Kate Cohen

On Feb 25, the Alfred University’s Men’s Swim Team looks to reclaim another state title and ensure national spots for several swimmers at the State Championship meet in Syracuse.

Solar energy is aiding the world from New Jersey to Africa, AU Alumni and senior sales engineer for Morningstar Corporation Brad Berwald told the AU faculty and students on Oct. 31 at the Roon Lecture Hall.

Solar modules are benefiting a wide variety of people, Berwald said.

Berwald graduated from Alfred with a degree in electrical engineering and then completed a master’s degree in business administration. He was invited back to Alfred by the Environmental Studies Seminar series.

It’s not news that perseverance is the key to success; it is the steps you take to persevere that will make you successful, Dr. Lee Collins, a motivational speaker on leadership, told AU in Nevins Theater on Nov. 11.

The American Marketing Association (AMA) invited Collins to speak at AU to aid in the success of Alfred as a whole. The audience was packed and the sound of Velcro could be heard as Collins handed out wristbands to promote positive thinking.

Only 12 of 21 vacant faculty positions have received approval to be filled for the 2009-2010 academic year, President Charles Edmondson announced Oct. 31 at the general faculty meeting.

Edmondson said the faculty positions that have received approval are currently vacant due to faculty retirement, faculty leaving AU, or extenuating circumstances. They have been approved for mostly full-time or tenure-track positions even though most institutions have moved away from hiring long-term professors during the national economic crisis, instead focusing on hiring more adjunct and temporary faculty. In fact, most SUNY schools have had to enact some sort of hiring freeze, he said.