Thursday, March 17, 2016 - AURA - Alfred University

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Thursday, March 17, 2016

In This Issue

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Official News

· Viral Gastroenteritis

· Alcohol and Drug-Free Policy General Announcements

· Bergren Forum - 'The Power of Goodness'

· El cafecito: El dia de San Patricio/Spanish St. Paddy's Day

· History Night

· Election 2016: Round Two

· Chem Talk by Alfred Alum Class of 2016 Eryn Matich

· Second Annual AU Mathematics Integration Bee

· Saakumu-Music/Dance Troupe from Ghana Returns to Alfred!

· IEA Visiting Artists: Jason and Debora Bernagozzi

· IEA Visiting Artist: Brian Murphy

· Calling All Engineers

· Swimming Lessons

· How Does Google Decide Who Makes the Cut as a Googler?

· AU Scholarship Opportunity

· Buy Your Dinner Theater Tickets by Thursday

· 'Votes For Women: The Successful Campaign in Allegany County in 1917'

· Foreign Film Series: 'Life Is Beautiful' (1997) PG-13

· Alfred Box of Books Library Chicken Barbecue

What's Happening?

More Events...

TODAY

10:00 Walk-In Hours - Career Development Center 11:00 ’Delicate Decisions’ at

Cohen Gallery

12:10 Bergren Forum - 'The Power of Goodness' 5:00 You're invited - Talk

by Visiting Designer, Author

5:15 Thursdays at the Newman Club

5:30 ALF poetry reading by TJ Jarrett

El cafecito: Spanish St.

Paddy's Day

TOMORROW

11:00 ’Delicate Decisions’ at Cohen Gallery

12:10 Election 2016: Round Two

12:20 Chem Talk by Alfred Alum Class of 2016 Eryn Matich

5:30 ALF fiction reading by Holly Goddard Jones 6:30 Shabbat Dinner (Cake) 7:30 Saakumu! The Music

and Dance of Ghana

ALF Open Mic Reading

·IEA Visiting Artists: Jason and Debora Bernagozzi

SATURDAY

11:00 ’Delicate Decisions’ at Cohen Gallery

2:00 ALF Literary Roundtable

4:30 'Subject to Change'

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6:00 History Night

·IEA Visiting Artists: Jason and Debora Bernagozzi

Viral Gastroenteritis

Health Services continues to see cases of viral gastroenteritis on campus. It has been confirmed that the stomach illness circulating around campus in not bacterial nor is it food poisoning.

The attached resources can provide some insight into basic information on viral gastroenteritis, including diagnosis and treatment, as well as dietary recommendations for recuperating from stomach illness.

If you notice any signs or symptoms of viral gastroenteritis, please call Health Services immediately- 607.871.2400 to speak with a nurse about your symptoms or make an appointment if necessary.

One of the best ways to prevent viral gastroenteritis from occurring is to practice good hand washing (signs are up throughout campus bathrooms on proper hand washing practices). The Wellness Center has face masks and hand sanitizer available for further preventative measures.

Attachment: Gastroenteritis_pamphlet.pdf Submitted by: Amanda Khodorkovskaya

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Alcohol and Drug-Free Policy

UPDATED ALCOHOL POLICY. If you are planning an event involving alcohol, check out the new policy and forms. For questions please contact Dean of Students, Norm Pollard at 607.871.2132 or email [email protected].

Link: Alcohol and Drug-Free Policy Attachment: NEW Alcohol Event Form

Attachment: NEW Planning Your Event Procedures Submitted by: Amanda Charles

Bergren Forum - 'The Power of Goodness'

The Bergren Forum sponsored by the Division of Human Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Provost's Office will meet at 12:10 p.m. Thursday, March 17 in Nevins Theater, Powell Campus Center.

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

Speaker: Nadine Hoover Topic: "The power of goodness"

Nadine Hoover will discuss how stories of nonviolence and reconciliation from around the world are used to help children and families in various countries recover from violence, and to create public cultures of peace.

Submitted by: Marilyn Saxton

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El cafecito: El dia de San Patricio/Spanish St. Paddy's Day

Please join El cafecito, AU's Spanish Cultural & Conversation Club, to celebrate El dia de San Patricio/Spanish St. Paddy's Day! Practice your Spanish speaking skills in a fun, friendly, relaxed atmosphere while wearing your green and enjoying "green" guacamole!

Thursday, March 17 5:30 - 6:30 p..m.

AU Language House

(12 Park St., across from the Saxon Inn)

Beginners to Advanced Spanish speakers, everyone is Welcome!

Submitted by: Michele Gaffney

History Night

The Saxon Historians will be having a history night on Thursday, March 17, 6-8 p.m., in the lounge in Herrick. Come for interesting historical discussion, neat info, trivia, games, and snacks.

Link: Saxon Historians

Submitted by: Jonathan Makeley

Election 2016: Round Two

As a follow-up to a panel we held last November, we will discuss the rather unconventional 2016 primary campaign. Panelists will be President Edmondson and Profs Heineman, Stein, Westacott, and Ostrower.

12:10 P.M. Friday in Nevins, Powell Campus Center

Submitted by: Gary Ostrower

Chem Talk by Alfred Alum Class of 2016 Eryn Matich

Chemistry will be hosting a Talk by Eryn Matich, an Alfred University Class of 2013 Alum, Friday, March 18 at 12:20 p.m. in Myers 228.

The title of her talk is "Characterization of metabolic changes in Ettlia oleoabundans under nutrient limitation."

All are welcome! and Bring a Friend!

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Submitted by: Bailey Grillo

Second Annual AU Mathematics Integration Bee

AU Mathematics will be hosting its Second Annual Integration Bee, Friday, April 1 in Myers 334 from 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Buzz by our website to register before the Qualifying Exam on Friday, March 18.

http://aucs.alfred.edu/in...

This bracketed competition consists of multiple duels where finalists go head to head at the white board on various integration problems.

Integration problems in the competition can be solved using the variety of techniques taught in Calculus I and II courses such as:

U-substitution Integration by Parts Trigonometric Integrals Trig Substitution Partial Fractions Improper Integrals

Integrals Involving Quadratics Long Division

etc.Integrals requiring multivariate calculus (Calculus III) are NOT a part of this competition.

We highly encourage participating and/or spectating from any AU student who is interested in this competition. Much can be learned from participating or attending, and you will be amazed at the skills students bring to the final competition on April 1st.

Since the competition is highly competitive, is recommended that you prepare if you wish to advance.

However, every AU student who is interested may participate in the qualifier and spectate at the final competition on April 1st, 2016.

Submitted by: Bailey Grillo

Saakumu-Music/Dance Troupe from Ghana Returns to Alfred!

Bernard Woma and Saakumu return to AU for three days of workshops in music and dance, culminating in a performance at 7:30 P.M. Friday, March 18 in Miller Theater.

The concert will feature the colorful music and dance of Ghana and will include AU students in the performance.

Saakumu is a group of 12 dancer/musicians from Ghana and this is a concert not to miss. When the group was here in 2011 we filled Miller Theater, so come early. This event is free and begins at 7:30.

Submitted by: Luanne Crosby

IEA Visiting Artists: Jason and Debora Bernagozzi Date: March 14-18, 2016

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Location: The Institute for Electronic Arts at the School of Art and Design, College of Ceramics Cost: N/A

Sponsored: The Institute for Electronic Arts and the Division of Expanded Media

Jason '10 and Debora Bernagozzi '02 are an artist team focused on electronic arts based in Owego, NY.

Co-founders of Signal Culture, an artist space dedicated to video, sound, interactive, tool making, and hacking electronic arts also based in Owego, NY, both hold MFAs from the Electronic Integrated Arts graduate program at the New York State College of Ceramics and have shown their work nationally and internationally.

Jason's work investigates the significant features of time-based media as an evolving world language, exploring liminal states of language, time, and memory through the lens of glitch aesthetics,

performative/participatory media, and aleatoric database sequencing of video.

Debora's work consists of gestural, abstracted videos created through a hybrid of analog and digital methods using real-time video and audio processing techniques, creating works resonating as opposed to representative works alluding to time as a layered tapestry rather than a series of moments.

During their residency, Jason and Debora intend to bridge their shared practice of fluidly mixing the analog and the digital into the print realm, drawing on images created through processes such as data- moshing, sonification databending, and frame buffering to create work with silk screening, wood block, and other traditional printmaking techniques.

More information and Jason and Debora's work can be found on their respective websites:

http://www.seeinginvideo.... & http://deborabernagozzi.c...

The Institute for Electronic Art's Visiting Artist Program is sponsored in part by the NYS Council on the Arts with the support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature.

Submitted by: SOAD Events

IEA Visiting Artist: Brian Murphy Date: March 21-25, 2016

Location: The Institute for Electronic Arts at the School of Art and Design, College of Ceramics Cost: N/A

Sponsored by: The Institute for Electronic Arts and the Division of Expanded Media

Brian Murphy of Castle Creek, NY, will be participating in an artist residency at the Institute for Electronic Arts the week of March 21. Co-founder and director of Transient Visions: Festival of the Moving Image, Brian creates systems and processes to explore and interpret data sets using video, film, sound, photography, artist books and new media.

His work has been exhibited at the Western New York Book Arts Center in Buffalo, the Gagosian Gallery in New York and at the Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester.

Brian plans to work with both digital and analog tools to create visual, textual and audio scores using data from his DNA that was sequenced at Yale School of Medicine. Brian intends to use this material in text, performance, and installations.

More information and Brian's work can be found on his website: http://www.sybil16.com The Institute for Electronic Art's Visiting Artist Program is sponsored in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

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Submitted by: SOAD Events

Calling All Engineers

Want an inside view into world-class manufacturing? How humans and robots can work together? How lean manufacturing/lean engineering works?

We have a unique opportunity to go "behind the scenes" and see BMW, Mercedes, and other German industries. Plus, absorb German culture and go to a German university and compete with German students in a manufacturing simulation.

All this and more will take place Allen Term 2017. If you are interested, come to an information session Wednesday, March 23 at 4:45 p.m. in Olin 308.

Submitted by: Mark Lewis

Swimming Lessons

The Swimming and Diving program will be offering swimming lessons Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesday, and Thursdays, March 28- April 7, 2015

Monday's, Tuesday's, Wednesday's, and Thursday's - Beginner Block A - 5 - 5:30 p.m.

- Beginner Block B - 5:30 - 6 p.m.

- Beginner Block C - 6:00- 6:30 p.m.

- Intermediate/Advanced 5 - 6 p.m.

Where: Alfred University's McLane Center Pool Ages: 4-13

How much: $60 for eight lessons - discount when enrolling 2+ children

Registration: It is preferred if you register prior to the start of lessons through the contact information below, although registration will be available Aug. 31 prior to the start of lessons.

Questions: 585.698.4003 or [email protected] (Leah Zimmerman)

*Money should be paid the first night of class

Submitted by: Brian Striker

How Does Google Decide Who Makes the Cut as a Googler?

If these topics sound interesting, these undergraduate and graduate summer course offerings are for you! Courses are open to most students but may be subject to instructor permission.

MGMT 300 01/MBA 600 03: People Analytics - This course focuses on the tools, procedures, and analyses used to inform data-based human capital decisions in organizations.

The methods taught in this course will be applied to HR and OB policy in organizations including but not limited to staffing, training, and measuring employee performance and satisfaction. Identification of the appropriate tools and statistical procedures for analyzing human capital will be emphasized along with the ability to effectively interpret and communicate statistical analyses into organizational

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policy recommendations.

MBA 600 02: Modern Issues in HRM - This course emphasizes five contemporary HRM trends in the workplace. The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) lists several of these trends as critical for HR professionals' success in the coming years. These trends include management of knowledge workers, contemporary hiring strategies, workforce training and gamification, work/life balance, and demographic issues in talent management. An evaluation of the utility of HR departments in the modern workforce is also examined.

If you're interested in learning more about these course offerings, contact Dr. Jennifer Griffith at [email protected]. I look forward to hearing from you!

Submitted by: Jennifer Griffith

AU Scholarship Opportunity

Scholarship - School of Engineering majors (one scholarship award estimated value of $750) and Childhood Education (Pre-K-6th grade) majors (one scholarship award estimated value $900).

Application deadline is Monday, March 21, 2016.

NYS residents (residing in one of the Home Bureau's chapter counties), United States citizens, and full- time undergraduates --- you are invited to apply for the 2016-17 AU/NYS Federation of Home

Bureaus, Inc., scholarship.

Open the attachment for more details and application.

Attachment: Scholarship Details & Application Submitted by: Catherine Schnurle

Buy Your Dinner Theater Tickets by Thursday

You are invited to accompany Alice to Wonderland and through the looking glass during the Alfred State Drama Club's fifth annual dinner theater performance, "Alice in Wonderland," Thursday, March 31 to Saturday, April 2 at the Lake Lodge, 6107 Terbury Road, Alfred Station.

Performing Eva Le Gallienne's and Florida Friebus' adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice books, a cast of 16 actors will portray more than 30 characters from both "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and

"Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There."

This year's Alice-themed menu is pear salad, glazed carrots, duchess twice-baked potatoes, penne with rustic marinara, orange marmalade haddock, and flank steak with chocolate sauce and saut�ed mushrooms, cheesecake with assorted toppings, and coffee and teas served at intermission.

As in previous years, there will be a full cash bar open during the dinner hour and at intermission.

Dinner begins at 6 p.m.

Tickets for dinner theater are $20 per person and must be reserved by Thursday, March 17 through the Alfred State Campus Store at 607.587.4020. As ASC is on break this week, bookstore hours are 8 a.m.-4 p.m. The store accepts cash, check, credit cards, student campus spending account, and meal swipes.

If you'd like to visit Wonderland without dinner, please come to the Wednesday evening performance on March 30 at 7 p.m. Tickets for that show, which will be available at the door and for reservation through the campus store, are $2 for students and $5 for general admission. A bus will run to and from campus before and after the performance, and there will be an opening night dessert reception after that show.

"Alice in Wonderland (Le Galliene and Friebus)" is presented by special arrangement with Samuel

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French, Inc.

Submitted by: Janna Buckwalter

'Votes For Women: The Successful Campaign in Allegany County in 1917' Join the Baker's Bridge Historical Society as it celebrates Women's History Month!

Rusty Tobin will present a Powerpoint presentation on the woman suffrage movement from 1893 through 1920 with a particular focus on Allegany County and the Alfred area.

Women in New York State gained full suffrage in 1917, three years before the Constitutional

amendment in 1920 that gave all women in the country the vote. Women in New York State became increasingly well organized in the 20th century and merged all of the individual suffrage clubs into a single statewide organization.

In 1913, the organization changed its name to the New York State Woman Suffrage Party and organized itself like a political party with Assembly District leaders and captains for each election district. Allegany County was very much a part of this campaign. The New York State victory was the result of a statewide referendum of male voters and 56 percent of Allegany County voters recorded a pro suffrage vote.

Monday, March 21 7:30 p.m.

5971 Hamilton Hill Road, Alfred Station Free! Refreshments served afterward

Link: Baker's Bridge Historical Society

Submitted by: Laurie McFadden

Foreign Film Series: 'Life Is Beautiful' (1997) PG-13 Friday, March 18 at 6:45 p.m.

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

This beguiling tale, directed by, co-written by, and starring Roberto Benigni, tells the tale of a family whose father refuses to give into adversity even as he and his wife and small son are taken to a concentration camp. He is determined that his young son be shielded from the adversities surrounding them. A celebration of the human spirit!

This Italian film was an Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Actor, and Best Score.

Foreign films will be shown at the Nancy Howe Auditorium every third Friday of the month at 6:45 p.m.

The library-sponsored film is free and open to the general public.

Submitted by: Deborah Clark

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Alfred Box of Books Library Chicken Barbecue Pick-up is Thursday, April 7 at the Alfred Station Fire Hall.

$8.50 Dinner includes chicken half, potato salad, coleslaw, roll and butter.

$6 Half only Presale orders only.

Orders can be turned into the library; payment and orders are due by Monday, March 28.

Submitted by: Eliza Ordway