2 Colleges and Schools

Alfred is both a private and public university, with one of the university's constituent colleges affiliated with the State University of New York (SUNY). This SUNY-affiliated college, the New York State College of CeramicsThe New York State College of Ceramics (NYSCC) at Alfred University in Alfred is a statutory college of the State University of New York (SUNY). It is divided into two schools: the School of Art and Design, and the School of Ceramic Engineering and Materi (NYSCC), thereby receives state funding. (It is referred to as a statutory collegespecial administrative structures In higher education in the US state of New York, a statutory college is a college or school that is a component of a university which is officially designated a private university, but such component receives significant of the SUNY system.) Both the private colleges and the SUNY-affiliated NYSCC share faculty and resources, but tuition varies between the private colleges and the NYSCC, particularly for residents of New York State.

2.1 Private Colleges and Schools

• The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• The College of Business
• The School of Engineering
• The Graduate School

2.2 Statutory Colleges

• New York State College of CeramicsThe New York State College of Ceramics (NYSCC) at Alfred University in Alfred is a statutory college of the State University of New York (SUNY). It is divided into two schools: the School of Art and Design, and the School of Ceramic Engineering and Materi

3 Facilities

Alfred is well-known for its ceramic art and ceramic engineering programs, and has a strong astronomy program due in part to the presence on campus of the 7-telescope Stull Observatory.

There are two libraries on Alfred's campus, the Herrick Memorial Library, which primarily serves the private colleges, and the Scholes Library, which primarily serves the New York State College of Ceramics. The Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic ArtThe Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art at Alfred University in Alfred, New York houses nearly 8,000 ceramic and glass objects. Its collection includes ancient ceramics of anthropological interest, examples of historical and contemporary cer has a collection of 8,000 ceramic objects, including both ancient and modern ceramic art and craft.

4 Alumni and Faculty

Notable alumni include librarian Melvil DeweyMelvil Dewey ( December 10, 1851 December 26, 1931) was the inventor of the Dewey Decimal Classification system for library classification. Dewey was born Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey in Adams Center, New York in the United States. He attended Amherst Col, who attended in 1870, actor Robert KleinRobert Klein (born February 8, 1942) is an American stand-up comedian and occasional actor. His first major appearance was as host of the 1970 summer replacement television series Comedy Tonight on which were introduced many of the routines that in the ne, and authors Peter Jenkins , whose book "A Walk Across America" begins in Alfred, and Robert Littell , who has written several spy novels.

Notable faculty include Ben Howard , Ph.D., noted poet, and Joe Scheer , artist and printmaker.

Bob Keeshan, better known as Captain Kangaroo, received an honorary doctorate from Alfred in 1969.

5 Traditions

The school's mascot is the Saxon, a knight in shining armor. Since the year 871 is when King Alfred the Great succeeded his brother, Ethelred I as King of Wessex and Mercia (see Alfred the Great's childhood), the phone exchange of Alfred University is 871 (i.e., all Alfred U numbers take the form 1-607-871-xxxx).

Hot Dog Day is held in early April of each year since 1972 at Alfred to raise money for local charities and community-based civic organizations.

Alfred's carillon can often be heard while on campus. The bells of the carillon, purchased in 1937 from Antwerp, were thought to be the oldest bells in the western hemisphere. Research later ( 2004) showed that the bells were of a more recent vintage, and that Alfred had been the victim of a fraud. On the brighter side, the non-historic nature of the bells allows the university to replace those which have a poor quality tone. Concerts continue four times a week when school is in session, and during the summer months at least once a week.

6 Greek Social Organizations at Alfred

Fraternities and sororities were established at Alfred for nearly 100 years prior to 2002, when they were banned from campus, partially in response to the death of Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT) fraternity member Benjamin Klein .

Prior to Klein's death, in 1978, student Chuck Stenzel died in a hazing-related incident at Alfred's Klan Alpine fraternity. After his death Stenzel's mother, Eileen Stevens , created a lobbying organization to increase awareness of hazing and promote anti-hazing laws, as documented in Hank Nuwer 's book "Broken Pledges" and a later TV movie of the same name (in which Alfred was not named for legal reasons). Stevens later served as an advisor to Alfred on hazing-related issues, and received an honorary doctorate from the school in 1999.

During the summer of 2002, Greek social organizations were banned from the campus after an in-depth analysis of the Greek system by and eight-member task force appointed by the Trustees. More than 50% of the task force were themselves members of a fraternity or sorority while in college, and 82% of the Board of Trustees are Alfred University alumni.[2]

7 External links

• Alfred University homepage
• Alfred Daily Jolt Student Life online
• The Stull Observatory
• Histories and Chronologies of Alfred
• Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art
• In Memory of Chuck Stenzel
• Press Release - Alfred University trustees vote to eliminate fraternities and sororities

Universities and colleges in New York

• An Alumni Website of sorts... (date posted: 15.09.2004)

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