdick). APMs will receive a half-room compensation. 

  • Apply using this link: https://forms.office.com/r/ZukqH3Nc38
- Amy Babcock

Academic Regulations

Good morning,

Can I please have the following added to Announce from Interim VPAA Craig Clark.

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Academic Regulations

The following Academic Regulations (AR) have been added / changed per the AR 101 process:

  • AR 200's

Academic Regulations can be found on the Alfred State College website: http://www.alfredstate.edu/academics/academic-regulations

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- Lisa Gardner

Memorial day

The  technology  service helpdesk will be close on  Monday  May 29.

- Rawle Crawford

Student Senate Executive Board 2023-2024

President - Kaytlin Cottrell

Executive Vice President - Lilith Holmes

Vice President of Finance - Isaiah Dempson

Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging - Daniel Mitchell-Brown 

Vice President of Academic and Technology Affairs - Marlena Volpe

Vice President of Student Engagement - Danny Davis

Vice President of Student Life - D'Asia Grant

Vice President of Commuter Affairs - Michael Bianco

Vice President of Records and Organizations - Jianna Flora

Vice President of Wellsville Affairs - Amir Angevin


New BIPOC Male Scholars Program

Are you a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Population of Color) Male?

Would you like to be part of a new Academic, Professional, and Social program?

Then apply to join Brother to Brother…

 

Brother to Brother is part of the newly created Alfred State BIPOC Scholars Program for enrolled male-identifying BIPOC Alfred State students in all programs that provides academic, social, and professional mentoring, support, and opportunities focused on persistence, retention, and success of the community at Alfred State.

The Brother to Brother program is under the direction of Dr. Brian Saltsman, Coordinator of BIPOC Scholars, and is facilitated by professional and student peer mentors. The program will utilize on-campus offices and personnel, community resources, and regionally available programs and opportunities to meet the needs of the target demographic population. The goals are to build intentional community for men of color at Alfred State, increase the retention rate of men of color, and increase success outcomes inside and outside of the classroom.

Men interested in learning more or joining the initial cohort are asked to fill out the student interest form found at https://forms.office.com/r/3shVDJqCiu

An interest and intake meeting will be held during the first week of Fall 2023. A schedule of events and resources will be distributed. Currently, the following are a sample of the included topics and events:

-- Financial Literacy and Management         -- 3x3 Basketball Tournament

-- Cooking and Grilling Clinics                      -- Academic Goal-setting & Check-ins

-- CPR/First Aid Training                               -- Men of Color Leadership Conference

-- Philanthropy Project  

- Brian Saltsman

Individual Room Selection - 2023 to 2024

The Office of College Housing would like to announce that Individual Room Sign-Ups are now active. The Individual Room Sign-up Process is based on accrued credit hours (including this term) as follows:

  • All new incoming and returning students now have access to sign up for 2023 - 2024 housing options
  • Individual Room selections end Tuesday, May 30, 2023

To sign up for housing, please follow the instructions below:

  1. Enter your my.alfredstate.edu
  2. Select the "Sign up for Housing" icon
  3. Log into eRezlife using your Alfred State email credentials
  4. Select "Housing Overview" under Housing
  5. Select your Admit Term "202401",
  6. Select your Class (freshman, senior, etc)
  7. Select your Full/Part time status (should be full time for housing)
  8. Select your Student Type (new freshman or transfer)
  9. Select the "Apply Now" button **if you have not completed your housing profile and housing profile questions you will be re-directed to do so** 
  10. Select your Residence building preference(s). Once completed click "Save and Continue"
  11. Fill out the "Application Form"
  12. Confirm your application and select "Submit Application"
  13. Confirmation page will appear if you have successfully completed this process. 
    1. Please note, any applications that are completed between 5:00 pm and 8:00 am may not be granted access to sign up for a room until the following day (ex. If you complete your application at 8:00 pm on Monday, you might not be able to sign up for housing until 8:00 am Tuesday). This is due to the formatting of our housing software and our department reviewing applications before permitting students to sign up for housing.
  14. Return to "Housing Overview" 
  15.  Select the green "Browse Rooms"
  16. You can search for specific rooms by building/section and/or other residence preferences set up. This may take a couple of attempts pending on your preferences and room availability. "No bed available" will appear if there is not a room available through the preferences you set up. 
  17. Click the "bed" icon to select your room of choice. 
  18. Dialog window will be prompted with details of the selected room. 
  19. Click the "choose this bed" button
  20. Review the details of your room reservation. Click on "Assign me now" to confirm your assignment.  Click the "look at other rooms" link to browse other rooms. 

Information on housing sign-up can also be found on the Room Selection page for Residential Services.

Please contact Residential Services at reslife@alfredstate.edu or call 607-587-4371 with any questions. 

- Donald Schrader

Commuter Council - Positions Available

Greetings Commuters, 

 I hope that everyone near and far had a great Hotdog Day! My name is Michael Bianco, I'm from Metuchen, NJ, and I am the Vice President of Commuter Affairs for the Student Senate, and Committee Chair and Treasurer of the Commuter Council. The role of Commuter Affairs is to liaison commuter concerns to Student Senate meetings, host Commuter Council meetings, and engage in commuter focused operations. The Commuter Council is responsible for creating event opportunities on campus that engage commuter students, and also taking on multiple initiatives that are important to commuters that aim to better the commuter experience on campus overall. 

Planning events for commuters cannot be only based on Council approval, we need YOUR help!

There are Executive Board positions open. Vice Committee-Chairman, Public Relations Officer, and Event Coordinator. All positions are available for this current semester and will carry over into the next academic year!

For more information on these positions please contact Michael Bianco, and if anyone has any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

 Michael Santino Bianco

Senior ​Electrical Construction & Maintenance Electrician
Vice President of Commuter Affairs
Gamma Theta Gamma
Email: biancoms1@alfredstate.edu

- Donald Schrader