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On Wednesday, Jan. 20, ��Ӱֱ�� State hosted an information session with Dr. Van Dine, Wellsville, retired ophthalmologist, who provided a brief insight into the evolving situation in Haiti. On Friday, Dr. Van Dine will travel to Haiti to assist with recovery efforts.

��Ӱֱ�� State College President Dr. John M. Anderson recently addressed NYS budget issues with the campus community. During his talk, Anderson characterized Gov. Paterson’s proposed Public Higher Education Empowerment and Innovation Act as “the most profound initiative to positively impact public higher education in New York State since the Nelson Rockefeller era. I applaud his efforts."

��Ӱֱ�� State College President Dr. John M. Anderson recently welcomed returning and new faculty and staff back to campus for the spring semester. Among the topics he addressed were his trip to China as part of a SUNY delegation invited by the Chinese government as a thank you for hosting the 150 Chinese students whose studies were interrupted by an earthquake in Sichuan province in 2008,

Governor David A. Paterson today announced that his 2010-11 Executive Budget will include the most significant reforms to the State’s system of public higher education in a generation. The Public Higher Education Empowerment and Innovation Act will provide the State University of New York (SUNY) and the City University of New York (CUNY) the flexibility needed to become centers of job creation. The proposed reforms would enable New York’s public higher education system to become the new model of excellence

The ��Ӱֱ�� State College community, saddened by the horrible tragedy in Haiti as a result of the devastating earthquake, met recently to begin plans to do our part to help the people of Haiti. We have learned that international relief organizations are in dire need of supplies, food, water, and rescue and medical staff to help with the relief efforts.

Because one of the international relief agencies has connections right here in Allegany County, the campus group organizing the relief effort has decided to support Haiti Outreach.

��Ӱֱ�� State College student masons and instructor Stephen Richard were busy late last semester, unloading and unpacking two truckloads of paver brick, fire brick, fireplace and pizza oven parts, refractory mortars, block, brick and cavity wall flashing components. All of these masonry materials will be used as students build mock ups of masonry wall systems, fireplaces, and wor

The video series, 17 Days, Vol. 2, will be screened at the DMA (Digital Media & Animation) gallery Jan. 18 through Feb. 9. The series, curated by Adriane Little, pairs 17 days with 17 video artists - showing one artist's work per day throughout the run of the show.

The ��Ӱֱ�� State College Office of Student Financial Services (Financial Aid/Student Accounts) will participate in SUNY Financial Aid Day, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010, beginning at 9 a.m., in the EJ Brown Business Building – Room 414, on the ��Ӱֱ�� campus. There will be a brief overview of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and of the financial aid process. Following this session, financial aid staff will accompany students and their guests to computer labs in the same building to assist them in completing and submitting the 2010-11 FAFSA electronically.

www.alleganycountynylocalhistory.com). The article is titled “The Allegany County Roots of Clifford Goldsmith.”

��Ӱֱ�� State College students enrolled in Assistant Professor Evan Enke’s www.alleganyseniorfoundation.org, went live Dec. 10, 2009.