Annual Festivals
In 1972 two students, Mark O'Meara and Eric "Rick" Vaughn, started a charity festival entitled "Hot Dog Day". This festival was to be a charity fundraiser for the area and would focus on the hot dog. Now held in the third weekend of April, Hot dog day is a yearly celebration coordinated through both Alfred University and Alfred State College.
Beginning in Fall 2008, Alfred State College began hosting an annual Homecoming celebration, which is held in part at the new athletic complex. This event is held in tandem with Family Weekend, allowing for a weekend of fun for all.
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—Martha Shelley, U.S. author and social activist. As quoted in Making History, part 3, by Eric Marcus (1992)
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