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SUNY recognizes #FLCC employees for excellence

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Recipients of SUNY Chancellor's Awards for Excellence at FLCC are shown above, from left to right: student Kellie Damann; Mary Coriale, professor of nursing; Bruce Gilman, professor of environmental science; James Hewlett, professor of biology; Karen Hopkins, executive secretary to the president; and students Taylor Rose Perez and Kristen Karam.
Five Finger Lakes Community College employees were recognized during commencement on May 21 as recipients of SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence. Recipients were as follows:

Karen Hopkins of Camillus, executive secretary for President Barbara Risser, was honored for excellence in classified service. She joined FLCC in September 2007, having served the same role at Onondaga Community College. She built a comprehensive system of electronic files and records, while managing the president’s complex calendar and preparing her for meetings and events. In a dual role as the assistant secretary to the FLCC Board of Trustees, Hopkins posts notice of the meetings, prepares meeting packets for trustees and takes minutes at meetings. Working closely with the president, she created a manual of college policies. She has served as co-chair of FLCC’s Diversity Committee for several years, facilitated a SUNY-wide group of college president assistants and has helped organize a holiday shop of donated gifts for children at the FLCC Child Care Center.

Mary Coriale of Penn Yan, professor of nursing and chair of the department, was honored for excellence in teaching. With FLCC for 16 years, she has taught and developed a number of courses, some of which forged connections with other disciplines such as mathematics and philosophy. She strives to give students real world learning experiences with the program’s two simulation manikins. Her nursing seminar was the first online course offered by her department, and its success led her to develop two additional online courses. Coriale advised the college’s Nursing Club for 13 years, and, until 2016, she coordinated the Nursing Advancement Ceremony that celebrates graduates in the nursing program. She sits on advisory boards for area colleges as well as UR Home Care, Ontario County Public Health, and the Wayne-Finger Lakes Board of Cooperative Educational Services.

Bruce Gilman of Middlesex, professor of environmental conservation, was honored for excellence in teaching. With FLCC for 40 years, he serves as director of the environmental studies program and oversees the college’s Muller Field Station in Canadice. He has taught courses in aquatic ecology, field botany, glacial geology and environmental science. He provides students valuable lessons in the field, whether researching aquatic vegetation in the Finger Lakes or exploring the Florida Everglades. Lake ecosystems are of particular interest – he has conducted and authored research projects, publications and presentations. Additionally, he curates the Finger Lakes Herbarium, an extensive collection of plants representative of western New York. He shares his botanical knowledge through walks and lectures sponsored by The Nature Conservancy, The Finger Lakes Land Trust, the Canandaigua Botanical Society, Ontario Pathways, and the Rochester Academy of Science and the college. He is a scientific advisor to the Honeoye Lake Watershed Taskforce, a trustee on the Central and Western New York Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, and serves on the Ontario County Water Resources Council.

Robert Lowden of Farmington, director of athletics, was honored for excellence in professional service. At FLCC for 28 years, he is credited with expanding athletic and recreational opportunities for students, instituting policies and programs to increase the retention and completion rates of student athletes and creating a culture in the department that promotes the character development of student athletes. Additionally, he developed and continues to implement the first athletics strategic plan, which includes the “Winning with Character” program. Over the years he has assumed leadership roles within the college, serving on governing committees, the FLCC Association Board of Directors, and the Academic Standards Committee, to name a few. He has also served on several search committees, including one convened in 2015 to find a successor to retiring President Barbara Risser. He has also received honors for his years coaching the FLCC men’s baseball team; he was named coach of the year by the Mid-State Athletic Conference in 2005 and earned the same honor two times each for the NJCAA Region III and NJCAA District.

James Hewlett of Webster, professor of biology, was honored for excellence in scholarship and creative activities. In addition to teaching at FLCC, he serves as the executive director of the Community College Undergraduate Research Initiative (CCURI), a national program the National Science Foundation has supported with $5.7 million in grants. He is the New York hub director of the Northeast Biomanufacturing Center and Collaborative (NBC2) and is the president and CEO of STEMsolutions, LLC, a consulting firm for STEM curriculum reform efforts. Hewlett serves on the editorial and advisory boards for the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science at the University of Buffalo, The American Society of Cell Biology’s CBE Life Sciences Education journal, and Rochester Institute of Technology’s Center for Bioscience Education and Technology. Hewlett has authored publications and curriculum materials and served on scientific panels. His scientific research interests include the study of molecular indicators of stress in corals and the use of biomarkers for the early detection of symbiotic breakdown.

Piano virtuoso returns for LakeMusic Festival at #FLCC

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Pianist Jon Nakamatsu performs during the first weekend of the Canandaigua LakeMusic Festival, July 15 and 17. Tickets are on sale now at www.canandaigualakemusic.org.

The Canandaigua LakeMusic Festival has again partnered with Finger Lakes Community College for a summer concert series that includes performances by pianist Jon Nakamatsu and other world renowned musicians.

The festival is centered on four chamber concerts in FLCC’s auditorium over two weekends: Friday and Sunday, July 15 and 17, and Friday and Sunday, July 22 and 24. It also includes a series of community concerts, including a less formal “Classical Blue Jeans” and barbecue concert at Bristol Harbour Resort in South Bristol on Wednesday, July 20.

Tickets and more information are available on the festival’s website, www.canandaigualakemusic.org. Additional “pop-up” concerts, including a children’s concert at Wood Library, are being planned and will be free and open to the public. “Master Key” tickets for all four FLCC shows are $100 for general admission and $160 for patrons. Single concert tickets are $10 for students and $28 for general admission. The Classical Blue Jeans concert includes dinner and costs $50 for general admission, $30 for students under 18 or with a college ID, and $25 for children under 12.

“This is our 12th season presenting amazing classical music in the Finger Lakes region,” said Kevin Kumar, the festival’s co-artistic director. “We’re bringing back a few familiar faces, introducing some new ones, and we’re partnering for the first time with two local music ensembles.”

The ensembles, Rochester-based Pegasus Early Music, and the FLCC-based Finger Lakes Camerata, will also perform on the same nights with Nakamatsu, July 15 and July 17, respectively.

Pegasus Early Music presents an annual series of concerts encompassing over 400 years of music, from medieval to romantic, played on period instruments. The Finger Lakes Camerata, directed by adjunct instructor of music Dennis Maxfield, is a select choral group comprised of community members and FLCC students.

Nakamatsu will perform Impromptus by Schubert in a solo recital on Friday, and on Sunday he’ll be joined on stage by festival mainstays and co-artistic directors Kumar on violin and Amy Sue Barston on cello for a performance of the Tchaikovsky Piano Trio.

Nakamatsu gained international attention in 1997 when he was named gold medalist of the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. He has performed widely in North and South America, Europe and the Far East. His tours throughout the U.S. and Europe have featured appearances in New York’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center, and in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Paris, London and Milan. He has also performed at a White House concert hosted by the Clintons.

His all-Gershwin recording with Jeff Tyzik and the Rochester Philharmonic featuring Rhapsody in Blue and the Concerto in F rose to number three on Billboard’s classical music charts.

The third LakeMusic concert, on July 22, is titled “Giants of the Romantic Era” and will feature Cesar Franck’s Sonata in A major for piano and violin as well as Johannes Brahms' Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor. The final concert, on July 24, “Audrey Andrist and Friends,” is named for its centerpiece, pianist Andrist, who is back for her third season with the festival.

Andrist will perform audience favorites by George Gershwin and the Symphonic Etudes by Robert Schumann. She is 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 and has made a number of highly acclaimed recordings for established record labels. She is also a member of Strata, a trio with her husband, violinist James Stern, and clarinetist Nathan Williams. To close the festival, Kumar and Barston will be joined by Los Angeles-based musicians Maia Jasper on violin and Meredith Crawford on viola for a stirring rendition of one of the last pieces Beethoven composed, the String Quartet in A minor, Op 132.

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 Canandaigua LakeMusic Festival or to purchase tickets, visit www.canandaigualakemusic.org, or contact Aimee Ward at (585) 412-6353 or email info@canandaigualakemusic.org. For the latest updates, watch social media at facebook.com/lakemusic and twitter.com/LakeMusicFest.

#FLCC honors Geneva resident, retiring president

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The Finger Lakes Community College Foundation honored Geneva resident Nozomi Hirayama Williamsand retiring President Barbara Risser for their philanthropic support of the college during a ceremony in May.

Barbara Risser
Williams was named Benefactor of the Year for philanthropic efforts at FLCC over several decades. Her early gifts to the FLCC Foundation supported the needs of the college shortly after its founding in the late 1960s. Her contributions to the massage therapy program date back to the program’s inception in 2001 and have funded program enhancements, capital improvements, equipment purchases and professional development for the massage therapy faculty.

Williams has also supported the development and maintenance for the main campus Serenity Garden, dedicated on September 9, 2011, as part of FLCC programming to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Nozomi Williams
Williams is the widow of former Finger Lakes Times publisher and owner Samuel Burbank Williams II, founded the Williams Family Foundation in honor of her husband and their two deceased sons. Born in Japan, she met her future husband in Tokyo in 1964. They married in Mito, Japan, in 1965, and returned to his hometown of Geneva.

FLCC President Barbara Risser was honored with the Foundation Award for her service to the college. She has presided over the largest expansion of college facilities since the main campus was built in the mid-1970s.

Since 2007, FLCC has expanded and modernized its main campus in Canandaigua, a project that included a new Student Center building with a state-of-the-art auditorium that has become the home of the Canandaigua LakeMusic Festival and the George M. Ewing Canandaigua Forum. The college has added a Victor Campus Center and recently opened the new Geneva Campus Center. The college also accepted the donation of the East Hill Campus in Naples, a conservation field station adjacent to the High-Tor State Wildlife Management Area, and opened the FLCC Viticulture and Wine Center in Geneva.

New programs include culinary arts, the viticulture and wine technology program—the only two-year degree of its kind in the Northeast—and instrumentation and control technologies, which serves the growing advanced manufacturing industry.

Risser will retire from FLCC this summer; the college has hired Robert Nye, vice president for academic affairs at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology in Lancaster, Pa., to succeed her as of July 1.


The FLCC Foundation is a nonprofit that supports the college by raising funds from the private sector for professional development, equipment, capital projects and scholarships. Local residents can support the Foundation through direct contributions or participation in events such as the June 27 golf tournament and silent auction at Ravenwood Golf Club in Victor or Book Feast, a one-night book discussion over a gourmet dinner scheduled for Oct. 15. For more information about the Foundation or these events, call (585) 785-1541 or email foundation@flcc.edu.

Nursing students honored in #FLCC ceremony

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Sophia Goluses of Fairport, recipient of the Daisy Award for
Finger Lakes Community College nursing graduates,
presents the Marilyn Hurlbutt Award to fellow graduate
Terri-Lynn O’Gara of Pittsford.
Ten Finger Lakes Community College nursing graduates and one continuing student were honored at the college’s Nursing Advancement Ceremony, held the morning of commencement in May.

The annual tradition celebrates not only those who have completed the two-year degree, but also the students who have completed their first year. FLCC graduated 52 nursing students this year, and 73 moved up to the sophomore level.

The following awards were presented:
  • The Marilyn Hurlbutt Award for clinical ability, compassion, perseverance and dedication to the profession of nursing was presented to graduate Terri-Lynn O’Gara of Pittsford.
  • The Margaret M. Brady Award for scholarship, leadership and clinical excellence was presented to graduates Elizabeth Cushman of Canandaigua and Sarah Traughber of Ionia.
  • The Daisy Award honoring great clinical skill and strong patient care and compassion was presented to graduate Sophia Goluses of Fairport and sophomore Mindi Lewis of Lima.
  • The Jean D’Abbracci Award for empathy, motivation, knowledge, perseverance, dedication, compassion, and spreading joy and laughter was presented to graduate Samantha Brown of Rochester.
  • The Kathleen McCarthy Award for a student who demonstrates clinical excellence in patient advocacy was presented to graduates Anna Bennett of Naples, Charlotte Haws of Williamson, Jennifer Taylor of Honeoye Falls, Maureen Schmidt of Penfield, and  Tuyet Truong of Rochester.

The following were recognized as nursing scholarship recipients:
  • Frances F. MacLeod Memorial Scholarship: Alyssa Caito of Prattsburgh, Elizabeth Cushman of Canandaigua, Jillian Pitkin of Canandaigua and Hunter Wasdin of Victor
  • Thompson Health Nursing Scholarship: Dana Abbott of Canandaigua
  • Jane Milne Mills Memorial Scholarship: Sophia Goluses of Fairport
  • Mr. and Mrs. Elwood A. Garner Award: Rianna Prine of Locke
  • Mary E. Moynihan Memorial Scholarship: Maureen Tese of Penn Yan


The Finger Lakes Community College nursing program prepares students for the National Council Licensure Examination for registered nurses. For more about nursing studies at FLCC, call the One Stop Center at (585) 785-1000 or email to onestop@flcc.edu.

750 named to #FLCC’s spring 2016 dean’s list

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To be named to the dean’s list, students must have a 3.5 grade point average and meet other criteria as follows:

Full-time students are eligible if they are matriculated – meaning enrolled in a degree program – and achieve a 3.5 grade point average for the semester (12 or more hours of earned credit) with no grade below passing and no incompletes.

Part-time students are eligible if they are matriculated, have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours at FLCC, earn a combined total of at least six credit hours for a given year and achieve a 3.5 grade point average with no grade below passing and no incompletes. The student must be part-time for both semesters. The dean's list for part-time students is compiled at the end of the spring term only.

Below are students by county and town:

ALBANY COUNTY
Cohoes: Peter Jones
Stamford: Adam Van Glad

ALLEGANY COUNTY
Alma: Alyssa Matteson
Andover: Abigail Miller
Frewsburg: Benjamin Leichner

BRONX COUNTY
Bronx: Ashley Brown-Gordon, Celines Flores

BROOME COUNTY
Binghamton: Nicole Kilburn

CATTARAUGUS COUNTY
Franklinville: James Isaacson

CAYUGA COUNTY:
Auburn: Stephanie Helzer
Aurora: Erin Weber
Cato: Ryan Haskins
Jordan: Emily Martens
Montezuma: Tayler Tanner
Port Byron: Elizabeth Martens
Sterling: Brenton Allen
Weedsport: Nicholas Slobodiak

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
Sinclairville: Autumn Howe

CHEMUNG COUNTY
Horseheads: Zoe Derr, Austin Teets

CHENANGO COUNTY
Otego: Ashley Baird

CLINTON COUNTY
Morrisonville: Hayden Premore

CORTLAND COUNTY
Cortland: Caitlin Boland
Preble: David Mosher

ERIE COUNTY
Angola: Sara Christ
Depew: Rebecca Terry
East Aurora: Spencer McGowan
Hamburg: James Koch

FULTON COUNTY
Cobleskill: Elspeth Lamont

GENESEE COUNTY
Leroy: Emily Pavone
Stafford: John Woodworth

JEFFERSON COUNTY
Cape Vincent: Clark Rossi
Sackets Harbor: Jennifer Keyes

LIVINGSTON COUNTY
Avon: Christopher Brown, Carissa Perkins
Caledonia: Alicia Haskins, Maddison Lowe
Conesus: Elizabeth Gunner
Dansville: Michaela Anderson
Geneseo: Connor Keihl, Kaisa Rosas
Hemlock: Jordan Vieira
Lima: Alexander Merrell, Garrett Rehberg, Karen Schmidt
Livonia: Cassidy Bosch, Joshua Buchholz, Ryan O'Dea, Samantha Salsman
Mount Morris: Melissa McClements
Nunda: Ryan Smith, Alex Wampole

MADISON COUNTY
Canastota: Kathryn Rinaldo
Cazenovia: Kaitlyn Carr

MONROE COUNTY
Brockport: Sarah Geer, Rachel Hendel, Ausstin Mesiti
Churchville: Megan Aubertine, Elisabeth Dudek, Carol Rader
East Rochester: Zachary Smith
Fairport: Talia Baris, Joanna Critelli, Kaeyla Erway, Emily Forella, Alexis Garceau, Crystal Gizzi, Brian Harr,  Kristen Moore, Aubrey Munson, Taylor Samuel, Rachel Schreiner, Martha Gay Stewart
Henrietta: Jordyn Antinore, Khadesha Bryant, Jessica Dufrane, Christopher Keating
Honeoye Falls: George Beinetti, Kira Hartley, Madison Joseph, Matthew Koelsch, Laura Nally, Alexander Santini, Ryan Van Voorhis, Nathan VanEpps, Abigail Werner
Mendon: Shawn Alexander
Penfield: Marete Seymour
Pittsford: Thomas Cummings, Adam Goodnough, Lisa Mays, Bruce Philpott, Connor Tubiolo, Jamie Tyler
Rochester: Kimberley Alessi, Christina Baliva, Jeff Bartholomew, Joshua Battaglini, Christopher Beeney, McKenzie Berndt, Jason Breese, Cinnamon David, Rosheada Davis, Joshua Desilet, Casie Dickey, Allison Fisher, Contrina Frazier, Nancy Gable, Christian Holland, Rachelle Jaffarian, McKenzie Kaiser, Squire Knight, Alexandra Mapes, Payton Marovich, Jasmine Newton, Adam Pastecki, Stephanie Preston,  Nathaniel Quinlan, Andres Rivera, Kathleen Schaertel, Micah Schmidt, Emani Sweeney, Anna Tarnashinsky, Phillip Valle, Chelsea Vigliotti, Raymond Williams
Rush: Traci Walker
Scottsville: Alexander Blaszyk, Brandon Burger
Spencerport: Kelly DeConinck
Webster: Lindsey Bell, Cassandra Dorsey, Ryan Farnung, Patrick Hulett, Sheri Kimble, Kimberly Stear, John Turan
West Henrietta: Evan Ahearn

ONEIDA COUNTY
Boonville: Emily Dickson
Clayville: Gary Moraco
Inlet: Dakota Earl

ONONDAGA COUNTY
Baldwinsville: Suzanne Westmiller
Cicero: Taylor Bock
Clay: Pamela Smith

ONTARIO COUNTY
Bloomfield: Marguerite Archer, Katie Campagno, Brittany Cannioto, Matthew Cannioto,
Jessie Celebi, Benjamin Duliba, Kayla Ferris, Marianne Greiner, Gina Gugliuzza,  Laura Helker, Jordan Hosmer, Shanli Jerome, Zachary Legters, Gale McClellan, Mary Missall, Kaylin Rodkey, Jamie Smith, Noah Tantillo-Estrella
Canandaigua: Nicholas Ackerman, Ryan Aldrich, Danielle Alexander, John Alvord III, Frank Ayers,  Gregory Ballard, Bonnie Barbour, Joshuah Barry, Marina Beach, Starbuck Beagley, Matthew Belles, Matthew Berry, Bryan Bliss, James Blodgett, Kaytlyn Bognaski, Michelle Broderick, Joseph Cammarata, Veronica Chilson, Guarld Cline Jr.,  Michelle Cragle, Marissa DiGrazio, David Drake, Jessica Drumm, Kathrine Erdle, Erika Flores Medina, Melissa Fox, Kristin Glor, Matthew Greene, Emily Guyette, Todd Habberfield, Brian Hadsell,  Allison Hall, Mia Harper, Rebecca Hazard, Dustie Huff, Matthew Hurlburt, Korey Ingram, Jon Jensen, Christina Johnson, Allison Johnstone, Althea Jones-Johnson, Susan Koss, Natalia La Plant, Kellen Lambert-Vail, Henry Liebentritt, Joshua Long, Vanessa Lonneville, Margaret Mack, Alexander Mahoney, Laura Markes, Michelle Marsh, Julia Mawdesley, Joyce McBride, Ciara McCarthy, Brendan McWilliams, Caitlin McWilliams, Lauren Miller, Benjamin Mitchell, Tina Muscato,  Steven Nagel, Quyen Nguyen, Nathan Page, Alexander Pisarek, Michael Polito, Jonas Preston, Jordan Ransom, Evan Raw, Tanya Reed, Jennifer Rhoads, Katelyn Rose, Robert Ryan, Luke Shively, Brandon Skuse, Daniel Smith, Michael Smith, Robert Smith, Conor Stebbins, Megan Steinkirchner, Carington Stuber, Rory Sykes, Aissatou Tall, Damon Talley, Terrie Taylor, Dashiell Tirado, Melissa Veeck, Aaron Voymas, Jayna Wagner, Melissa Wallis, Danelle Wassink, Daniel Weeden, Corey Wright, Caitlyn Sprague
Clifton Springs: Mary Ajavon, Ian Bridgman, Jack Brundage, Lyndsay Burnette, Sarah Claeysen, Kyla Durso, Tristan Eldridge, Rita Fullerton, Dawn Jansen, Tamara Lehman, Toni Leisenring, Jonathan Maslyn,  Jacob Reeder, Alisha Rockefeller, April Sweeney, Kyle Trickey, Samantha Wheeler
Farmington: Nicole Aruck, Jeffrey Babcock, Matthew Baumgartner, Kellsey Carrier, Stephen Cocuzzi,  Emily Cornelius, Tyler Dattilo, Danielle Galens, Hannah Gunnip, Loryn Hanley, Christian Johnson,  Nicholas Kloos, Angela Lana, Holly Laska, Mariah Lawrence, Brian McBride, Mitchell Miller, Kayla Ratka, Keirsten Reid, Amy Ryan, Rebecca Schooping, Samantha Servati, William Shaw, Erik Vandemortel, Matthew Willson, Collin Wyman
Geneva: Hunter Altman, Michael Baldwin, Tara Balistreri, Ginger Bates, Matthew Beniamino, Hunter Black, Bethanne Bond, Sean Britton-Milligan, Douglas Brown, Mitchel Burnell, Hannah Cardinale, Michael Cecere, Dorothy Champlin, Lindsay Christensen, Patrick Climie, Erica Dean, Kristy Decker, Mary Dinan, Joshua Dutcher, Kenneth French, Kristen Glovatsky, Anthony Gravitte, Whitney Hastings, Maggie McDonald, Denise Miller,  Erin Miller, Christopher Missick, David Mitchell, Alison Morris, Victoria Mosher, Aidan Nicolai, Maria Ochoa Palma, Jason Palmer, Diana Perry, Victoria Quartaro,  Brooke Racicot, Chance Rearick, Michael Riley, Cameron Roll, Roberta Root, Patricia Schibley, Amber Schoolcraft, Rebecca Smith, Jennie Suchewski, Leisa Sweet, Matthew Thomas, Matthew Weimar
Gorham: Lisa Tomion
Hall: Tomasina Trank
Honeoye: Christina Collins, Teryl Gronwall, Meghan Guffey, Gail Howard, Ryan Niemiec, Gabriella Schaff
Ionia: Alyssa Porter, Sarah Traughber
Manchester: Justin Coon, Michelle D'Arduini, Bethany Frye, Shanty Hawke, Katherine Lancy, Jessica Sich, Daria Sparks
Naples: Jordaen Baglio, Matthew Jackson, Anne Livingston, Hannah Mast, Jasmine Matteson, Julia McLellan, Jason Pulver, Jacob Rathbun, Lauren Robison, Kathryn Swank, Nikolas Tilley, Jessica Witherow
Oaks Corners: Ryan Rickard
Phelps: Christina Albrecht, Desiree Brooks, Thomas Cauvel, Erika Dennis, Nicole Ellison, Emily Fordham, Heather Frere, Joseph Gonzalez, Samantha McNulty, Becky Midodo, Amy Milliken, Connor Nevil, Aaron Pirwitz, Anna Raeman, Lyndsey Rosonowski, Brittany Sergent, Mariah Spacher, Shannon Warne, Cody Wilkes
Port Gibson: Chris Fowler, Rachel Laboda, Eliza Mead, Jasmine Mead
Shortsville: Casey Bordwell, Erik Church, Colin Clark, Codey Dingfield, MacKenzie Garver, Jill Havens, McKenzie Henry, Lindsay Johnsen, Stephanie Mero, Renee Rogers, Kathleen Rowe, Patrick Smith-LaBombard, Kevin Whalen, Kaitlyn Williams
Stanley: Danielle Brown, Samantha Davis, Amber Fairman, Alan Goda Jr., Courtney Healy, Melinda Hill, Katie Jones, John Rowlands, Meghan Smith, Nathaniel Smith, Travis Smith
Victor: Carly Acquilano, Hayley Alden, Paul Bishop, Anna Bright, Olivia Chamberlain, Leland Cody, Christopher Douville, Keeley Engert, Richard Ferrari, Hope Knope, Benjamin Mills, Alexandria Montevecchio, Erin O'Connor, Eduardo Passanesi, Matthew Roeder, Lisa Scott, McKenzie Serens, Melanie Shelton, Joseph Siciliano, Nadine Sturgess, Andrew Tolen, Elizabeth Waterman, Kirsten Yahn
West Bloomfield: Alicia Campbell

ORANGE COUNTY
Cornwall: Sweetie Spratley

OSWEGO COUNTY
Lacona: Alina Quintana

RENSSELAER COUNTY
East Nassau: Sandra Myers

SCHUYLER COUNTY
Hector: Tanya Smith
Montour Falls: Kaylyn Teemley

SENECA COUNTY
Interlaken: Pamela Bower, Caitlyn Smith
Lodi: Kiersten Demarco
Ovid: Zachory Artley, Jessica Maleski, Patricia Reynolds, Graceanne Sanders
Romulus: Sarah Carey, Sheri Landschoot, Abigail Mattey, Amy Mikolajczyk. Timothy Walters
Seneca Falls: Ashley Battley, Samantha Blair, Diane Carpenter, William Chasteen, Krisje Deal, Ruth DeBaise, Eva Egan, Amanda Faiola, Jill Finch, Annmarie Graziano, Sean Gustafson, William Hatch, Richelle Losey, Gail McMillian-Thompson, Anthony Siccardi, Logan Tandle, David Weir, Scott Wormuth
Waterloo: Ryan Benjamin, Matthew Bradley, Rebecca Clark, Kristine Echols, Jamie Excell, Moriah Excell, Matthew Fuller, Jodi Guererri, Carissa Jensen, Sandra Lavalette, Tammy Mattoon, Christopher Mitchell, Thomas Moracco, Valerie Poormon, Rachel Rasmussen, Brian Roche, Jason Salerno, Stephanie Santos, Felicia Showers, Anita Sindoni, Miranda Smith, Rhiannon Smith, Ryan Smith, Chelsey Stock, Elizabeth Teeter, Sarah Townson, Taylor VanLiew, Jennifer Williams, Kelly Wyatt

STEUBEN COUNTY
Addison: Amanda Reed
Arkport: Leeann Schultheis
Bath: Ashley Brown, Taylor Gerhart, Michael Kellogg, Daniel Monheim
Bradford: Kali Ryan
Campbell: Macklen Fee
Canisteo: Ann Farkas, Hali Ordway, Jena Powley
Cohocton: Megan Rounsville
Corning: Kristen Karam
Fillmore: Corrigan Herbert
Hammondsport: Sarah Bates, Michael Page, Gregory Taylor
Odessa: Charles Sidle
Prattsburgh: Katie Pizura, Daniea Sullivan, Daniel Lenhard
Pulteney: Elizabeth Hill
Savona: Amanda Boughan
Wayland: Cameron Ellis, Sophia Hall, Hunter Keough, Connor Seweryn

TIOGA COUNTY
Waverly: Taylor Bodine

TOMPKINS COUNTY
Lansing: Jessica Mainville

WAYNE COUNTY
Alton: Erika Mendoza Rivera
Clyde: Amy Carr, Renee Shimp
Lyons: Devan Albrecht, Sandra Amrose, Samantha Ashley, Josiah Austin, Rachel Corson, Jacqueline Hill, Kristina James, Spencer Johnson, Mary Long, Devon Mellesh, Danielle Moore, Frederick Morey, Kendra Pentycofe, Annette Reintjes, Kim Whitehead, Rebecca Williams
Macedon: Judith Allen, Moriah Amesbury, Wayne Dunbar Jr., Aaron Foster, Samantha King, Felicia Kunzer, Andrew Leoni, Jacob Maxwell, Oran Morton, Stephen Ross, Rebecca Schumacher, Tamarah Swarthout, Shannon Thurston, Morgan Vandermallie, Peyton Wyjad, Jessica Yonker, Heidi Zimpfer,
Marion: Beverly Bacon, Steven Brannan, Colton Camp, Jamie Corteville, Preston Crego, Judy Doucet, Brittany Finley, Dana Gillens, Heidi Kozak, Ellen O'Malley
Newark: Gladys Aldana, Christopher Baldoni, Caitlin Bamper, Kelley Bryant, Alexa Bushart, Rick Couperus, Emily Dancer, Amanda Danforth, Cassandra DePauw, Jack Diamond, Susan DuVall,  Phanessa Edmonds, Angela Eliasz, Matthew Fedczuk, Michael Fedczuk, Taylor Hermenet, Dawn Jendrick, Travis Mallaber, Jacob Maslyn, Patrick McClusky, Jessica Powell, Christa Pruitt, Jenna Sharlow, Madeline Shear, Sara Shutter, Melissa Smith, Philip Strickland, Kyle Tack, Tasha Thompkins, Joshua Toye, Joseph Valerio, Allison Ward, Jessica Ward, Sage Wayman
North Rose: Keri Coleman, Kathleen Whitehouse
Ontario: Cara Casanzio, Amanda Crisafulli, Susann Frink, Catherine Lancaster, Sarah LaPlaca, Doniel Lewis, Alyssa Peters, Jacob Savine, Kathleen Tanney
Palmyra: Nathan Caralla, Jesse Doyle, Taylor Farrell, Charlene Foti, Taylor Gagnon, Sharr Garfield, Naomi Hannig, Holli Hartman, Marina Hurlburt, Kachina Jordan, Cassidy Lawrence, Autumn Lux, Rachel Montroy, Anthony Pitas, Payton Quinones, Brittney Roberts, Shannon Rush, Courtney Tones
Red Creek: MacKenzie Stanley, Mikayla Stanley
Rose: Dale Davis
Savannah: Tyler Kendall
Sodus: Kyle Bliek, Tracy Brown, Mikaela Correia, Kimberly Hall, Jessica Johnson, Bellalith Olivera-Hernandez, Bryan VanCuyck, Thomas VanKouwenberg, Grace Walker
Sodus Point: Katrina Bain
Walworth: Madeline Ash, Melynda Barker, Caitlin Birx, Jessica Carder, Samantha Chiccino, Kerin Countryman, Cassie Doud, Andrew Gerhardt, Matthew Gumina, Richard Harrison, Mason Howard, Christopher Lally, Andrew VanEtten, Hannah Wolf
Williamson: Shane Blauvelt, Erik Darling, Kayla Flanders, Michelle Hanson, Ali Henderson, Christopher Koudelka, Votie Lafave-Boughton, Mark McCloskey, Sarah McLymond, Jennifer Meyn, Megan Noger, Bennett Schoonerman, Taylor Shoemaker, Tina Stein, Miranda Thompson, Kristina Tunley, Catriona Wang, Samantha Zimmerman
Wolcott: Angella Luciano

WESTCHESTER COUNTY
Pelham: Elizabeth Keyser

WYOMING COUNTY
Attica: Tristan Fugle
Castile: Alexandra Scharet
Perry: Kalie Gardner
Portageville: Timothy Van Slyke

YATES COUNTY
Branchport: Elise Andersen, Suzanne Prindle
Dundee: Sarah Alexander, Taylor Gilbert, Cole Hartman, Megan Howell, Jessica McClain
Middlesex: Elizabeth Bennett, Kimberly Lyons, Brandon Masur, Briona McBride, Tori Walsh
Penn Yan: Sarah Alexander, Yan Negina Alieva, Yan Erin Brady, Rebecca Brown, Courtney Conley, Andrea Dyer, Cara Elias, Anna Elshennawi, Trevor Findley, Hannah Giovinazzo, Allie Gleason, Nicole Gleason, Jeanine Housman, Caitlin Johnson, Edwin Laursen Jr., Justin Niver, David Salone, Taylor Sexton, Tammy Smith, Nathan Sniffen, Cierra Sutherland, Clay Tietjen, Vincent Tirabassi, Lesly Vasquez Feria, Barbara Wheeler, Dallas Zebrowski
Rock Stream: Tyler Kelly
Rushville: Justin Boyer, Abbey Brown, Kimberly Chapin, Kristen Farley, Karen Luong, Alyssa Nichols, Tiffany Worboys

OUT OF STATE
West Wareham, Mass.: Robert Carlson
Havelock, North Carolina: Britni Marshall
Sugar Grove, Pa.: Ariana Inman

Helper, Utah: Katee Martinez

Pegasus Early Music opens LakeMusic Festival at #FLCC

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Lutenist Deborah Fox of Pegasus Early Music will join this year's Canandaigua LakeMusic Festival at Finger Lakes Community College. She'll be joined by soprano Laura Heimes.
The Rochester-based ensemble Pegasus Early Music will present works from England’s Golden Age during the opening night of the Canandaigua LakeMusic Festival at Finger Lakes Community College.

Pegasus Early Music will perform pieces by lutenist and composer John Dowland at the Friday, July 15 concert in FLCC’s Student Center Auditorium. It’s a festival debut for the ensemble, which performs a series of concerts showcasing music from the medieval to romantic era on period instruments.

Lutenist Deborah Fox will be joined by soprano Laura Heimes. Their LakeMusic program includes the light-hearted “Fine Knacks for Ladies,” the love commentaries “Come Again” and “I Must Complain” and the darker toned “Sorrow Stay,” among others.

“Each song is a gem, a mixture of poetry and melody,” said Fox, who serves as the ensemble’s artistic director. “They vary greatly in mood and affect, and the texts reveal the courtly rhetoric of the times as well as the full emotional range of human experience.”

Also taking the stage opening night is revered pianist Jon Nakamatsu, who took part in LakeMusic during its 2014 season. He’ll perform Schubert’s “Four Impromptus Opus 90.”

The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. It is the first of the festival’s four centerpiece concerts held at FLCC. Subsequent shows are planned as follows:

Sunday, July 17: “Jon Nakamatsu and Friends” features Nakamatsu on piano with co-artistic directors Kevin Kumar on violin and Amy Sue Barston on cello for a performance of the Tchaikovsky Piano Trio. The Finger Lakes Camerata, directed by FLCC adjunct music instructor Dennis Maxfield, will also take the stage.

Friday, July 22: “Giants of the Romantic Era” features Cesar Franck’s Sonata in A major for piano and violin as well as Johannes Brahms' Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor.

Sunday, July 24: “Season Finale – Audrey Andrist and Friends” is named for its centerpiece, pianist Andrist, who is back for her third season with the festival.

“Master Key” tickets for all four FLCC shows are $100 for general admission and $160 for patrons. Single concert tickets are $10 for students and $28 for general admission.

Additional free “pop-up” concerts are planned in Canandaigua for Monday, July 18, at 1 p.m. at Ferris Hills at West Lake; Tuesday, July 19, at noon at Wegmans, and then at 3:30 p.m. at Canandaigua Inn on the Lake; and on Thursday, July 21, at 10:30 a.m. at Wood Library.

The festival’s annual Classical Blue Jeans concert at Bristol Harbour Resort in South Bristol is planned for 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 20. The casual concert will feature a wide range, from Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” to “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by Edgar “Yip” Harburg and Harold Arlen. Tickets, which include a barbecue dinner with the artists, are $50 for general admission, $30 for students under 18 or with a college ID, and $25 for children under 12.

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.

Tickets and more information are available on the festival’s website, www.canandaigualakemusic.org by email at info@canandaigualakemusic.org or by calling Aimee Ward at (585) 412-6353.

54 earn new Common Core high school diploma at #FLCC

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Maria Santacruz and Veronica Sarzosa
Caleb Baker and Wesley Youngman
For more photos, click here.

CAYUGA
Auburn: Veronica Sarzosa

MONROE
East Rochester: Katie Stites
Rochester: Brianna Miles

ONONDAGA
Liverpool: Jaquesa Burwell

ONTARIO
Bloomfield: Anabel Beerens, Gary Cook, Topanga Ruzycki
Canandaigua: Melinda Colf, Amy Coon, Gabriella Greene, Tia Hoke, Jamie Joslyn, Eric Kuan, Derek Morelock, Ian Woodhams
Farmington: Lauren Amaya
Geneva: Michael Barrera, Carmen Berrios, Christina DeJesus, Brittany Valder
Honeoye: James Moore
Phelps: Paige Senecal
Rushville: Caleb Baker, Tommy Falzone, Kristen Farley
Seneca Castle: Christoffer Pedersen
Stanley: Adam Vallee
Victor: Sam VanEtten

SCHUYLER
Rock Stream: Linford Fritz

SENECA
Romulus: Matthew Calabrese
Seneca Falls: Jason Kidd

STEUBEN
Avoca: Crystal Didas

WAYNE
Lyons: Justin Stephens
Macedon: Holli Knapp, Marshall McFarland
Marion: Juana Cruz, Maria Santacruz
Newark: Jeffrey Chapman, Shea Freyn
Sodus: Forrester Wilfreth
Williamson: LeeAnn Johnson, Jessica Locke
Wolcott: Hunter Mull, Caylin Van Wuyckhuyse, Chelsea Watkins, Jacob Weinhold

YATES
Penn Yan: Andrew Bonistall, Stephen Erb, Alexandra Griffin, Christopher Hale, Wesley Youngman


Speakers announced for sixth George M. Ewing series at #FLCC

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A White House press secretary who became one of the nation’s best known political commentators. A popular film critic who’s interviewed some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. A homeland security and terrorism expert appointed by a former president. 

The trio – Bill Moyers, Jack Garner and Stewart Baker, respectively – will join the George M. Ewing Canandaigua Forum for its sixth season at Finger Lakes Community College. The speaker series takes place on Sunday afternoons over the next several months in the college’s Student Center auditorium, 3325 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua.

Moyers opens the 2016-2017 season with a talk Oct. 2 exploring the state of American politics. The native Texan was a founding organizer of the Peace Corps, served as special assistant to President Lyndon Johnson, and was the White House press secretary before he launched a decades-long career as journalist and political commentator. The producer of public affairs series such as “NOW with Bill Moyers,” “Bill Moyers Journal,” and “Moyers & Company” has won 37 Emmy awards. 


Bill Moyers
Two weeks later, on Oct. 16, the forum welcomes Garner, the longtime film critic for Gannett Newspapers and author of a 2013 collection of reviews and essays titled “From My Seat on the Aisle: Movies and Memories.” He has interviewed some of Hollywood’s biggest names, from Jimmy Stewart and Lillian Gish to Robert De Niro and Robin Williams. Among his many unique experiences is a day watching Woody Allen direct a film and an interview with Tom Hanks at NASA’s Johnson Space Center for the film Apollo 13.

Baker is the third and final guest in the Ewing forum with his Jan. 29, 2017 talk on homeland security, technology and recent events. He was the first assistant secretary for policy at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under George W. Bush. His appointment in 2005 came two years after he testified before a national commission on the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He also served as general counsel to the National Security Agency from 1992 to 1994 and wrote the 1998 book, “The Limits of Trust: Cryptography, Governments, and Electronic Commerce.” His popular blog was the subject of a 2010 book, “Skating on Stilts: Why We Aren’t Stopping Tomorrow’s Terrorism.”
Stewart Baker


The speakers will be joined by moderators who pose questions in the style of a TV talk show. FLCC’s new president, Robert Nye, who served as chief strategist for the deputy commanding general of U.S. Forces in Iraq, will moderate Baker’s talk. Deborah Sutherland, who teaches a film course at Canandaigua Academy, will moderate Garner’s talk. And, Emmy Award-winning television writer and producer Michael Winship will steer the discussion with Moyers. Winship is a past forum speaker.

Audience members will have an opportunity to submit questions.

Season tickets are $60 for general admission for all three events. Single event tickets are $25 each or free with a current student ID. Attendees ages 21 and up can also purchase tickets to a hors d’oeuvres reception in Stage 14 at FLCC following each talk.

Tickets can be ordered by phone at (585) 393-0281 or email at ewingforum@gmail.com, or purchased online at gmeforum.org. For the latest, follow the Ewing Forum on Facebook. 
Jack Garner


A community committee plans the forum series, which is named for the late George M. Ewing Sr. Ewing died in September 2009 at the age of 87. He was the longtime editor and publisher of the Daily Messenger, later to become Messenger Post Media.

Launched in 2011, the Ewing forum is funded in part with an endowment from the Ewing family as well as support from Canandaigua National Bank & Trust, Wegmans and FLCC. 


Forum organizers always welcome sponsors. Donors receive tickets, admission to the receptions and other benefits. For more information, contact Caroline Delavan at (585) 394-0896.

New #FLCC fountain powered by the sun

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The solar fountain in the FLCC Serenity Garden
As Nikkohl Luehm’11 worked on her final project in Rochelle Smith’s Advanced Landscape Design course, she envisioned a solar-powered water fountain at the end of a curving garden walkway. But no such fountain was on the market when a college committee selected her design for construction.

Today, five years after Nikkohl’s Serenity Garden took shape behind the FLCC Arboretum on the main campus, her design is closer to completion.

Under direct sunlight, a newly installed solar panel triggers a hidden motor that propels water out of the tops of the three large rocks in the center of the garden’s sitting area. The water flows down the rocks to a bed of rounded stones.
Water trickles over the three
rocks when the solar panel
is under direct sunlight.

Back in spring 2011, Rochelle gave her students the chance to create a garden in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Luehm’s design was chosen in a process similar to one a landscape designer would face in the marketplace.

The garden went in, and was dedicated in September 2011, sans fountain.

Bill Pealer, media production specialist and solar enthusiast, offered some insights for a specially designed pump. “That was our jumping off point,” said Amy Pauley, executive director of the FLCC Foundation. “Then it took me a few years to get a company that would do the job – solar took off, but the project was too small.”

Amy contacted Shawn Lessord at the Webster-based Renewable Rochester. He designed the pump, and installed it with the help of Benjamin Harrington, an intern from Wayne High School in Ontario, Wayne County, and employee James Keech, an Army veteran.

The rocks were placed by Grassman Landscaping and Lawn Care Services, a Rushville business that worked on the garden five years ago.

The Serenity Garden was privately funded by the FLCC Alumni Association, the Student Corporation, the Canandaigua Rotary and Nozomi Williams of Geneva.

Work on the fountain began just before a dinner in honor of Barbara Risser on the eve of her retirement as FLCC’s president. On one of her last days in office, she went out to take photos of the fountain – a project she was intent on seeing to completion.


"The solar fountain was truly visionary, and we had to wait for the technology to be invented," said Joseph Nairn, chief advancement officer. "Luckily, we got it in just under the wire.”

Final LakeMusic concerts at #FLCC feature mix of masterpieces

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Pianist Audrey Andrist returns for her third season with the Canandaigua LakeMusic Festival.
The final weekend of the Canandaigua LakeMusic Festival at Finger Lakes Community College has prize-winning classical musicians presenting a mix of Franck, Brahms, Gershwin, Schumann and Beethoven.

The Friday, July 22 concert, “Giants of the Romantic Era,” features Franck’s Sonata in A major for piano and violin as well as Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor. Violinist Kevin Kumar will be joined by pianist Audrey Andrist for the sonata. The quartet has Andrist with violinist Maia Jasper White, cellist Amy Sue Barston and Meredith Crawford on viola.

The Sunday, July 24 “Season Finale – Audrey Andrist and Friends” is named for its centerpiece, pianist Andrist, who is back for her third season with the festival. Andrist will present Gershwin’s Three Preludes and Schumann’s The Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13. She’ll then join Kumar, Jasper White, Crawford and Barston for Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 15, Op. 132 in A minor.

The concerts begin at 7:30 p.m., following a 7:15 p.m. pre-concert chat by the performers. They are held in FLCC’s Student Center Auditorium, 3325 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua.

Single concert tickets are $10 for students and $28 for general admission.

The final free “pop-up” concert will be held Thursday, July 21 at 10:30 a.m. at the Wood Library in Canandaigua.

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.

Tickets and more information are available on the festival’s website, www.LakeMusicFestival.org, by email at info@LakeMusicFestival.org, or by calling Aimee Ward at (585) 412-6353.

#FLCC's Finger Lakes Chorale goes on a musical cross-country trek

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Peter Houghton will perform solos in "I've Been Everywhere" and "The Erie Canal"
during upcoming Finger Lakes Chorale concerts.
The Finger Lakes Chorale will perform a wide range of songs that evoke images of American places in summer concerts on Aug. 13 and 14 at Finger Lakes Community College.

Called “A Tapestry of America,” the concert begins at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 13, and at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 14, at the main campus auditorium, 3325 Marvin Sands Drive. Entry is free but donations are accepted for the Dr. A. John Walker Music Award for FLCC music and music recording students.

Selections include “New York, New York,” “Battle Hymn of the Republic,”  “Take Me Home Country Roads” and “I’ll Be Seeing You.”

Some songs will feature soloists, including baritone Peter Houghton on “The Erie Canal” and baritone Kirby Weimer in “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.” (See the full program below).

Dennis Maxfield, adjunct professor of music at FLCC, directs the chorale and has arranged some of the selections, such as “This Land is Your Land.”

The chorale will be accompanied by Craig Snyder on guitar, Ron Broida on bass, Anthony Calabrese on percussion and Anthony D’Agostino on keyboard.


The Finger Lakes Chorale is a community chorus based at Finger Lakes Community College. It gives concerts in December, May and August. New members are always welcome. For more information, call (585) 396-0027.

PROGRAM

“America the Beautiful,” 
arr. Craig Petrie

“I’ve Been Everywhere,” arr. Jay Althouse
Peter Houghton, baritone, Ian Kennedy, tenor

“1890’s Medley,”arr. Dennis Maxfield

Theme from “New York, New York,” arr. Mark Hayes

“All Aboard,” arr. Jay Althouse

“The Erie Canal,” arr. Mark Hayes
Peter Houghton, baritone

“Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?” arr. Kirby Shaw
Karen Sullivan, alto

“Battle Hymn Of The Republic,” arr. Roy Ringwald
Ronald Schroeder, baritone

INTERMISSION

“Take Me Home Country Roads,” arr. Ed Lojeski

“Rocky Mountain High,” John Denver/Mike Taylor
Ian Kennedy, tenor

“Hooray For Hollywood,” arr. Andy Beck

“California Dreamin,’” arr. Kirby Shaw

“I Left My Heart In San Francisco,”  George Cory/Douglas Cross
Kirby Weimer, baritone

“Best Of The Beach Boys,” arr. Ed Lojeski

“I’ll Be Seeing You,”  Irving Kahal/Sammy Fain
John Spare, tenor

“This Land Is Your Land,” arr. Dennis Maxfield

Gold medalist, author, vintner sign on for #FLCC Book Feast

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An Olympic gold medalist, an award-winning author and the great-granddaughter of the legendary Finger Lakes winemaker Konstantin Frank are on the list of moderators for the fifth annual Book Feast fundraiser for Finger Lakes Community College.

Twelve books have been selected for inclusion in this year’s Book Feast, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 15. Among them are “The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics,” which will be moderated by Kris Thorsness, winner of the gold medal in women’s rowing in the 1984 Olympics; “Ladies Night at the Dreamland,” which will be moderated by its author, Sonja Livingston; and “Finger Lakes Wine and the Legacy of Dr. Konstantin Frank,” to be moderated by Frank’s great-granddaughter, Meaghan Frank

Participants sign up to read one of the works then share a gourmet dinner and conversation with others who’ve read the same book. Discussion is led by moderators who also include FLCC faculty and staff and friends of the college. 

Book Feast starts with a 5:30 p.m. hors d’oeuvres reception in the college’s Student Center, 3325 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua. The group then breaks up to head to various host locations. The deadline to make a reservation is Friday, Sept. 23.

Thorsness, an attorney, resides in Victor. A native of Alaska, she was a member of the American women's eights team that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She was also part of three world championship silver medal winning crews and was a member of the 1988 Olympic team. She’ll share some of her experiences while discussing Daniel James Brown’s“The Boys in the Boat,” which tells the story of the University of Washington's eight-oar crew team that shocked the world by defeating the German team rowing for Adolf Hitler.

Livingston is returning for her second year with Book Feast. “Ladies Night at the Dreamland” is a series of essays that combine research and imagination to conjure women from history, literature, legend, and personal memory. Livingston last year joined Book Feast to moderate the discussion about her earlier book, “Queen of the Fall: A Memoir of Girls and Goddesses,” which had been selected by Writers and Books for its 2016 “If All of Rochester Reads the Same Book” program. 

Meaghan Frank is the general manager at Dr. Konstantin Frank’s Vinifera Wine Cellars, started by her great-grandfather Konstantin in 1962. Tom Russ’ book, “Finger Lakes Wine and the Legacy of Dr. Konstantin Frank,” tells the story of her great-grandfather, who helped bring winemaking to the region after he was forced from his home in Soviet Ukraine during World War II.

Dinner hosts include alumni and friends of the college. Among them are Nancy Wiley and her husband, Robert O’Brien of Canandaigua. She is a nationally renowned doll artist who has published three story books; he owns The Good Life Tea in Canandaigua. In their Queen Anne Victorian home on Main Street, they’ll host the discussion of “The Annotated Alice,” which offers a deeper look into the Lewis Carroll classic “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” with commentary by Martin Gardner.

The $100 Book Feast ticket price per person includes the hors d’oeuvres reception, gourmet dinner and moderator-led discussion. Proceeds benefit the FLCC Foundation, which supports the college with funding for capital projects, equipment, scholarships and professional development.

The reception is sponsored by the Honors House and humanities department at FLCC.

Anyone interested in taking part in Book Feast can call or email the Foundation: (585) 785-1454 or foundation@flcc.edu. Additional information is at www.flcc.edu/bookfeast.

Below is a list of selections:

“Finger Lakes Wine and the Legacy of Dr. Konstantin Frank”
Author: Tom Russ
Moderator: Meaghan Frank, great-granddaughter of Konstantin Frank
A biography of Konstantin Frank from his life in war-torn Ukraine to his rise to fame as the
“Father of vinifera” in the Finger Lakes.

“Ladies Night at the Dreamland”
Author: Sonja Livingston
Moderator: Sonja Livingston
This collection of essays weave together strands of research and imagination to conjure fascinating women from history, literature, legend, and personal memory.

“The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics”
Author: Daniel James Brown
Moderator: Kris Thorsness, 1984 Olympic gold medal winner
The story of the University of Washington’s 1936 eight-oar crew and their epic quest for an Olympic gold medal.

“The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History”
Author: Elizabeth Kolbert
Moderator: Clinton Krager, associate professor of biology at FLCC
A powerful work about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a compelling account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes.

“A Course Called Ireland: A Long Walk in Search of a Country, a Pint, and the Next Tee”
Author: Tom Coyne
Moderator: Tom Zimmerman, FLCC Foundation board member and avid golfer
A walking-averse golfer treks around an entire country, spending 16 weeks playing every seaside hole in Ireland while finding his family's roots and his country’s economic transformation.

“Lab Girl”
Author: Hope Jahren
Moderator: Rochelle Smith, assistant professor of horticulture at FLCC
A debut memoir of a woman in science; a moving portrait of a longtime friendship; and a fresh look at plants.

“The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation”
Author: Mark Kurlansky
Moderator: Jamie Rotter, instructor of culinary arts at FLCC
Straddling a small corner of Spain and France in a land that is marked on no maps except their own, the Basques are Europe's oldest nation without ever having been a country.

“Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption”
Author: Laura Hillenbrand
Moderator: Eric Duchess, assistant professor of history at FLCC
Louis Zamperini channeled his rebellious spirit into running and discovered a talent that carried him to the Berlin Olympics and then into the Army, where, as an airman in World War II he survived a plane crash, sharks, starvation and more.

“All the King's Men”
Author: Robert Penn Warren
Moderator: Joseph Nairn, chief advancement officer at FLCC
Pulitzer Prize classic about the career of Willie Stark, a back-country lawyer whose idealism is overcome by his lust for power.

“The Annotated Alice”
Author: Lewis Carroll with commentary by Martin Gardner
Moderator: April Steenburgh, electronic resources & online instruction librarian at FLCC
A deeper look into the classic “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” with commentary by Martin Gardner, a leading authority on author Lewis Carroll

“Fates and Furies”
Author: Lauren Groff
Moderator: Maureen Maas-Feary, professor of humanities
New York Times bestselling novel that examines a 24-year marriage with stunning revelations and multiple threads.

“The Nightingale”
Author: Kristin Hannah
Moderator: Natalie Walton, adjunct instructor at FLCC
During World War II, two sisters embark on paths toward survival, love and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France.

#FLCC culinary program taking reservations for restaurant nights

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The Finger Lakes Community College culinary arts program will resume restaurant nights on Sept. 23, offering low-cost, five-course fine dining to the community several Fridays this fall at the main campus.

Called Dinner at Julia – in honor of Julia Child – the restaurant night gives students hands-on experience under the supervision of their instructors. Diners have a choice of two menus, each with a soup, appetizer, salad, entrée and dessert and coffee. The Sept. 23 menus feature Provincial classics, including coq au vin and peach melba tarts, and tastes of the American South, such as Cajun-style shrimp and pecan tarts.

The cost of $35 per person, including tax and tip, covers food and supplies for the program. Dinners are served in Stage 14 on the second floor of the Student Center, 3325 Marvin Sands Drive. Following the Sept. 23 opening, restaurant nights will also be held on Sept. 30; Oct. 7, 21 and 28; Nov. 4 and Dec. 9.

The Oct. 28 Dinner at Julia will be paired with the fall Music Faculty Recital, which starts at 7:30 p.m. in the main campus auditorium. Entry to the concert is free.

Seating is limited. Reservations are required at (585) 785-1476 for arrival times between 5:30 and 7 p.m. Guests may bring their own wine; there is no corkage fee.

“We encourage members of the community to come out and see the great work students are doing,” said Jamie Rotter, FLCC instructor of culinary arts. Rotter supervises cooking in FLCC’s cafeteria kitchen while Paula Knight, adjunct instructor, oversees the dining room.

Menu options are different for each event. Vegetarians can be accommodated with advance notice. Additional information and menus are posted a few days before each event on the FLCC website at www.flcc.edu/restaurant.


FLCC offers both a two-year degree and a one-year certificate in culinary arts. Many older students, who have a college degree and are seeking a career change, opt for the one-year certificate to enter the job market more quickly. For information on the degree or certificate program, contact the FLCC One Stop Center at (585) 785-1000.

Commentator Bill Moyers offers election insights in #FLCC talk

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Bill Moyers
On Friday afternoon, Hillary Clinton took to social media, tearing into opponent Donald Trump with rapid-fire Tweets after he claimed she launched the so-called “birther” movement to question President Obama’s citizenship.

She’d been back on the campaign trail for just a day or two, after recovering from pneumonia, which the Trump camp used to suggest she is physically unfit for the White House. He appeared on a TV talk show, “Dr. Oz,” to reveal results of his own recent physical.

With its unpredictability and unending string of controversies, this presidential race has been unlike any before it.

One of the nation’s best-known political commentators will explain what’s at stake when he opens this year’s George M. Ewing Canandaigua Forum at Finger Lakes Community College. Bill Moyers’ aptly titled talk, “Election 2016: It Matters,” begins at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 2 in FLCC’s Student Center Auditorium, 3325 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua.

Moyers hails from Texas and served as special assistant to President Lyndon Johnson. He was the White House press secretary before he launched a decades-long career as journalist and political commentator. The producer of public affairs series such as “NOW with Bill Moyers,” “Bill Moyers Journal,” and “Moyers & Company” has won 37 Emmy awards.

He will be joined on stage by moderator Michael Winship, a Canandaigua native and past forum speaker. Winship was senior writer at Bill Moyers Journal and Moyers & Company on public television and currently is senior writer at BillMoyers.com, the commentary and analysis website for which Moyers serves as managing editor. 

Michael Winship
“I have always wanted my friend and colleague to see where I grew up, and the Ewing Forum not only offers that opportunity but even more important, gives Bill and me the chance to talk in public about this year’s roller coaster election and its impact on all of us,” said Winship.

In a recent blog, Winship pondered the financial doings of Trump and Clinton, writing, “…it doesn’t get any lower than what we’ve seen during this wretched campaign season — a presidential contest that, as one friend in Washington recently said, pits ‘the unethical versus the unhinged.’”

Two months earlier, Moyers and Winship co-wrote a blog following Trump’s acceptance speech. “The GOP’s new big dog blew the whistle Thursday night for nearly an hour and a half and it was loud and shrill enough to reach the ears of every angry, resentful, disaffected white American,” they wrote. “The tone was divisive, dark, dystopian and grim.”

Forum audience members will be able to pose questions as part of the discussion.

Two weeks after Moyers’ talk, on Oct. 16, the Ewing forum welcomes Jack Garner, the longtime film critic for Gannett Newspapers and author of a 2013 collection of reviews and essays titled “From My Seat on the Aisle: Movies and Memories.” Stewart Baker is the final guest in the series with his Jan. 29, 2017, talk on homeland security, technology and recent events. He was the first assistant secretary for policy at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under George W. Bush.

Season tickets are $60 for general admission for all three events. Single event tickets are $25 each or free with a current student ID.

Tickets can be ordered by phone at (585) 393-0281 or email at ewingforum@gmail.com, or purchased online at gmeforum.org. For the latest, follow the Ewing Forum on Facebook.

A community committee plans the forum series, which is named for the late George M. Ewing Sr. Ewing died in September 2009 at the age of 87. He was the longtime editor and publisher of the Daily Messenger, later to become Messenger Post Media.

Launched in 2011, the Ewing forum is funded in part with an endowment from the Ewing family as well as support from Canandaigua National Bank & Trust, Wegmans, the Canandaigua Rotary Club, and FLCC. 

Forum organizers always welcome sponsors. Donors receive tickets, admission to receptions and other benefits. For more information, contact Caroline Delavan at (585) 394-0896.

Newark artist Ken Townsend featured in #FLCC gallery exhibit

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"Darkness" is the first painting completed by Ken Townsend following surgery that left him blind in one eye. 
Shortly after cataract surgery unexpectedly left him blind in one eye, Newark artist Ken Townsend set out to finish a self-portrait.

Townsend had sketched the painting before the surgery two years earlier, when he had full sight. The lost vision left him unable to perceive depth, making each brushstroke of oil to canvas a challenge. “Holding the brush, I wondered, is it touching the canvas yet?” he remembered.

He persisted through the frustration, gradually adapting to this new way of seeing the world and approaching his work. “You learn to look at the shadows the brush casts,” he explained.

The completed self-portrait, titled “Darkness,” is among the pieces to be displayed in an upcoming exhibit in the Williams-Insalaco Gallery 34 at Finger Lakes Community College. “Ken Townsend: Works” opens Thursday, Oct. 6 with a talk by the artist at 2 p.m., followed by an opening reception from 4 to 6:30 p.m. sponsored by the FLCC Foundation.

The events are free and open to the public. The gallery is located on FLCC’s main campus, 3325 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua.

Townsend found his inspiration back in high school from the late art teacher Richard Hawver, who also influenced fellow Newark artist and FLCC professor emeritus Wayne Williams, for whom the college art gallery is named.

With a degree from Syracuse University, Townsend went on to work as a commercial artist for various small design firms while freelancing in the Rochester area. He wound up working in the exhibit department at Strong Museum for 13 years. During his 22 years with the former Bob Wright Creative Group, he provided illustration for clients including Fisher-Price, Wegmans and Constellation Brands.

Nowadays, Townsend is a self-employed illustrator. “Throughout my professional career I have continued to produce artwork for myself,” he said. “These days, as my commercial career winds down, I find myself free to pursue personal work in a variety of themes and mediums. While less financially rewarding, this outlet has been creatively satisfying.”

The FLCC exhibit will feature a mix of Townsend’s commercial and personal work. Included will be packing illustrations he has created for Fisher-Price and Wegmans as well as drawings and oil paintings.

The exhibit runs through Nov. 11. Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.

For information, contact gallery director Barron Naegel at gallery34@flcc.edu or (585) 785-1369.

#FLCC hosts garden writer, researcher Allan Armitage

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Allan Armitage, garden writer and retired University of Georgia horticulture researcher, will speak at Finger Lakes Community College on Thursday, Oct. 6, as part of his visit to Canandaigua for a gardening symposium.

He will give a talk titled: “What’s Hot, What’s Not and What’s Upcoming with Dr. Allan Armitage,” from 6 to 8 p.m. in Stage 14 on the second floor of the FLCC Student Center, 3325 Marvin Sands Drive. Entry is free and open to the public.

Armitage will talk about new plant introductions and cultivars to look for as well as industry trends and apps related to horticulture. A book signing will follow. Armitage is the author of 13 books, including “Herbaceous Perennial Plants,” “Armitage’s Garden Perennial,” and “Armitage’s Native Plants for North American Gardens.” His talk at FLCC is sponsored by the FLCC Horticulture Club, which offers students expanded opportunities to explore their major.

Armitage’s visit to FLCC is followed by a day-long Fall Gardening Symposium on Saturday, Oct. 8, at Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion State Historic Park, 151 Charlotte St. 
Participants for that event should register through Sonnenberg by calling (585) 394-4922 or visiting the website at www.sonnenberg.org/event/fall-gardening-symposium.

The public is invited to arrive early to the FLCC event for the opening of an art exhibit at the Williams-Insalaco Gallery 34 on the first floor of the main campus. An opening reception of works by Newark artist KenTownsend runs Oct. 6 from 4 to 6:30 p.m. It is also free and open to the public.

For more information about FLCC events, visit calendar.flcc.edu or call (585) 785-1623.

#FLCC hosts SUNY Financial Aid Day

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Finger Lakes Community College will host a workshop on Saturday, Oct. 15, to explain the changes the federal government has made to the process for filing for college financial aid.

High school seniors and their parents are encouraged to attend the SUNY Financial Aid Day workshop, regardless of the college they plan to attend. Current college students who want to know more about the changes are also welcome. The event runs from 10 a.m. to noon at the FLCC main campus, 3325 Marvin Sands Dr.

Entry is free but registration is required at the SUNY website: www.suny.edu/studentevents. Registered guests will be contacted with a list of documents to bring.

Those who attend will get hands-on assistance from FLCC financial aid staff in completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) online. After a brief introduction to the financial aid process, guests will convene in the computer labs to complete the FAFSA form.


For more information, contact the FLCC Financial Aid Office at (585) 785-1276.

Nine complete ITT Goulds Pumps-FLCC job training program

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Graduates of the FLCC-ITT Goulds Pumps advanced manufacturing machinist program are: Back row, left to right, Stan Robenolt, Tucker Polley and Larry Haskins, and, front row, left to right, Brandon Morehouse, Josh Jones, Richard Arndt, Joshua Perryman, George Davis and Brett Davis.

Larry Haskins had been out of work for three years when he heard about a job training program that would give him the skills that prospective employers told him he lacked.

Even better, it wouldn’t cost him anything, and it would work with his family’s challenging schedule – his wife works days while he stays home to care for their four kids.

Fast-forward to the present: Haskins is one of nine area residents who have just completed the six-month advanced manufacturing machinist job training program that’s the result of a partnership between Finger Lakes Community College and ITT Goulds Pumps. The graduates were celebrated Wednesday, Sept. 28, with a luncheon and ceremony at The Gould Hotel in Seneca Falls.

“I now have a trade under my belt – I have a skill set,” said Haskins of Clyde. “The thing that gets me the most is how much I learned. When I first went there, I was a bit skeptical, but it was definitely worth it.”

Haskins was turned away from machine shops in his extensive job quest. He’d last worked a temporary job at a soda factory in Williamson. Before that, he tried working overnights at an area Walmart, but quickly realized retail wasn’t for him.

Haskins might not have been able to enroll had it not been for the federal Finger Lakes Hired grant that covered his tuition and other related costs. He’s one of three participants in his class at ITT Goulds to benefit from the grant that’s funded by the U.S. Department of Labor.

The advanced manufacturing machinist training program is an expansion of FLCC’s partnership with another manufacturer, G.W. Lisk Co. in Clifton Springs. Both programs were created to address the shortage of machinists in modern, computerized manufacturing facilities in the Rochester and Finger Lakes areas.

State Sen. Michael Nozzolio attended the graduation, praising the program’s coordinators and partners in regional workforce agencies. He explained how, upon immigrating to the U.S., his grandfathers found jobs at the ITT Goulds Pumps, which has been a cornerstone of the Seneca Falls community for more than 100 years. 


“Congratulations,” he told the graduates, “I wish the best of luck to you. Make life better for your families, and for your communities, in these new opportunities.”

Mike McKee, executive director of ITT Goulds Pumps, credited the program with “filling the void” – with a retiring workforce, there are plenty of jobs in the machining industry but a shortage of skilled workers to fill them. “These skills are necessary to keep manufacturing going,” he said, noting that the graduates put in some 500 hours of study time over the last six months.

FLCC President Robert Nye acknowledged the family members and others who supported the program participants. “All of us have stories of someone who helped us,” he said, before telling the graduates, “You have unlimited potential.”

The first class of AMM participants from ITT Goulds graduated in September 2015. The program consists of classroom and hands-on work in topics such as technical math, robotics and CNC mill and lathe operation.

Five of the nine graduates already have jobs lined up. The remaining four, including Haskins, are in the process of updating resumes and interviewing with prospective employers.

For more information about the FLCC advanced manufacturing machinist program at ITT Goulds Pumps or G.W. Lisk Co., contact Andréa Badger at FLCC at (585) 785-1906 or Andrea.Badger@flcc.edu.

The graduates are as follows:

Canandaigua: Joshua Perryman

Clyde: Richard Haskins

Geneva: Josh Jones

Manchester: George Davis

Seneca Falls: Richard Arndt

Waterloo: Brett Davis, Brandon Morehouse, Tucker Polley

Willard: Stan Robenolt

Author of Zippy Chippy book gives free talk at #FLCC

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William Thomas
The author of a recently released book about a racehorse that rose to fame for losing 100 consecutive races will give a free talk at Finger Lakes Community College on Friday, Oct. 14.

Canadian author William Thomas will talk about the writing process and read excerpts from his book, “The Legend of Zippy Chippy: The True Story of Horse Racing’s Most Lovable Loser.” It begins at 1 p.m. on the third floor of the Charles J. Meder Library at FLCC’s main campus, 3325 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua.

Attendees should arrive early for parking. Refreshments will be served.

Published by Penguin Random House in April, “The Legend of Zippy Chippy” tells the gelding’s story of persistence and defying expectations. A descendent of legendary racehorses like Kentucky Derby winner Northern Dancer and Belmont Stakes winner Native Dancer, Zippy Chippy was expected to join the royal ranks. Instead, the dark brown gelding lost 100 contests, 67 of which were at the Finger Lakes Gaming and Race Track in Farmington – his home base for several years.

Longtime Finger Lakes trainer Felix Monserrate traded an old Ford truck for Zippy Chippy in 1995 and entered the horse in race after race, no matter how elusive a victory. Monserrate defended Zippy Chippy against critics, even if the horse was stubborn and downright unruly.

When the starting bell chimed at three separate races in the late 1990s, Zippy Chippy stayed put in the stall, jockey and all. The infractions wound up getting Zippy Chippy banned for life from the Farmington track.

The ban only added to Zippy Chippy’s following. In the spring of 2000, People Magazine named the horse among its most interesting personalities. Around the same time, crowds cheered when Zippy Chippy raced a member of the Rochester Red Wings baseball team.

In his book, Thomas uses Zippy Chippy’s story to serve up life lessons – “don’t take failure to heart,” and “be yourself.” A syndicated humor columnist, he has penned 10 books.

His talk at FLCC is sponsored by the library, and FLCC Foundation and Humanities Department. Sarah Moon, director of library learning resources at FLCC, assisted Thomas in his local research while writing the book.

Zippy Chippy turned 25 in April and is reportedly a happy resident at a thoroughbred retirement farm near Saratoga Springs.

#FLCC professor gives talk on Rochester’s 'Big Three'

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Dan Cody, an adjunct social science faculty member at Finger Lakes Community College, will discuss the rise of Kodak, Xerox and Bausch & Lomb, on Monday, Oct. 10, at 3:30 p.m. at Ferris Hills at West Lake.

Cody’s talk, called “The Rise of the Big Three,” is free and open to the public. Ferris Hills is on Peg Rayburn Drive, off West Lake Road, just south of the city of Canandaigua.

As recently as the 1980s, one of every three workers in Rochester was employed by Eastman Kodak, Xerox or Bausch & Lomb. These Big Three – as they are known – became not only the basis for most of the city and regional economy, they also became central to Rochester’s identity.  These three companies also became known internationally and dominated their industries to such an extent that they resulted in new words and expressions that were universally recognized.
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