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NYS Sen. Catharine M. Young, (R-Olean) visited the ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College campus recently to announce $33.5 million in funding for a new student center on the campus. Sen. Young, long a friend of the college, successfully worked to get the funding put back into the state appropriations budget after it had been removed.

The ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College (ASC) Agriculture and Horticulture Department and the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Steuben County hosted the 39^th annual Finger Lakes Dairy Judging Contest for Future Farmers of America (FFA) members as well as 4-H members from local counties at the ASC college farm earlier this month.

The School of Applied Technology at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College is pleased to announce that the relatively new automotive parts technology curriculum, begun in fall 2007, will be offered in an online format beginning fall 2008. This new format was approved at a recent partnership meeting with ASC and UNI-SELECT.

Representatives from ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College (ASC) met recently with representatives from Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Wyoming County Dairy Institute to create an arrangement whereby ASC and Cooperative Extension will conduct a pilot program involving a faculty exchange for the next academic year.

The ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College (ASC) Agriculture and Horticulture Department and the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Steuben County will sponsor the 39^th annual Finger Lakes Dairy Judging Contest for Future Farmers of America (FFA) members as well as for 4-H members from local counties at the ASC college farm Tuesday, July 8, 2008.

Despite the chill and threatened rain of a June day, attendees at the celebratory groundbreaking for the new Construction Workforce Development Center on the School of Applied Technology campus of ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College, attendees received a warm welcome from Dr. John M. Anderson, college president, as well as other members of the college community involved in

Threatening skies could not dampen the joy at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College recently as ASC alumna Barbara Becker, '47, of Corning, visited campus to participate in the dedication of a bench and perpetual garden in memory of her parents, Leo and Frances Becker.

Allegany Arc recently contributed $1,000 to the Khalid Ashraf Memorial Endowed Scholarship at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College. The scholarship honors the memory of Dr. Khalid Ashraf who was killed in an accident in June 2007. The money is a result of contributions Arc received as memorials in Ashraf's name after his passing last year.

The ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College WINS Club (Women In Non-traditional Studies-though the club is open to all students) donated a check for $177.58 to the Anthony Carino Memorial Scholarship.

Friends, relatives, and colleagues of the late Alice Foust gathered on the ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College campus recently to dedicate a bench and garden in her memory. Foust, who served as a cleaner on campus until her retirement in 2005, lost her battle with cancer last year.