Thursday, April 25, 2013 - AURA - Alfred University

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

In This Issue

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Official News

· McLane East/South Parking Closed Thursday, Friday

· McLane Center Closed Friday Evening

· Graduate Students - Financial Aid Filing General Announcements

· Undergraduate Research Forum

· Bergren Forum - 'Roots and Routes'

· The Kanakadea Review Book Launch Today!

· Who Needs Equality?

· Honors Convocation - Friday, April 26, 4 p.m.

· What About Those Extreme Personalities?

· Mozart 'Coronation Mass' Friday, April 26

· Choral Concert Friday!

· Hot Dog Day Color Walk/Run!

· Pool Closing

· I Love My Parks Day Volunteers

· Based in Truth: Alfred Stories Retold

· 35th Annual Outdoor Light Exhibition

· Flash Sale Today Only @ AU Bookstore

· Backflips and Free Stuff!

· Come to the Writing Center!

· Mascot Tryouts

· Ceramics Museum Presents 'Animalia'

· Additional Section of Dance Fundamentals!

· Play it Forward at AU

· AU Summer Sessions

· Students in Distress - Who to Contact

· Vote now!

· Survey Winner Announcement

· Retention Open Forum

· Chromatics Schematics

· TIAA-CREF Consultant on Campus

· New Issue: Inamori School of Engineering Newsletter

· Copy Paper Sale

· Players of Allegany County Present: 'The One That Got Away'

What's Happening?

More Events...

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TODAY

11:00 The Kanakadea Review Book Launch!

11:20 Samuel R. Scholes Lecture

12:10 Bergren Forum - Roots and Routes’

3:30 4/25 Tennis HOME vs.

SJF - 3:30pm

4:00 Earth Week: Mountain Biking

4:30 Opening Reception for

’Animalia’ in Ceramics Museum

4:45 Zumba@ Fitness Classes

5:00 Earth Week: The Green Party Discussion 5:30 Undergraduate

Research Forum 7:00 Bingo for Food!

Based in Truth: Alfred Stories Retold

TOMORROW 10:00 Powell Distinguished

Lecture in Psychology 11:00 Earth Week: Tour of

AStates Wellsville Campus

3:30 4/26 Softball AWAY @ U of R - 3:30pm 5:00 McLane Center Closed

Friday Evening

Earth Week Event: Film

’Living Downstream’

6:00 Hot Dog Day Highlights

’Girls: New Photography’

7:00 Choral Concert - change in time 8:00 CONCERT: OK GO

Hot Dog Day Highlights - OK GO Concert

·Spring Family Weekend

·Mascot Tryouts

SATURDAY 8:45 Earth Week: Tree

Planting in Andover 9:00 Hot Dog Day Highlights 12:00 Hot Dog Day Highlights Hot Dog Day Highlights

Earth Week: Hot Dog Day Fair

1:00 Hot Dog Day Highlights

4/27 Tennis AWAY @ Utica - 1pm

Special Weekend Hours for ’Animalia’ Exhibition 2:00 Hot Dog Day Highlights

4/27 M. Lacrosse AWAY

@ Hartwick - 2pm 4/27 W. Lacrosse HOME vs. SJF - 2pm 6:00 Environmental Foundry

Show

MFA Thesis Exhibitions 8:00 35th Annual Outdoor

Light Exhibition 9:00 Mentalist: Joshua Seth

·Spring Family Weekend

·4/27 Track AWAY @ SJF Invite

McLane East/South Parking Closed Thursday, Friday

Due to the construction of the McLane Annex, all parking areas east and south of McLane Center will be closed to all vehicles on Thursday, April 25 and Friday, April 26.

Please give yourself extra time when coming to campus on these days. Alternative parking can be found in Ade and Ford Street parking lots.

If you have any questions call the Office of Public Safety at 607-871-2108

Submitted by: Deborah Clark

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McLane Center Closed Friday Evening

Reminder: The McLane Center will close on Friday, 4/26 at 5 P.M. This includes the pool, fitness center, gymnasium, and athletics offices.

All Locker rooms will not be available for use after 10 A.M. on Friday.

All facilities will be open again Saturday morning.

Graduate Students - Financial Aid Filing

If you will be a graduate student at AU for the 2013-14 academic year and use Federal Direct Loans, you will need to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as soon as possible. You can complete the FAFSA at www.fafsa.ed.gov.

Link: http://www.fafsa.ed.gov

Submitted by: Elena Wallace

Undergraduate Research Forum

AU's annual Undergraduate Research Forum will take place on Thursday, April 25, 2013 in MILLER THEATER from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Come celebrate undergraduate scholarship as students exhibit their research endeavors. Light refreshments will be served.

Submitted by: Andrea Fioretto

Bergren Forum - 'Roots and Routes'

The Bergren Forum sponsored by the Division of Human Studies and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will be meeting at 12:10 PM on Thursday April 25th in the Nevins Theatre, Powell Campus Center.

Bring a brown bag lunch; coffee and tea will be provided.

Speaker: Wakoh Shannon Hickey and students

Topic: "Genealogy.com, Google Earth, and Grandma: AU Students Trace Their Roots and Routes."

Who Do You Think You Are? Like celebrities in the TV show by that name. AU students and professor of Religious Studies Wakoh Shannon Hickey will share surprising discoveries they made while

researching their family histories. Learn how you can, too!

Submitted by: Marilyn Saxton

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The Kanakadea Review Book Launch Today!

Phi Alpha Theta, the history honor society, will be selling its first-ever edition of The Kanakadea Review, a student produced journal with works from Alfred Students, Alumni, and Faculty, today in Powell. Come buy a copy and support the continuation of this journal for years to come!

Journals cost $5 each and will be sold from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Powell on Thursday 4/25.

Submitted by: Jennifer Futterman

Who Needs Equality?

Check out the new blog created by Dr. Wakoh's Women and Religion students.

Now think of YOUR reason and stop by Powell at 12:15 p.m. throughout this week to contribute!

If you have any questions please contact me.

Link: Who Needs Equality Blog

Submitted by: Alicia Catlin

Honors Convocation - Friday, April 26, 4 p.m.

This is an opportunity for the Alfred University community to honor our "best and brightest" students.

We also take this occasion to honor and acknowledge several distinguished faculty and staff. Please join us on Friday, April 26, 2013 at 4 p.m., Miller Theater.

A reception in the downstairs lobby of Ade Hall will follow the Convocation.

Submitted by: Cheryl Monroe

What About Those Extreme Personalities?

Are you one of them? Do you know one of them? How do EXTREME PEOPLE impact our society? How do we tap into and develop the resources of extreme people?

Dr. Frank Farley will address these questions and more on Friday at the Arthur L. and Lea R. Powell Distinguished Lecture in Psychology.

Join us Friday, at 10 a.m. for the lecture in Nevins Theater.

Link: Lecture Website

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Submitted by: Linda Baker

Mozart 'Coronation Mass' Friday, April 26

The Alfred University Chorus, Chamber Singers, and Alfred Volunteer Choir Company present the glorious "Coronation Mass" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. With a quartet of soloists including AU's own Dave Toot, the work is accompanied by Laurel Buckwalter on the Alfred Seventh Day Baptist organ.

The concert begins at 7 P.M., allowing plenty of time to get to the OKGo concert! Come and experience some classical music before heading off to the rock concert!

Friday, April 26, 7 P.M. at the Alfred 7th Day Baptist Church. A free-will offering will be taken to support the church which provides such a wonderful space for our choral concerts.

Submitted by: Luanne Crosby

Choral Concert Friday!

Please remember the choral concert this weekend - AU Chorus, Chamber Singers, and the Alfred Volunteer Choir Company - will be doing the Mozart's "Coronation Mass."

This concert is in the Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church at 7 p.m.

All are welcome to great concert!

Submitted by: Nancy Freelove

Hot Dog Day Color Walk/Run!

Registration is open for the 5K Color Walk/Run - $10 for students (can be charged to your student account) and $15 for the public! For more information and to register go to

www.my.alfred.edu/csdc.

Submitted by: Amber Hardy

Pool Closing

The McLane pool will be Closed Friday And Saturday 4/26 and 4/27.

Submitted by: Brian Striker

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I Love My Parks Day Volunteers

On Saturday, May 4 there will be a park cleanup at Canacadea Park from 9 a.m. to noon.

If you are interested in volunteering that day, or you would like more information, please contact Jessica Jennings at [email protected].

*I Love My Parks Day is a New York State initiative to have local volunteers work to clean up parks around the state. You can learn about it at at the link below.

Link: I Love My Park

Submitted by: Jessica Jennings

Based in Truth: Alfred Stories Retold Date: Thursday, April 25

Time: 7 P.M.

Location: Alfred Village Hall

Cost to Attend: Free/ Open to Public

Sponsored By: Foundations, coLAB class and faculty M. Michelle Illuminato, Trevor Bennett, Brett Hunter

Please join us Thursday, April 25 at 7 P.M. for Based in Truth: Alfred Stories Retold. The evening will feature 10 puppet shows created by freshman art students in the coLAB course. Students asked locals to tell them a story, and used what they uncovered as the creative inspiration for their puppet shows.

You'll learn the stories behind and beyond the stories that are swirling and twirling around Alfred, of course told by the puppets that live among us!

The coLAB course is part of the Foundations Program in the School of Art and Design at Alfred University.

Submitted by: Shelly Grant

35th Annual Outdoor Light Exhibition Date: Saturday, April 27

Time: 8-11 P.M.

Location: Harder Hall Parking Lot Cost to Attend: Free/Open to Public

Sponsored By: Sculpture/Dimensional Studies

Please join us on Saturday, April 27 at 8 P.M. in the Harder Hall parking lot for an exhibition of artists from Alfred University using light as an art medium.

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Flash Sale Today Only @ AU Bookstore

Thursday ONLY- 25% OFF all short-sleeve tees. Does not include Under Armour. Does include short- sleeve tees on clearance rack! Remember TODAY only!

Submitted by: Marcy Bradley

Backflips and Free Stuff!

Hot Dog Day Bike/Skate Jam!

April 27 Noon-5 P.M.

Davis Gym Live Muisc FoodRaffles

Spectators welcome!

Participants:

$10 to Skate, bike, inline

*Includes raffle ticket & hot dog

**Helmets required

Raffle prizes from: Kink, Sunday, Darkstar, Enjoi and many others Non-participants:

Come one, come all... because winning free stuff is better than going to the mall Sit back and enjoy the high-flying action!

Raffle prizes from:

Local businesses, restaurants, apparel companies

Submitted by: Extreme Sports Club

Come to the Writing Center!

Looking for guidance as you finish your last paper for the semester? Come see us in the Writing Center! We're here to help with everything from structure to grammar. Schedule an appointment today at http://https://alfred.myw...!

Link: Schedule an Appointment

Submitted by: Margaret Wilson

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Mascot Tryouts

Try out to be AU's new mascot! We will be looking for someone who is: entertaining and funny; a performer; friendly and engaging with a crowd; and spirited and enthusiastic.

Applications are due to Jodi Bailey, director of marketing, by Friday, April 26. Tryouts will be held during the Alfies on May 4. Go to http://saxons.alfred.edu/... for more information.

Link: Mascot Tryout

Attachment: Mascot Tryout Information Attachment: Mascot Application

Submitted by: Jodi Bailey

Ceramics Museum Presents 'Animalia'

Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art presents "Animalia." This exhibition highlights some of the animal representations in the Museum's permanent collection. These owls, snakes, various birds, elephant, dogs and tapir, to name a few, are each made of ceramics by various artists. The exhibition will be on view April 25 - Aug. 2, 2013.

The exhibition opening reception will be Thursday, April 25, 4:30 to 6 p.m., in the Ceramic Museum, top floor of Binns-Merrill Hall.

All are welcome!

Special Weekend Hours for Hot Dog Day Saturday, April 27 , 1 - 4 p.m.

Link: Schein-Joseph Int'l Museum of Ceramic Art Attachment: Animalia_enews.pdf

Submitted by: Allison Benson

Additional Section of Dance Fundamentals!

Dance is offering a second section of Dance Fundamentals - DANC 120, section 2, CRN 14171. Still time to enroll! Contact Chase Angier ([email protected]) for details.

Submitted by: Nancy Freelove

Play it Forward at AU

Create some positive change, increase your leadership potential, and leave your mark on Alfred University! UNIV 101: The Alfred Leadership Experience is a place to discover the leader in you while working with others. Class time is spent learning how individual leaders work together as a team while creating a real service learning project.

UNIV 101 is a two-credit, pass/fail, course and found in the online course catalog. Join us in the fall and discover your leadership potential!

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Submitted by: Pamela Schu

AU Summer Sessions

This is a great time to register for a summer course! AU Summer Sessions offer a variety of undergraduate and graduate classes. You can complete a full semester course in as little as two or three weeks, take a full year of the language requirement, get a head start on the fall semester, or make up a course you failed during the fall or spring.

Please go to Banner to check out the summer class schedule. Registration will continue until the start of classes, but it is a good idea to register as early as possible to reserve a place in the class(es) of your choice. (A "quick reference" list of summer courses is attached for your convenience. Please note the recent addition of COMM 211 - Public Speaking, which will be held July 1-Aug. 9.)

Questions about registration and payment may be directed to the Student Service Center and questions about financial aid, to the Financial Aid Office.

If you have general questions about Summer Sessions and/or non-art summer courses please contact the Office of Summer Programs at 607.871.2612 or via email to [email protected].

Questions about summer art courses may be directed to the School of Art Design at 607.871.2412 or via email to [email protected].

Please visit the Summer Sessions Website for further information. We hope to see you on campus this summer!

Link: Summer Sessions Website

Attachment: Summer Course List - Updated 4/23 Submitted by: Melody McLay

Students in Distress - Who to Contact Dear faculty and staff,

This is the time of year when stress and emotions run high among our students, and our mental health emergency response calls really start to pick up.

If you are concerned for the safety of a student, your 24/7 phone number is 607.871.2108. When Public Safety is not on duty, the call will go to 911. Those dispatchers have phone numbers for our RD on call, our Student Affairs incident coordinator, the counselor on call, the Dean of Students, etc., so please work with 911 just as you would our Public Safety staff.

The Wellness Center/Counseling Service reserves time at the end of the school year for crisis and walk-in needs. Please call 2300 during business hours to consult or refer a student. Counseling Service after-hours message has a recording on how to contact the Counselor on Call.

For non-life threatening concerns please remember to utilize our Care Network at https://alfred- advocate.s...?

Thank you.

Submitted by: Amber Hardy

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Vote now!

AU students & staff have narrowed down the list of suggestions for our new warrior mascot & horse.

Help us choose the winner! Voting closes at midnight Friday, April 26.

Link: Vote now

Submitted by: Jodi Bailey

Survey Winner Announcement

Congratulations Rosalina Serrano - winner of the $100 Amex Gift Card! Thanks to everyone who answered the AVI Fresh Dining Survey. If you haven't had a chance to participate we are extending the survey until April 30 and offering $50 in Dining Dollars to another lucky winner.

Link: Complete Survey here.

Submitted by: John Dietrich

Retention Open Forum

An open forum to discuss the final report of the retention committee has been scheduled for Tuesday, April 30 from 12: 15-1:15 p.m. in Nevins Theater. All are welcome to attend.

Submitted by: Valerie Daciw

Chromatics Schematics

Joe Page - Rebecca Chappell - Michael Fujita April 10 - May 18, 2013

Opening Reception April 10, 5-7 p.m.

Gallery Talk April 11, 4:30 p.m.

Gallery Hours

Tuesday 9 a.m. -noon Wednesday noon-6 p.m.

Thursday 2-6 p.m.

55 N. Main St., Alfred, New York 14802

To visit by appointment email: [email protected]

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TIAA-CREF Consultant on Campus

You're invited! Jason Sciotti, Individual TIAA-CREF Consultant, will be conducting one-on-one, 45- minute, individual retirement counseling sessions on Wednesday, May 1 in the Human Resources Conference Room in Greene Hall. Let him help you make financial decisions that are right for you. To schedule an appointment with Jason, Non-Statutory employees should call TIAA-CREF at

1.877.209.3144 and Statutory employees should call TIAA-CREF at 1.800.732.8353; remain on the line for assistance.

Submitted by: Kim Wyant

New Issue: Inamori School of Engineering Newsletter

The latest issue of the Inamori School of Engineering Newsletter is now available online at http://engineering.alfred....

Feature stories include "Renewable Energy Engineering - a degree for a greener future" on our newest degree program; an update on Team Alfred-Guilin and the Solar Decathlon; and $3.6M in grants and gifts to enhance SOE's research and teaching labs! Student achievements and activities are also highlighted in this issue.

Copy Paper Sale

You can purchase copy paper at $31.50 per case at Stapleslink.com using the product code of 135848 (Staples red box paper).

OfficeMax paper is currently listed at $33.50 per case and $39.99 per case at Quill.

If you do not have an account with Stapleslink just complete the attached form and send it to Office &

Procurement Services for processing.

Attachment: STAPLESAPPLICATIONFORM.doc Submitted by: Susan Peck

Players of Allegany County Present: 'The One That Got Away' The Players of Allegany County present

"The One That Got Away," a full-length comedy by Eddie McPherson.

Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27 at 7 p.m., and

Sunday, April 28 at 2 p.m., at the Nancy Howe Auditorium, David A. Howe Public Library, 155 N. Main St., Wellsville; 585-593-3410. Tickets are $8.

"The One That Got Away" is a full-length screwball comedy. Scheduled to coincide with the Wellsville

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Trout Derby, it involves a mix-up in room reservations for a group of women and men during a fishing tournament.

Tickets ($8) can be purchased at the Howe Library Circulation Desk and at the Auditorium door prior to the performance.