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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

In This Issue

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Official News

· ARGUS - Summer 2014 Student Research Proposal Call

· Undergraduate Students - Financial Aid Deadline 3/15/14

· New Updates to Accident/Incident/Near-miss Reporting Forms

· Holiday Schedule

General Announcements

· Artist Talk: Andrew Erdos

· American Red Cross Blood Drive

· Janine Antoni Public Lecture

· 'New Mythologies: Supernatural States and Polar Explorations'

· Film Screening: 'The Black Candle'

· It's Not Too Late to Study Abroad!

· WILD About Skiing

· Internal Job Opportunity - Secretary

· Handmade Paper For Sale!

· Spring Job Fair!

· December 2013 Position Change

· Buy and Sell Board

What's Happening?

More Events...

TODAY

10:00 Walk-in Hours at the CDC

12:15 All School Meeting for School of Art and Design

5:30 Kripalu Yoga 6:00 Artist Talk: Andrew

Erdos

TOMORROW 10:00 Walk-in Hours at the

CDC

11:45 American Red Cross 12:10 Bergren Forum

’Argentina: The Politics of Popular Culture’

5:30 Film Screening: 'The Black Candle'

6:00 Welcome Back Dinner Study Abroad

Information Session

FRIDAY

4:30 Sarah Anne Johnson Lecture

6:00 Men's Basketball - Away

7:00 'Photo Exhibition'

’New Mythologies’: Open Reception

Bowling Night Dinner and a Movie - Trip to Wellsville New Mythologies Opens at Fosdick-Nelson Gallery

8:00 Women's Basketball - Away

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ARGUS - Summer 2014 Student Research Proposal Call

Want to have a fun faculty-student co-learning experience? Do you have questions about your specialty that just don't get answered in the classroom? Then spend your summer doing research!

Student proposals requesting summer 2014 funding from the Alfred Research Grants for Undergraduate Students (ARGUS) program are due Sunday, March 2. Instructions for preparing and submitting a proposal and the supporting application materials can be found at the link below.

Please be aware that proposals not following the required format will be returned without review. If you have questions, email Geoffrey Bowers at [email protected].

Link: ARGUS

Submitted by: Geoffrey Bowers

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Undergraduate Students - Financial Aid Deadline 3/15/14

IMPORTANT: MARCH 15, 2014 IS THE DEADLINE FOR FILING THE 2014-15 ALFRED UNIVERSITY FINANCIAL AID APPLICATION AND THE FREE APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL STUDENT AID (FAFSA).

If you will be an undergraduate student at AU for the 2014-15 academic year and do not have these documents, please stop by the Financial Aid Office to pick them up. We are located in Alumni Hall and are open 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday.

Submitted by: Elena Wallace

New Updates to Accident/Incident/Near-miss Reporting Forms

Please review the new updates to the Accident/Incident/Near-miss Policy. A NEW form has also been created which you can find on the Public Safety, Enviro Health & Safety and Human Resources websites.

Please use the new form to sumbmit all accidents, incidents, and near-misses to EHS via secure fax 607.871.2190 or email [email protected] within 48 hours of any report.

Training for supervisors will be held in February; all supervisors should plan to attend if you have not already done so in the past year. Watch Alfred Today for dates and times.

Attachment: 2014_accident_incident_near_miss_policy.pdf Submitted by: Cherise Haase

Holiday Schedule

The Holiday Schedule for 2014-15 is now available on the HR website.

Link: Holiday Schedule on the Web

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Submitted by: Kathy Costello

Artist Talk: Andrew Erdos Artist Talk: Andrew Erdos Date: Wednesday, Jan. 29

Location: McGee 207, Jr/Sr Video Room Time: 6 P.M.

Cost to Attend: Free/open to public

Sponsored by: The Division of Expanded Media

We welcome Video and Glass BFA alumnus Andrew Erdos to give a talk and presentation on his work an experience after graduation, making work and exhibiting both nationally and internationally. Please come to hear how he continues to make and show work in the professional art world.

Submitted by: Shelly Grant

American Red Cross Blood Drive

Sooner or later, most of us will face a time of great vulnerability in which we will need blood. Why not donate Thursday, Jan. 30, any time from noon until 6:30 p.m. at Ade dining hall? Your donation will take between an hour and 75 minutes.

If you would like an appointment, please sign up using the Web site below. WALK-INS ARE WELCOME TOO!

Can't donate, but still want to help? We need volunteers too. Please contact [email protected] to find out about volunteering some time.

Thank you to the Athletics training group for sponsoring this blood drive.

Link: http://www.redcrossblood.org/make-donation

Submitted by: Brian Pierce

Janine Antoni Public Lecture Janine Antoni Public Lecture Date: Wednesday, Feb. 5 Location: Holmes Auditorium Time: 7 P.M.

Cost to Attend Event: Free/open to public Sponsored by: Visiting Artist Committee

The School of Art and Design Visiting Artist and Lecturer's Committee presents Janine Antoni who will be presenting her artwork. She is in residence in the School of Art and Design from Feb. 2-9.

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Submitted by: Shelly Grant

'New Mythologies: Supernatural States and Polar Explorations'

The Fosdick-Nelson Gallery at Alfred University is proud to present "New Mythologies: Supernatural States and Polar Exploration," an exhibition featuring the photographs of Scott Alario, Simen Johan, Sarah Anne Johnson, Lydia Anne McCarthy, and Grant Willing.

The exhibition, curated by Lydia Anne McCarthy, will open with an artist's reception on Friday, Jan. 31 from 7-9 p.m. and will be on view through Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014.

Sarah Anne Johnson will be giving an Artist's Talk prior to the opening reception on Jan. 31 at 4:30 p.m. in Nevins Theater.

Lydia Anne McCarthy and Scott Alario will give a Gallery Talk on Wednesday, Feb.y 12 at noon.

All events are free and open to the public.

The artists in the exhibition re-imagine the Nordic landscape using photography to create alternate realities that both dazzle and quietly threaten. Inspired by the stark environment, extremes of dark and light, folklore, personal history and contemporary culture, each artist eschews the bounds of the traditional photograph in exchange for an experimental, manipulated approach, constructing place and disorienting the viewer. While the tools used are varied, each artist's work alludes to the uncertainty of our present moment and its convergence with the past.

The Fosdick-Nelson Gallery is located on the third floor of Harder Hall on the Alfred University campus.

Gallery hours are Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and 1-3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

For more information about this show or upcoming events visit the website at: fosdicknelson.alfred.edu or contact Director, Sharon McConnell at [email protected].

Submitted by: Sharon McConnell

Film Screening: 'The Black Candle' Date: Thursday, Jan. 30

Time: 5:30 P.M.

Place: Nevins Theater

Synopsis: "The Black Candle" is a landmark, vibrant documentary film that uses Kwanzaa as a vehicle to explore and celebrate the African-American experience.

Narrated by world renowned poet Maya Angelou and directed by award-winning author and filmmaker MK Asante, "The Black Candle" is an extraordinary, inspirational story about the struggle and triumph of family, community, and culture.

Filmed across the United States, Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean, "The Black Candle" is a timely illumination on why the seven principles of Kwanzaa (unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith) are relevant today.

The first feature film on Kwanzaa, "The Black Candle" traces the holiday's growth from the first celebration in 1966 to its present-day reality as a global holiday embraced by over 20 million celebrants.

With vivid cinematography and an all-star cast that features NFL Legend Jim Brown, Hip Hop icon Chuck D, Kwanzaa's founder Dr. Maulana Karenga, artist Synthia Saint James, and many others, "The Black Candle" is more than a film about a holiday: it's a celebration of a people!

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Submitted by: Institute for Cultural Unity

It's Not Too Late to Study Abroad!

ISEP (the program which allows you to pay full tuition & fees at Alfred) is still looking for exchange students! Deadlines are fast approaching! Don't miss your chance to have a life-changing semester!

If you are interested, please stop by the International Programs Office to get things rolling.

Submitted by: Study Abroad

WILD About Skiing

Hey there WILD enthusiasts! Get ready to play in the powder - we're getting excited for some winter recreation. We're getting ready for some fun at the slopes at Holiday Valley!

Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014 a bus will depart at 2:30 p.m. and head to Holiday Valley! Going and getting the ski pass is $34 while a ski pass and renting equipment will run $55 for skis and $58 for

snowboards. The cost includes travel to and from Holiday Valley and a 6-hour lift ticket.

We need a minimum of 15 folks on the bus or we don't get the group rate. RSVPS can be sent to the [email protected] or by signing up using online registration.

Don't forget you that you can keep up-to-date by liking our Facebook page.

Get Ready, Get Set, Get Wild About Alfred.

Sincerely,

W.I.L.D. About Alfred Committee

Link: http://www.alfred.edu/students/wild/

Submitted by: Norm Pollard

Internal Job Opportunity - Secretary

Secretary-Powell Institute, Division of Counseling and School Psychology.

Link: Secretary

Submitted by: Sue Brannan

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Handmade Paper For Sale!

Hello!

We will be selling handmade paper on Tuesdays the 28th, 4th and 11th, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Moka Joka!

All money raised will fund our trip to the Southern Graphics Council in March.

Thank you for your support!

Attachment: paper_poster.pdf Submitted by: Olivia Barber

Spring Job Fair!

The Spring Job Fair, hosted by the Career Development Center, will take place on Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 from noon-2 p.m. in the Powell Campus Center, Knight Club. Over 50 companies are expected to be represented, recruiting all majors for internships, co-ops, volunteer, seasonal and full-time jobs.

To see a current list of companies who will be represented, please visit the CDC website at www.alfred.edu/cdc and click on events.

Bring the postcard that you receive in the mail to enter a raffle to win 1 of 6 prizes from the AU Bookstore!

Submitted by: Jill Crandall

December 2013 Position Change

Bethany C. Stiller, secretary, College of Professional Studies

Submitted by: Deborah Clark

Buy and Sell Board

Have an item you want to buy or sell. Check out the buy and sell board by using the link below.

Link: Buy and Sell Board

Submitted by: Judy Linza

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