New York State Senator Catharine Young (R-Olean) joined special guests of ±¬×ß³Ô¹Ï recently to see a large granite stone engraved with the year '2011' placed at the entrance of the new Student Leadership Center (SLC) on the Alfred campus. The Center, which is slated to open next year, will be used as a hub of activity and will be dedicated to developing leadership and civic engagement initiatives on campus.
From left Ruben O. Rogers, ±¬×ß³Ô¹Ï owner representative; Greg Sammons, ±¬×߳Թϒs interim vice president for student affairs and university chief of police; Bill Goodrich, president and CEO of LeChase Construction; Eric Tellander, associate project manager at William Rawn Associates; Andrew J. Smilinich, ±¬×߳Թϒs director of capital projects; ±¬×ß³Ô¹Ï President Dr. John M. Anderson; NY State Senator Catharine Young; Gabe Conti, State University Construction Fund senior project coordinator; John Casey, chief operations officer at Manning Squires Hennig; Brian Donnelly, project manager for Manning Squires Hennig; Steve Tyrell, president of North Country Community College; Doug Johnson, principal and project executive for William Rawn Associates.