Student Announce May 7, 2025

STUDENTS! 

DON’T FORGET TO $PEND YOUR DINING DOLLAR$ BEFORE THE END OF THE $EME$TER!

Dining Dollars expire and do not carry over to the next semester.

Consider a shopping spree at The Nook!

Are you passionate about Alfred State and eager to share your experience with others? The Admissions Office is currently looking for charismatic, dependable, and enthusiastic students to join our Student Ambassador team!

As a Student Ambassador, you’ll have the opportunity to serve as a Student Tour Guide or a Student Caller, helping prospective students and their families learn what makes Alfred State such a special place. This is a great chance to build your communication skills, connect with future Pioneers, and make a meaningful impact on our college community.

We’re looking for students who are proud to be part of Alfred State, love meeting new people, and can represent the college in a positive and authentic way.

If you're interested or want to learn more, reach out to Mike Padlo at padlom@alfredstate.edu.

We’d love to have you on the team!

Please see the below scholarship opportunity and share with students who may benefit. Students in Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany, and Stueben qualify for the Scholarship. 

Appalachian Health Career Scholarship
The Appalachian Health Graduate Fellowship Program is now accepting applications for the 2025-2027 cohort.

Blueprint Kentucky (formerly CEDIK) is pleased to administer a two-year Fellowship program for Appalachian students enrolled in graduate education in a health field who demonstrate a clear intention to return to Appalachia to pursue a health career.

The fellowships, funded by a generous gift from The New York Community Trust, are awarded for two years and a total of $20,000 ($10,000 will be awarded in the fall of each academic year). The submission postmark deadline is June 1st, 2025. Access the 2025 Application.

https://blueprintkentucky.ca.uky.edu/app-health-fellowship

All students are encouraged to review and Update their Personal Information on a regular basis.  You can update items such as your address, phone number, preferred first name, and personal pronouns.

As you are packing up for the end of this academic year, the annual Mega Drive collection of clothing, electronics, furniture, rugs, school supplies, and anything else in usable condition is occurring in boxes located outside of the Resident Hall administration offices.  Would you please consider donating quality items toward this initiative rather than placing them in a dumpster?

All items will be sorted and then offered for sale during Welcome Week on Wednesday, August 20th with proceeds funding the ReClaim Mega Sale Endowment Scholarship.  

Viles & Beckman, LLC, a group of personal injury attorneys, is offering an annual academic opportunity: the $2,500 Community Growth Scholarship open for all students with an interest in community service.

To enter students are to write an essay of 1,000 words on the following subject:

“What does your community mean to you? Discuss your commitment to both your school and the larger community. Provide examples of ways that you have benefited from and helped enrich the communities in which you are involved. This can include helping those who are injured or in need of assistance, volunteer work, tutoring, etc.”.

Students can apply for this scholarship by submitting their essays in PDF format and all the other necessary documents using the form available on our page. The deadline to apply is June 15, 2025.

Thank you for your time. We remain at your disposal for any further questions. 

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

All the best,

Patricia Beckwith

Media Specialist

Digital Marketing | Viles & Beckman, LLC

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(239) 677-4283

patriciahbeckwith@gmail.com

Are you passionate about Alfred State and eager to share your experience with others? The Admissions Office is currently looking for charismatic, dependable, and enthusiastic students to join our Student Ambassador team!

As a Student Ambassador, you’ll have the opportunity to serve as a Student Tour Guide or a Student Caller, helping prospective students and their families learn what makes Alfred State such a special place. This is a great chance to build your communication skills, connect with future Pioneers, and make a meaningful impact on our college community.

We’re looking for students who are proud to be part of Alfred State, love meeting new people, and can represent the college in a positive and authentic way.

If you're interested or want to learn more, reach out to Mike Padlo at padlom@alfredstate.edu.

We’d love to have you on the team!

The Center for Civic Leadership offers big congratulations to our soon to be graduates and wants to remind any who are concluding their journey with Alfred State to double check your voter registration status and make sure you update it to properly reflect where you wish to be registered to vote. As a reminder, we have  Voter Registration  resources available to all students in your portal. If you are not sure if you are registered to vote, you can also use our online resources to Check your Registration Status, Research your Ballot, or Find your Polling Place.  People tend to pay attention to national elections and forget about what is happening on a local level. We encourage all you eligible voters, to get registered and stay engaged in your local communities.  

To all students, we wish you a safe, enjoyable, and fulfilling summer!

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Stir the Pot(in a good way)!

If you have any library materials checked out, please return them before leaving campus to avoid replacement costs.  

The residence halls close Saturday, May 10th at 7:30 pm, so all students will need to be out of the residence halls at that time.  If you need to stay past the closing time, please email your Resident Director or Area Coordinator with the reason you need to stay to request approval to stay late. 

Need to stay for Summer? 

Only students who have been approved to stay for the break will be allowed in the residence halls after that time. All others may be charged with trespassing.

There is a $50 charge per week for summer housing. Payments must be paid within 30 days of your bill, any remaining amount at the end of the summer will be placed onto your student account in the form of a hold. Additional information on acceptable payment methods and payment locations will be provided to those approved for summer break housing. 

Students will only be approved who:

• Live over 500 miles away (according to your home Banner Address)
• Have a Special Circumstance (ex. You do not have a place to go, homeless, etc.)
• Working for the college during the break (with Supervisors Approval)
• Have an athletic commitment (with Athletics approval)
• International Student
• Taking summer classes (will be confirmed with your academic advisor and/or class professor)

If you wish to apply for break housing, please complete the "Summer Break Housing Request" form on eRezLife. To access eRezLife, log into your my.alfredstatet.edu and select the "Choose Housing and Meal Plan" option.

Please note that the application closes at 3:00 pm on Monday, May 5th. 

Summer Closing Transportation: 

Students going home for the Summer? 

Megabus is offering non-stop bus services to New York City and Alfred for Summer break. Dates and times of bus travel are listed below! 

To New York City: 

Friday, May 9th departing from Orvis Activities Center or West University St at 7:45 a.m.

Sunday, May 11th departing from Orvis Activities Center or West University at 7:45 a.m.

Alternate bus options are available through https://trailways.com. Please note that Trailways bus leaves from Hornell, NY and you will need to find transportation to the bus station. 

Rochester Airport Shuttle 

Depart Alfred Saturday, May 10th at 6am and Sunday, May 11th at 6am

Requests for Airport Shuttle to the Rochester Airport must be submitted via the Online travel request form for rides up to the Rochester Airport.

If you have any questions, please contact Residential Services at 607-587-4371 or email: reslife@alfredstate.edu.

Fall 2025 Room Selection for New Students          

Selecting your Room! 

Room selection will begin March 31, 2025 for students whose tuition deposit is received by March 25.  

For those who have not paid their tuition deposit by March 26, room selection will begin on April 14, 2025. 

You will need to have your housing application completed in order to select your room! 

Selecting your room instructions:

1. Log into your my.alfredstate.edu
2. Select the “Housing” icon
3. Return to "Housing Overview" 
4.  Select the green "Browse Rooms"
5. 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. 
6. Click the "bed" icon to select your room of choice. 
7. Dialog window will be prompted with details of the selected room. 
8. Click the "choose this bed" button
9. 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. 

Please note individual room selection will close on August 1, 2025

If you are about to graduate from Alfred State, congratulations! All graduating students received an emailed survey link asking how well your academic program's curriculum prepared you to succeed in each of the expected learning outcomes for your program. Look for an email from Bridget Jacobs, Alfred State College - Surveys. Some of the surveys can be accessed from MyLearning as well. It only takes a minute to complete and will help us assess and improve learning in your program!

Responses are anonymous and names will not appear anwhere on the survey. If you have any questions or have difficulty accessing your survey, contact Bridget Jacobs, Director of Assessment at jacobsbm@alfredstate.edu. Thank you very much for your participation and for helping ensure that Alfred State graduates "hit the ground running!"

2025-2026 Individual Room Selection for Returning and Transfer Students

Fall 2025 Room Selection for Returning and Transfer Students          

Selecting your Room! 

Room selection will begin March 24, 2025 and will be released based on completed credit hours as follows: 

Monday, March 24 – 90+ Credit Hours Completed

Tuesday, March 25- 60+ credit hours completed

Wednesday, March 26- 30+ credit hours completed

Thursday, March 27- 29 or less credit hours completed

You will need to have your housing application completed in order to select your room! 

Selecting your room instructions:

1. Log into your my.alfredstate.edu
2. Select the “Housing” icon
3. Return to "Housing Overview" 
4.  Select the green "Browse Rooms"
5. 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. 
6. Click the "bed" icon to select your room of choice. 
7. Dialog window will be prompted with details of the selected room. 
8. Click the "choose this bed" button

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.

Please note Individual Room Selection will close on August 1, 2025

We have limited slots so please sign up mindfully. Click the link below to secure your slot.

Benefits include:

Virtual therapy

Care anywhere

Care continuation

Diverse providers

Flexible hours

24/7 access

https://hub.mantrahealth.com/login?utm_content=37&to=%2F%3Futm_content%3D37

*available to any student who takes at least one in-person class and pays the student health fee in their tuition.