Alfred University's Daily Announcements - AURA

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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

In This Issue

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Official News

· Student Organizations Email Account Renewal

· Business Office Student Club Package General Announcements

· 2016 Japan Trip Informational Meeting

· Do You Want to Join Model United Nations?

· El cafecito: AU's Spanish Culture & Conversation Club

· Potions Lecture (Harry Potter's World)

· Environmental Studies Seminar - Alfred's Comprehensive Plan

· First Friday Night Hikes

· 'Typology/Morphology'

· Vocal Chamber Music on Friday evening

· Intramural Registration Open Until 9/9!

· Volunteers Needed for RidgeWalk & Run

· New AU Photo Library Now Online

· 'A Matter of Balance - managing concerns about falls'

What's Happening?

More Events...

TODAY

11:20 Open Master Class - Performance

12:15 School of Art and Design All School Meeting

4:00 Women's Tennis @ Brockport

TOMORROW

9:00 ’Doggie Hamlet’ by Ann Carlson

12:10 Bergren Forum - HEOP- style Retention

5:00 Yoga Classes

Career Talk with The White Page Collective 5:15 Mass and Pizza Party

Picnic

5:30 El cafecito: Cooking Lesson - Guacamole 7:30 Potions Lecture (Harry

Potter's World)

FRIDAY

12:20 Women's and Gender Studies Roundtable - September

Environmental Studies Seminar - Alfred’s Comprehensive Plan 4:00 Cross Country @

Houghton 5:00 Trip: WNY Flash

Women's Soccer Vs.

Portland

6:30 ’Doggie Hamlet’ by Ann Carlson

Shabbat Dinner (Traditional Style) 7:00 Open Reception

Typology/Morphology 7:30 Evening of Chamber

Music

8:00 Wreck-Reation:

Dodgeball

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·Women's Volleyball @ LaRoche

Student Organizations Email Account Renewal

Each fall the Student Organizations and Clubs need to update their email accounts with the current year's information by completing the online application at the following link:

http://my.alfred.edu/its/...

Student Organization Leaders and Advisers please note that if you have not taken the steps to complete this process by the end of September the student organization email account will expire.

If you need additional assistance with this process, please contact the ITS Helpdesk at 607.871.2222 or by email at [email protected].

Link: Student Organization Email Account Application

Submitted by: Karen Grice

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Business Office Student Club Package

The Business Office in Susan Howell Hall has put together a Student Club package with updated information to help the Clubs with any Business Office forms. We are hoping this information would be helpful and less confusing regarding our procedures.

Please do not hesitate to contact the Business Office with any questions.

If you are a Student Group representative, please have a signing rights information sheet filled out ASAP, with signatures, so that we may have the updated information on file for our records and to process your requests.

Attachment: CompleteStudentClubPackageRevised_8.22.14.doc Submitted by: Marty Fuller

2016 Japan Trip Informational Meeting

Learn details about the May 2016 Japan trip by attending an informational meeting for any undergraduate or graduate student who would like to go on the 10-day trip.

Wednesday. Sept. 2, 2015

4:45 P.M. in Olin 400 Conference Room

Submitted by: Judy Scott

Do You Want to Join Model United Nations?

AU's Model UN will have its first meeting on Thursday, Sept. 3, at Herrick's 1st floor conference room

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at 4:30 p.m. Please come if you are interested in being in the club so you can be added to the mailing list for conference updates and meeting minutes.

If you cannot make the meeting please email [email protected] to be put on the mailing list.

Submitted by: Jae Kim

El cafecito: AU's Spanish Culture & Conversation Club Please join us for the first El cafecito of the 2015 - 16 academic year!!

El cafecito is AU's Spanish Culture and Conversation Club which meets for one hour, once a week for people of all levels looking to practice their Spanish speaking skills through various activities including games, dance lessons, cooking lessons, food and more!

Thursday, Sept. 3 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

AU Language House

12 Park St. (across from the Saxon Inn)

Please join us this week for a delicious Cooking Lesson, learn to make, and enjoy, fresh, homemade GUACAMOLE!

Beginner to Advanced Spanish Speakers, everyone is Welcome!

Submitted by: Michele Gaffney

Potions Lecture (Harry Potter's World)

"What If Magic Were Real?: Modern Technology, Love Potions, Veritaserum, Elixirs of Life, Liquid Luck, and Liquid Death"

Thursday, Sept. 3, 7:30 p.m., Scholes 221 Dr. John D'Angelo

With rare exceptions (like polyjuice potion), potions with the capabilities of those in Harry Potter exist in real life. Other forms of "magic," such as summoning spells, the Imperius Curse, and even flying are not 100% fiction. Together, we will journey through some descriptions and explanations of some of the

"magic" that surrounds us daily, and which we rarely notice.

Link: Harry Potter's World at the AU Libraries

Submitted by: Brian Sullivan

Environmental Studies Seminar - Alfred's Comprehensive Plan Justin Grigg, Village of Alfred Mayor, and Kier Dirlam,

Director of Planning, Allegany County, will present "Alfred's 2015 Comprehensive Plan Update: Shaping Our Future Environment" for the Environmental Studies Seminar on Friday, Sept. 4 at 12:20 p.m. in Roon Lecture Hall (247), Science Center. Everyone is welcome to this CLAS event. Refreshments will be served.

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Submitted by: Environmental Studies & Geology

First Friday Night Hikes

Friday Night Hikes will take place the first Friday of every month. We will hike the Pine Hill trails - approximately three (3) miles.

-When: The first Friday of each month at 6 p.m.

-Where: We will meet on the first floor of the Powell Campus Center near the mail room Hope you can join us.

Submitted by: Mark McFadden

'Typology/Morphology' Exhibition: Sept. 4 - Oct. 9, 2015 Opening Reception: Friday, Sept. 4 Time: 7-9 p.m.

Location: Fosdick-Nelson Gallery

Cost to Attend Event: Free/Open to Public Sponsored by: Fosdick Nelson Gallery

This exhibition highlights artwork produced at the IEA in Alfred by resident artists including: Cory Arcangel, Brandon Ballenge, Xu Bing, Robert Brinker, Matida Essig, Ann Hamilton, Oliver Herring, Pamela Joseph, Luftwerk, Joseph Nechtaval, Chi Peng, Kiki Smith and Jin Xiang, just to name a few.

Submitted by: Shelly Grant

Vocal Chamber Music on Friday evening

Soprano, Luanne Crosby and the Felix Ensemble present a recital of vocal chamber music on Friday, Sept. 4 at 7:30 P.M. in Susan Howell Hall.

The Felix Ensemble includes Karino Wada,violin; Ritsuko Wada, piano; and Ritaro Wada, cello. The program includes works by Handel, Amy Beach, Andre Previn, Gwyneth Walker and Leonard Bernstein.

The recital will be followed by an informal reception and is free.

Submitted by: Luanne Crosby

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Intramural Registration Open Until 9/9!

Do You want to play Intramurals?

Located in the Health and Wellness Center Register online: www.imleagues.com/alfredu Sports Offered

3v3 CoRec Soccer - Monday Nights 3v3 Men's Basketball - Monday Nights 3v3 Women's Basketball - Wednesday Nights Men's Flag Football (Inside) - Tuesday Nights Women's Flag Football (Inside) - Thursday Nights CoRec Handball - Wednesday Nights

All instructions and rules are at the website above.

Registration is already open and closes on Wednesday, Sept. 9! No late entries will be accepted!

League play begins the week of September 14.

Please email [email protected] with any questions.

Link: http://www.imleagues.com/alfredu

Submitted by: Russ Phillips

Volunteers Needed for RidgeWalk & Run

The 2015 RidgeWalk & Run on Sunday, Oct. 18 needs volunteers. Contact Corey Fecteau, Service Learning Coordinator, if you or your club/team/group is interested in supporting the 23rd annual RidgeWalk.

[email protected] or 607.871.2164 Link: Ridgewalk & Run

Submitted by: Corey Fecteau

New AU Photo Library Now Online

AU has a new searchable photo library, Gallery Server Pro (http://gsp.alfred.edu), accessible to AU faculty/staff. This library contains a wide variety of downloadable AU images ranging from seasonal campus scenics, to classrooms/labs, to selected campus events. To access, please go to our.alfred.edu and scroll down the left-hand side to Faculty/Staff. Click on Faculty/Staff and scroll down to Gallery Server Pro.

Gallery Server images are cataloged by semester, by month and by topic, and as new photo assignments are completed, additional images will be cataloged and posted on a regular basis. The photos are extensively tagged to assist in searches for specific subjects.

NOTE: The images have been carefully selected from more extensive photo sessions that include alternative views and formats (landscape vs portrait). Those images are archived separately and you

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will need to contact Rick McLay, director of Creative Services at 2736 ([email protected]) to inquire about those additional images. There is also a separate folder dedicated to faculty/staff portraits, many of which were completed the week of Aug. 17, 2015.

BEFORE YOU DOWNLOAD

The primary use of many of these images is for Admissions and University Relations marketing efforts in both printed and web formats. In order to keep track of downloads (except for faculty/staff

portraits), please contact Rick McLay ([email protected]) or Judy Linza ([email protected]) with information on which images you are downloading, and where they are going to be used.

TO DOWNLOAD

Access to Gallery Server requires AU username/password to review images and to download in three formats: 1. Thumbnail (small image), 2. Web optimized (low resolution but full size), and 3. Original (high resolution). To download the image of your choice, use the download/share icon, which is the one on the left in the icon grouping above each image, and follow the directions.

ADDING PHOTOS TO THE AU PHOTO LIBRARY

We welcome the opportunity to obtain images from faculty and staff. Though much effort goes into documenting as many things as possible on campus, it is impossible to cover it all. When there are events such as art shows, or special lab/classroom activities that faculty/staff are photographing, we would very much like to review those images so that the library is as comprehensive as possible.

Please contact Rick McLay if you have images that you think should be considered for this.

ATHLETICS PHOTOS

Current images of athletics events are available at (http://gosaxons.com). By contractual arrangement with the professional photographer, there will be a charge for athletics images. Mark Whitehouse, AU's Sports Information director (whitehouse.alfred.edu), is the contact regarding usage.

If you have any questions or suggestions for photos you want cataloged and included, please contact Rick McLay at [email protected] or Ext. 2736. If a student requests access, please contact Rick McLay.

Submitted by: Deborah Clark

'A Matter of Balance - managing concerns about falls'

A "Matter of Balance" is an award-winning program designed to manage falls and increase activity levels. The class is open to the public.

Time: 2:30-4:30 p.m.

Dates: Wednesday's & Friday's Sept. 16 - Oct. 9, 2015

Location: Wellsville Manor Care Center 4192A Bolivar Road, Wellsville

Cost: Program fee is $10 (Scholarships available)

Registration: Required by Friday, Sept. 11. Space is limited!

For additional information or to register please contact Melissa Biddle, Community Health Program Manager with Ardent Solutions at 585.593.5223 ext. 15 or via email at

[email protected]. If you are interested in participating in "A Matter of Balance" in your local community or would like to be put on a waiting list for a future class, please contact Melissa for assistance.

Submitted by: Deborah Clark

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