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The ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College baseball team rallied three times in game two of a non-conference doubleheader to salvage a season opening split with Pennsylvania College of Technology.Ìý Penn Tech won the opener 7-1 while A-State won the nightcap 9-8 in eight innings.

The ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College men's soccer team could not get out of an early hole and fell 3-1 to Hudson Valley CC in day two of the East-West Showdown at Jamestown CC.Ìý The Pioneers are now 1-1 on the young season.

Jason Durst (Gates Chili) scored the game-winner as the ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College men's soccer team downed SUNY Delhi 2-1 in their season opener.Ìý Durst's scored on a header after a corner kick by Justin Handley (Iroquois) during the first overtime session.

Geoff HicksÌý(Cheektowaga/Cleveland Hill) moves from wide receiver to quarterback this season for theÌý÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College football team.Ìý HeÌýrecently took time to answer a few questions about the upcoming season for the Pioneers.Ìý

The ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College football team will play on campus for the first time in program history in 2008 and the Pioneers hope to make some noise in the Northeast Football Conference.Ìý Mick Caba (9th season, 36-44) and his coaching staff believe that an added emphasis on size and speed will pay dividends.

About 800 ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥
State students attended the annual activities carnival on the eve of the first
day of classes. Students took a chance
at Putt Luck, Pot-O-Luck, Spindrift, and Krazy Rail among other games of skill.

÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College President Dr. John M. Anderson, ASC Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Steven J.
Tyrell, and Dr. Shaojie Jiang, ASC director, International Education, welcomed Lin Zhongdong and Ma Xiaochuan to the college as they
begin their year-long stay as part of SUNY's (State University of New York)
China 150 program, which has welcomed 150 Chinese students to 22 SUNY schools,

÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College faculty and staff gathered for
breakfast recently to hear President John Anderson's opening remarks.
Anderson kicked off the academic year by updating new and returning faculty on
the state of the college as well as spotlighting the college's strategic plan
to guide the campus community through the next five years.

÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College faculty and staff welcomed this
year's incoming freshman class of 1,400 students during the 15^th
annual New Student Convocation. This year's speakers were Jim J. Grillo, SUNY
distinguished teaching professor, ASC Business Technology Department; and Adam
Nash, Barneveld, ASC Student Senate president.

Moving-in day at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College saw hundreds of
families like the one pictured here hauling their students' belongings to
campus to begin the new academic year.

÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College President Dr. John M. Anderson recently convened a meeting of all the volunteer boards that serve the institution. This first-ever gathering of its type served to acquaint new board members (and experienced ones) with the goals and responsibilities of the other volunteer boards.

Sophomore pre-seasonÌýNJCAA All-American volleyball player Jenni Jerome (Syracuse/Westhill)Ìýis busy preparing for the 2008 season.Ìý She took time to give her prespective on the preseason camp and the upcoming season.

÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College sophomore Jenni Jerome (Syracuse/Westhill) has been named pre-season 1st team Division III NJCAA All-American.

The ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College athletic department will induct the 2008 Hall of Fame class during ceremonies on Friday September 12 as part of Homecoming activities.  Softball/basketball player Toni Darling (Johnston), bowler Gerry Cox, and baseball player Joe Van Gorder will join the 43 current members of the Hall of Fame.

Students at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College will join the trayless revolution when they return to school this fall. Dining services organizations across the county are removing trays from dining halls in order to reduce food waste and save both water and electricity.

Donald Holzer, Murfreesboro, TN, ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College
class of 1956 (plant and soil science), recently donated $20,000 to his alma
mater to help modernize the soils laboratory and provide students with more
practical, hands-on techniques to evaluate soil properties and enhance soil
quality.

When you think of college
fraternities, do scenes from the movie Animal House come to mind?

For 30 years, America's view of fraternities (and in some cases, sororities)
has been influenced by the toga-wearing, hard-drinking, food-fighting brothers
of Delta House.

÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College is one of 22
participating SUNY schools which will host a total of 150 Chinese students
whose homes in Sichuan province were devastated by an earthquake in May.

÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College is ready to rock into its second
century by presenting a Rusted Root concert as part of Homecoming/Family
Weekend, Friday, Sept. 12, at 8 p.m. in the Orvis Activities Center.

Mary Anne Blum Condon, Hornell, former associate
professor of nursing at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College, will return to campus Aug. 7,
2008, in a new role: she will work half-time in the President's Office serving
as government relations coordinator and half-time as director of the BSN
Program in the Nursing Department. She will sit on the president's
cabinet.

The 15th annual
Convocation for New Students at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College is slated for Thursday,
Aug. 21, 2008, at 10 a.m. in the Orvis gymnasium
celebrating the start of the new academic year.

÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College is ready to
kick off another academic year-the first of its second century of
operation.

Faculty
hit campus on Aug. 18 to gather for President John Anderson's opening remarks.

A mid-summer rain couldn't dampen the spirits of those
who gathered at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College recently to dedicate the Professor Eddy
Foster Memorial Bench and Garden.

÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College (ASC) and the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) are pleased to announce a partnership to establish Pioneer Farm, a model farm to be operated by the college in accordance with Animal Welfare Approved standards. It will focus on teaching grazing systems and animal husbandry practices that enhance land use and animal well-being.

Michelle Green, MPS,
RHIA, CMA(AAMA), CPC, FAHIMA (NY), SUNY (State University of New York)
Distinguished Teaching Professor, Physical and Life Sciences Department, ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥
State College, has received the 2008 FORE Triumph Educator Award from
the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).

The 2008-09 ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College athletic season kicks off this week as preseason camps open in preparation for the fall seasons.Ìý Football, volleyball, men's & women's soccer, and baseball will all report to campus and begin practice by Sunday while the cross country team will begin practicing on Tuesday.

The ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College Alumni Association has chosen to partner with PCI Publishing Concepts to create a new Alumni Directory. This is long overdue as the last directory was published in 1994 and since that time nearly 15,000 new alumni have been added to our ranks.