Alfred University's Daily Announcements - AURA

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Friday, October 3, 2014

In This Issue

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Official News

· Classroom Equipment Assistance

· Students' Rights under FERPA

· 2013-14 Annual Campus Safety & Fire Report Now Available General Announcements

· Alpha Phi Omega Bake Sale

· 6X6 Show/Silent Auction

· Like Outdoors? Join Us for Friday Night Hikes!

· Autumn Visit Days with Admissions

· Flu Shot Clinic

· Dress Down for PINK on Oct. 10

· Sculpture Barn Raising!

· Want Your History Paper Published?

· AU Cyclists Assemble!

· 2015-16 Tuition Exchange Application Deadline is Oct. 15, 2014.

· Be Safe in the Woods!

· Family Film: 'Mulan' (1998) G

What's Happening?

More Events...

TODAY

12:20 Women's and Gender Studies Roundtable Environmental Studies Speaker Series:

Susquehanna Watershed 6:00 Friday Night Hike

Women's Volleyball vs. Ithaca

7:00 6X6 Show/Silent Auction

8:00 An Ives Evening/All in the Timing

TOMORROW 12:30 Women's Volleyball

Away vs. St. John Fisher `

1:00 Football Away at Hartwick

4:00 Women's Soccer Away vs. Lebanon Valley

8:00 An Ives Evening/All in the Timing

10:00 Comedian: Will Miles

·Autumn Visit Days with Admissions

SUNDAY 1:00 JV Football vs.

Brockport

7:00 AU Martial Arts Club Meeting

10:00 Pony to Pond Hike

Classroom Equipment Assistance

All requests for classroom assistance must be sent to the ITS Helpdesk. The Helpdesk can be reached at 607.871.2222 or [email protected].

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Submitted by: Meghanne Freivald

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Students' Rights under FERPA

Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), students have certain rights with respect to their education record at AU. One of these is the right to block the release of "directory

information."

Attached is a document that summarizes students' FERPA rights and provides a form that can be used to prevent the release of directory information during the time you are enrolled at AU.

Please read the form carefully noting the significant consequences of blocking directory information and then, if you wish to keep the fact that you are enrolled at AU entirely confidential, sign the document and return it to the Student Service Center in Seidlin Hall.

If you have questions or would like more information, contact the SSC or email [email protected].

Attachment: FERPA Rights Submitted by: Larry Casey

2013-14 Annual Campus Safety & Fire Report Now Available

The Alfred University 2013-14 Annual Campus Safety & Fire Report is now available. This report is required by federal law and contains policy statements and crime statistics for our school.

The policy statements address Alfred's policies, procedures and programs concerning safety and security, for example, policies for responding to emergency situations and sexual offenses. Three years' worth of statistics are included for certain types of crimes that were reported to have occurred on campus, in or on off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by the school and on public property within or immediately adjacent to the campus.

You may also request a paper copy from the Office of Public Safety or Dean of Student's Office.

Link: Annual Campus Safety & Fire Report

Submitted by: Norm Pollard

Alpha Phi Omega Bake Sale

Bake sale in Powell Thursday, Oct. 2 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and Friday, Oct.3 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Submitted by: Alpha Phi Omega

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6X6 Show/Silent Auction Location: Robert C. Turner Gallery Open Reception: Friday, Oct. 3 Time: 7-8:30 P.M.

Cost to Attend: Free/Open to the Public

The Robert C. Turner Gallery interns are curating the 6x6 show, exhibiting ALL applicants' as long as the work is 6x6 square inches (15cm)! Exhibited anonymously, signed only on the back, all entries will be accepted and exhibited in the gallery and part of our silent auction where all the proceeds go towards benefiting the Turner Gallery. This will help us fund for a 100 percent handmade guest book made by Olivia Barber as well as pay for the production of our new gallery zine!

In celebration of the release of our first issue the Turner gallery will be hosting a Zine Party on Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. This will also be the time in which the silent auction will end and the work will be distributed and the artists' names revealed!

Don't miss out on being a part of this show and our zine part--YOU'RE invited!

Submitted by: Shelly Grant

Like Outdoors? Join Us for Friday Night Hikes!

Come join WILD About Alfred for a leisurely hike this Friday at 6 p.m.! A WILD about Alfred representative will lead a hike every Friday when school is in session starting at 6 p.m.

We meet on the first floor of Powell Campus Center (near the mailroom). The hike is a little less than three miles long and takes just over an hour depending on pace.

Even if you have never been on a hike or experienced a forest in your life we will be more than glad to help you experience the wonderful outdoors that the Alfred area has to offer!

To learn more about Wild About Alfred Check out: www.alfred.edu/students/w...

Or Check us out on Facebook and Instagram!

Link: Wild About Alfred Webpage

Submitted by: WILD about Alfred Committee

Autumn Visit Days with Admissions

The Office of Admissions is having its first open house of the season for prospective students this Saturday, Oct. 04. We are expecting over 50 students including their families bringing approximately 150 people on campus for this event.

Registration begins in Powell Campus Center at 9 a.m. followed by academic break-out sessions, Admissions and Financial Aid session, as well as other concurrent sessions.

Families will be eating lunch on campus in Ade Dining Hall from 12:15 to 1 p.m. Concurrent tours will follow. If you have any questions about the event, please contact Michelle at x2015.

Attachment: October4AVDSchedule.doc Submitted by: Michelle Pomeroy

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Flu Shot Clinic

Flu Shots will be given at Powell Campus Center Tuesday, Oct. 7

Room 305 Across from Knight Club 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Submitted by: Rene Richardson

Dress Down for PINK on Oct. 10

Friday, Oct. 10 is "PINK is the new PURPLE" day, supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Please wear pink instead of the normal purple you'd grab for Saxon Friday.

AU staff - on this day, you can dress down (jeans) in exchange for a $10 donation to the Komen Foundation. Check or cash is payable at the Student Affairs Office. (Please note that all the VPs have approved this initiative.)

Submitted by: Kathy Woughter

Sculpture Barn Raising!

FRIDAY, OCT. 10, 2014

SECOND FLOOR ENTRANCE TO POWELL CAMPUS CENTER 1:30 P.M. UNTIL COMPLETE!

ALL ARE WELCOME!

Participants will help construct an intricate mathematical sculpture designed by George Hart (Stony Brook University), who will explain the underlying geometrical ideas as we go along.

The design is a unique arrangement of laser-cut wooden components lying in the planes of a pentagonal hexecontahedron.

Over a several-hour period, participants will join parts together to make modules and then assemble the modules into the final 34-inch diameter form. All materials will be provided.

The sculpture will remain on permanent display on campus.

Attachment: Sculpture_Barn_Raising.pdf Submitted by: Joseph Petrillo

Want Your History Paper Published?

Phi Alpha Theta, the History honor society, wants YOUR history papers to be published in the third

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edition of the Kanakedea Review.

The requirements are that the paper has to pertain to history and have received a B+ or higher.

Send any submissions to [email protected] by Wednesday, Oct. 15!

Submitted by: Amanda Emmerich

AU Cyclists Assemble!

Open invitation for all cyclists to email me if interested in being added to an email list. We can use it to email each other events, group rides, etc. Thanks.

Submitted by: Ian Cramer

2015-16 Tuition Exchange Application Deadline is Oct. 15, 2014.

Faculty and Staff - the Tuition Exchange Export Application deadline is Oct. 15, 2014. If your child is planning to begin college (or transfer to another college) next year, 2015-16, you may wish to explore the schools participating in the Tuition Exchange (TE) Program. RENEWAL TE Export applications are also subject to the deadline of 10/15/14.

Please read the attached TE Information Memo for application procedures and details on the program.

Two application forms are required; specifically, the AU TE Export Application and the AU Human Resource (HR) TR/TE form (links and attachments, herewith).

Link: AU HR TR/TE Application

Attachment: TE Information Memo for Campus Community Attachment: AU 2015-16 TE Export Application

Submitted by: Catherine Schnurle

Be Safe in the Woods!

Hunting season for large game (deer and bear) will soon open in New York State. Most public lands allow hunting this time of year. Please use supreme caution when hiking or hunting in the woods by wearing blaze orange that covers your front, back, and head.

Hunting season runs from Wednesday, Oct. 1- Tuesday, Dec. 16 for the Southern Tier.

If you are a hunter, remember your number one safety rule when shooting, "Know your target and what is beyond!"

For more information on hunting season dates, you can visit the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation website below.

Hunting is not permitted on Alfred University property nor at Foster Lake.

Link: http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/65231.html

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Submitted by: Cherise Haase

Family Film: 'Mulan' (1998) G Saturday, Oct. 4 at 10:30 a.m.

Nancy Howe Auditorium David A. Howe Public Library 155 N. Main St., Wellsville 585-593-3410

This animated film tells the ancient classic Chinese legend of a daughter who takes her father's place in the Imperial Army - and brings honor to her family. The voices of Ming Na-Wen, Lea Salonga, Eddie Murphy, and George Takei are among the talents who bring the classic tale to life.

The library will be presenting several Chinese-themed programs during the fall. This library-sponsored film is free and open to the general public.

Submitted by: Deborah Clark