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In This Issue

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· Office Services Summer Hours

· PCC Mailroom Summer Hours

· Mailroom Closing for Lunch

· Business Offices summer hours

· Only seniors required to return mailbox keys

· TIAA/CREF Financial Education Seminar

· Congratulations to all graduates!

· Fun-Bun Walk and Run results

· E-News readers: Find latest edition here

· Students staying over the summer -- Mailbox keys

· Diversity Leadership Program: Win scholarships

· Read all about it!

· Summer community work positions in Alfred

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TODAY 11:00 Office Max Product

Show

4:00 Chamber Singers tour - - Sneak preview

TOMORROW 10:00 Commencement 1:30 Graduates invited to

peal bells after graduation

SUNDAY 8:00 Horse Show

Office Services Summer Hours

Office Services will be taking advantage of the summer hours of 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. beginning May 14th. Please have your out going mail down to Office Services by 2:30 p.m. each day. Any questions please call x2698.

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PCC Mailroom Summer Hours

The PCC Mailroom will be taking advantage of the summer hours of 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. being offered beginning May 14th. If you have any questions please call x2666.

Mailroom Closing for Lunch

The Powell Campus Center Mailroom will be closing from 12:00 - 12:30 beginning May 14th until summer hours end in August.

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Business Offices summer hours

Effective Monday, May 14-Friday, Aug. 17, the Business Office in Carnegie Hall, Student Service Center (Student Accounts and Registrar) in Seidlin, Payroll and Procurement in Greene Hall and Research &

Grants Accounting in Binns Merrill will be open for business from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. during the summer.

Only seniors required to return mailbox keys

All graduatilng seniors who have a mailbox at the Powell Campus Center Mailroom are required to return their mailbox key to the mailroom by Friday, May 11, 2007 or they will be charged a non- refundable fee of $10.

Only seniors are required to return their mailbox key to the mailroom at the end of the semester.

Congratulations Seniors!

TIAA/CREF Financial Education Seminar

Some of you who are closer to retirement age received a personal invitation at your home to attend this seminar on "Getting Ready for Retirement" being presented by Mr. Mark Couch our TIAA-CREF Representative from 1:00 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 16th in the Orvis Auditorium on the Alfred State Campus. If you reserved your seat previously via the TIAA/CREF website, please call 877- 209-3144 and verify that TIAA-CREF has your reservation. There is a problem with their website and prior reservations may not have been received. For those of you who have received an invitation, but have not registered, please reserve a seat by calling the number listed above.

Congratulations to all graduates!

Please take a minute to fill out the Career Development Center's graduate survey to help us get a jump-start on our annual First Destinations report for the Class of 2007.

Whether you have your plans settled or not (e.g. employment or graduate school), we'd like to hear about it. The CDC uses your responses to understand the job and grad school market for AU students.

The information is confidential and is not reported in a personally identifiable way.

If you have any questions about the survey or need assistance with your career plans, please contact us at 871.2164 or [email protected]. Thank you from the CDC staff.

Link: http://www.alfred.edu/cdc/gradsurvey/

Fun-Bun Walk and Run results

Visiting families, community members, students, and alumni enjoyed a healthy, fun start to Hot Dog Day by participating in the 5K Fun-Bun Walk and Run.

Walkers and runners received the coveted gold, silver, and bronze bun medals for first, second, and third place. The Fun-Bun Walk and Run was sponsored by Alfred University Health and Wellness Education Program, the Counseling and Student Development Center, and the Women's Leadership

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Center.

The Women's Leadership Center provided elegant silver business card holders to the first three woman runners and gift bags to the first-place winners from each group. The Counseling and Student

Development Center and Health and Wellness provided a yummy low-fat, organic (of course) hot dog lunch to each group winner.

If you missed out on the 2007 Fun-Bun Walk and Run, don't forget about us next year!

Runners who placed:

First place men - Tie Andy Crawford and Jessie Schuster 14:54 Second place men - Corey Smith 20:33

Third place men - Mike Krol 21:36 First place women-Kristen Egan 22:21 Second place women- Amy Jacobson 25:25 Third place women - Lynn MaLePetaillo 25:33 Walkers who placed:

First place -Heather Meacham 39:13 Second place-Bonnie Ye 46:11 Third place-Regina Pollard 46::27 Special Groups:

First Mother Daughter/Son - Nora Visscher-Simm and Petra Visscher Most Generations - C. Feetean, M. Germain, C. Volle, & R. Germain

Both Most Friends & Most Alumni- Andy Crawford, Jesse Schuster, Corey Smith, Casey Lesar, Kristen Egan, Frank Alegria

E-News readers: Find latest edition here

E-News is no longer distributed to campus e-mail accounts. To read the latest edition, go to the bottom of today's Alfred Today, and click on the E-News selection on the righthand side.

Students staying over the summer -- Mailbox keys

Any student staying over the summer who has a mailbox at the Powell Campus Center Mailroom must register with the Mailroom Clerk at the Mailroom by Friday, May 11, 2007 to continue to receive mail.

Otherwise the box will be closed and mail will be forwarded to the home address.

Diversity Leadership Program: Win scholarships

Monster is sponsoring a series of Diversity Leadership Programs during the summer of 2007 at the following locations:

July 6-8:

San Francisco (Saint Mary's College) Los Angeles (Cal Poly Pomona University) July 13-15:

Atlanta (Agnes Scott College) Chicago (Saint Xavier University) July 20-22:

Tampa (Eckerd College) New York-I (Hofstra University)

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July 27-29:

Philadelphia (Villanova) Aug. 3-5:

Baltimore/D.C (Towson University) Dallas (University of Texas at Arlington) Aug. 10-12:

New York II (St. Johns University)

More than $90,000 in scholarships were awarded during the 2006 programs.

Application deadline is Friday, May 25, 2007. Space is limited so early application is encouraged.

Link: Monster Diversity Leadership Program

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Summer community work positions in Alfred

The Financial Aid Office is now accepting applications for Summer Federal College Work Study positions. To be eligible to apply you must meet the following criteria:

- Matriculated student at Alfred University

- Expected to enroll for the 2007-08 academic year

- Filed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid for 2007-08

The positions will primarily be community service off-campus jobs within the Alfred area. If you are interested in applying you must contact Mrs. Crandall at the Office of Student Financial Aid, located in Alumni Hall.

AVAILABLE POSITIONS:

- Town of Alfred - community improvement

- Sports Camp (month of July) - Swim instructors, lifeguards, and Arts and Crafts