Alfred University's Daily Announcements - AURA

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Friday, March 22, 2019

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General Announcements

· Kiddish with Hillel at Alfred- Fridays at 5:30

· Yarn Club: Saturdays at 3:00 pm at the Scholes Library

· "In Good Company: Alfred Foundations" Opens March 6 at the Fosdick-Nelson

· Employment Law Training

· Engineering in Germany

· Media Mondays: Slaying the Dragon Reloaded

· 2nd Annual All Employee Recognition Reception

· Years of Service Recognition

· Language House Applications Due March 27

· Dr. Edgar Dutra Zanotto to deliver the Scholes Lecture

· Purim Party with Hillel @ Alfred!

· NEW Electronic Personnel Action Forms (EPAF)

· Foreign Language Placement Exam

· Abstracts for Undergraduate Research Forum-- DUE APRIL 16TH

· Sign up for Spring Into Action Day of Service!

· Dodgeball Night!!!

· Glassblowing and Healing Trauma: a Queer Woman of Color's Feminist Approach

· Health & Wellness Tip

· Fashion Designer Sky Cubacub Lecture

· Fashion Designer Sky Cubacub Performance

· Mugs with Math, Pies, and Graphs

· The Community Table AU Faculty & Staff Coffee Hour

· Financial 101 for Faculty Advisors

· Open Meeting on the Wellness Center

· Free HP Laserjet Color Print Cartridges

· Saakumu Dance Troupe Performance

What's Happening?

More Events...

TODAY 10:00 Men's & Women's

Track & Field vs.

California (PA) Early Bird Invitational 12:15 Procrastination

Workshop

3:00 The Community Table Faculty & Staff Coffee Hour

TOMORROW

9:00 Intercollegiate Dressage Association Horse Show 1:00 Softball Vs. Keuka

College

2:00 Women's Lacrosse vs.

The Sage Colleges

SUNDAY

12:00 Men's Lacrosse vs. The Sage Colleges

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7:00 Saakumu Dance Troupe Performance

Kiddish with Hillel at Alfred- Fridays at 5:30

Say some prayers, eat some challah, enjoy some dessert. RSVP not required. Everyone is welcome, regardless of their religious background. Hope to see you there!

Link: Check out this event on AUConnect

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Yarn Club: Saturdays at 3:00 pm at the Scholes Library

Love to knit? Want to share your current project? Have you never crocheted before, but would like to learn? Come down to Yarn Club.

Meetings are every Saturday at the Scholes Library andgo from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Stay for 20 minutes or stay the whole time.

Anyone who does some form of fiber craft (knitting, crochet, embroidery, etc.) or is interested in starting is welcome to join. For more information please email [email protected] or

[email protected]. Hope to see you there!

Link: Check out our organization on AU Connect Attachment: Yarn Club

"In Good Company: Alfred Foundations" Opens March 6 at the Fosdick-Nelson The Fosdick-Nelson Gallery is happy to announce the opening of "In Good Company: Alfred

Foundations". There will be an opening reception on Wednesday, March 6 from 7-9pm. The exhibition celebrates the diversity of artistic voices across the School of Art and Design; both faculty and students who contribute to the vibrant culture of the first-year program. The show will be on view through April 3, 2019. Gallery hours are 11-4pm weekdays, 1-3pm Saturday and Sunday, and closed during university holidays (including Spring Break: March 9-17).

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Employment Law Training

This is the seventh training in a 9 month series targeted at any AU employee who has supervisory roles in their department. This training can also be especially helpful for any staff who support the supervisors in their department.

This training will encompass: review of employment law that are applicable to Supervisors

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Supervisors who may be new in their rolls or need a refresher are encouraged to come.

This training will be held on March 12, 2019 from 11:15 am - 12:00 pm and on March 27, 2019 from 11:15 am - 12:00 pm both located in the Kenyon/Allen Room in the PCC. This is the same training both days.

Link: HR Website

Attachment: Flyer for Supervisor Training Submitted by: Kayleigh Misner

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Engineering in Germany

Want an inside view into world-class lean manufacturing? How humans and robots work together?

We have a unique opportunity to go "behind the scenes" and see BMW, Mercedes and other German industries. Plus, absorb German culture and go to a German university and compete with German students in a manufacturing simulation. If you are a junior or senior, this is an excellent APEX opportunity.

All these topics will be covered in the Allen Term 2020 class on the German Auto Industry. If you are interested, come to an information session Tuesday, March 26 at 4:45 pm in Olin 308.

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Media Mondays: Slaying the Dragon Reloaded

Slaying the Dragon Reloaded addresses how Hollywood's visual representations of Asian women have changed with globalization and the transformation of America's population over the past two decades.

This film is FREE and open to all! A short discussion will follow the film.

WHEN: Monday, March 25 WHERE: Holmes Auditorium TIME: 7:00 pm

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2nd Annual All Employee Recognition Reception

Please join President Zupan and the Employee Recognition Committee in celebrating milestones of our colleagues!

We will be recognizing those employees who have completed 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of service during the period 7/1/18-6/30/19.

We will honor colleagues who have retired or will retire during the period 7/1/18-6/30/19.

We will also be announcing the recipients of the following awards:

-Cathy Johnson Service Award -Saxon Service Award

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-Bob Condrate Lifelong Learner Award May 14, 2019 from 2-4pm in Ade Dining Hall Link: Nominate Co-Workers for Service Awards Attachment: Dessert Reception Flyer

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Years of Service Recognition

The Employee Recognition Committee would like to announce Years of Service dates for the month of March 2019. The Committee will be observing years 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, and 50.

At Alfred University, we realize that our employees are our greatest asset, and we are delighted to honor your dedicated service and commitment to this organization. It is our employees who uphold our principles, demonstrate our vision of working for a better future for our University, deliver on our customer promise and make us the passionate organization we are today.

The success of our organization is a direct result of your efforts and dedication. Your commitment to quality and personal and professional integrity is the differentiating factor that sets us apart from our competition.

On behalf of Alfred University, it is with great pride and admiration that we congratulate you on this service anniversary milestone.

Celebrating 1 Year of Service:

March 5- Pamela Jones- Nurse Practitioner- The Wellness Center Celebrating 5 Years of Service:

March 3- Bailey Grillo- Secretary- Math & Science

March 5- Lisa Porter- Assistant Controller- Business Office March 10- Trina Freberg- Custodian- Maintenance

March 18- Steven Tomm- Custodian- Maintenance Link: Employee Recognition Website

Language House Applications Due March 27 Immerse yourself in the Spanish language and culture!

The Division of Modern Languages is currently accepting applications for the 2019 - 2020 academic year, to live in the Language House, at 12 Park Street. Experience a foreign language by living with an international Teaching Assistant who is a native Spanish speaker, along with fellow language students while fostering an authentic cultural and linguistic experience.

Priority goes to Banner registered Spanish majors(1), Spanish minors (2) and Poder Latino members who are not also majors/minors (3).

If interested, please submit the Application Form for the Language House by March 27 before Noon to Janet McClain in 203 Perlman or [email protected]. No late submission accepted. You may apply as a group, pair or individual.

Attachment: Language House Applications Submitted by: Janet McClain

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Dr. Edgar Dutra Zanotto to deliver the Scholes Lecture

Dr. Edgar Dutra Zanotto, Director of the Center for Research, Technology and Education in Vitreous Materials, Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of S o Carlos, Brazil will deliver the Scholes Lecture on Thursday, April 4 at 11:20 am. The lecture will be held in Holmes Auditorium, Harder Hall. Dr. Zanotto will be speaking about Glass myths and marvels.

Link: https://www.alfred.edu/about/community/outreach/lectures.cfm

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Purim Party with Hillel @ Alfred!

Saturday, March 29 at the Hillel House from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Purim celebrates a story from the Book of Ester in which Ester, a young Jewish woman, becomes the queen of Persia. The royal vizier, Haman, creates a plan to kill all of the Jewish people in Persia. Ester, along with her cousin Mordecai, foils his plot. This holiday celebrates of the triumph of Jewish people over those who wish to harm or oppress them.

All are welcome, regardless if they are Jewish or not. Anyone is welcome to attend or ask questions to learn about this holiday.

Overall this party will be fairly casual and its primary focus will not be on formal religious rituals.

Festivities will include refreshments such as hamantashen (traditional Purim cookies that contain fillings such as jam or poppy seeds) and a variety of mock-tails, wearing zany clothes (or even a costume if you're feeling bold), and other shenanigans.

For more information please email [email protected] or ask about it during Friday Kiddush. Hope to see you there!

Link: Check out this event on AUConnect Attachment: Purim Party

NEW Electronic Personnel Action Forms (EPAF)

Do you hire Non-Work Study hourly student workers in your department?

Human Resources is excited to announce that we have been piloting a new electronic form for submission of jobs. This form is called an EPAF (electronic personnel action form) this electronic form will eliminate the current paper form and make things easier and quicker for all involved.

Training will be held in the Kenyon/Allen Room in the Powell Campus Center on the following dates:

Tuesday, April 2 from 10:00 am - 11:00 am Thursday, April 4 from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Monday, April 8 from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Friday, April 12 from 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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Please plan to attend one of these trainings if you are someone who normally prepares the current paper form to hire non-work study hourly students.

For the Fall Semester, for any non-work study hourly student that is hired, we will only be accepting the EPAF form, not the paper form.

Foreign Language Placement Exam Foreign Language Placement Exam Wednesday, April 3

Perlman Hall Room 112 Time: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Exams are given in French, German and Spanish.

Who needs to take the Placement Exam?

* Students who have taken more than two years of a language in high school and who intend to take the same language at AU must take the exam.

* Students who are bilingual or native speakers or who have spoken the language at home.

* Students do NOT need to take the exam if they did not study a language previously or if they are planning to take a different language in college.

* Students who wish to demonstrate proficiency in another language should contact Dr. Sandra Singer about procedures.

Registration upon arrival.

*Please remember to bring your student ID and a #2 pencil.*

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Abstracts for Undergraduate Research Forum-- DUE APRIL 16TH

AU's Annual Undergraduate Research Forum will be held Thursday, April 25 from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm in the McLane Center. Any undergraduate students who have engaged in research or scholarly activities are encouraged to present at this event.

Presentation style will be posters. Students must submit abstracts of their work no later than Tuesday, April 16. This year, the abstracts must be submitted using the 2019 URF Abstract Submission Form.

Please click on the link below to access the submission form.

The form must then be e-mailed to [email protected]. Please carefully read and follow the instructions for using the form.

If you have any questions about the Undergraduate Research Forum or submitting abstracts, please contact Michele Hluchy at [email protected] or Shannon Yocum at [email protected].

This event is open to public.

Link: Undergraduate Research Forum

Attachment: 2019 URF Abstract Submission Form Submitted by: Shannon Yocum

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Sign up for Spring Into Action Day of Service!

Spring Into Action, Alfred's annual spring day of service event, is Saturday, April 6, 2019. Spring Into Action starts at 9:00am with breakfast and check-in, where volunteers pick up their project

assignments, free boxed lunch, and supplies. Most projects take 2-3 hours to complete, and

transportation is provided to projects outside walking distance. No special skills or previous volunteer experience needed! Registration is open to individuals and groups; sign up as an individual or with a club, class, team, or other group. If you have questions or want to register, email AU Service Learning Coordinator Corey Fecteau at [email protected].

Link: Spring Into Action Facebook page

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Dodgeball Night!!!

Join us on Saturday, March 23 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm in the Joyce and Walton Center (Annex) for a dodgeball game. Everyone is welcome!

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Glassblowing and Healing Trauma: a Queer Woman of Color's Feminist Approach This year's WGST Riley Lecture will be presented by Pearl Dick (BFA '98) at 5:30 pm, Wednesday, March 27, at Holmes Auditorium.

Pearl Dick, a Chicago-based artist, educator, community builder and social justice activist, will speak about how combining glassblowing with trauma-related education for victims of violence can help heal individuals -- especially young people in under-served communities -- and even find them jobs! A great example is Project Fire (Fearless Initiative for Recovery and Empowerment), which she co-founded in 2014/15, and was recently featured on the NBC Nightly News Inspiring America segment.

Her talk will be framed within her firsthand experience of being a queer woman of color and how her identities influence her work and reaching out to others through glassblowing, "as well as her recent discoveries on being a feminist."

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Health & Wellness Tip Don't skip breakfast

Attachment: Don't Skip Breakfast Submitted by: Christopher Vozzella

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Fashion Designer Sky Cubacub Lecture Talk: 5:00 pm Tuesday, March 26

Place: Nevins Theater Cost: Free

Sponsored by: Art Force 5

Sky Cubacub is the founder of Rebirth Garments, with a mission to create gender non-conforming wearables and accessories for people on the full spectrum of gender, size and ability. The line creates a community where all people can confidently express their individuality and identity. To become involved as a model or participant for the March 30 performance, please attend the 5:00 pm Tuesday talk or contact Logan at [email protected].

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Mugs with Math, Pies, and Graphs

Math Club is hosting a very special event this Friday: Mugs with Math, Pies, and Graphs!

This is our annual Pi Day celebration. There will be pie. There will be muffins. There's even rumor there will be nachos. Dr. Matson has planned an interactive activity with Peterson graphs including puzzles about decomposing them. Everyone and their friends are welcome! The event takes place at 12:20 pm - 1:10 pm this Friday, March 22, in Myers 335. Come relax, enjoy the free food, free hot chocolate, and fun.

Here's more information about what Dr. Matson's cooked up: "Define an H-tiling of G to be a partition p of V (G) into sets such that for all P ?p, G[P] = H, where G[P] is the subgraph induced by the set of vertices P. In this talk we consider tilings of the Generalized Petersen Graphs by paths of varying lengths. The talk will be interactive with the audience working to find such decompositions and learning about Generalized Petersen Graphs in general."

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The Community Table AU Faculty & Staff Coffee Hour

AU faculty and staff, join us at The Community Table (second floor of Powell) this Friday, March 22, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm!

Learn about our space and mingle with AU Fresh staff!

Refreshments will be available.

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Financial 101 for Faculty Advisors

Important information for Faculty Advisors to know as we will soon move into Advisement Week for fall 2019 registration. Come learn the importance of the connection between academic success and planning and a students continued financial aid eligibility through an informative presentation by Jane Gilliland, Executive Director of Student Financial Services.

When: Friday, March 29 Time: 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

Where: Kenyon-Allen-Davis, Powell Campus Center

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Open Meeting on the Wellness Center

ATS and Support Staff Councils are sponsoring an open meeting with Del Rey Honeycutt on Tuesday, March 26 from 12:15-1:00 pm in Nevins Theater. She will be presenting on the Wellness Center. There will be time for questions. All are welcome to attend.

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Free HP Laserjet Color Print Cartridges

If anyone needs HP laserjet colored print cartridges, please contact Janet Lynch 871-2406. We have one each of:

Black 305X CE410XD Magenta 305A CE413a Cyan 305A CE411A

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Saakumu Dance Troupe Performance Date of Event: Friday, March 22

Time of Event: 7:00 pm (3:00 pm rehearsal for performers) Location of Event: Miller Performing Arts Center

Join us for an uplifting and vibrant dum and dance concert featuring Saakumu Dance Troupe! It is sure to be a full house so come early. Those who want to perform with Saakumu can come to Miller Performing Arts Center at 3 pm for rehearsal to prepare for the show.

The Alfred University Dance and Music departments in the Division of Performing Arts are honored to co-host Saakumu Dance Troupe for a four-day residency March 18 - 22, 2019. The award winning Saakumu Dance Troupe is one of the leading traditional/contemporary dance and music groups in Ghana, West Africa. Formally led by master musician Bernard Woma who passed away last April, the company continues to honor his legacy with their commitment to introducing audiences to traditional and contemporary African dance and music. Their repertoire features a wide range of West African dance from spiritual, ceremonial, and recreational genres to contemporary African dance forms. As the Director of Saakumu, Woma shared the performance stage with renowned artists such as Maya Angelou, Yo Yo Ma, and Glen Velez. Saakumu, in partnership with Slyboots Music, Art, and Dance School located in Buffalo New York, brings traditional and contemporary African dance and music to the communities in western and central New York.

This residency will include drumming, dance, and song workshops, as well as a full performance in the Miller Performing Arts Center at Alfred University on Friday March 22nd at 7pm. Admission is free. The artists will also conduct a lecture demonstration for middle school students at Alfred-Almond Central School. There are master dance classes that are open to the community on Tuesday, March 19 from 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm and Thursday, March 21 (Miller Performing Arts Center Studio 300) and an open drumming class Wednesday March 20 from 4:00 - 5:00 Miller Performing Arts Center Studio 302). The AU Performing Arts Division will supply the drums. The final performance on March 22nd in the Miller Performing Arts Center will include dance and music performed by the company. In addition,

participants in Saakumu workshops will be invited to join the rehearsal on Friday and then to perform alongside the Saakumu Dance Troupe at the Friday night performance.

This project is made possible with funds from the NYS DanceForce, a partnership program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Additional support is provided by The Marlin Miller Dance Residency Program, and The Herrick Gallman Fund at Alfred University.

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