Alfred Today 11-17-2020

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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

In This Issue

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COVID-19 Update

· Account Payable Invoice Deadline - Thanksgiving Break Official News/General Announcements

· Payroll for Thanksgiving Week

· Return your RENTED Textbooks by 11/25/20

· Ride Board

· Get to Know the CDO

· Alfred For Racial Justice LOUD Protests

· In Through the Out Door: MFA Alumni 2020

· Mandala and Adult Coloring in the ICU for Stress Relief and Relaxation

· Music Courses for Allen Term

· December Graduates- Cap & Gown Ordering

· HR Tip of the Month

· GEEX Talks Lecture Series: Fumi Amano

· Job Opening-Director of Residence Life

· Cap & Gown Ordering- December Graduates

· Alfred Community Survey

· Open Position-Assistant Professor of Management

· Adam TINKLE - IEA Artist in Residence

· Flags on Main Street Again!

· BFA Thesis Exhibition

· Sell your Textbooks for Ca$h

· Take Hip-Hip Dance Class

· Open Position-Visiting Instr./Asst. Professor of Anatomy and Physiology

· Star in a Video

What's Happening?

More Events...

TODAY TOMORROW THURSDAY

4:00 Claude Lorrain's Great Escape: An Exploration into the Human

Connection with Landscape Painting 6:00 Grab your Pinch Pot

Planter

·Classes End (after last class meeting)

·Flags on Main Street again!

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Account Payable Invoice Deadline - Thanksgiving Break

There will be no checks processed the week of Thanksgiving (11/23-11/27).

All invoices must be received in the Business Office by Tuesday, November, 17 end of day to be paid out on 11/19. Any invoices received after this date will not be paid until 12/3.

Thank you!

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Payroll for Thanksgiving Week

On the payroll schedule, it is published, that we will be paying all employees on 11/27/2020, however, this pay-day will be moved up to 11/25/2020 to accommodate the holiday per our policy.

It should be noted that payroll processing will be moved up due to the 11/25 pay-date. The electronic timesheet deadlines will remain in place, employees will submit their electronic timesheets by Monday 11/16 at noon and the Supervisors will have until Tuesday 11/17 at noon to approve it. Supervisors are encouraged to approve on Monday if they can.

All paper timesheets that may need to be turned in will need to be received by Wednesday 11/18 by 4:00pm, paper timesheets can be submitted to payroll@alfred.edu from the Supervisor for

processing.

Any questions, please reach out to payroll@alfred.edu Link: Payroll Schedule

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Return your RENTED Textbooks by 11/25/20

Make sure to RETURN your RENTED textbooks by 11/25/20 BEFORE you go home for the semester.

Return books to the AU Bookstore!

Link: http://alfred.bncollege.com

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Ride Board

Need a ride home or back to campus from break? Search for a ride or post a ride that you can offer to someone else.

Link: Ride Board

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Get to Know the CDO

Dr. Brian Saltsman, the newly appointed interim Chief Diversity Officer is hosting bi-weekly open chats and meetings to hear from the campus community about issues of Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity.

This is an opportunity to speak with him and to hear concerns. The meetings will occur over zoom as we are currently observing social distancing and health protocols.

Meetings will occur on the following Thursdays from 11 am to 1pm:

October 22nd November 5th November 19th

Dr. Saltsman is also willing to speak with other groups or individuals additionally at other times.

Please feel free to reach out at saltsman@alfred.edu.

Link: Zoom Meeting Link

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Alfred For Racial Justice LOUD Protests Every Wednesday from 5p-6p at the Alfred Bandstand

Alfred for Racial Justice is a community dedicated to anti-racism and activism against racial injustice.

Our mission is to eliminate systemic racism in our communities through education, programming and activism. We are here because we stand with the Black and Brown people of this community. Enough is enough. We are here because Black Lives Matter.

We are looking for people to join our committee and help us uplift the black voices that have been squandered in this community. If interested please email alfredforracialjustice@gmail.com

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In Through the Out Door: MFA Alumni 2020

In Through the Out Door: MFA Alumni 2020 is an exhibition featuring artwork by 2020 graduates from the School of Art and Design's Master of Fine Arts program. It is being shown in the Fosdick-Nelson Gallery and Robert C. Turner Gallery.

The event gives the public a chance to see artwork from last spring's MFA Thesis Exhibition in person.

Due to COVID-19, the popular MFA thesis shows were moved to a virtual, online format. Once the Fall 2020 semester reopening plans were announced by the University, the galleries invited the MFA class of 2020 to a group exhibition across two large professional exhibition spaces.

The exhibition highlights the work of the 16 recent alumni. The artists include: Chris Alveshere, Francesco Gattuso, Lauren Havel, Teisha Holloway, Sam Horowitz, Jing Huang, Taylor Keister, Ara Koh, Haley Nannig, Leslie Rollins, Jamie Rose, Edward Salas, Josh Schutz, Kirstin Willders, ChengOu Yu, and Qinxuan Zhang.

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Exhibition hours are:

Turner Gallery: Wednesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturday, 1-5 p.m.

Fosdick-Nelson Gallery: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays and 1-3 p.m. weekends

Admission is free. The exhibition opens Friday, Oct. 30, and remains on view through Nov. 20.

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Mandala and Adult Coloring in the ICU for Stress Relief and Relaxation

The Institute for Cultural Unity will be offering free drop-in times to color and decorate Mandala and other designs during the remainder of the semester. We have a number of books and resources for you to color, relax, and enjoy as a de-stressing activity. All campus community members are encouraged to participate.

The Agents of Change will select their favorites each day with the artists receiving Institute SWAG (T- shirts, stickers, flashlights, and more) so be sure to sign your work.

The Institute for Cultural Unity is on the first floor of Powell across from the Center for Student Involvement.

Be safe, healthy, and take care.

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Music Courses for Allen Term Students,

Get ahead with Allen Term/Winter Term courses.

MUSC 110 Music Appreciation

Attributes: CLAS: (C) The Arts, CoB: Humanities MUSC 211 World Music

Attributes: AU: Global Perspective, CLAS: (C) The Arts, CoB: Humanities, SoAD: Humanities-'Other'

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December Graduates- Cap & Gown Ordering

December graduates can order regalia (cap & Gown) now if you choose. You can order online and ship it to yourself. Please note: regalia ordered online is non-returnable.

Link: alfreduniversity.shopoakhalli.com

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HR Tip of the Month

Did you know that through NexGen EAP as an employee of AU you have many great benefits?

NexGen EAP is your confidential EAP, Work/Life, Wellness, and Health Advocacy benefit provided by AU at no cost to you. You and your eligible family members can trust the NexGen EAP services to address your total wellbeing for accessing counseling services to maximizing work/life balance to assistance navigating your health plan to providing personalized wellness resources.

Services offered:

-Counseling Services- 8 free sessions offered either virtually or in-person

-Child/Elder Care Resources- access resources to help you find the child and elder care that you need -Legal and Financial Consultations- half-hour legal consultations can be done over the phone or in person, and can be used for issues such as divorce, custody disputes, and wills.

-Virtual Concierge- the Virtual Concierge Service features dedicated Personal Assistants available to provide you with research, referrals, or information on just about any topic

-Individualized Wellness Resources- your comprehensive, personalized Wellness Program encompasses all areas of wellbeing from nutrition and fitness to relaxation and restoration.

-Health Advocacy- Care Guides provide health care claims and appeals management, health care billing assistance, prescription information and costs, as well as health care provider research

To learn more about this benefit, please click the link below.

Link: EAP Information

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GEEX Talks Lecture Series: Fumi Amano GEEX Talks Lecture Series:

https://geex.glass/progra...

Date: 11/30/2020

For access to these events, please contact Professor Karen Donnellan donnellan@alfred.edu Artist: Fumi Amano

GEEX is thrilled to introduce our lecture series. GEEX Talks features outstanding artists within and beyond the field of glass.

The inaugural 2020-2021 cohort of featured lecturers includes: Therman Statom, Fumi Amano, Dr.

Jane Cook, Charisse Pearlina Weston, and Tanya Agui iga.

Link: GEEX Glass Lecture Program

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Job Opening-Director of Residence Life

Please see the link below for more information on the open Director of Residence Life position.

Link: Director of Residence Life

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Cap & Gown Ordering- December Graduates

December graduates can order regalia (cap & Gown) now if you choose. You can order online and ship it to yourself. Please *Regalia ordered online is non-returnable.*

NOTE: There is NOT a December graduation ceremony, this is only for individuals who want to own regalia now.

Link: http://alfreduniversity.shopoakhalli.com

Alfred Community Survey

Presented by ACES: Alfred Committee on Equity and Safety

We invite every member of the Alfred Community to share their perspectives of life in Alfred. We encourage students, residents, employees, business owners, landlords, tenants and regular visitors to Alfred to join the conversation.

Responses will be used in conjunction with the Village's completion of the New York State Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative Executive Order and to improve safety and policing practices, and quality of life in Alfred. Thank you for sharing your experience with us.

Please complete the survey by December 20, 2020 via QR code, link on the Village website, or if you prefer to submit a paper copy, contact info@alfredny.org to pick up and submit at the Village Hall.

ACES is a collection of individuals comprised from the various constituencies that make up the Town and Village of Alfred including representatives from: the faculty, staff and student bodies at Alfred State College and Alfred University; Alfred Police Department, Alfred State College University Police, Alfred University Public Safety, Alfred Village Board, Town of Alfred, A.E. Crandall Hook and Ladder Company, business owners and community members. The purpose of this group is to serve the entire community.

We work together to review policy, make recommendations to propose new or enhanced policy based upon available information, facilitate and develop meaningful collaborations and dialogues within the community, and present actionable opportunities to our community. We have and will continue to work within our shared and unique spheres of influence to gather relevant information to inform our work.

Our goal is collaborative in scope and is focused on the development of transformative opportunities and actionable change with social justice, equity, accountability, and community development and improvement at its core for the benefit of our entire community.

We feel it is important to work as one body to address the concerns of students and community members alike.

Link: Alfred Community Survey

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Open Position-Assistant Professor of Management

Please see the link below for more information on the open Assistant Professor of Management position.

Link: Assistant Professor of Management

Adam TINKLE - IEA Artist in Residence

Adam Tinkle's work considers sound, listening, improvisation, and co-creation across divides of artistic discipline and social location. His path winds between performances, gallery exhibitions, site-specific interventions, participatory workshops, and collaborations in a range of media, including an audio drama featuring Marina Abramovic and Kim Stanley Robinson and the ambisonic sound design for the award-winning 360 VR film "How to Tell a True Immigrant Story." His music releases on Risky Forager, Edgetone, and Midnight Gallery span noise, jazz, and folksong, and his recent video installations imagine feedback as a form of machinic desire.

The Institute for Electronic Art's Experimental Projects Residency is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State

Legislature and the Schein-Joseph Endowment.

Under COVID-19 protocols sadly any in-person engagements with students and IEA AIRs will not be possible.

Flags on Main Street Again!

Approximately 26 flags will be on public display on Main Street in Alfred during the Alfred Art Walk, on November 19th.

A portrait of Alfred through the eyes of some of its newest residents will brighten up our business district this November. First years students enrolled in the MAKE studio classes of Foundations in the School of Art & Design at Alfred University have embarked on an exciting public project. This project, designed and facilitated by Professors Brett Hunter and Monir Madkour, asks the students to survey the public signs and symbols around the village of Alfred and design Flags that represent their place in and interaction with the community.

MAKE Studio is an introduction to making in 3-dimensional spaces. Over the course of the semester students explore a variety of materials and methods for interaction with space, starting with research into form and simple building techniques, to creation of installations and performances, and

culminating with public works focused on context and collaboration. Foundations is a first year course predicated on a generating a rigorous studio practice through comprehensive teaching philosophy that engages a broad range of questions, extending across and beyond artistic disciplines. Individual students bring their own experiences and skills into a community of peers.

Alfred Art Walk is a collaborative monthly venture created by the galleries in the Village of Alfred and

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on the campuses of Alfred University and Alfred State College in an effort to foster dialogue within the local arts communities.

Special thanks to Jamie Babcock and David DeLany for installation of the flags.

BFA Thesis Exhibition

New York State College of Ceramics School of Art and Design BFA Exhibition featuring Annie Ita, Brigitte Denome, Gillian D'Ambrosia, Mikela Ryan, Paige Citarella, & Ryan Isabelle.

Each year, candidates of the Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) and Master of Fine Art (MFA) degrees showcase their work in a series of culminating thesis exhibitions. We highly value out students' achievements and they deserve to be showcased. Exhibitions can be viewed online and in person in the Harder Hall Lobby from Nov 20 - 24.

Sell your Textbooks for Ca$h

Bring your unwanted textbooks to the AU Bookstore and sell the for CA$H. You MUST bring your student ID. We buy books, no matter where you purchased them. No receipt necessary to sell textbooks.

Remember RENTALS cannot be sold back, they must be brought to the bookstore and checked in at the front register.

Take Hip-Hip Dance Class

There is still room in two sections of Hip Hop Dance (DANC 200) with James Levy Jr.

No experience needed/expected. Please see course description below. Attributes: PE, C (CLAS Arts)

This beginning level dance course introduces the fundamental values, practices and movements of hip hop dance. This course will focus on foundations and origins of hip-hop and street dance culture, and how each relates to today's current definitions of hip hop and freestyle dance. The class will be explored primarily through movement participation by the students with choreography instruction and freestyle drills led by the instructor, plus related video and/or reading assignments as they pertain to each week's lesson. Students will be challenged and encouraged to apply historical and practical knowledge of hip-hop in order to understand its influences on the world.

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Open Position-Visiting Instr./Asst. Professor of Anatomy and Physiology

Please see the link below for more information on the open Visiting Instr./Asst. Professor of Anatomy and Physiology position.

Link: Visiting Instr./Asst. Professor of Anatomy and Physiology

Star in a Video

The Marketing & Communication team is working on our annual holiday video & a congratulations video for new accepted students & we need your help! We are looking for students to be featured in both (or one) video. Stop by the second floor of Powell Campus Center between 1 - 4:30 PM on Thursday, November 19 to star in our videos!

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