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FLCC honors Tom Waits with variations on ‘Mule Variations’

February 23, 2015, 8:28 am
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Nani Nehring Bliss, interim director of the writing center at Finger Lakes Community College, sings with an ensemble of faculty and alumni in a past Tom Waits tribute, called “Frank’s Wild Years Revisited.” Many of the same musicians have come together again for this year’s performance.
Over a dozen Finger Lakes Community College faculty and alumni musicians will pay tribute to Tom Waits for the fifth and final time, with a concert and optional gourmet dinner on Friday, March 6.

The ensemble Drop Dead Suits and female vocalists Sad Luck Dames will recreate Waits’ 1999 Grammy-award winning album “Mule Variations” with a performance at 8 p.m., March 6 in the FLCC Student Center auditorium, 3325 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua. Entry is $5 for the general public or free with an FLCC ID.

A Waits-inspired Dinner at Julia will be offered before the show. Held in FLCC’s Stage 14, Julia has students and faculty in the college’s culinary program preparing and serving five-course meals on select Friday evenings each semester. The $35 fee includes the meal, taxes, tip and admission to the Waits tribute. 

The event, called “Variations on ‘Mule Variations,’ celebrates the 15th anniversary of the album’s release as well as Waits’ recent birthday. Organizers made the difficult decision to make this the event’s final year.

Curt Nehring Bliss, director of honors studies at FLCC, said ‘Mule Variations’ is a fitting finale because “the theme of the album is really about home.” The album was released in 1999, the same year he joined FLCC.

“Its thematic center is focused on what it’s like to be at a place that’s home, with family and friends, and on the building of long-term relationships,” said Nehring Bliss, who will host the event. “It so happens that that’s the year we landed here in the Finger Lakes – when we came ‘home.’ It’s very personal on that level.”

The first Waits tribute at FLCC celebrated his album “Rain Dogs” on its 25th anniversary. Released in 1985, it was focused on dislocation, as Waits wrote it just after leaving the west coast for New York. The songs resonated with Nehring Bliss, who was away from home for the first time as a student at Siena College. 

Nehring Bliss found many fellow Waits fans in the FLCC community.

Those performing at the final tribute include alumni Evyn Grassl’06 of Farmington; Brian Thibodeau ’06 of Canandaigua; Justin Rister’06 of East Rochester; Nash Bock ’06 of Hemlock; husband and wife Leo and Rachael Medler ’06 of Spencerport; Lisa Salvaggio Clark’06 of Bloomfield; and Meredith Faulkner ’03 of Canandaigua.

Bock and Medler are also adjunct faculty members at FLCC.

In addition to Nehring Bliss, faculty and staff taking part include his wife and collaborator, Nani Nehring Bliss, interim director of the writing center at FLCC, and David McGuire of Rochester, professor of music.

Musicians Ryan Yarmel of Rochester and Lou Arena of Farmington are also part of the Drop Dead Suits, whose name is derived from a Waits song.

The musicians are part of some of the area’s most popular bands, including The Scandals, The Moho Collective, The Younger Gang, Dead Metaphor Cabaret, Peace-N-Blues, The Devil’s Tuxedo, Sparx & Yarms and Mr. Stumble.

Bob Potter of Naples, FLCC’s music recording studio manager, will work the sound system.

“This whole project has been with mostly students I have come to regard as family, and getting this chance to participate on these types of projects together has meant so much to me,” said Nehring Bliss. “I can’t overstate the honor and privilege it is to work with people who share similar aesthetics, musically.”

Tickets to the Waits show will be sold at the door. For more information, contact Curt Nehring Bliss, honors studies director, at (585) 785-1367 or nehrincd@flcc.edu. Visit the Honors House online at www.Facebook.com/honorshouse.

Reservations are needed for Dinner at Julia, which begins serving at 5:30 p.m. To RSVP or for more information, call (585) 785-1476. 
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Brockport, FLCC launch new model for nursing education

February 25, 2015, 1:38 pm
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Several nursing students at The College at Brockport graduated in January from a certified nurse assistant program offered by Finger Lakes Community College right on the Brockport campus.

The partnership between the two State University of New York colleges is part of an effort to give Brockport students a credential that will allow them to work in the health care field while pursuing a bachelor’s degree in nursing.

Kathleen Peterson, director of nursing at The College at Brockport, wanted her nursing students to have the added career edge of a certified nurse assistant, or CNA, license and hands-on experience in the health care field. She contacted FLCC, which trains approximately 120 certified nurse assistants every year.

"The CNA course at FLCC was recommended by a colleague, who had worked with them in the past and spoke very highly of the program. At that time, our department did not have the faculty resources to develop such a program, so inviting such a partnership was very helpful,” Peterson said. “Our faculty felt that providing this opportunity for our students would be a positive one, and that Lakeside Beikirch Care Center in our community would benefit from such a course. The course ran very smoothly and the students were most pleased with the course."

Employers attended the graduation ceremony to collect applications and resumes. Graduates are Brockport students Danisha Brown of Brooklyn, Amy Rzeznik of DePew, Sarah Kobus of Amherst, Madison Mayer of Farmington and Gianna Santini of Lockport. The class also included Pamela Newberry, a Monroe County resident who is not a Brockport student.

FLCC’s CNA students have a 98 percent pass rate on the state exam for certified nurse assistants and a 98 percent job placement rate. FLCC offers the class at locations throughout the region, including Canandaigua, Webster, Geneva and Mount Morris, to reduce drive times for students.

This is FLCC’s second partnership with another SUNY college. Graduates of FLCC’s six-month advanced manufacturing machinist training program can receive transfer credits toward Monroe Community College’s precision machining two-year degree.

“These partnerships are part of a growing trend to provide basic credentials that allow students to work in their field even as they pursue further education. This is a great way to fill employers’ needs and enable people to continually acquire more marketable skills,” noted Lynn Freid, FLCC director of workforce development.

For information about FLCC workforce development programs, call (585) 785-1906.
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FLCC faculty to give free concert March 4

February 27, 2015, 11:48 am
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Two original works by David McGuire, professor of music at FLCC, will be performed by The Rita Collective at a free concert March 4. 
Members of the Finger Lakes Community College music faculty will share their instrumental and vocal expertise in a free concert open to the community on Wednesday, March 4.

The spring FLCC Faculty Recital begins at 7 p.m. in the FLCC main campus auditorium, 3325 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua. It is free and open to the public.

College faculty will be joined in performance by The Rita Collective, a band comprised of marimba player Kristen Shiner McGuire, bass clarinetist Dean Keller, bassist Kyle Vock and percussionist Matt Bevan-Perkins.

The Rita Collective will perform two new works by David McGuire, professor of music at FLCC and husband of member Kristen Shiner McGuire.

Additionally, The Craig Snyder Group will perform original arrangements of fusion standards by Pat Metheny and Wayne Shorter. Snyder, a guitarist and composer, is a member of FLCC’s adjunct faculty.


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‘Caught on Camera’ talk reveals wildlife habits

March 3, 2015, 5:37 am
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A member of Finger Lakes Community College’s conservation faculty will share the findings of a trail camera study during a free community talk scheduled for Tuesday, March 10.

Nadia Harvieux, conservation educator at FLCC’s Muller Field Station, will lead the 7 p.m. talk called “Caught on Camera.” It will be open to the public and held at the field station, which is located at 6455 County Road 36.

Harvieux’s talk is part of Muller’s Speaking of Nature guest lecture series. She will discuss the findings so far of the ongoing study of wildlife at the field station as captured by trail cameras. Images have revealed which animals are most commonly found on the property, as well as interesting data on habitat preferences and seasonal activity.

Some of Harvieux’s favorite pictures show black bear, river otters playing on the shore of the Honeoye Inlet, and white-tail deer in the autumn. The cameras also captured watershed flooding in the spring of 2014. 

Space is limited and registration is required by calling Nancy Lawson at (585) 785-1257 or emailing Nancy.Lawson@flcc.edu.



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FLCC offers free workshops for teachers

March 13, 2015, 5:47 am
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In observance of World Water Day this month, Finger Lakes Community College is partnering with the state Department of Environmental Conservation and the Finger Lakes Institute at Hobart and William Smith Colleges for two educator workshops.

On Friday, March 20, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) will be held at FLCC’s Muller Field Station, 6455 County Road 36, Canadice. Comprised of water-related activities, games and classroom lessons, it will be led by Betsy Ukeritis, an educator with the DEC. Participants get a free curriculum and activity guide.

On Saturday, March 21, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., area science teachers are invited to the Finger Lakes Institute, 601 S. Main St., Geneva for a workshop led by aquatic biologist Pete Lent. Lunch will be provided; registration is required by March 18.

For more information or to sign up for the workshops, email Nadia Harvieux, conservation educator for the Muller Field Station, at Nadia.Harvieux@flcc.edu.
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McQuaid Jesuit, Allendale Columbia students score at FLCC engineering competition

March 18, 2015, 8:03 am
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The McQuaid Jesuit team, from left: teacher Bix DeBaise
and students Tim McAninch, John Lawless, John-Paul
Crosby,  Luke Kusmierz,  Alex Fasino-Bush and Sam Hallgren.

Students from McQuaid Jesuit High School in Rochester won an engineering competition held at the Finger Lakes Community College Victor Campus Center on March 14. The team won for the 11th and 12th grade category while students from Allendale Columbia in Pittsford won in the ninth and 10th grade category.

The event was called TEAMS, which stands for Tests of Engineering Aptitude Mathematics and Science, and it pitted six teams from five schools in a competition to come up with a solution to an engineering problem.  Other participating schools were Irondequoit (two teams), the Albany Academies, and UB Step, a science and technology enrichment program provided to Buffalo schools by SUNY University at Buffalo.

David Roberts, vice president of the Monroe Professional Engineers Society and an FLCC adjunct faculty member, led the organization of the event. TEAMS is a project of the Technology Student Association, tsaweb.org, that focuses on a different theme each year. 

The 2015 event explored the relationship between energy and engineering. Students were given scenarios related to topics such as biofuel, electricity, and nuclear and solar energy, and asked to come up with an engineering solution. The program is designed to develop knowledge of engineering principles as well as collaboration and analytical thinking.

While David led the event organization, Selim Araci, FLCC professor of engineering science, arranged for Sawyer Elliott ’12 to talk about his experience in FLCC’s engineering science program and in Rochester Institute of Technology’s mechanical engineering program. Sawyer is currently deciding where to pursue a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering; he has been accepted at Cornell University and University of Colorado at Boulder.
Sawyer Elliott, a 2012 FLCC engineering science
graduate, shares advice with high schoolers.




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Dady Brothers give workshop, concert at FLCC March 26

March 19, 2015, 5:00 am
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John, left, and Joe Dady will be at FLCC on March 26
Celtic musicians The Dady Brothers will give a workshop and concert at Finger Lakes Community College on Thursday, March 26.

The workshop begins at 5 p.m. in Stage 14 on the second floor of the main campus, 3325 Marvin Sands Drive, followed by the concert at 7 p.m. Several  student performers will open the show.

The Dady Brothers are a widely acclaimed folk duo and have performed their special brand of Irish music throughout the U.S., Canada, and Ireland. They use a variety of instruments including fiddle, mandolin, guitar, pennywhistle, bodhran, harmonica, banjo, and uilleann pipes. Special musical guests are also expected to perform.

Both programs are open to the public. Entry to the 7 p.m. concert is $2 for the general public and free with an FLCC ID. The FLCC cafe will be open until 8 p.m. the day of the concert.
This program is sponsored by the FLCC Student Corporation and the FLCC Social Science Department. For additional information, contact Joshua Heller, chair of the social science department, at (585) 785-1335 or Joshua.heller@flcc.edu.
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Exhibit features artwork of FLCC alumnus Neal McDannel

March 20, 2015, 11:34 am
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This pastel, “The Ninth Daughter of Mnemosyne,” will be among the pieces displayed in Neal McDannel’s exhibition at Finger Lakes Community College.
The artwork of Finger Lakes Community College alumnus Neal McDannel will be featured in an exhibition that opens in the Williams-Insalaco Gallery 34.

The exhibition, called “A Panoptic Survey,” will include diptych and triptych pieces, black and white lithographic drawings, pastels and more. The exhibition opens Thursday, March 26, to be followed by a free public reception sponsored by the FLCC Foundation from 4 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 2.

Also on April 2, McDannel will give a talk from 1 to 3 p.m. in the gallery, located at FLCC’s main campus, 3325 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua.

McDannel, of Hilton, earned his associate in applied science in graphic arts and advertising technology from the then Community College of the Finger Lakes in 1981. He went on to earn a bachelor’s of fine arts in printmaking from Buffalo State College, followed by a master’s in fine arts in printmaking from the University of Cincinnati.

McDannel has taught at the University of Cincinnati, while a student, Rochester Institute of Technology, and as an adjunct faculty member at FLCC, where he also served as a visiting artist in conjunction with a solo exhibition.

The son of two public school art teachers, McDannel at first pursued a career in commercial art but decided to return to college to study fine arts. Between 1990 and 1996 he was chosen to take part in five international, 27 national and three regional juried exhibitions. He won six jurors’ awards, including one “best of show.” He also had five solo exhibitions, and his work is in seven permanent collections.

With a growing family – wife, Meg, and three kids – McDannel took a hiatus from art in 1997 for a more stable income. After 12 years he decided to return to what he loved.

“I had, at that time, with help, come to the conclusion that I needed to make art again and that I was suffering for not doing so,” he said. “Although I am not a prolific artist and my work can be very time consuming and detailed, I do plan to continue to create art for the rest of my life and to be active professionally.”
Over the past several years, McDannel has taken part in several competitions and juried exhibitions. In 2013 he won the Editor’s Choice Award in the international juried “Portraits V Art Contest.” His works have been displayed everywhere from the Wayne County Arts Council in Newark to Valdosta State University in Georgia.

To view his works and learn more, visit McDannel’s website at http://nealmcdannel.weebly.com.

The exhibit runs through April 17. Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. For more information, contact Barron Naegel, gallery director, at (585) 785-1369 or email gallery34@flcc.edu.
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Jobs await FLCC-G.W. Lisk’s 13 machinist graduates

March 24, 2015, 5:44 am
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Thirteen students graduated March 19 from the FLCC-G.W. Lisk Co. advanced manufacturing machinist program in a ceremony at Warfield’s Restaurant in Clifton Springs. The graduates, who have all been hired full-time, are from left: James Sinicropi, Wayne Ellison, Benjamin Twitchell, Thomas Grasek, Joshua Jensen, Chad Maggi, Kyle Lemley, Jeffrey Chase, John Gundell, Daniel Alden, Andrew Power, Jacob Brixen and Jameson Case.
All 13 students who completed the Finger Lakes Community College-G.W. Lisk Co. advanced manufacturing machinist training program had full-time jobs or employment offers before the graduation ceremony on March 19.

The training program is a partnership between the college and the Clifton Springs manufacturer to build an advanced manufacturing workforce. The expansion of advanced manufacturing – which uses computers to produce high-precision components – in the Rochester region has led to a shortage of skilled workers in recent years.

FLCC and G.W. Lisk launched the project in 2011 as a six-month, non-credit training program. Now, however, students are able to get college credit applicable to the precision machining and tooling certificate and degree programs at Monroe Community College.

Graduates are as follows:

Clifton Springs: Dan Alden, John Gundell, Benjamin Twitchell

Geneva: Jacob Brixen, Wayne Ellison

Rushville: Jameson Case

Newark: Jeffrey Chase

Phelps: Joshua Jensen, Chad Maggi

Rochester: Kyle Lemley, Andrew Jason Power

Romulus: Thomas Grasek

Seneca Falls: James Sinicropi

Students in the advanced manufacturing machinist program learn through classroom and hands-on instruction how to use machine tools to make precision components for the automotive, aerospace, medical and other industries.

“These are partnerships that work: Industry, education and workforce development offices collaborating to fill skills needs in the local economy and change lives,” said Lynn Freid, director of workforce development at FLCC. “Today, this partnership extends beyond the classroom and includes local members of the machining industry.”

G.W. Lisk Co. President Ed Maier praised the program participants for their tenacity. One of the graduates, Kyle Lemley, arrived at Lisk each morning after completing overnight shifts at a Rochester hospital. “He looked pretty tired, but he never missed a day,” said Maier.

Kristen Fragnoli, provost at FLCC, praised the graduates and the partnerships. “These kinds of programs really do put people to work,” she said, noting that the college has recently expanded the program by partnering with ITT Goulds Pumps for a six-month advanced manufacturing machinist program, the first of which began March 16.

Joe Sempolinski, a member of Congressman Tom Reed’s staff, also attended to congratulate the graduates for their accomplishment and FLCC and G.W. Lisk Co. for the partnership.

The next session will run September 2015 through March 2016. Tuition is charged and includes all materials. Tuition assistance may be available through programs for dislocated or unemployed workers and low-income youth. Attendance at an orientation session is required before enrolling. For more information or to be notified when the next orientation is scheduled, contact Andréa Badger at FLCC at (585) 785-1906 or Andrea.Badger@flcc.edu.
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Talk focuses on recent studies of Honeoye Lake

March 24, 2015, 7:00 am
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Bruce Gilman, professor of environmental conservation at FLCC, is shown during a 2014 zebra mussel study on Honeoye Lake. He was assisted by students from The Nature Conservancy’s Leaders in Environmental Action for the Future internship program.
The findings of recent research projects on Honeoye Lake will be shared during a talk at Finger Lakes Community College’s Muller Field Station on Wednesday, April 1.

Bruce Gilman, professor of environmental conservation at FLCC, will present “The Nature of Our Lake,” with Terry Gronwall, chairman of the Honeoye Lake Watershed Task Force. The 7 p.m. event is free and open to the public. The Muller Field Station is located at 6455 County Road 36, Canadice.

In the summer of 2014 Gilman and Gronwall led research projects on the lake on submerged aquatic plant communities and the invasive zebra mussel population, which lake property owners said appeared to be dwindling.

The recent studies have been compared to data collected from the lake in 2004, 1994 and 1984.

The talk is co-sponsored by FLCC and the Honeoye Valley Association. Reservations are requested by contacting Nancy Lawson at (585) 785-1257 or by email, Nancy.Lawson@flcc.edu.
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FLCC honors Bully Hill, Heron Hill, dozens more for $332,000 in viticulture center donations

April 11, 2015, 6:59 am
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Lillian Taylor, second from right, poses with family
on April 10 in front of the winery at the Finger Lakes
Community College Viticulture and Wine Center
that now bears her late husband's name.
Gregg Learned, winemaker at Bully Hill,
poses with the sign for the laboratory bearing
his name at the Finger Lakes Community College
Viticulture and Wine Center during a reception on April 10.
The Finger Lakes Community College Board of Trustees has approved naming rights to rooms in the new FLCC Viticulture and Wine Center in Geneva to recognize major donors to its successful campaign.

Dozens of individuals and businesses gave a total of $272,000 in financial and $60,000 of in-kind contributions to support the building and the FLCC viticulture and wine technology degree program. All donors were honored at a reception on Friday, April 10.

“Support from the community for the FLCC Viticulture and Wine Center and the viticulture and wine technology degree has been overwhelming,” said FLCC President Barbara Risser.“We look forward to a long partnership with the region’s wine and grape industry.”

Lillian Taylor, widow of the late Walter S. Taylor, who founded Bully Hill Vineyards, contributed $100,000 toward the construction of the building. Bully Hill Vineyards and Heron Hill Winery each contributed $50,000 to support the building construction and an endowment to support the academic program.

The teaching winery at the FLCC Viticulture and Wine Center has been named the Walter S. Taylor, Founder, Bully Hill Vineyards Winery. The adjacent enology laboratory has been named the Gregg Learned, Winemaker, Bully Hill Vineyards Lab. The lobby tasting area will be named the John and Josephine Ingle Jr. Heron Hill Winery Tasting Bar.

“It is an honor knowing that these donations will support the school’s educational mission and help mold the next generation of winemakers and grape growers,” said Lillian Taylor.

The 9,000-square-foot building on the grounds of the Cornell Agriculture and Food Technology Park opened Jan. 26 to students. A state grant for $3.26 million covered most of the cost. The FLCC Student Corporation provided $165,000, and the private, nonprofit FLCC Foundation agreed to fundraise for $200,000; these two contributions were matched by the state to cover the additional $730,000 required for the $4 million building.

FLCC Foundation fundraising also includes $35,000 from the Seneca Lake Wine Trail organization and nearly two dozen smaller contributions.

Foundation funds not required for the construction of the building will be used to create an endowment to help pay for the highly specialized equipment required for the program and supplemental student experiences.

Risser noted that the tribute to Walter S. Taylor is particularly apt; he was the commencement speaker in 1982. True to his rebel spirit, he opted against wearing regalia and gave his speech in overalls and boots.

A poet, painter, activist, third-generation winemaker and fourth-generation grape grower, Walter Taylor had deep roots in the New York wine industry that started at his grandfather’s Taylor Wine Company. With help from his father, Greyton, Taylor started Bully Hill Farms in 1958, and the pair championed the use of cold hearty French-American hybrid varieties, a practice that is continued by Bully Hill and other regional wineries to this day.
Taylor started making wine in 1967. He founded Bully Hill Vineyards in 1970 and the first wine museum in the nation in 1972. Taylor was a New York wine industry pioneer and maverick with his eye-catching labels designs and his outspoken commitment to quality and integrity in an industry where “watering back” wine was the norm. Taylor championed the New York Farm Winery Act in 1976, which opened the way for small wineries to sell directly to consumers.

Winemaker Gregg Learned has been a Bully Hill employee for more than 40 years, starting in 1973 as a handyman and tour guide. Through high school and college, he worked in every department of the company. After college, he joined the winery as cellarmaster. In 1981, Learned was promoted to his present position of winemaker and vice president. Under his guidance, the winery has evolved from a small, labor-intensive 200 ton per year enterprise to the present 3,000 ton per year model of efficiency. Bully Hill currently produces 200,000 cases annually with distribution in 30 states.

“I’ve always been a little uncomfortable with the title winemaker. It seems to imply a solitary genius, the wizard behind the curtain, pulling levers, creating inspired art. In truth, of course, good winemaking is a wholly collaborative endeavor: it springs from the time, talent, and dedication of grower families and academic researchers; of cellar workers and salespeople; of entrepreneurs and educators. In many ways, winemaking is the ultimate team sport. We may be the coach, but we’re not the team,” Learned said.

Founded in 1977, Heron Hill Winery produces 20,000 cases of wine per year in Hammondsport, with tasting rooms in South Bristol and Himrod. Last year, Wine & Spirits magazine named Heron Hill’s 2012 Classic Dry Riesling as one of its “100 Top Value Wines of the Year for $15 or Less.”

“I would have never envisioned the possibility that a world-class local facility would address the needs of our cool-climate wine region,” said John Ingle, who planted his first vineyards on Canandaigua Lake in 1972. “To have professionally trained vineyard help, winery employees, and winemakers is remarkable. As we have persevered through the decades to gain recognition and respect, our pride and passion for our products has propelled us to this point.
“Now we will go forward with renewed confidence and guidance buoyed by the awareness that we will enjoy the benefits of this fantastic center of knowledge and training,” Ingle added.

Other donors are Harry and Ann Burt, CCN International, Corbett Inc., James Diermeier ’77, Farm Credit East, Finger Lakes Extrusion, James and Connie Fisher, Grafted Grapevine Nursery, Richard and Ann Marie Hermann, Integrated Systems, LaBella Associates, Gina Lee ’13, Lyons National Bank, Joseph and Terri Nairn, Amy Pauley, Silver Thread Vineyard — Paul and Shannon Brock, TankNet by Acron Tech, Three Brothers Winery, Vance Metal Company and Aaron and Elizabeth ’02 Witt, and a donor who gave in honor of the marriage of Ken and Michelle Barton.

The classroom in the Viticulture and Wine Center will be named for Trustee Emeritus Harry Burt of Geneva, who served on the college’s Board of Trustees from 1995 to 2012. Burt championed the development of the college’s viticulture and wine technology degree program, approved by the state Education Department in 2009.
John and Josephine Ingle pose with the sign for
the room bearing their names at the Finger Lakes Community
College Viticulture and Wine Center.


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Seneca Lake Wine Trail's 35 wineries donate $35K to FLCC Viticulture and Wine Center

April 11, 2015, 8:46 am
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Paul Brock, top right corner, FLCC assistant
professor of viticulture, leads a toast to the
Seneca Lake Wine Trail at a reception April 10 for all
those who donated to the campaign to support the
Finger Lakes Community College Viticulture and Wine Center
and the FLCC viticulture and wine technology degree program.

The 35 winery members of the Seneca Lake Wine Trail have donated $1,000 each to support the construction of the Finger Lakes Community College Viticulture and Wine Center in Geneva.

The donation to the FLCC Foundation, a nonprofit that supports the college, will fund construction of the 9,000-square-foot building, which opened to students at the start of the spring semester, and support an endowment for the academic program.

“What is so notable about this donation is the breadth of the Seneca Lake Wine Trail’s support.  Thirty-five individual wineries made decisions to support the college,” said FLCC President Barbara Risser.

The donation was celebrated with a toast of wines from the Seneca Lake Wine Trail at an open house to recognize all donors to the project on April 10.


"Our 35 member wineries are wholly committed to our region and welcome the opportunity to help support this vital, new educational facility to the betterment of the Finger Lakes region and our growing industry,” said Paul Thomas, executive director of the trail, which coordinates marketing and events on behalf of its members.

The number of wineries in New York continues to grow, from 116 in the year 2000, to 278 in 2010 to just over 370 today.

"The Finger Lakes winery industry continues to grow at an unprecedented pace, and with every new tasting room built, or vineyard planted, many new highly skilled, living wage jobs are created,” said Jeffrey Dill, owner of J.R. Dill Winery and 2015 Seneca Lake Wine Trail president. “The graduates of this program will be crucial to helping make sure that we have a reliable source of local employees now and into the future.”

FLCC launched its two-year viticulture and wine technology degree program – the only one of its kind in the northeastern U.S. – in fall 2009. Students learn the science of winemaking along with practical skills such as pesticide application.

Wine and vineyard owners and representatives from Cornell University, Cornell Cooperative Extension and the New York Wine and Culinary Center contributed to the development of the curriculum. Industry representatives also provided advice on the design of the FLCC Viticulture and Wine Technology Center. The new building features a teaching winery, enology laboratory, aging rooms, wine storage, a crush pad, a classroom and office space.

“We look forward to a long and prosperous partnership with Finger Lakes Community College, helping assure that the regional wine industry will have a steady stream of capably trained employees, while simultaneously giving students the opportunity to become meaningfully involved in the industry," Thomas added.

The Seneca Lake Wine Trail's current membership consists of 35 member wineries: Ravines Wine Cellars, Belhurst Estate Winery, White Springs Winery, Fox Run Vineyards, Serenity Vineyards, Seneca Shore Wine Cellars, Anthony Road Wine Company, Prejean Winery, Torrey Ridge Winery, Earle Estates Winery & Meadery, Miles Wine Cellars, Villa Bellangelo, Fruit Yard Winery, Hickory Hollow Wine Cellars, Glenora Wine Cellars, Fulkerson Winery, Rock Stream Vineyards, Lakewood Vineyards, Castel Grisch Winery, Catharine Valley Winery, J.R. Dill Winery, Atwater Estate Vineyards, Chateau LaFayette Reneau, Leidenfrost Vineyards, Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards, Penguin Bay Winery, Standing Stone Vineyards, Bagley's Poplar Ridge Vineyards, Caywood Vineyards, Wagner Vineyards, Lamoreaux Landing Wine Cellars, Kings Garden Vineyards, Zugibe Vineyards, Three Brothers Wineries & Estates, and Ventosa Vineyards.
The wine trail, formed in 1986, is the largest such trail in New York and home to the first winery authorized under the 1976 Farm Winery Act, Glenora Wine Cellars
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Check the Finger Lakes Camerata program for April 25-26

April 16, 2015, 6:03 am
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The Finger Lakes Camerata, a choral group based at Finger Lakes Community College, will give two community concerts of “Favorite Songs of Times Gone By” in April.

The first concert is scheduled for Saturday, April 25, at 7 p.m. at the Farmington Friends Church, 187 County Road 8, Farmington. The concert will be performed again on Sunday, April 26, at 3 p.m. at the United Church Presbyterian-American Baptist, 11 Gibson Street, Canandaigua.

Soloists are Peter Houghton, Kirby Weimer, Daniel Frye and Carrie Ieda.

Dennis Maxfield, an FLCC adjunct music instructor, directs the 22-member Camerata while Ines Draskovic, professor of music, serves as accompanist.  


Entry to both concerts is free but donations are requested for the Dr. A. John Walker Music Award for Finger Lakes Community College music and music recording students. For more information about the concerts, call (585) 396-0027.

Here is the full concert program:
FINGER LAKES CAMERATA


Oh, Dear, What Can The Matter Be?

Gentle Annie with Kirby Weimer, tenor

1890’s Medley

My Wild Irish Rose with Peter Houghton, baritone 

My Old Kentucky Home

Oh! Susanna with Kirby Weimer, tenor

Shenandoah

SourwoodMountain
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Skip To My Lou

Black Is The Color OF My True Love’s Hair

Down In The Valley  with Daniel Frye, guitar; Carrie Ieda, alto; Peter Houghton, baritone

Beautiful Dreamer
Buffalo Gals  with Kirby Weimer, Daniel Frye, tenors

Seeing Nellie Home 

Camptown Races 

                
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SUNY recognizes 35 FLCC students for academic achievement

April 17, 2015, 9:03 am
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Thirty-five Finger Lakes Community College students have been recognized for academic achievement by the State University of New York Office of Opportunity Programs.

The award goes to students who were enrolled in the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) during fall 2014 and who had a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher at the end of that semester.

The Educational Opportunity Program is a statewide program meant to expand opportunities for individuals traditionally bypassed by higher education by providing academic support and financial assistance.

To qualify for EOP, students must meet income guidelines, show evidence of historical educational and financial disadvantage and demonstrate the potential to be academically successful. Award recipients are listed below by county and town:

ALLEGANY
Almond: Robert Erskine

BRONX
Bronx: Arantxa Saunders, Aissatou Tall

CAYUGA
Cato: Sierra Oakes
Locke: Tiffany Jones

CHEMUNG
Elmira: Philip Frederick

MONROE
Rochester: Shanice Canady, Sharesa Logan, Daryl McCullough, Asia Singh

ONTARIO
Bloomfield: Allison Perozzi
Canandaigua: Lisa Brown-Fry, Elizabeth Cushman, Samuel Cushman, Caitlin Fox, Dustie Huff, Mackenzie Johnston, Deongella Rhett, Richard Sampson
Clifton Springs: Christina Barnhart
Farmington: Alicia Kagel, Elizabeth Pastore, James Wheeler
Geneva: Carrie Sanders, Lori Weaver
Manchester: Alissa Metz

OTSEGO
Otego: Rachel Wessells

SENECA
Seneca Falls: Amy Hawker
Waterloo: Vincent Valerio

STEUBEN
Prattsburgh: Molly Young

WAYNE
Lyons: Ashley Hartman
Marion: Zayvia Cromartie
Newark: Brent Ziegler
Palmyra: Alisa Teeter

YATES
Penn Yan: Andrea Dyer
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Do you know one of the new #PTK honor society members at #FLCC? Click here to see the list of names

April 20, 2015, 7:15 am
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Clayton Laclair of Rochester signs the Phi Theta Kappa registry.
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One hundred and one Finger Lakes Community College students were inducted into Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges, during a ceremony March 26.

Eric Duchess of Geneva, FLCC instructor of history, gave the keynote address, encouraging students to explore and master the frontiers in their own lives. Elizabeth Shultz-Pfaff ’12, president of Phi Theta Kappa in 2010-11, offered a motivational address. She encouraged students to step outside their comfort zones to take advantage of opportunties that come their way.

Phi Theta Kappa’s hallmarks are scholarship, leadership, service and fellowship. FLCC’s chapter, Alpha Epsilon Chi, was chartered in 1981 and provides leadership, service and scholarship opportunities for members. Membership requires completion of 15 hours of associate degree coursework and a GPA of 3.5. Phi Theta Kappa members also serve as campus ambassadors.

New members are as follows, listed by county and town:
CHEMUNG COUNTY
Horseheads: Taylor Perez

CORTLAND COUNTY
Cortland: Caitlin Boland

ERIE COUNTY
East Aurora: Spencer McGowan
North Tonawanda: Chelsea Pecoraro

HERKIMER COUNTY
Newport: Erin Oakley

LIVINGSTON COUNTY
Lima: Vanessa Reinhard

MONROE COUNTY
Fairport: Stephen Boyers, Joanna Critelli
Rochester: Jessica Balch, Clayton Laclair, Elia Mezger, Walter Richardson, Renee Wickman
Webster: Allison Martucci

ONEIDA COUNTY
Camden: Shiann Sawyer

ONONDAGA COUNTY
Baldwinswille: Seth Coots

ONTARIO COUNTY
Bloomfield: Jordan Hosmer
Canandaigua: John Alvord, William Crow, Dustie Huff, Kristen Karam, Vanessa Lonneville, Lauren Miller, Benjamin Mitchell, Jackson Negley, John Pappano, Christina Pierce, Julieana Pietropaolo, Tosha Sloughter, Megan Yeaple
Clifton Springs: Robert Borland, Jade Schoonerman, Tessa Seils
Farmington: Danielle Galens, Loryn Hanley, Tayler Murphy, Anthony Sarcelli
Geneva: Charles Collins, Nicholas Daino, Katherine Jones,
Lucy Mantell, Jason Palmer, Ryan Parmelee, Austin Tuman
Manchester: Ashley Gerlock
Marion: Dana Gillens
Naples: Kimberly Gage, Anne Livingston, Madelaine Perry
Phelps: Jessica O’Connor, Mitchell Priebe, Brittany Sergent
Rushville: Tiffany Worboys
Shortsville: McKenzie Henry, Kathleen Rowe, Elizabeth Tuttle
Stanley: Danielle Brown, Katie Jo Jones, William Robinson, Jennifer Williams
Victor: Aaron Cass, Joshua Harp, Matthew McArdle

OSTEGO COUNTY
Fly Creek: Spencer Vann
Oneonta: Acasia Depperman

SENECA COUNTY
Seneca Falls: Ashley Battley, Teresa Hummer
Waterloo: Thomas Moracco Jr., Shawna Shell, Tasha Sherman

STEUBEN COUNTY
Addison: Amanda Reed
Canisteo: Bethany Rahr
Wayland: Chase Weber

WAYNE COUNTY
Lyons: Josiah Austin, Shawna Williamson, Rebecca Williams
Marion: Jamie Corteville, Brittany Finley
Newark: Mina Biermann, Michael Fedczuk, Michael Howard
Ontario: Amanda Crisafulli, Morgan Dunn, Brittany Maggio
Palmyra: Kris Tones, Meghan Vanhout
Walworth: Jessica Carder
Williamson: Macella DelPlato
Wolcott: Kelly Gordner, Stephanie Payne

WYOMING COUNTY
Castile: Alexandra Scharet

YATES COUNTY
Bellona: Leah McCarly
Kueka Park: Jessica Hines

Penn Yan: Jacob Boorom, Tyler Dean, Victor Gurba, Garrett Lampson, Rachel Maslyn, Justin Niver, Clay Tietjen, Dallas Zebrowski
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View the program for the May 2- 3 Finger Lakes Chorale concerts at St. John's Episcopal Church

April 21, 2015, 7:41 am
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Baritone Joe Finetti, above, and soprano Angela Libertella-Calabrese, below, are soloists for the Finger Lakes Chorale performance of "Requiem."

The Finger Lakes Chorale, a community chorus based at Finger Lakes Community College, will perform Gabriel Fauré’s “Requiem” and favorite religious choruses in two concerts the first weekend in May.

The first concert is set for Saturday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 183 N. Main St., Canandaigua, and the second on Sunday, May 3, at 3 p.m., also at the church.

Entry is free but donations are requested for the Dr. A. John Walker Music Award for Finger Lakes Community College music and music recording students.

More than 50 local residents make up the Chorale, directed by Dennis Maxfield, adjunct instructor at FLCC. They will be joined by musicians on the violin, viola and cello.

“Requiem,” a Roman Catholic mass for the dead, features baritone Joe Finetti and soprano Angela Libertella-Calabrese as soloists.

Additional selections include “The Heavens are Telling” from “The Creation” by Franz Josef Haydn, Gustav Holst’s “Turn Back, O Man,” and “He Watching Over Israel” from Felix Mendelsshon’s “Elijah.”             


For more information, call (585) 396-0027.
Below is the full program.

“Requiem”                                                                                                       Gabriel Faure

1.      Introit et Kyrie

2.      Offertoire
Joe Finetti, baritone

3.      Sanctus

4.      Pie Jesu
Angela Libertella-Calabrese, soprano

5.      Agnus Dei

6.      Libera Me

Joe Finetti, baritone
7.      In Paradisum

Solo Violin/Viola, Maxine Sturtevant


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“The Heavens Are Telling” from “The Creation”                                  Franz Josef Haydn
Amy Ogden, soprano, Craig Follette, tenor, Kirby Weimer, baritone

“Ave Verum”                                                                                         Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

“He Watching Over Israel” from “Elijah”                                             Felix Mendelssohn

“Turn Back, O Man”                                                                                      Gustav Holst

“How Lovely Are The Messengers” from “St. Paul”                            Felix Mendelssohn

“Hallelujah, Amen” from “Judas Maccabaeus”                               Georg Frideric Handel



VIOLIN

Andrea Somerville
Lauren Beikirch
Jessica Collins
Maxine Sturtevant

VIOLA
Jenny Muhl
Nicole Walton
Jay Blaufuss
Kristy Ingersoll

CELLO
Janneke Hoogland
Tammy Sutliff


SOPRANO
Barbara Bayley
Kathy Chapman
Evelyn Fleming
Cathy Follette
Anne Gulledge
Stephanie Lipp
Jennifer Maxfield
Mary McClain
Diane  McWilliams
Elizabeth Messmer
Amy  Ogden
Tracy Scofield-Smith
Genie Vandemark
Elaine Walker

ALTO
Suzanne Blatchford
Margaret S. Cook
Bonnie Cosgrove
Linda Egburtson
Carol S. Ennis
Cathy Finley
Elaine Hilton
Mary Jo Lanphear
Deborah Lyon
Donna McCormick
Patricia Sanford
Marilyn R. Shafer
Barbara D. Stahl
Nuri Steiner
Karen T Sullivan
Janet Tenreiro


TENOR
Richard Bald
Brian Case
Craig Follette
Steve Foster
John Hurley
Joan Jasper
Jonathan Leet
Fred Magley
Richard A. Micoli
Troy Olmstead
Kirby V. Weimer


BASS
Nels Carr
James D. Cornett
Mark Darling
Dakota Earl
James Hilton
Peter Houghton
George H. Leet
John Rugg
Gordon Stringer
Michael Susco
Marcus Vail
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Canandaigua LakeMusic Festival, FLCC announce lineup

April 23, 2015, 12:40 pm
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Prize-winning guitarist Petar Kodzas will perform Spanish masterpieces with his wife, Ines Draskovic, an acclaimed pianist and member of FLCC's music faculty.
The Canandaigua LakeMusic Festival has again partnered with Finger Lakes Community College for a summer concert series that will feature world-class musicians. 

The festival is centered on four chamber concerts in FLCC’s auditorium over two weekends: Friday and Sunday, July 17 and 19, and Friday and Sunday, July 24 and 26. It also includes a series of community concerts, including a season kickoff on July 16 at the Granger Homestead and Carriage Museum in Canandaigua, a July 20 concert at Geva Theatre in Rochester, and a less formal “Classical Blue Jeans” and barbecue concert at Bristol Harbour Resort in South Bristol on July 22. 

Tickets and more information are available on the festival’s website, www.lakemusicfestival.org.

Additional “pop-up” concerts are being planned and will be free and open to the public. “Master key” tickets for all four FLCC shows are $120 for general admission and $180 for patrons. Single concert tickets are $15 for those 18 and under and students with ID, $35 for general admission and $60 for patrons. All tickets to the Geva show are $25. The Blue Jeans concert includes dinner and costs $50, or $35 for those under 12.

“For this 11th anniversary season we are celebrating the world-class quality and incredible tradition of the festival,” said Kevin Kumar, the festival’s co-artistic director. “Each concert is designed to be a unique experience, and we’re thrilled to bring back some musicians who’ve become festival mainstays, as well as several new faces.”

The 2015 concert series will feature:

Violinist Juliana Athayde, concertmaster of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra who, in 2005 at age 24, became the youngest person to hold the position in its nearly 100-year
Juliana Athayde
history. She has also performed as guest concertmaster with the Houston, Kansas City, and Santa Barbara symphonies.

Guitarist Petar Kodzas, a native of Belgrade who is now part of the faculty at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester. He was a prize winner in the Orpheus Competition and the National Music Competition in Yugoslavia, and will perform Spanish masterpieces with his wife, Ines Draskovic, an acclaimed pianist and member of FLCC’s music faculty. 

Pianist Audrey Andrist, a prize winner at such competitions as the Mozart International, the San Antonio International, Eckhardt-Gramatte and the Julliard Concerto. She has performed in some of the country’s most prestigious venues, including the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and she is a member of Strata, a trio with her husband, violinist James Stern, and clarinetist Nathan Williams. 

The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Brass Quintet, which features trumpets, trombone, tuba, and French horn.

Several other accomplished musicians will also take the stage, including violinist Kumar and his co-artistic director, cellist Amy Sue Barston. 

Launched in 2005, LakeMusic began as a series of concerts in area churches. In 2012 festival organizers partnered with FLCC and relocated the festival’s four formal main performances to the auditorium in the college’s Student Center. 

LakeMusic’s organizers strive to make chamber music accessible to those who may have had little exposure. From the stage, musicians introduce themselves and each piece, explaining why it was selected and offering background on the composer.

For more information about the Canandaigua LakeMusic Festival or to purchase tickets, contact Aimee Ward, executive director, at (585) 690-1220. For the latest updates, visit the festival’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/lakemusic.
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Relive the ’80s at FLCC’s Spring Arts Festival

April 29, 2015, 6:59 am
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An upcoming event at Finger Lakes Community College will showcase the musical and artistic talents of its students and pay tribute to the big hair, fashions and songs of the 1980s.

The theme for the annual Spring Arts Festival, scheduled for Friday, May 1, is “Totally ’80s” It starts at 7 p.m. with a concert in the auditorium at the main campus, 3325 Marvin Sands Drive, and ends with a viewing of the Student Honors Art Exhibition in the Williams-Insalaco Gallery 34. The event is free and open to the public. (The event is the same day as the Student Corp. May Day celebration for students. The main parking lot is blocked during the day but will re-open for the evening events.)

Performers will include several soloists and five groups: The College Singers, two jazz ensembles and the vocal  jazz and percussion ensembles. They’ll perform songs that helped define the decade like Joan Jett’s “I Love Rock ’N Roll,” Robert Palmer’s “Addicted to Love,” Dexys Midnight Runners’ “Come on Eileen,” and The Go-Go’s “We Got the Beat.”

The pieces have been arranged by FLCC faculty members Geoff Smith, David McGuire and Maria Gillard to showcase the talents of each group.

Art and music students will be honored for exceptional work during an awards ceremony that will be held in the George M. Ewing Sr. Atrium immediately following the concert in the auditorium.

The Student Honors Art Exhibition will feature the work of students in the fine and graphic arts programs. It runs through June 8.

Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Summer hours will begin May 18 with viewing Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The gallery will be closed, however, on Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day. For more information, contact gallery director Barron Naegel at (585) 785-1369 or Barron.Naegel@flcc.edu.
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May is filled with music at FLCC

May 1, 2015, 12:50 pm
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The end of the academic year for the Finger Lakes Community College music programs means public concerts that local residents can enjoy. All events below are free and open to the public.
  • The college’s jazz ensembles will share a bit of blues, a touch of fusion and everything in between during two concerts scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 5 and Wednesday, May 6 in Stage 14 at the main campus, 3325 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua.
  • On Thursday, May 7, members of the FLCC Performance Class will give a concert at 12:30 p.m. in Stage 14, located near the auditorium in the Student Center. The college is in session at this time so visitors should arrive early to allow for parking. 
  • Top student musicians will perform the annual Spring Concert at 7 p.m., Friday, May 8, in the main campus auditorium. The event will feature members of the vocal jazz, percussion and guitar ensembles and the College Singers. The College Singers will offer a selection of pieces by Eric Whitacre and Robert Schumann, along with classics like “Danny Boy” and “Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair.
  • Final projects of music recording students will be presented at 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 12, during the Music Recording Showcase in Stage 14. The event will feature music and discussion about how albums are created.
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FLCC expects 918 graduates for 2015

May 4, 2015, 7:00 am
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An estimated 918 students will receive degrees from Finger Lakes Community College during its 47th annual commencement on Saturday, May 16.

Craig Alexander
The ceremony begins with the processional at 1:45 p.m. at the Constellation Brands Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center on the FLCC main campus in Canandaigua.

A total of 941 degrees and certificates are expected to be awarded to students between August 2014 and May 2015. This number is higher than the total number of graduates because some students receive more than one credential.

This year’s commencement speaker is Craig Alexander, chief product officer for Red Eagle Entertainment, a transmedia company that combines games, television and films based on the best-selling fantasy book series “Wheel of Time.”

Alexander’s work at Turbine Inc., involved translating J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy to video games. In recent years he has forged a relationship with FLCC as a guest lecturer for honors students in the Perspectives on Tolkien class, sharing with students the complexity of converting a story into a game as well as the talent and skills needed for such projects.

President Barbara Risser; Trista Merrill, professor of English; and Rory Edmonds, president of the Student Corporation, will also give remarks. Edward Kennedy, professor of psychology, will give the invocation and benediction.

Commencement is preceded by the Nursing Advancement Ceremony at 9:30 a.m., which recognizes the advancement of the freshmen to the sophomore level and the sophomores to the graduate level. The FLCC Nursing Department anticipates 56 graduates this year.

Commencement and Nursing Advancement photos and videos will be posted on the FLCC social media site, www.FLCCconnects.com. Live coverage can be found on FLCC’s various social media sites, including Twitter. Follow the college’s handle @flcc_connects and search the hashtag #FLCC2015.

The full commencement ceremony may be viewed on www.FLCCconnects under Video/Eduvision and on Finger Lakes Television, Time Warner Cable Channel 12/digital 2.4 at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 22 and 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 23. Finger Lakes Television, based at FLCC, offers the public access to the cable broadcast system.
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