Friday, April 16, 2010 - AURA - Alfred University

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Friday, April 16, 2010

In This Issue

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Official News

· No Open Fires Allowed General Announcements

· Coffee and Cider with Charley

· Summer School 2010/Financial Aid

· Acafellas!: Live in concert!

· Roommate Connection Meeting

· Arabian Nights Tickets

· Fitness Center Hours Saturday, April 17

· Support Pay Equity! Wear Red!

· Get Your 2010 Senior Tee!

· Purple and Gold Days for Accepted Students

· Painting Contest Winners

· Public Speaking: Overcome your fears

· Alfred Uncovered On Sale!

· SUNY Lifesaver CPR-AED Training

· Soliciting Nominations for Support Staff Council

· Weight Watchers Group

· Internal Job Posting - Custodian

· Allegany County Older Driver Assistance Network

· Classic Family Movie: 'The Secret Garden' (1993)

· Classic Youth Movie Matinee: 'The NeverEnding Story' (1984) PG

What's Happening?

More Events...

TODAY

10:20 MS/CE Thesis Defense - Gerald L. Wynick 10:30 MS/CE Thesis Defense

- Emily Asenath-Smith 3:30 Men’s Tennis

4:00 Women’s Lacrosse 5:00 Phi Beta Kappa

Induction Ceremony 6:00 Arabian Nights 8:00 ’The Importance of

Being Earnest’ directed by Becky Prophet

’The Book of Eli’

TOMORROW 1:00 Women’s Lacrosse

Softball

4:00 Men’s Lacrosse 6:00 Arabian Nights 8:00 ’The Importance of

Being Earnest’ directed by Becky Prophet Alternative Cinema:

’Bumming in Beijing’

10:30 Music: Steam Whistle Cartel

·Track and Field

SUNDAY 1:00 Softball

2:00 ’The Book of Eli’

3:00 Student Recital 6:00 The Acafellas Live in

Concert!

·Reining and Cow Horse Clinic

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11:00 ’The Book of Eli’ _·Reining and Cow Horse Clinic

No Open Fires Allowed

No open fires are allowed on campus or any Alfred University owned property. All fires or hot work must be pre-approved by EHS. Contact Cherise Haase for more information; 607.871.2190.

Submitted by: Dean Perry

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Coffee and Cider with Charley

Students are invited to drop in to the Multicultural Suite on Monday, April 19 from 3 to 4 p.m. to meet President Charley Edmondson. Mulled cider and baked goodies will be served.

You are welcome to bring up any questions you have, issues you'd like to discuss, ideas for AU, or just come and meet the President.

Submitted by: Kathy Woughter

Summer School 2010/Financial Aid

If you plan to take summer classes at AU and are a current financial aid recipient, we are providing you the following information to help you determine if you may have financial aid eligibility applicable to summer enrollment.

Attachment: Fin Aid / Summer School 2010 Submitted by: Catherine Schnurle

Acafellas!: Live in concert!

The Acafellas will be performing at their annual Spring Concert on Sunday, April 18. Come to Holmes Auditorium at 6 p.m. and enjoy all different types of music sung by some of your favorite friends.

Watch as the group of eight students use just their voices to sing, beat, and whistle a night of great music. Come support your friends and enjoy a great show!

Submitted by: Adam Fiegl

Roommate Connection Meeting

Looking for a roommate for housing next year? Searching for that illusive 6th suitemate? Then come down to Bartlett Lounge on Sunday (April 18) at 7 p.m.. RD Ricky (from Barresi) will be organizing a mixer to help match people with housing! Bring some expectations and a lot of energy!

Attachment: Roommate_Connection_meeting.pdf

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Submitted by: Erika Reiss

Arabian Nights Tickets

MEDO will be selling tickets for Arabian Nights in Powell from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

Submitted by: Jessie Arnone

Fitness Center Hours Saturday, April 17

The fitness center will not open this Saturday, April 17 until 1:30 p.m. due to the accepted student open house with admissions which will take place in McLane Gym.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions, please contact Michelle at x2015.

Thank you.

Submitted by: Michelle Pomeroy

Support Pay Equity! Wear Red!

Tuesday, April 20 is National Equal Pay Day. To show your support wear red because women are still not seeing the green!

Submitted by: Cheryl Foster

Get Your 2010 Senior Tee!

Get your 2010 SENIOR tee, on sale now at the AU bookstore. You have two options, make your $20.10 senior pledge (pledge goes toward funding the new AU sign) to receive your tee OR purchase a tee for

$15 at the bookstore.

SENIORS remember to sign up for your senior class trip!

Submitted by: Marcy Bradley

Purple and Gold Days for Accepted Students

The Office of Admissions is hosting its final Purple and Gold Day for Accepted Students this Saturday, April 17. We currently have 223 students registered which will bring almost 575 people to campus.

Accepted students and their families will have the opportunity to meet with academic deans, faculty,

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staff, coaches, and current students.

If you have any questions on the day or the schedule, please contact Michelle at x2015.

Attachment: PurpleandGoldSchedule2.doc Submitted by: Michelle Pomeroy

Painting Contest Winners

Please congratulate the winners of the Junior Pride 2010 Art contest. Winners listed in the attachment.

Sponsored by the Career Development Center.

Attachment: winners.pdf Submitted by: Kevin Jacobs

Public Speaking: Overcome your fears

For the vast majority of people, giving a speech is in the top five of major fears. Here's your chance to learn how to deal with your nerves, create an organized speech, and gain some advice on how to deliver with confidence. The Gift of Gab: A Workshop on Presentation Skills will be offered at the Women's Leadership Center on Thursday April 29th from 2:30 to 3:30. The event is free and open to the public. The presenter is Dr. Julia Overton-Healy, director of the WLC, who taught public speaking and presentation skills for over 15 years.

Submitted by: Susan Goetschius

Alfred Uncovered On Sale!

The clubs and activities calender that has clubs baring it all is now on SALE for $7 at the campus Bookstore! Get them before they are gone!

Submitted by: Kevin Carr

SUNY Lifesaver CPR-AED Training

Tuesday, April 20, 2010 9:20 a.m.-12:10 p.m. Howell Hall - Upstairs Limit: 6 participants per session

Fee: Students - $7 to cover the cost of the face mask; the course is free to all faculty and staff.

If you already have a face mask, bring it to the session. You may also wish to bring a pillow or blanket to kneel on.

We are inviting volunteers to attend and become certified in adult and child CPR and AED use. If you have already taken the course, now is a good time to recertify and refresh your skills.

This program is designed to comply with enactment of the State's AED Legislation and to train

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University faculty, staff, and students in the skills of CPR and use of an AED.

This CPR/AED certification program has been approved by the NYS Department of Health. It is the equivalent to the American Red Cross and American Heart Association CPR/ AED programs.

For a schedule of training sessions please visit the EH&S Web site.

To pre-register or obtain more information please phone x3020 or e-mail [email protected] at the EH&S office in 117 Myers Hall.

You may download a copy of the CPR-AED training manual from our training Web page

http://people.alfred.edu/...; just follow the instructions available online for unzipping the file.

Link: EHS Web Site Submitted by: Dean Perry

Soliciting Nominations for Support Staff Council

The Support Staff Council is now accepting nominations for the 2010-11 school year in all areas.

Anyone working as Support Staff is eligible to serve on the Council. Representatives and alternates are needed in all areas.

Deadline for nominations is Friday, April 16. Nominations are to be submitted to Lisa Sanford at [email protected]. Please do not nominate current members whose terms are unexpired: Lisa Sanford, Janet Lynch, Mariann Freiner, and Jane Brown.

Once a slate of candidates has been formulated, ALL Support Staff will be asked to vote for a representative in their respective areas. Voting concludes on Friday, April 23.

The purpose of the Support Staff Council is to act as an advisory group to the University

administration when the expertise of the Council members is sought to review and react to certain University policies which affect all support staff on the University's payroll (statutory and non-

statutory), and to act as a liaison between those same support staff and the University administration.

Dave Snyder, Chair AU Support Staff Council [email protected]

Submitted by: Nancy Freelove

Weight Watchers Group

Weight Watchers is a great place to learn healthy eating habits in a supportive environment. If you'd like to join Weight Watchers, try this convenient "At Work" lunch group. Meetings are Thursdays at noon on the Alfred State campus. For more information please open the PDF attachment.

Attachment: Weight Watchers Flyer Submitted by: Pamela Schu

Internal Job Posting - Custodian Employment Opportunity:

Custodian

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Grade A

Link: Custodian Posting Submitted by: Kim Wyant

Allegany County Older Driver Assistance Network

Please join us for the upcoming Allegany County Older Driver Assistance Network meeting:

Date: Monday, April 19, 2010 Time: 9-10 a.m.

Location: Board Room, 1st Floor Jones Memorial Hospital

Wellsville, New York 14895

The Allegany County Older Driver Assistance Network will provide a continuum of resources and assistance related to the mobility needs of Allegany County residents, families, caregivers and other concerned community members.

Please contact Helen Evans at 585.593.5223, ext. 11 with questions, concerns or for further information. Please share this information with colleagues who may be interested in participating in this project. This initiative is made possible through grant funding from the New York State Office for the Aging-Community Empowerment Grant.

Submitted by: Deborah Clark

Classic Family Movie: 'The Secret Garden' (1993) Saturday, April 17 at 10:30 a.m.

Nancy Howe Auditorium at the David A. Howe Public Library, 155 N. Main St., Wellsville

The film of the children's classic, "The Secret Garden", by Frances Hodgson Burnett tells the tale of an orphan who restores an abandoned garden in her uncle's old manor house and affects the lives of everyone around her. The film's stars include Kate Maberly and Maggie Smith.

This library-sponsored movie is free and open to the general public.

Classic Youth Movie Matinee: 'The NeverEnding Story' (1984) PG Tuesday, April 20 at 2 p.m.

Nancy Howe Auditorium at the David A. Howe Public Library, 155 N. Main St., Wellsville

This movie tells the story of a boy who visualizes what he is reading. His imagination turns into a fantasy adventure tale of a boy warrior who is the only hope to save an empire.

This film favorite is scheduled during the school break for everyone as well as the youth in the community. This library-sponsored movie is free and open to the general public.

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