Fiat Juneteenth
Juneteenth, also known as “Freedom Day,” is observed each year on June 19 and commemorates the June 19, 1865, federal proclamation in Galveston, Texas, that ordered the emancipation of the last remaining enslaved African...
June 2020
Appointment of Beth Ann Dobie as Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Beth Ann Dobie to the position of provost and vice president of Academic Affairs at our University, effective July 1. Beth Ann has been shouldering these...
Statement from the President’s Committee on Diversity at Alfred University
Below please find a statement from our President’s Committee on Diversity (PCOD). My brief email of Saturday evening was shaped by having just watched a pained press conference by mayor Lovely Warren in the...
Fiat Bearers of Light
The north wall of the Lincoln Memorial contains the words of the slain president’s Gettysburg Address; his Second Inaugural address is inscribed on the south wall. Lincoln was a man of few words. In neither...
