At a glance
Glenn Brubaker, director of Facilities Operations, said, “We’re excited about the improvements being made to both our campuses. Our hope is that when students arrive later this month, they’ll see that we’ve been hard at work over the summer making Alfred State even greater.”
Students may take a break for summer, but this is the time when Alfred State is working hard to improve the campus before they return in late August. Within the past few months, dozens of facilities have been upgraded, while others are undergoing exciting changes or additions.
Recent additions on the Alfred campus have included a food truck, 43-passenger bus, commodity barn, hay barn, basketball court at Shults Hall, diagnostic medical sonography suite, and radiologic technology suite. Some of the numbers for summer construction projects show their size and scope, such as the 6,700 feet of new gas lines, 150-plus new concrete steps, and 20-plus new pedestrian lights.
As for the School of Applied Technology campus, the $5 million Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing Center, which will house freshman and senior welding students and senior machine tool technology students, will be ready for fall classes. A new Health and Wellness Services Center will open in Wellsville for the first time this fall, as well.
Glenn Brubaker, director of Facilities Operations, said, “We’re excited about the improvements being made to both our campuses. Our hope is that when students arrive later this month, they’ll see that we’ve been hard at work over the summer making Alfred State even greater.”
Other projects on the college’s summer to-do list include adding a new Pioneer Trail complete with fitness stations, installing a 72-inch entertainment center at 10 Elm, resurfacing and striping multiple parking lots, and renovating the library art gallery and lounge, the nano lab clean room, and the equestrian pavilion.
“Our students are at the heart of everything we do here at Alfred State,” said President Dr. Skip Sullivan. “These renovations and upgrades have been undertaken with the goal in mind of making their college experience the best that it can be, and we continually evolve and progress to meet this goal.”
One of the biggest facilities projects is the makeover of the college’s largest residence hall, the MacKenzie Complex, which enters into phase one this fall. Preparation work includes installing new laundry areas closer to MacKenzie residents, clearing out the central quad to make way for construction, and relocating Residential Services offices to the Townhouse Commons. At Pioneer Stadium, construction will soon begin on a new set of locker rooms as construction projects continue to enhance the campus.
