Student Announce September 11, 2023

Monday, September 11th, 2023 marks the 22 year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93 which crashed in suburban Pennsylvania. Patriot Day serves as a remembrance of the lives lost on that September morning.

By a joint resolution approved 12/18/2001, (Public Law 107-89) has designated September 11th of each year as "Patriot Day" which also directs the flags be lowered to half-staff for the entire day on September 11.

Health & Wellness Services has partnered with the Allegany County Department of Health to offer the HPV (Gardisil) vaccine to all students.  The clinic will be held on the Alfred Campus in Parish Hall on Wednesday, September 20th.  You must be registered for the vaccine; they will not be offering walk in appointments.  You can text 585-808-7626, to make an appointment, or call 585-268-9250.  Please text your full legal name.  Should you need to leave a voicemail please include your full legal name and a number to return calls to.  The fee for the vaccine will be based on a sliding scale and will be billed to your insurance.  

The Student Success Center will be hosting the Note-Taking & Active Reading Workshop on Wednesday, September 13th at 5pm in the Student Development Center, Room 109. This workshop will introduce different strategies designed to help you take notes on both class lectures and assigned readings more effectively. 

Find this workshop and future events on Pioneer Link!

View our Fall 2023 Workshop Schedule on the Student Success Webpage: https://www.alfredstate.edu/student-success-center/math-and-writing-labs

Women wrestle, and so can you…even if you’ve never wrestled before. Are you courageous? Dedicated? Passionate about empowering women? The women’s wrestling team hopes to find a few more brave ladies to try wrestling, and you might be a great fit. This is your chance to make history and play an NCAA DIII sport, but the kick is, no experience is required. If you already like the gym, enjoy learning about nutrition, and are competitive, come to our interest meeting on Wednesday, 9/13 at 6:00PM, or reach out to Coach Laine ((425) 321-9667, Kermoaml@alfredstate.edu) to see what it’d look like to be a woman wrestler for Alfred State.

Health & Wellness Services has partnered with the Allegany County Department of Health to offer flu vaccines to all students.  The clinic will be held on the Alfred Campus in Parish Hall on Monday, September 18th.  You must be registered for the vaccine; they will not be offering walk in appointments.  The fee for the vaccine will be based on a sliding scale and will be billed to your insurance.  Attached below is the link to register.  Please note that you are not fully registered until you have completed the form in its entirety with your Alfred State email address.  

https://apps2.health.ny.gov/doh2/applinks/cdmspr/2/counties?OpID=04A14DE1A39D017AE0630A6C7C16D475

PLEASE COME JOIN ERGO (ASC’S LITERARY & ARTISTIC PUBLICATION)!

ERGO is funded by the Student Senate and is freely distributed each semester.  Students, faculty, and staff are invited to submit their original works of art, poetry, and prose by sending them to ERGO@alfredstate.edu.  Dr. Aniko Constantine (SDC Bldg., Rm. 309), is the Faculty Advisor for ERGO.  If you wish, your submission could be published anonymously or under a pseudonym.

The first meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 11, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. in the Student Development Center faculty lounge located on the 2nd floor, Rm. 242.  This meeting is open to any students interested in possibly joining ERGO.  This committee will meet 5 or 6 times during the semester.

Take a moment and review one of our previous publications located in several of the buildings around campus.  

POETRY READING:  MONDAY, NOV. 6, 2023, AT 6:00 P.M. IN THE ALLEGANY ROOM LOCATED WITHIN CENTRAL DINING HALL.

ALERT:  Emergency Drill

Wednesday, September 13th, 2023, at 10:10 a.m.

Alfred State will be conducting the drill to test its emergency procedures & systems on the Alfred and Wellsville Campuses

During the drill – actively shelter in place at a location where you can:

1. Lock or block the door
2. Darken the room
3. Silence cell phones
4. Move to the safest wall (where you are out of sight)
5. Strategize and coordinate with persons with you about what to do if your door is entered by a threat.  Identify 2-4 “contact” persons who will volunteer to actively assist in getting the threat to the floor where they are unable to continue their actions. 

The sirens will be going off on both the Alfred and Wellsville campuses.  Hear an audio sample and learn about them at: http://www.alfredstate.edu/university-police/emergency-preparedness-emergency-procedures/outdoor-warning-siren

RAVE Alert!  Students upon activating their Alfred State email account are automatically registered.  To manage and update notification preferences visit: www.getrave.com/login/alfredstate

Watch the video - RUN.HIDE.FIGHT.  Learn what you should do if there is an active shooter in your vicinity at: http://www.alfredstate.edu/university-police/training

Faculty members - it is recommended to share this video with your class and/or talk about your strategy for sheltering and what you will do if your room is entered.

Campus Recreation has worked closely with some amazing instructors to bring fitness classes to campus just for you! Classes are open to everyone, and we hope to see you participate. Each class has equipment provided so you do not have to worry about bringing anything, and every class is free! Please see below to see what we have to offer!

Mondays 5-6pm Boxing with Colleen Wahl in the Studio (Located in Pioneer Center)

• Monday 9/11/23 - Monday 12/4/23 

Tuesdays 5-6pm Line Dancing with Nancy Furlong in the Studio (Located in Pioneer Center) 

• Tuesday 9/5/23 - Tuesday 12/5/23

Thursdays 5-6pm REV+FLOW with Lynn Hayes in the Studio (Located in Pioneer Center) 

• Thursdays 9/7/23 - 12/7/23 

Thursdays 6-7pm Zumba with Meghan Smith in the Studio (Located in Pioneer Center) 

• Thursdays 9/7/23 - 11/16/23 

All classes are scheduled around breaks and are posted to the Campus Recreation page on Pioneer Link. For exact dates, please visit: https://pioneerlink.alfredstate.edu/organization/intramurals 

Make sure to follow our Instagram (@recreation_asc) to see our upcoming events, current events, and more! 

Culinary Arts is hosting a take-out BBQ rib dinner on Thursday, September 21st.  The time is 3:00pm - 5:30pm (or until sold out).

The menu includes smoked BBQ Baby Back Ribs (half rack), Salt Potatoes, Corn on the Cobb, Dinner Roll, and Cookie.

Cost is $15.00 cash or check only (no advanced ticket sales).

The last day to add a full-term course is 4:00 pm on Monday, Sept. 11th.  Please see Academic Regulations 502.10A and 502.10B for more information.