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Alfred State Auxiliary Services Celebrates 70 Years

einvention is the key to longevity plays a critical role in at-
Rin business if Auxiliary Campus tracting the best students to
Enterprises and Services Inc. (ACES) the college. Last year, the
at Alfred State University in New York company provided more
is any example. The company recently than 500 scholarships for
celebrated its 70th year in business. area high school students
At ACES, reinvention means that who met academic criteria.
every fall the company has to renew ACES annually provides ad-
itself to appeal to its new crop of custom- ditional educational support
ers. ACES is a not-for-profit company for the college, including
that supports the education mission of help for the peer tutoring
Alfred State. program and the culinary
“College students always want the arts program among others.
latest and greatest innovations in services; “Our remarkable longev-
it’s really human nature,” explained ACES ity can be attributed to our
Executive Director David Sengstock. ability to stay nimble and Sara Weller, right, accounts payable clerk, receives
“What is fun about our company is that our long-standing commitment to the her commemorative 70th anniversary pin from
we have to anticipate the services they college,” Sengstock explained. ACES Director of Human Resources Christina Loper.
want and then deliver them with excel- As a 70-year-old company, ACES re-
lence. This challenge keeps us young.” lies on a stable, flexible and well-trained Resources Christina Loper. “It is our
ACES provides dining services, cam- workforce to keep moving forward. “It’s dedicated full-time staff that helps us
pus bookstores, transportation, vending important to note that our employees become a new company every year. They
and laundry services at Alfred State. The — many, many of whom have worked are completely dedicated to our students.
organization also owns and manages the for us for over 20 years — are critical We get to know our student customers
Lake Lodge in Alfred Station. to our company and to our student cus- and love and nurture them as they move
As a partner of Alfred State, ACES tomers,” said ACES Director of Human through their college experience.”

Penn State Berks Hosts Wings Election

n Election Day 2016, students at Penn State about how serious the election year had been.”
OUniversity campuses across the state, in Each Penn State campus had three of
addition to casting their its chefs develop and
votes for elected of- submit their recipe
ficials, were able to for the wing sauce
choose their favorite of their choice. On
wing flavor. the night of the
The event first be- event, each student
gan four years ago on received two wings
the Berks campus of of each flavor. They
Penn State in Read- also received a ballot
ing. “I first devel- to vote for their favor-
oped this special for ite wing. As an added
the last election four bonus, one student’s
years ago,” said Tom ballot was randomly
Henry, manager, Hous- drawn to win a wing
ing & Food Services party with their favorite
at Berks. “I thought wing sauce.
it would be a fun spin The winner at Penn
on the presidential election and State Berks was its “Sweet Insidi-
allow students to get involved in ous Wing Sauce,” a very spicy
meal choices. Wing night is always sauce that contained Carolina
very popular, so students enjoy peppers. “This sauce will be in-
seeing the extra variety of wing corporated into our spring menu
flavors. With this year’s election, cycle,” said Henry. “Students re-
the level of negative campaigns ally enjoyed the evening and really
and the amount of stress everyone enjoy seeing the extra variety of
felt for it to be over, it took on a wing flavors. Overall, a very suc-
new twist to allow people to forget cessful night.”

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