Friday, May 2, 2008 - In This Issue - AURA - Alfred University

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Friday, May 2, 2008

In This Issue

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Official News

· Scholes Library End-of-the-Semester Hours

· RSVP Service/Retiree Luncheon

· Student Employees Not Returning in Fall General Announcements

· Concert Band Tonight!

· Alfie Awards - Vote Today, Go Tomorrow

· Susan Strong's Book, "Thought Knows No Sex," Just Arrived!

· Faculty and Staff Volunteers Needed

· Student Recital, Sunday in Miller 301

· Junior Discovery Day Open House with Admissions

· 1st Annual Spring Picnic

· Zoo Field Trip

· Retirement Reception

· Become a Certified Peer Educator for Health Topics

· Congratulations to the Winners

· Winners from Midknight Express

· Pet Pals Are Asking You For Urgent Help

· Miscellaneous Board

What's Happening?

More Events...

TODAY

8:30 Pet Pals are Asking You for Urgent Help

12:45 Spring Dance Showing 8:00 An Evening of One-Act

Plays JUMPER Concert Band 9:30 Music: No Age with

High Places & Ven Voisey

TOMORROW 8:30 Junior Discovery Day

Open House with Admissions

2:00 Jazz at the Bandstand!

BFA Foundations Art Exhibition 'Free Pass' 8:00 The Alfie Awards

SUNDAY

1:00 1st Annual Spring Picnic 3:00 Student Recital

8:00 JUMPER

Scholes Library End-of-the-Semester Hours Sat 5/3---10 am-8 pm

Sun 5/4---12 noon-12 mid.

Mon 5/5---8 am-12 mid.

Tue 5/6---8 am-1 am Wed 5/7---8 am-1 am

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Thu 5/8---8 am-1 am Fri 5/9---8 am-12 mid Sat 5/10---10 am-8 pm Sun 5/11---12 noon-12 mid.

Mon 5/12-Fri 5/16----8 am-4:30 pm Sat 5/17-Sun 5/18---Closed

Summer hours begin Monday, 5/19.

PLEASE RETURN ALL LIBRARY MATERIALS by MONDAY, 5/5 to avoid billings for replacement and processing fees.

Link: http://scholes.alfred.edu//index.php?

option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=88

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RSVP Service/Retiree Luncheon

The Service Award/Retiree Luncheon will be held on Friday, May 9, at noon in Ade Hall. All employees are welcome to attend. Attached is a listing of this year's honorees.

Since it is a luncheon, we will need a headcount for food service. Please RSVP to [email protected] by Friday, May 2.

Attachment: Listing_for_display_081.doc

Student Employees Not Returning in Fall

Student employees not returning in the Fall, should confirm with the Registrar's Office in Seidlin Hall that a valid mailing address is on file before leaving campus. This address will be used to mail Payroll issued 2008 W2 forms next year.

Also, if you have payroll direct deposit and will be closing your bank account, you need to notify Payroll before you close the account. You can either complete a Cancellation of Direct Deposit form or e-mail "Payroll." Failure to do so can result in your bank rejecting the deposit and a delay in receiving your net pay and/or student refund.

Concert Band Tonight!

FRIDAY, MAY 2, 8 p.m. IN HOLMES AUDITORIUM, HARDER HALL. Come see the AU Concert Band TONIGHT! Enjoy works by composers such as Gustav Holst, Richard Wagner, Aaron Copland, Frank Ticheli and John Philip Sousa.

FREE ADMISSION. Contact Chris Foster, (607) 871-2571, [email protected] for more details.

Alfie Awards - Vote Today, Go Tomorrow

Students can vote (once) until midnight Friday for their favorite Alfred events and people at http://forms.alfred.edu/s... .

The event occurs Saturday evening at 7pm with the show beginning at 8pm in Holmes Auditorium.

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Click on the attachment to see the list of nominees. Congrats to all the people and groups that make Alfred an exciting and fun place to live, play, learn and work.

Attachment: 2008_ALFIE_NOMINEES.pdf

Susan Strong's Book, "Thought Knows No Sex," Just Arrived!

Early release to AU! Susan Strong's book "Thought Knows No Sex, Women's Rights at Alfred University" just arrived @ the AU Bookstore. Stop in to browse or pick up a copy. Watch for a booksigning date & time!

Faculty and Staff Volunteers Needed

CALLING ON THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY - FACULTY AND STAFF VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - FRIDAY, MAY 23 and SATURDAY MAY 24 (9 a.m.-3 p.m.) to assist the Support Staff Council with a "DUMP & RUN"

yard sale. (We can also use help sorting the items!)

Local charitable organizations that volunteer assistance with this coordinated effort will receive a percentage of the proceeds.

If willing to help (and we hope there's a lot of people that will help!) OR/AND for further information contact Audrea A. Sirianni @ [email protected] or Phone: 871-2144

Student Recital, Sunday in Miller 301

A student recital will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, in Miller 301. It will feature a violinist, a flutist, a trumpeter, a jazz drummer, three singers and four pianists, as well as the AU Brass Choir.

Come support our student performers! Free admission AND refreshments afterwards.

Junior Discovery Day Open House with Admissions

Saturday May 3, the Office of Admissions is hosting a Junior Discovery Day for students interested in Alfred University. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. in PCC and the day will conclude after lunch in Ade Hall. Students will explore the academic options here at Alfred University as well as meet with current students, faculty and staff. If you have any questions on the event, please contact Michelle at x2015.

Attachment: DiscoveryDaySchedule08.doc

1st Annual Spring Picnic 1st Annual Spring Picnic

Details: Event Date: Sunday, May 4, 2008 Event Time: 1-5 p.m.

Location: Kanakadea Park, Hornell

The AU Math Club, the AU chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon, and the Division of Mathematics present the 1st

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annual Math Club Spring Picnic. Join us as we honor our graduating seniors and induct the newest members into the Pi Mu Epsilon honor society.

Food and refreshments will be provided. All are welcome to attend!

Directions: From the light in Alfred, travel north on Main Street to Alfred Station. Turn left at blinking red light and continue on Rte. 21 straight through Almond. Before Almond Lake, turn left on Rte. 66 toward Hornell. The entrance to the park is about 1 mile ahead on the right.

Zoo Field Trip

The Alpha Helix biology club is organizing a trip to Rochester's Seneca Park Zoo. We will be departing from the Science Center parking lot at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 3 (note the time change).

We will be carpooling, so we also need volunteers to drive. Admission to the zoo is normally $8, but if we have 10 or more people we qualify for a group rate of $6.50 each.

You will also need to contribute $4 to your driver for gas money. If you are interested in attending, please e-mail Leslie at [email protected]. Please include your name, whether or not you can drive, and if you need to be back to campus by a particular time.

Link: Zoo website

Retirement Reception Retirement Reception

Faculty-Staff-Students-and Families please join us on Sunday, May 4 from 3-5 at the Cohen Center Studios

to honor Professor Richard Thompson

Become a Certified Peer Educator for Health Topics

Training to become a Certified Peer Educator, and the latest information on helping college students maintain healthy lifestyles, will be offered Fall 2008. Time and location for the course are TBA and will take student schedules into account.

If your career goals and/or interests include the health care professions, marketing, design, psychology, education, or athletic training - or if you'd like to be involved in improving lifestyles on campus - this course could be for you. The course is designed for Student Athlete Mentors, Health and Wellness Peer Educators, or any interested students. For more information, contact Pam Schu, AU Health & Wellness Educator at [email protected] or 607-871-2300.

Congratulations to the Winners

Congratulations to the Winners of the drawing for Customer Appreciation Day @ Cyber Fresh Cafe Doreen Edwards $50 Gift Card Best Buy

Cori Button $20 Gift Card Dicks Sporting Jesse VanSkiver Pepsi Rolling Cooler

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Thanks to everyone for making the day a great success.

From all the staff @ Cyber Fresh Cafe

Winners from Midknight Express

Congratulations to the winners from Midknight Express customer appreciation day.

Jasyn Consiglio $50 Gift Card Best Buy Elvison Richiez $20 Gift Card Dicks Sporting Thanks to everyone to making the night a success.

From all the staff at Midknight Express

Pet Pals Are Asking You For Urgent Help

Pet Pals has received a letter from the Abbe-Freeland Wildlife Sanctuary which is located in Angelica, NY. The sanctuary is in urgent need of financial donations to support medical expenses and housing costs of local wildlife, particularly beaver rehabilitation.

The little yearling beavers are coming in and they now have 25 beavers, injured and orphaned, to care for in addition to about 100 other animals that people have abandoned at the sanctuary. This is the ONLY center in New York State able to take beavers so they do not feel they can turn them away.

They desperately need financial help to be able to keep their doors open.

In the past, Pet Pals has raised over $300 for this very worthy organization and we would like to help again. We are asking if anyone has any change or bills that they are willing to give, we will see that it all gets donated to the sanctuary. There will be a collection box in the Center for Student Involvement Office in the Powell Campus Center until Friday, May 9.

Thank you for your generosity.

Miscellaneous Board

Post an item that doesn't quite fit into the lost and found or buy and sell boards, like "for rent" and

"yard sales".

Link: Miscellaneous Board