One of the biggest opportunities in business is finding where a bank owns distressed properties,” he tells students. Human capital is the number one thing you need,” he recently told an Alfred University.
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Reflecting on the idea of entrepreneurship, she says: “You work for yourself, whether you work for someone else or not. And whether you work alone or in a group, you want to do your absolute, individual best.
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When the University of Rochester (UR) appointed Alfred alumna Yasmin Mattox ’07 this summer as director of the university's new iZone initiative, she noted that the iZone's problem-solving culture is now "in the capable hands of a (non)entrepreneur." Mattox was the founder of Arkatecht, a Rochester-based company that provided online professional development and training for direct care workers in the mental and behavioral health fields. She has also worked in a previous entrepreneurial environment, as Program Director of the Rochester Institute of Technology's Center for Urban Entrepreneurship.
ENTREPRENEUR DOWN THE HALL
That's when I became an entrepreneur," she says, and she distinguishes between two types of entrepreneurs: those who start their own businesses because it's what they've always dreamed of doing, and those who start a business because they don't do it. any other has. With her mother's encouragement, she also started working as a lawyer at a law firm in the city.
Improvisational entrepreneur
The federal government learned that it is one of the largest customers of goods and services in the world. KPC) based in Melbourne, FL, grew up in the Midwest near a golf course with a fence bordering one of the fairways. Nothing in the world would exist without money." She decided at a young age that the most direct way to earn money was through entrepreneurship.
At first, - she says, going back to her earlier years, - I thought I would have to work for ten to 15 years.
Two friends leverage social media to help businesses find new customers
Baynes went to work for LinkedIn after graduating from Alfred University; he was only its 162nd employee. He needed an excellent wingman, and he reached out to his old friend from Alfred University. After graduating from Alfred University (where he was a three-year starting cornerback for the Saxons), Coupe advanced his career in Sports Medicine by joining the staff at Wagner College, a Division I institution.
My current career closely mirrors the environment I enjoyed at Alfred University – a fusion of design, engineering, communications and business.
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The four – recipients of scholarships approved last spring by the Board of Trustees for students from Ukraine in the wake of the Russian invasion of that country – are excelling in their studies, making new friends and exploring the many extracurricular activities Alfred University offers . Soon after, Yuliia and her family made the difficult decision to give the money they had saved for her education to the Ukrainian military to help with the war effort. But in March, Yuliia said she “heard there is a university (in the US) that is putting money aside to help Ukrainian students.
I also considered attending college in the UK or Spain, but I decided to follow Alfred when I learned about the scholarship,” says Bozhena, who aspires to one day own an office building that houses health and host personal care related businesses.
University’s Board of Trustees, four Ukrainian students began
Alina Zabihailo, a master of business administration major from Kyiv, applied to several colleges in the United States in January, including Alfred University. These four students have adapted very well to the Alfred University community and have been open to discussions about what is happening in Ukraine in addition to sharing their post-war culture,” Kent remarked. The trucks in the hold below our deck overturned, causing the ferry to list about ten degrees.
Perhaps the prayers helped because the captain skilfully maneuvered the ferry in the right direction after drifting miles off course.
A HISTORIC WORLD WAR II NAVAL BATTLE INTERSECTS WITH CROSSING THE IRISH SEA By Gary Ostrower ‘61
Aiden LaCourse ’21, MBA ’22 graduated from Alfred University after studying glass engineering at the Inamori School of Engineering and business at the College of Business. The university's Admissions Office purchased 1,000 straws with "Alfred University" engraved into the glass surface. The Office of Admissions distributes the straws to prospective students as a reminder of Alfred University's status as a leading educational institution in glass and ceramics engineering.
Alfred University's purpose, our answer to the Why question, is to help our students achieve their purpose.
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Carolyn Clark ’90 first woman to lead Board of Trustees
Amy comes to Alfred University with 25 years of experience in student-facing roles in higher education, including the last 13 years as vice president for student development at her alma mater, Medaille College at Buffalo. We are pleased to have Amy DeKay join us as our Vice President for Student Experience,” said Mark Zupan, President of Alfred University. As Vice President for Student Experience, Amy reports directly to University Provost and Chief Operating Officer Beth Ann Dobie and serves on the Office of the President and the Executive Council.
Today, he comes to Alfred University from Des Moines University, where he led the marketing and communications group since 2016.
Mark G. Danes appointed VP of Marketing and Communications
It is a special privilege to be invited to join Alfred University at a time of exciting opportunities across the university,” said Danes. Before Des Moines University, Danes led marketing and communications at the University of North Dakota. Mark is a dynamic leader who brings deep experience leading marketing and communications teams and mentoring institutional brands,” said Mark Zupan, President of Alfred University.
As the Vice President of Marketing and Communications, he will be responsible for leading our talented marketing and communications team, creating a distinctive narrative of educational excellence and impact, and facilitating new approaches that will help us build our reputation to improve as an exceptional University. ".
The Brick renovation completed
There he built the first marketing and communications team and helped create partnerships with Google, Boeing, the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command and Joint Base Charleston. 35 Openhym, the largest residential facility on the Alfred University campus, was renamed Connors Hall in May in honor of Greg Connors '92, chairman emeritus of the university's board of trustees. Connors, a native of Hornell, NY, has been a member of the Board of Trustees at Alfred University since 2008 and has served since 2017 as Board Chair; his term as chairman ends on 30 June.
He also supported projects to improve Alfred University's athletic facilities, including the construction of the Connors Family Pavilion, a gathering place overlooking Yunevich Stadium, and the installation of a new scoreboard honoring Bob '66 and Pat was called Codispoti.
Openhym residence hall renamed in honor of Greg Connors ’92
He spoke about the role of his parents – mother Toni Connors and late father William Connors – during Friday's ceremony. Openhym's original residence hall, named for Evelyn Tennyson Openhym '24, a former college administrator and generous benefactor of her alma mater, was completed in 1969. The building, on the south side of campus, was constructed – at a cost of approximately $1 million – to address a shortage of women's housing.
Connors Hall houses a full kitchen and dining area, makerspace, a playroom, study rooms, a small lounge and meeting areas, bathroom facilities, and the resident director's apartment and office on the ground floor; the top three floors have 156 student rooms.
Provost Dobie named chief operating officer
Tammara Raub is returning to Alfred University as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Business and Finance, effective Jan. Raub, who served as Alfred University's controller from 2001-12, will take over for Giovina Lloyd '96, '97 MBA, who is leaving her position as CFO and VP of Business and Finance at the end of calendar year 2022. After After leaving Alfred University in 2012, she served as Treasurer and Vice President of Financial Affairs at Utica College from 2012-16.
Alfred University will begin a national search for a permanent CFO and Vice President for Business and Finance in 2023.
Raub returns as interim VP for Business and Finance
Raub will serve the Business and Finance Office as a consultant in December until she assumes her interim role. Lloyd, who has served as CFO and Vice President for Business and Finance since 2008, announced in October that she was leaving the University. Raub will come to Alfred University from Mozaic, a leading social services agency in Upstate New York, where she has served as CFO since 2016.
Alumni Council Awards program reinvigorated with award statues cast at National Casting Center
Marianne earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Alfred University and then earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. In 2021, he established an endowed scholarship – the Alumni Funded Scholarship for Student Academic Excellence – to benefit Alfred University students in need. Montgomery Crandall, graduated from Alfred University in 1975 with a degree in nursing and is the wife of our retired Dean of Libraries, Steve Crandall '76.
He was elected to the Supervisory Board in 1984 and served as a board member for a total of 38 years.
Two appointed to Board; three named Life Trustees
The appointments were made at the May board meeting and were effective July 1. In July, Alfred University announced ambitious plans to develop a sports complex atop Jericho Hill in Alfred. On July 19, the university's board of trustees unanimously approved moving the project into the planning phase.
The Saxon Hill project, once completed, will dramatically improve the student experience at Alfred University,” commented Mark Zupan, president of Alfred University.
Athletics complex planned for Jericho Hill site
Jericho Hill property at the corner of Jericho Hill Road (Allegany County Road 12) and Kenyon Road, approximately 1.8 miles south of campus. Clark, Patterson and Lee, a Buffalo-based architecture, engineering and design firm, will develop the design for the project. Our Board of Trustees deserves credit for this important commitment that benefits all of our students – athletes and non-athletes alike.”
ATHLETICS
Add two grass fields, a baseball diamond, an outdoor track and additional softball facilities to support existing men's and women's varsity soccer. Continue to build on the student opportunities already available at Saxon Hill, which includes Alfred University's state-of-the-art Equestrian Center and Foster Lake Recreation Area. The mayor also warned that the new sports complex will enable the University to be more flexible in order to allow more suitable training dates for the growing number of teams.
The University has already received $3.25 million in gifts given or committed, along with an additional $1 million in bequests dedicated to the maintenance of the complex.
The Saxon Hill project will
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Kappa Psi Upsilon, Lambda Chi Alpha and Delta Sigma Phi will celebrate their Golden Saxons and Honorary Year, all members are welcome. Alfred University's annual Reunion offers you the opportunity to reunite and reconnect with friends and classmates. If you have a special group you would like to celebrate, call our office and we will work with you to create an unforgettable event.
Save the date for Reunion 2023, June 8-11
