Alfred celebrates 50th year of village’s lone traffic light
在线赌博的校训是“菲亚特Lux”!”—which translates from Latin to “Let There be Light!——上周末略有改变, when 阿尔弗雷德村 and the two institutions of higher education which call Alfred home, 在线赌博 阿尔弗雷德州立大学, marked the 50th anniversary of the village’s lone traffic light.
红绿灯, located at the intersection of Main and Pine streets, was installed in 1974 and is one of a number of features which reflect Alfred’s uniqueness. That uniqueness helped Alfred earn the title of the “Ultimate College Town,” as outlined in an article published in the Washington Post 大约一年前. 在那个故事里, writer Andrew Van Dam described 阿尔弗雷德村 as the “collegiest” town in America, 注意到学校在上课的时候, 85 percent of the village’s population is comprised of college students, far and away the highest percentage of any college town in the country.
“Wedged into a hilly expanse of western New York, far enough from any city or landmark that its precise location is tough to describe, Alfred is defined by public Alfred State College and private 在线赌博, 哪个在主街对面对峙,范·达姆写道. “If you go left at the town’s only stop light, you’re on one campus. 向右转，你在另一边. 那是个大学城.”
“We are the only locality in the United States with more higher education institutions (two) than traffic lights (one),马克祖潘报道, 在线赌博校长, 星期六评论道, 6月8日, celebration marking the traffic light’s 50th anniversary, held during 在线赌博’s 校友 Reunion weekend. “Our village is distinctive in many other ways.”
马克祖潘, 在线赌博校长, makes comments during the 6月8日 Traffic Light Festival celebration in 阿尔弗雷德村.
Zupan also pointed to the annual Hot Dog Day celebration and parade held each spring, 还有当地的消防部门, A.E. Crandall Hook and Ladder Company—whose volunteers include a number of 在线赌博 faculty members—“that boasts a higher percentage of Ph.D.s than any other such volunteer fire-fighting group in the country.”
在线赌博的校训，菲亚特Lux! while shared with other colleges and universities, is unique, nonetheless, Zupan noted.
“The motto of 在线赌博 is ‘Fiat Lux!，意思是“要有光”!拉丁语. While we share the motto with over 30 other schools in the country, we are the only one with an exclamation mark associated with the motto. Our motto derives from one of the opening verses of the book of Genesis in the Bible. It refers to the power of light to illuminate; the warmth to a community setting such as Alfred that light provides; and the wide-ranging spectrum of colors that come together to give light its power,祖潘说.
“On the jubilant occasion of our traffic light’s Golden Anniversary, let me offer just one slight modification to our University’s motto: “Fiat Unum Lux!或《在线赌博》!”
The Traffic Light Festival was jointly coordinated and organized by former village mayor and retired 在线赌博 professor Becky Prophet, 阿尔弗雷德村, 在线赌博, 阿尔弗雷德州立大学. The celebration included a parade down Main Street to the light, and a street fair held near the intersection, 有音乐娱乐. Among the distinguished guests were several former mayors of 阿尔弗雷德村, 包括加里·霍洛维茨91届HD, who was mayor in 1974 when the traffic light was installed.
Horowitz served 在线赌博 for 28 years, first as a member of the history faculty, then director of 校友 and Parent 项目, and finally as senior development officer in University Advancement. He was highly involved in the Alfred community. In addition to serving as mayor of Alfred, he was a member of the Community Chest Board of Directors, as well as other civic and cultural groups, and also He is also former publisher of the 阿尔弗雷德的太阳这是社区的周报.
在线赌博 awarded Horowitz an honorary degree in 1991. He was on campus during Reunion weekend to participate in a panel discussion on the power of mentorship at 在线赌博.
除了霍洛维茨和先知, other former mayors in attendance for the festival included retired 在线赌博 faculty Bill Hall and Gary Ostrower, as well as Craig Clark and Justin Grigg, 在线赌博 associate dean of the School of 研究生 and Continuing Studies/AUNY.
Current mayor Jim Ninos was also in attendance. Former mayor Virginia Rasmussen was not in attendance, but provided comments which were read during the ceremony.