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#FLCC's Spring Arts Festival celebrates Woodstock

April 30, 2018, 1:10 pm
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graphic image that reads "Woodstock" and shows a dove on a guitar

Music student Gabriel Marcano spent the past several weeks poring over old concert footage to research the vocal style and stage presence of the late rocker Jimi Hendrix.

On Friday, May 4, he’ll take on his persona and voice in the annual Spring Arts Festival at the Finger Lakes Community College main campus, 3325 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua. The event, which also includes a Student Honors Art Exhibition, begins at 7 p.m. and is free and open to all.

This year’s festival pays homage to Woodstock, and breaking from tradition, has student musicians from several different ensembles teamed up as bands that took the stage in the 1969 festival. Marcano will perform Hendrix’s vocals in “Purple Haze,” with fellow student musicians Brett Watts of Naples on drums, Henry O’Brien of Canandaigua on bass, and guitarists Charles Reitz of Hemlock and Austin Foran of Greece.

“I’ve been analyzing his performances and the way he carried himself on stage, as well as the way he performed live compared to his recordings,” said Marcano of Hendrix, who died at age 27 in 1970. “Every student who is part of this is really into the music. We look up to those bands – they are the bands we learn from and try to get inspiration from.”

Marcano, of Fairport, will also sing with the ensemble that will perform Blood Sweat and Tears covers “Spinning Wheel” and “God Bless This Child.” Students will form seven other musical groups performing pieces by Jefferson Airplane, The Who, Crosby Stills and Nash, Big Brother and the Holding Co., Creedence Clearwater Revival, Santana and Joe Cocker. The set list will include songs like “Suzie Q,” “White Rabbit,” and “Feelin’ Alright,” to name a few.

While the student performers are being provided tie-dyed shirts to wear at the concert, some plan to take it a bit further, dressing in full ’60s rocker garb. Some also plan to say the musicians’ opening lines from Woodstock.
“They’re really getting into character,” said keyboardist Zachary Vaughn of North Chili, who will perform in four of the groups.

Eleanor Rideout, coordinator of the music program, said Woodstock seemed a fitting theme, as it is the eve of the festival’s 50th anniversary. “For most of them, this is their grandparents’ music,” she said. “Yet, they’re identifying with the music: They’re soaking it up. It’s been fun to watch.”

The concert will be followed at 8:30 p.m. by the presentation of awards for the Student Honors Art Exhibition in the George M. Ewing Sr. Atrium; the group then heads to the nearby Williams-Insalaco Gallery 34 to view displayed works.

The Student Honors Art Exhibition runs through 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, the day of FLCC’s Commencement ceremony. 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. For more information, contact gallery director Barron Naegel at (585) 785-1369 or Barron.Naegel@flcc.edu.

The Spring Arts Festival is presented by the FLCC Visual and Performing Arts Department, which offers degrees in communication, new media, fine arts, graphic design, music and music recording technology and a theater arts concentration.

FLCC student performers will also take the spotlight for these free upcoming events:
  • The FLCC student jazz ensembles, scheduled for 7 p.m. May 7 and 8, in the FLCC Student Center Auditorium 
  • The Music Recording Showcase, scheduled for 7 p.m. May 16, in Stage 14 in the FLCC Student Center 
  • Student Honors Recital, scheduled for 7 p.m. May 10 in the FLCC Student Center Auditorium 
  • FLCC Music Festival featuring the College Singers and Vocal Jazz, Guitar and Percussion ensembles, scheduled for 7 p.m. May 11 in the FLCC Student Center Auditorium. 
  • The Vocal Jazz Ensemble and College Singers, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 12 at the United Church, 11 Gibson St. (corner of North Main), Canandaigua.
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Canandaigua LakeMusic Festival lineup adds Jasper Quartet, tango

May 2, 2018, 8:38 am
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Picture, left to right, are Sam Quintal, Rachel Henderson Freivogel, Sae Chonabayashi and J. Freivogel
The Jasper Quartet is comprised of, from left to right, Sam Quintal, Rachel Henderson Freivogel, Sae Chonabayashi and J. Freivogel. They’ll take the stage in FLCC’s Student Center Auditorium on Friday and Sunday, July 27 and 29.
The award-winning Jasper String Quartet has performed for public schoolchildren in their home city of Philadelphia and in some of the world’s top concert halls, including New York City’s prestigious Carnegie Hall. 

The foursome believes each audience deserves the same world-class performance.

This philosophy makes the quartet a fitting addition to the Canandaigua LakeMusic Festival lineup at Finger Lakes Community College this July. Entering its 14th year, the festival continues its focus on making chamber music accessible to a wider audience.

Launched in 2005, the Canandaigua LakeMusic Festival is centered on four chamber concerts in FLCC’s auditorium over two weekends: Friday and Sunday, July 20 and 22, and Friday and Sunday, July 27 and 29. It also includes a less formal “Classical Blue Jeans” and barbecue concert at Bristol Harbour Resort in South Bristol on Wednesday, July 25 and a free children’s concert at Canandaigua’s Wood Library on Thursday, July 26.

Tickets and more information are available on the festival’s website, www.lakemusicfestival.org. “Master key” tickets for all four FLCC shows are $112 for general admission and $200 for patrons. Single concert tickets are $28 for general admission or $10 with a valid student ID at the door. The Classical Blue Jeans concert includes dinner and costs $75 for general admission, $30 for students under 18 or with a college ID, and $25 for children under 12.

The Jasper String Quartet is the professional quartet in residence at Temple University’s Center for Gifted Young Musicians and the current guest artist in residence at Swarthmore College. The Strad magazine recently described them as “sonically delightful and expressively compelling,” and The New York Times named their latest album, “Unbound,” one of the 25 Best Classical Recordings of 2017.

“The Jasper Quartet has earned an impeccable reputation for bringing a stunningly beautiful sensibility to everything they approach,” said Kevin Kumar, who serves as co-artistic director of the festival with cellist Amy Sue Barston. “They’re one of the great ensembles of the world, and I’m personally looking forward to hearing their Beethoven and playing the Mendelssohn ‘Octet’ with them.”

The quartet is comprised of first violinist J. Freivogel and his wife, cellist Rachel Henderson Freivogel, along with Sae Chonabayashi and Sam Quintal. Chonabayashi plays the violin, while Quintal plays the viola. Named after Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada, the group was formed at Oberlin Conservatory and began pursuing a professional career in 2006. They’ll take the FLCC auditorium stage on July 27 with Kumar and Barston for a concert titled “Sonic Delights.”
Katina Pantazopoulos holding a cello
Katina Pantazopoulos


On Sunday, July 29, the quartet returns to perform Mendelssohn’s “Octet” for the season finale, “Masters and Apprentices.” It will additionally feature Barston and her student, 10-year-old cellist Katina Pantazopoulos, who makes her debut in Carnegie Hall this spring. They’ll perform Vivaldi’s “Concerto for Two Cellos,” and festival musicians will come together to perform “Concerto Grossos” by Corelli and Handel.

The festival is also adding a taste of South America to this year’s lineup. Kumar is especially excited about the addition of the tango, and Julien Labro, whom he called a “sensational, talented young accordionist/bandoneonist.”

Labro opens the festival with its first FLCC concert, on Friday, July 20. Titled “Café Music of Argentina,” it will feature a selection of works by tango masters. Also taking the stage: internationally renowned pianist John Blacklow.

The Sunday, July 22 concert, “The Four Seasons on Buenos Aires,” has Labro joined with Blacklow, Kumar, Rochester Philharmonic principal bassist Cory Palmer, and guitar master Kenneth Meyer. They’ll perform tango composer Astor Piazzolla’s answer to Vivaldi's “Four Seasons”: “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.” Blacklow will also join Barston and Kumar for Mendelssohn’s “Piano Trio in d minor.”

The four FLCC festival concerts begin with an artists’ chat in which performers talk about their background and the pieces they’ll perform. The events begin at 7:15 p.m. on July 20 and 27; the July 22 and 29 concerts will start at 1:45 p.m.

For more information about the Canandaigua LakeMusic Festival or to purchase tickets, visit www.lakemusicfestival.org, or contact Alan Braun, executive director, at (585) 412-6353 or email info@canandaigualakemusic.org.
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#FLCC students present research at SUNY conference

May 2, 2018, 8:50 am
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Student presenters and their faculty supporters are shown at the recent SUNY SURC conference. They are, from left to right, Maureen Maas-Feary, James Cagle, Sylvia Boheen, William Gura, Mark Worrell, Rochelle Smith, Derrick Gentry, and Jackie Tiermini.


Three Finger Lakes Community College students gave presentations at the annual SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference held at Monroe Community College on Saturday, April 21.

Students must apply for inclusion in the selective conference, which offers categories in research, creative writing, visual art and music choreography, to name a few. Most of those who are selected to take part hail from SUNY's four-year institutions.

"It's quite an honor for community college students to be selected as presenters at this conference because many of those who are chosen are in their junior or senior years at their respective institutions, and generally are afforded more resources," said Mark Worrell, assistant professor of philosophy and rhetoric/composition. "This speaks to the caliber of our students' work."

All three of FLCC's participants were selected to give 15-minute oral presentations, followed by a question-and-answer session. William Gura gave a talk titled "The Effects of Soil Degradation and the Urgency for Change" which focused on the causes of decline in soil quality, specific to agriculture. Sylvia Boheen's presentation, "Dietary Gender Roles: Our Compliance and Fear of Social Alienation," explored the effects of the food industry's marketing to gender stereotypes. And, James Cagle shared his vast research on honeybees in his presentation, titled "Understanding Colony Collapse Disorder."

The three students took the course "Composition I" in the fall of 2017; William and Sylvia with Mark, and James with Derrick Gentry, instructor of Humanities. Mark and Derrick encouraged the students to expand on their class work and apply for inclusion in the conference; William found additional assistance in his soil research from Rochelle Smith, assistant professor of horticulture. To help prepare for the conference, the students presented before a mock panel of judges assembled by Mark and Derrick a week before the conference.  Panelists included: Mark, Derrick, Rochelle, Barron Naegel, Terri Gauthier, Sarah Blank, Ed Einhouse and Jessica Youngman.

To show their support, Rochelle and colleagues Maureen Maas-Feary and Jackie Tiermini accompanied Mark, Derrick and the students to the conference.

This is the second consecutive year FLCC has been represented at the conference. Student Noah Brigham of Waterloo gave a presentation at the 2017 conference held at SUNY Fredonia.

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Trustee emeritus to deliver #FLCC commencement address

May 14, 2018, 6:06 am
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FLCC Trustee Emeritus Nancy Langer
Nancy Langer '77
The first Finger Lakes Community College graduate to serve on its board of trustees will return to campus Saturday, May 19 to give the commencement address.

Nancy J. Langer’77 was a wife and mother of five when she enrolled in what was then called Community College of the Finger Lakes. She subsequently earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees, had a successful career as a Rochester City School District teacher, and has logged more than 15,000 hours volunteering at national wildlife refuges and Bureau of Land Management monuments and campgrounds.

Langer, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, will give remarks before a crowd of thousands at FLCC’s 50th annual commencement ceremony. The event 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.

The ceremony celebrates the estimated 850 students who will receive degrees and certificates from FLCC between December 2017 and August 2018.

Langer was appointed to the CCFL Board of Trustees in 1981, four years after she earned her associate degree in American studies. During her 20-year tenure on the board, she worked to develop the FLCC Foundation, the nonprofit that raises private sector support for the college, and its scholarship program. She also served on the New York State Community College Trustees organization, including a two-year term as president.

Langer worked as a paralegal, managed a public relations office and launched a real property management business while serving on the board. She also continued her education, earning her four-year degree from Empire State College and her master’s degree from SUNY Brockport. From 1994 to 2001, she taught in the Rochester City School District, calling it her “sunset career.”

Langer retired from teaching and from the FLCC Board of Trustees in 2001 and was subsequently named a trustee emeritus. In 2015 she returned to campus to receive the Outstanding Humanities Alumni Achievement Award.

She and her husband, Jerry, have spent the past 17 years traveling the nation in an RV, volunteering for U.S. Fish and Wildlife refuges, the Bureau of Land Management, Alaska state parks, and the U.S. Forest Service.

FLCC President Robert K. Nye; Bruce Gilman, professor of environmental conservation and horticulture; and William Maskrey, president of the Student Corporation, will also give remarks at Commencement. Lori Vail, assistant professor of English, 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 65 graduates this year.

Commencement and Nursing Advancement photos and videos will be posted on the FLCC social media site, www.flcc.edu/connects. Live coverage can be found on FLCC’s various social media sites, including Instagram and Twitter. Follow the college’s handle @flcc_connects and search the hashtag #FLCC2018.

Finger Lakes Television will broadcast the Nursing Advancement and Commencement ceremonies live on Spectrum cable channel 1304. All Finger Lakes TV content is simultaneously webcast at fingerlakestv.org/live. Tune in at 9:20 a.m. May 19 for Nursing Advancement and 1:40 p.m. for Commencement.

A recording of the commencement ceremony will air on Finger Lakes Television at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 27. The Nursing Advancement ceremony will rebroadcast at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 26. Finger Lakes Television is an independent public access station based at Finger Lakes Community College through a donation of space and services.
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FLCC, regional first responders to conduct training May 21

May 15, 2018, 7:26 am
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Offices at the Finger Lakes Community College main campus will be closed to the public on Monday, May 21, due to a training exercise for law enforcement, emergency medical service and fire agencies.

The FLCC Office of Campus Safety, Ontario County Office of Emergency Management and Sheriff's Office, New York State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation will conduct an active shooter training exercise.

Setup will take place in the morning with the drill in the afternoon. The exercise will involve a large amount of emergency response equipment and personnel in the area of the FLCC main campus. Some college employees and students will take part as actors while others will observe. Administrators and employees with roles in emergency situations will conduct related response activities.

No classes are scheduled for the week of May 21; summer session begins on May 29. The FLCC Child Care Center will be unaffected by the exercise.

Questions about the exercise can be directed to Jason Maitland, FLCC director of campus safety, at (585) 785-1437.
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FLTV to live broadcast city meeting on IDA policy

May 24, 2018, 10:59 am
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Finger Lakes Television will provide a live broadcast of the city of Canandaigua’s May 29 informational meeting on industrial development agency (IDA) policies.

The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 29, at 7 p.m. at Wood Library, 134 N. Main St. City officials arranged the meeting due to questions about tax abatements and payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) agreements related to economic development. Topics include how IDAs operate, the various tax policy tools they use, and how the approval process for tax abatements works.

Those unable to attend in person can watch on Finger Lakes TV, Spectrum cable channel 1304, or online at http://fingerlakestv.org/live/

Finger Lakes Television provides the only access to the cable broadcast system for governments, schools and the general public in the Finger Lakes region. It is based at the Finger Lakes Community College main campus through an in-kind donation of space and administrative services. For more information about Finger Lakes TV, call (585) 785-1623.

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The best insurance for life's unknowns

June 1, 2018, 11:02 am
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Ann Farkas receives her degree from President Robert Nye
Ann Farkas, who earned her accounting associate degree
entirely online, greets FLCC President Robert Nye
at the May 19 commencement ceremony.

As Finger Lakes Community College accounting graduates lined up for their turns to cross the commencement stage in May, one curiously lacked the traditional square mortarboard.

Instead, Ann Farkas wore her velvet tam, signifying her Ph.D. in French, earned at the University of Buffalo years before the twists and turns of life would lead her to FLCC.

As she completed her dissertation in 2005 with plans to teach French at the college level, Ann’s father fell ill and passed away.

Her mother, overwhelmed with grief, turned to Ann to take over the family’s niche business, Sivko Fur, a tannery in the Southern Tier that preserves animal skins for taxidermists. Her dad had poured years into Sivko after emigrating from Hungary in the 1960s.

“I didn’t want to let it go,” she said of his legacy. So Ann, far from a chemist, took on the challenge, joined by her husband, Bob. Diagnosed with leukemia, he died in 2014, leaving Ann to identify too soon with her mother’s own feelings about loss and the burden of the family business.

“It became a chore. I lost interest and joy in the tannery. Before, it was a challenge and it excited me,” she said.

A short time later, a friend asked her: “If you don’t run the business, what would you do? ... I realized of all the different hats I wear, I really enjoy the accounting side of things.”

She began looking for an accounting degree that she could take online in order to run the business and look after her daughter, Alexandra, just 5 years old at the time.

Ann Farkas leaves the ceremony with her finance and daughter
Ann Farkas, center, with her fiance, Mark,
and daughter, Alexandra
She found few options, but FLCC’s A.A.S. in accounting, one of nine degrees that can be taken entirely online, offered the coursework she needed and tuition she could fit into her budget.

“It was a whole new world and it worked really well for me,” Ann said. “FLCC has really got a good thing going with the online courses and online degrees. I look at my 8-year-old and I think online courses are going to be normal for her.”

Using credit from her previous bachelor’s degree and her FLCC coursework, she has accumulated 92 credits toward a bachelor’s in accounting at SUNY Empire State College, leaving only 32 more to go. “In two years, taking classes part-time, I’m going to be done,” she said. In the meantime, she plans to become a tax preparer and is considering whether to pursue a certified public accountant credential.

Her journey from a Ph.D. to small business ownership to widowhood at age 39 has given her new appreciation for the role of community colleges in helping people find a new direction when life brings the unexpected.

“Getting an education is the best way you can prepare yourself for managing unknown variables in life,” she said. 

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123 #FLCC students join Phi Theta Kappa honor society

June 4, 2018, 12:56 pm
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President Robert Nye shakes hands with Clay Bailey
Clay Bailey of Victor with FLCC
President Robert Nye
For more photos, click here.
One hundred and twenty-three Finger Lakes Community College students were inducted into Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges, during the spring semester.

Phi Theta Kappa promotes 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.

For the ceremony photo album, click here.

New members are as follows, listed by county and town:

CATTARAUGUS COUNTY
Allegany: Sydney Tiller

CAYUGA COUNTY
Auburn: Alison Kinsella

CHEMUNG
Horseheads: Darren Pollen

GENESEE COUNTY
Batavia: Daniel Edgerton

ERIE COUNTY
Amherst: Kylie Prizel

LIVINGSTON COUNTY
Dansville: Gerard Gramkee
Hemlock: Laura Maiuri
Lima: Jillian Duprey-Schommer
Mount Morris: Jacqueline Britton

MONROE COUNTY
Fairport: Sarah Herrmann,Tena Manliguis, Elizabeth Seewald, Rylan Vanacore
Honeoye Falls: Amber Doskos, Brent Roberts
Penfield: Joshua Fredrickson
Rochester: Sofia Difrancesca, Naomi Hardy, Jason Hunt, Brittney Younglove
Webster: Sheri Kimble
West Henrietta: Beverly Black

President Robert Nye poses with Ian Ciulla
Ian Ciulla of Ontario with Robert Nye
ONONDAGA COUNTY
Baldwinsville: McKenzie Carroll
Syracuse: Allison Muir

ONTARIO COUNTY
Bloomfield: Mackenzie Kenyon

Canandaigua: Abigail Alvord, Marisa Andrews, Luke Bishop, Francisco Burquez, Lacreesha Cook, Shannon Cotter, Nicholas Dillenbeck, Elizabeth Gerhart, Charles Jensen, Isabelle Kenyon, Kayli Krossber, Seth Lambert,Thea Riley, Sarah Roberts, Victoria Shively, Brianna Smith, Lori Stein, Desiree Tesoriero, Lauren Van Deroef

Farmington: Bennett Amberger, Michaela Gillens, Mikayla Johnson, Brittany Lanning, Mary Utter

Geneva: Terri Corsner, Makenzie Curle, Felicity Finn, Timothy Laws, Devarshi Patel, Jason Rearick, Samuel Stevens, Cierra Towndrow

Manchester: Tabatha Hanna

Naples: Nathaniel Balson, Alexander Carlin, Michaela Pulver

Phelps: Kelly Haberek, Jacquiline Smith

Shortsville: Stephanie Hutson, Johanna Kern, Rebekah Tuttle

South Bristol: Emma Liebentritt

Victor: Meredith Andler, Clay Bailey, Ethan McCowan Perez, Owen Palzer, Michelle Petilli, Gabriel Tune, Benjamin Viruso, Taylor Ward

ORLEANS COUNTY
Holley: Colton Major, Jennah McMillion

OSWEGO COUNTY
Oswego: Brooke Farnsworth

RICHMOND COUNTY
Staten Island: Adriana Mjeshtri

SENECA COUNTY
Interlaken: Sasha Salayda
Lodi: Jasmine Morrow
Seneca Falls: Michael Garafalo, Scott Wormuth
Waterloo: Amanda Lafler, Karina Soto

SUFFOLK COUNTY
Southampton: Melinda Tison

STEUBEN COUNTY
Prattsburgh: Molly Jensen

WAYNE COUNTY
Clyde: Todd Romano
Lyons: Seth Herendeen, Hektor Kopczynski
Macedon: Samantha King, Kathryn Thomas
Marion: Alexis Rowe
Newark: Lance Hubbard, Melissa Miller
Ontario: Benjamin Blakely, Ian Ciulla, Olivia Hillegeer, Emily Pignato
Palmyra: Sylvia Boheen, Amanda Duchesneau, Kachina Jordan, Deanna Tones, Clement York
Sodus: Lisa Brown
Walworth: Haley Sabin, Felicia Surline, Allison Vidro
Williamson: Adriannah Klejment, Rachel Montondo, Nathaniel Palmer

YATES COUNTY
Dresden: Ashley Leshure
Dundee: Jordan Bridge
Keuka Park: Aline Trombley
Middlesex: Remington Hullings, Jennifer McNabb
Penn Yan: Estella Garcia
Rock Stream: Stephen Emmons
Rushville: Samuel Brown

OUT-OF-STATE
April Shearer, Heflin, AL


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#FLCC student designs CMAC concert series poster, shirt

June 6, 2018, 8:00 am
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FLCC student Julian Trinchini created the poster and T-shirt design that will be used by CMAC for its summer concert series. He and classmates pitched their proposals to the venue’s board of directors during a reception earlier this spring.
A design created by Finger Lakes Community College student Julian Trinchini will be featured on T-shirts and posters promoting the 2018 summer concert series at Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center.

Trinchini, of Webster, created the design of an amplifier for his Graphic Design II course, taught by Professor Liz Brownell. He and classmates each created shirt and poster design proposals for CMAC’s consideration in what organizers hope will be an annual competition.

The students worked on the designs for about a month in the spring semester before pitching them to members of CMAC’s nonprofit board of directors during a reception in the venue’s just-completed concession building.

“We are thrilled to further our partnership with FLCC by engaging the graphic design students for this project,” said Lynn Freida, executive director of CMAC. “The students pulled together some amazing designs that we are sure our CMAC fans will love to rock on this year’s shirts and poster. We are hoping to make this an annual competition for years to come.” 
The poster designed by student Julian Trinchini.
 The partnership was inspired by alumna Katrina Temple’17, who is continuing an internship at CMAC and Constellation Brands that started when she was a student at FLCC. Temple was a finalist in 2016 in an annual contest in which FLCC graphic design students create labels for wine produced and bottled by their counterparts in the college’s viticulture and wine technology program. 

Trinchini, a 2016 Webster-Thomas graduate, said he and classmates were tasked with coming up with creative design ideas that would appeal to their client and its patrons. The project pitches were similar to what they may encounter as working professionals: One by one, students took turns talking about why they chose their designs and the work that went into creating them. Several said they found inspiration from CMAC’s branding and the look of its website.

Trinchini said it inspired his simple black-and-white amplifier. “I wanted to use positive and negative space,” he said.

The student design proposals clearly impressed CMAC board members at the reception. Turns out, they were so impressed, they wound up choosing a second student’s work to be used for individual show posters that CMAC will keep backstage and use on show day for the tour to take home with them. The design, created by Cameron Naegler of Canandaigua, features a vinyl record on a red background.

Naegler said it is “awesome” that famous musicians may see his work. “I was so excited when she told me,” he said of hearing the news from Brownell, his professor.

Cameron Naegler presents his design to CMAC's 

board of directors earlier this spring.
Trinchini expects to complete his final class to earn his FLCC associate degree in August. He plans to transfer to a four-year to continue his graphic design studies. His CMAC design still needs some fine-tuning; recently announced concerts need to be added to the lineup, for instance.

“It was a great project,” he said. “We learned so much and got some great real-world experience for a really big client, which was very exciting.”

In addition to Trinchini and Naegler, the class includes students Noah Borden, Kyla Bruno, Carrington Charnock, Katie Cossaboon, Daelyn Doane, Kole Knight, Luke Lane, Melissa McClements, Steven Micha, Conor Popple, Katelyn Springer, Keiarra Bryant, Dominick Commisso, Skylar Gray, and Sophia Hall.

As a thank-you, CMAC provided each student with a complimentary pair of concert tickets.

The official start of the CMAC season, when patrons can see and purchase the posters and shirt, is June 23 with the John Fogerty and ZZ Top concert. For the 2018 CMAC lineup, visit www.cmacevents.com.
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FLCC offers STEAM summer camps for middle-schoolers

June 7, 2018, 2:22 pm
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The deadline is approaching for Finger Lakes Community College’s summer STEAM camps for students entering seventh through ninth grades in the fall.

STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, art and math. FLCC is offering three camps, each with a different theme. The camps will be offered at the FLCC campus centers as follows:

Victor Campus Center, 200 Victor Heights Parkway, off Route 251, July 9-13
Students will explore different areas of technology and design and build their own projects before competing with them on the final day of the camp. FLCC faculty will present projects in engineering, mechanical technology, instrumentation and control technologies, and architecture. The cost is $250 until June 22 and $275 after June 22. Register online at scoutingevent.com/397-STEAMVictor

Newark Campus Center, 1100 Technology Parkway, off Route 88, July 16-20
Students will explore how science is integrated into agribusiness. FLCC faculty and staff will teach the science and technology of developing and growing crops. Students will also learn elements of graphic design and will develop marketing materials for an agribusiness. On the last day of camp they will unveil their graphics and learn more about the contributions of agriculture to the economy of Wayne County. The cost is $200 by June 30. Register online at scoutingevent.com/397-STEAMNewark

Geneva Campus Center, 63 Pulteney St., July 23-27
Students will explore the forensic science of crime scene investigation, learn how to respond in certain health emergencies, and take part in inquiry into the response of aquatic systems to human manipulation. Students will also use technology to develop a tour through the campus center. The cost is $200 by June 22 and $225 after June 22. Register online at scoutingevent.com/397-STEAMGENEVA

For more information, call the Community Affairs Office at (585) 785-1623.

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715 named to FLCC's spring 2018 dean's list

June 12, 2018, 11:04 am
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A total of 715 full- and part-time students were named to the Finger Lakes Community College dean’s list for spring 2018. 

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:

ALLEGANY
Angelica: Cassidy Mountain
Belfast: Jessica Williams
Bolivar: Amanda Mitchell, Heather Tarby
Cuba: Shayla Adamic
Wellsville: Ashley Taylor

CATTARAUGUS
Randolph: Kylee Gower

CAYUGA
Auburn: Stacey Church, Elizabeth O'Hern
Aurora: Erin Weber
Jordan: Makenzie Frizzell
Union Springs: Leah DeGraw
Weedsport: Morgan Kimak

CHEMUNG
Elmira: Nathan Washburn
Horseheads: Darren Pollen
Lowman: Jacob Skinkle

CHENANGO
Otego: Ashley Taylor

CLINTON
Ellenburg Depot: Gary Sargeant

ERIE
Amherst: Kylie Prizel
Cheektowaga: Michelle Richardson
Orchard Park: Christopher Gresham, William Gura
Tonawanda: Dylan Creasey, Jungbae Eriel, Rebeca Hyatt

GENESEE
Leroy: Kylynn Arthur

HAMILTON
Indian Lake: Yvonne Liddle

HERKIMER
Ilion: Mykaela Barrett

JEFFERSON
Cape Vincent: Merissa MacKey
Sackets Harbor: Jennifer Keyes

KINGS
Brooklyn: David Joseph

LEWIS
Turin: Brooke Durgan

LIVINGSTON
Conesus: Alex Chiara, Emily Johnson
Geneseo: Amanda Jerome, Katrina Phillips, Emma Post, Ethan Roth, Samantha VanCassele
Hemlock: Adam Abrey, Laura Maiuri, Charles Reitz, Stephen Seeley, Marisa Smith
Lakeville: Mary Jason
Leicester: Sarah Page
Lima: Jillian Duprey-Schommer, Spencer King, Loren Manchester
Livonia: Joshua Buchholz, Joshua Burley, Angelle Farabell, Aaron Nickels, Lindsay Schubert
Mt. Morris: Jacqueline Britton
Nunda: Alycea Bennett, Derek Wampole
Springwater: Alexandria Esposito, Elizabeth Keene

MADISON
Oneida: Jacob Phillips, Elizabeth Rice

MONROE
East Rochester: Donald Fornataro III, Raymond Gates
Fairport: Kyla Bruno, Lisa Cavanaugh, Ellen Coyne, Brenda DeValder, Rachael Eckerson, Miranda Eduardo, Phillip Emmans, Tessa Fiscella, Anna German, Sarah Herrmann, Daniel Hunt, Kole Knight, Claire Krieger, Scott Leone, Tena Manliguis, Hannah Miller, Chadwick Olson, Lindsay Pope, Shaughnessy Riorden, Adam Sawall, Olivia Smith, Roy West, John Wierzbicki, Amanda Willing, Kyle Wolf, Christol Wright
Henrietta: Alan Pochmara, Aaron Shoemaker
Honeoye Falls: Amber Doskos, Meghan Doyle, Alyssa Lewis, Brent Roberts, Chauncey Smith, Martha VanBork, Jenna Willey, Hannah Williams, Jeffrey Zimmer, Cory Zuhlsdorf
Penfield: Joshua Fredrickson
Pittsford: Jeff Bailey, Nicholas Forgue, Diana Nichols, Byron Smith
Rochester: Ashley Alvarez, James Bailey, Felicia Baker, Leah Bannister, Erin Beikirch, Jalissa Colon, Joseph Court, Tory Davenport, Doreen Desantis, Sofia DiFrancesca, Elizabeth Ferrara, Nancy Gable, Samantha Gentilcore, Corey Hartman, Tonesha Jackson, Diana Kalvitis-Pannone, James Keegan, Colby Kutzer, McKensey McDonald, Philip Pelow, Micah Schmidt, Voislav Soposki, James Standish, Mark Toker, Rafael Vigo III, Alexis Watson, Brittney Younglove
Scottsville: Justin Castronovo
Webster: Tyler Deskins, Emma Grimshaw, Sheri Kimble, John Martin
West Henrietta: Beverly Black

NEW YORK
New York: Kimberly Rose

NIAGARA
North Tonawanda: Jacob Baggett

ONONDAGA
Baldwinsville: Trista Anderson, McKenzie Carroll
Camillus: Victoria Holzhauer
Fayetteville: Ryan Trovato
Jamesville: James Murray
Liverpool: Jamie Burns

ONTARIO
Bloomfield: Eva Boebel, Ryan Fischer, Joshua Gosper, Kimberly Grabenstetter, Gina Gugliuzza, Victor Halfmann, Tara Lester, Christopher Mathis, Jane O'Mara, Joshua Schlenker
Canandaigua: Hannah Adamescu, Matthew Albanese, Abigail Alvord, Jacob Ameele, Marisa Andrews, Erica Andrus, Bethany Atkins, Alice Avila, McKenna Bacon, Katria Bean, Jillian Bond, Christopher Bordwell, Jenna Brague, Francisco Burquez, Jessica Butler, James Cagle, Katie Campagno, Bryon Campbell, Gabriel Carlson, Colton Cayward, Emmanouella Chappell, Eric Chester, Breana Coats, Emily Cornelius, Jacob Daniels, Alyssa Dedoszak, Nicholas Dillenbeck, Victoria Elia, Daniel Ellers, Brian Elliott, Michelle Erb, Emma Farnsworth, Arthur Fisch, Caitlin Fox, Elizabeth Gerhart, Tyler Gray, Andrew Gress, Skylar Guest, Brian Hadsell, Nathan Hares, Matthew Heffernan, Adam Holzinger, Jessica Hubbard, Melody Hurlburt, Sandy Irving, Charles Jensen, Erica Jensen, Samuel Johnson, Althea Jones-Johnson, Jamie Joslyn, Katherine Kanef, Isabelle Kenyon, Robert King, Samuel Klintworth, Kayli Krossber, Seth Lambert, Piper Lambert-Vail, Deanna Lane, Emma Liebentritt, Mark Lomber, Kyle Mark, Vladimir Markizov, Leslie Mast, Joyce McBride, Melissa McClements, Juliane Montalvo, Wesley Mott, Alexander Mulcock, Brandon Noble, Sierra Pagorek, Meghan Petti, Tricia Phillips, Conor Popple, Sarah Roberts, Taylor Schroeder, Stephen Secor, Victoria Shively, Alison Shoff, Emma Simmons, Hannah Skinner, Lori Stein, Kelly Steurrys, Adam Taylor, Desiree Tesoriero, Sarah Trainor, Donata Uwiringiyimana, Lauren Van Deroef, Chasity Vasquez, Melissa Wallis, Daniel Wasson, Sadie Woloson
Clifton Springs: Brianna Biehler, Sarah Claeysen, Bethany Dejonge, Pornthip Finewood, Zacharias Harris, Matthew Jankowski, William Lanterman III, Garrett Logan, Coby Maslyn, Stacy Nield, Daniel Rodney, Calie Snow
Farmington: Bennett Amberger, Susan Bamonto, Maria Battoglia, Gage Blaszak, Brett Blizzard, Andrew Bradbury, Stephen Cocuzzi, Brianna Cole-Allen, Taylor Edwards, Richard Ferrari, Morgan Freeland, John Garbeck, Michaela Gillens, Holly Gualtieri, Marla Gurecki-Haskins, Loryn Hanley, Mark Hartmann, Mikayla Johnson, Natalie Jovanelli, Rebecca Kelly, Shelby Kramer, Brittany Lanning, Alexandrea Livings, David Lucas, Ashley Phillips, Kayla Ratka, Erica Rosa, Rebecca Schooping, Cassondra Smith, Taylor Tallman, Mary Utter, Skyler Williams
Geneva: Brady Adair, Margaret Anderson, Stephen Blanchard, Bethanne Bond, Hollie Brazie, Karla Calix, Lisa Carlyon, Stephen Chamot, Denise Cooper, Terri Corsner, Chaileb Crapo, Felicity Finn, Joel Garcia, Dierra Godfrey, Joseph Gonzalez, Dawn Gotwalt, Derek Grillone, Niko Hernandez, Brittany Hollister, Elizabeth Ives, Jamel Jackson, Raphael Jamison, Elizabeth Johnson, Karynn Laflamme, Timothy Laws, Genovieve Leone, Esthervina Mallard, Meredith Matson, Maurice Menzies, Alaina Miller, Tiffany Nolin, Maxwell Onorato, Marc Peterson, Jacqueline Pollino, Thomas Scott, Marilyn Secor, Christian Shepherd, Robert Smith Jr., Sarah TenEyck, Steven Terrell, Cierra Towndrow, Vincent Ventura, Samantha Wilson, Kari Wright
Gorham: Jonathan Yarger
Honeoye: Jessica Jones, Autumn Lux, Matthew Schubert, James Swingle
Manchester: Roberta Abbott, Justin Coon, Tabatha Hanna, Nathaniel Lecceardone, Tara Plate, Ericha Zuhlsdorf
Naples: Nathaniel Balson, Chelsea Borowski, Courtney Chapman, Crystal Didas, Nancy Gossoo, Rachael Hydar, Melissa Hydar, William Livingston, Hannah Mast, Nathaniel Moore, Michaela Sheedy, Hanna Solem, Leilani Ward, Brett Watts
Phelps: Anthony Gravitte, Denise Gravitte, Kelly Haberek, Victoria Hepler, Emily O'Connor, Melissa Plantz, Alisha Rockefeller, Grace Sheckler, Daniel Sinack, Jacquiline Smith, Brian Walters
Port Gibson: Jennifer Devall
Shortsville: Erin Pownall, Collyn Algier, Kristopher Amos, Linda Banfield, Tammy Boak, Renee Burns, Erik Church, Hannah Cornwell, Andrew English, Justin Herendeen, Johanna Kern, Benjamin Knowlton, Angela Liatsos, Molly Moore, Kaylyn Price, Rachael Reich, Joshua Reynolds, Kaitlyn Williams, Sarah Youngjohn
Stanley: Kerrie Goodman, Melinda Hill, Renee Laursen, Kathryn Roach, Erika VanSavage
Victor: Meredith Andler, Sarah Baiera, Megan Bailey, Diane Banas, Anna Bright, Ashleigh Carey, Nicholas Carfagno, Bennett Cary, Jenna Claudio, Julynn Criscuolo, Peter DeClerck, Shannon Devanny, Gregory Jameson, Alicia Lamaine, Josie Medina, Jenna Monnier, Michelle Petilli, Matthew Phillips, Patricia Rowe, Nicholas Ruscio, Jessica SanGiacomo, Austin Shay, Gabriel Tune, Taylor Ward, Brandon Wyand

ORANGE
Harriman: Christina Corsaro

ORLEANS
Albion: Evan Pappalardo
Holley: Colton Major

OSWEGO
Oswego: Trevor Bradshaw, Brooke Farnsworth, Denise Lamphier, Benjamin Muckey
Parish: Gordon Youngman III
West Monroe: Megan Gass

QUEENS
Rego Park: Natasa Petrovic

RICHMOND
Staten Island: Adriana Mjeshtri

SCHENECTADY
Niskayuna: Jeremy Griffeth

SCHUYLER
Beaver Dams: Nicholas Woodard
Watkins Glen: Liam Fitch, Brianna Smith

SENECA
Fayette: Joelene Chiarilli
Interlaken: Lindsay Mitchell, Sasha Salayda
Lodi: Jesse Alexander
Ovid: Julia Buisch, Kodi Hopkins, Luke MacIntosh, Anastasia Papadopoulos, Keziah Reigle, Kaitlynn Winkleblack
Romulus: Benjamin Wiant
Seneca Falls: Joseph Bermudez, Samantha Blair, Kelley Cosentino, Charmion Dinsmore, Logan Fleming, Michael Garafalo, William Hatch, Victoria Mosher, Vivian Pham, Christine Smith, Elizabeth Telvock, Scott Wormuth
Waterloo: Valerie Bates, Travis Cook, Jessica Egure, Shauna Gilroy, Leah Gould, Paige Greenfield, Daniel Grillone, Jodi Guererri, Sarah Hoffman, Michael Imhoff, Alexander Marsh, Jessica Matello, Kristina McDonald, Rhiannon Smith, Sandra Steele, Chelsey Stock, Liam Sullivan, Gabriel Telarico, Matthew Travis, Megen Vandemortel, Devin Waugh, Kelly Wyatt

STEUBEN
Arkport: Jenna Theilen
Avoca: Carla Chace, Christen Wise
Bath: John Clancy, Arielle Tomb
Canisteo: Ann Farkas, Joseph Ordway
Cohocton: Sarah Joseph, Amber Rounsville
Hammondsport: Aleksandar Ajder, Deanna Leary
Prattsburg: Martina Dance, Molly Jensen, Paula Lenhard, Vanessa Stephan
Wayland: Jacob Bourgoine, Sophia Hall, Kurt Hass, Ashton Kastner, Levi Wormuth

SUFFLOLK
Huntington Station: Shanti Horton
Lindenhurst: Oxana Levchenko
Southampton: Melinda Tison

TIOGA
Candor: Jordan Bartolis
Spencer: George Rosvold

TOMPKINS
Ithaca: Marc Garland

WAYNE
Clyde: Isabella Dow, Randielee Jones, Ann Kelsey, Danielle Moore, Michael Robenolt, Mariah Rockwell, Renee Shimp
Lyons: Brittany Bacon, Morgan Ball, Jessica Buisch, Andrew Dewolf, Debra Hayes, Jacqueline Hill, Elizabeth Hollebrandt, Susan Kniffin, Hektor Kopczynski, Ashley Norton, Crystal Perkins, Elana Rosenbauer, Alyssa Rugenstein, Alexander Schuyler, Kristen Snyder
Macedon: Benjamin Camp, Peyton Christa, Donika Emerllahu, Aaron Foster, Zachary Herring, Dawson Hurlbutt, Samantha King, Abbigale Lasch, Andrew Leoni, Nicholas Macano, Rhiannon Miller, Jessica Murray, Shaina Olton, Emma Strickland, Kathryn Thomas, Ashley Todd, Kaitlin Yackel, Jessica Yonker
Marion: Alexis Bailey, Alex Boucher, Donnette Boucher, Ivan Castillo-Serrano, Shania Fonda, Elijah Lorah, Emily Passmore, Alexis Rowe, Matthew Steinmetz, Danielle Stevens, Megan Van Dorp, Charity Wasielewski, Elizabeth Wazenkewitz, Katie White
Newark: Heidi Berrios, Paige Bloomer, Kaitlin Brightman, Stacey Brown, Melissa Butterfield, Samantha Cepulo, Jonathan Coleman, Korinn Deary, Justin Demott, Nelly Develder, Nichole Fosdick, Caroline Grasso, Amy Hernandez, Deborah Hubright, Alyssa James, Dawn Jendrick, Gina Johncox, Tiffany Johnson, Shaniah Jones, Hayley Kindron, McKenna Kline, William Lally Jr., Emily Lapresi, Sarah Lincoln, Christopher Littleton, Joshua Mayzak, Marshall McFarland, Emma Meeks, Melissa Miller, Gabrielle Olschewske, Jessica Powell, Samuel Proia, Angela Tirado-Mosquera, Alexandra Vermeersch, Allison Ward, Steven Watrous
North Rose: Veronica Ball
Ontario: Jason Aloi, Benjamin Blakely, Ian Ciulla, Brandon Dostman, Gina Finewood, Gwen Hargrave, Olivia Hillegeer, Diana Johnson, Kayla Pelkey, Emily Privitera
Palmyra: Kenadi Bartron, Sylvia Boheen, Samantha Clark, Amanda Duchesneau, Hollee Graham, Kevin Haschmann, Christian Irace, Patricia Jarvis, Kachina Jordan, Nicole Lincoln, Travis Mannix, Annika Martin, Elaine Morris, Anthony Pitas, Courtney Roberts, Rachel Smith, Christian Snyder, Akasha Vecka, Bridget York
Red Creek: Brooke O'Brien
Savannah: Rosalie Betts, Kaytlyn Nevelizer
Sodus: Lisa Brown, Chasidy Forest, Patricia Hall, Tammy Thiel
Sodus Point: Andrew Bushey, Katelyn Caldwell, Bridyn Lightfoot, Cortnee Potter
Walworth: Whitney Birnbaum, Mary Durkin, Christopher Lally, Amber Linson, Marcy Mitchell, Joshua Ramsey, Nicholas Seppeler, Brittany Snyder, Zoie Strassburg, Felicia Surline, Samantha Tandle, Allison Vidro
Williamson: Christian Barrett, Keri Hayes, Samantha Kinley, Nicole McCarthy, Rachel Montondo, Nathanael Niles, Nathaniel Palmer, Heather Prahler, Amber Raymer, Emily Thompson, Adriana Tingue, Nicole Whitehouse, Mackenzie Whitmore
Wolcott: Joseph Milliman

WYOMING
Attica: Preslee Batog
Bliss: Alyssa Fox
Castile: Halie Washburn
Perry: Madison Andrews

YATES
Bellona: Max Perrin
Branchport: Taylor Dixon, Jessica Gudinas, Robert Jensen, Suzanne Prindle, Kasey Socola
Dresden: Ashley Leshure
Dundee: Jordan Bridge, William Fryburger, Daniel Johnson, Emily Thompson, Courtney Woodruff
Keuka Park: Aline Trombley
Lakemont: Isaac Hempel
Middlesex: Kylee Dunton, Abigail Lyons, Arvilla Mast, Jennifer McNabb
Penn Yan: Ryan Andersen, Elise Andersen, Erin Brady, Christopher Chermak, Brady Crooks, Bailey Findley, Estella Garcia, Joelle Jensen, Stephanie Jones, Dustin Kaple, Megan Keech, Riley Pallar, Patrick Reagan, Sabrina Slocum, Vincent Tirabassi, Sarah Wilder, Danielle Young
Rock Stream: Paula Esposito
Rushville Justin Boyer, Samuel Brown, Clayton Wilson

OUT OF STATE
April Shearer, Heflin, Ala.
Cassidy Johnson, Alpharetta, Ga.
Jenna Relyea, Mooresville, North Carolina
Mark Roberts, Lancaster, Pa.
Caitlyn Six, Lawrenceville, Pa.
Robert Kise, Elizabethton, Tenn.

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#FLCC fosters Girls Who Code

June 19, 2018, 12:39 pm
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Middle school girls view a presentation on a computer
Alexandrea Livings, a 2018 engineering science graduate, gives a presentation to the Girls Who Code Club at Canandaigua's Middle School.


3 middle school girls work with a computer science professor
David Ghidiu is among the
faculty who have worked with
the Girls Who Code Club at
Canandaigua Middle School.
Several FLCC employees and students have partnered with Canandaigua Middle School teachers to expose middle school girls to the world of computing sciences.

Maggie Miller'15, assessment technical assistant, started the club Girls Who Code two years ago with Sandra Brown, retired professor of computing sciences, at the request of Maggie's daughter, Lexi.

Since then, several FLCC faculty and students have interacted with the group of girls, ranging from sixth to eighth grade. David Ghidiu and Will McLaughlin, assistant professors of computing sciences, and Aaron Sullivan, computing sciences instructor, conducted a Raspberry Pi workshop with girls on May 31. Raspberry Pi is a low-cost computer about the size of a credit card that is often used to teach students about programming.

Before that, Alexandrea Livings, a 2018 engineering science graduate, met with the girls to show them a game she had made. 

"The girls loved hearing from her and learned so much from Alex," Maggie said. Previously the girls in the club visited one of Will MacLaughlin's classes at the main campus.
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79 get high school diplomas from #FLCC

June 22, 2018, 6:46 am
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Graduates of the FLCC high school equivalency program posed for a group photo after the ceremony in June. To see more photos from the ceremony, click here.


Finger Lakes Community College recently held a ceremony to celebrate the 79 students who earned high school equivalency diplomas in the last year through FLCC’s free Adult Basic Education program.

Several students spoke about their reasons for leaving high school and enrolling at FLCC to get their diploma.

Jean Derby of Romulus moved from one school to another at age 17, thinking she would graduate in a year. When a counselor told her she would actually need three more years to graduate from the new school, she became discouraged and dropped out.

She got married and started a family. “I worked on and off at several meaningless jobs,” she added before the loss of a job prompted her to make a change in her life. She enrolled in high school equivalency classes in September 2017 and passed the state Test Assessing Secondary Completion (TASC) after a couple months of preparation with her teacher.

“When you run away from fear, you’re also running away from the opportunity to be your best possible self,” Derby told the audience.

Aaron Bates of Waterloo left high school after relentless bullying. Later, he decided to attend an FLCC orientation for the high school equivalency program.  Out of fear, he said, he didn’t go to class.  He gave the program another chance a while later, and he found the teacher’s “caring, humble and kind” approach gave him the courage to continue. He passed the exam on the first try. “I was relieved. You guys helped me get a diploma,” he said.

FLCC offers high school equivalency classes in Ontario, Wayne and Yates counties. Students can enroll at any time and work at their own pace. Spanish speakers can attend TASC preparation in their own language at a special program offered in Lyons and Geneva.

Before beginning one of these programs, students must make an appointment to meet with an FLCC representative by calling (585) 785-1431 or 785-1544.

Below are the 2017-18 graduates listed by county and town.

CAYUGA COUNTY
Fair Haven: Jacob Sawyer

LIVINGSTON COUNTY
Lima: Sharonrose Luongo
Livonia: Samantha Godfrey

MONROE COUNTY
Pittsford: Jonas Meffert-Ulin
Webster: Daine Kleise

ONTARIO COUNTY
Bloomfield: Onnolee Beerens
Canandaigua: Nicholas Dekouski, Desirae Duemmel, Seven Hassall, Michaela Johnson, Garrett Jones, Sierra Pagorek, Braedon Perot, Juana Sanchez, Derrick Simmons
Clifton Springs: Blane Bell, Ashley Murden, Kayleigh Russ
Farmington: Krysta Carrier, Chastity Clark, Dakota Raner, Brianna Whitcomb
Geneva: Bianca Colon, Kyle Hegel, Jorge Rodriquez-Merced
Honeoye: Ashley Cox, Jeffrey Woodard
Phelps: Leah Eldridge, Aidan Foster
Shortsville: Samantha Enos
Victor: Joshua Didas, Cale Gillan, Jared Glen,  John Phillips Jr.

SENECA COUNTY
Romulus: Jean Derby, Sharon Goucher
Waterloo: Aaron Bates, Joseph DiGiovanni, Crystal Hartman

WAYNE COUNTY
Lyons: Donavon Bacus, Max Henretty, Becky Diane Williams
Macedon: Paige Thompson
Marion: Victoria Hargarther
Newark: Robyn Brunner, Kacey Forsythe, David Green Jr., Sym Hitchner, Garrick Loomis
North Rose: Sabrina Brown, Samantha Minckler, Anastassia Minckler
Ovid: Jamie Hartwick, Andrew Mott, Elijah Norrick
Palmyra: Joy Tullock, Calvin Kohlmetz, Kristy Lane, Hannah Snelling, Christopher Wallace
Savannah: Isaiah Brown
Sodus: Tracy Fuller
South Butler: Hannah Rose
Williamson: Daniel George, Jamie Hillegeer, Hayden Beck, Kenneth Vail

YATES COUNTY
Dundee: Harlan Nolt, Lawrence Youngman
Lakemont: Destiny Austin
Penn Yan: Jeremy Dunton, Mahlon Brechbill
Rushville: Callie Joseph, Alexandra Santucci, Louis Saxby

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#FLCC offers info sessions on job training, eligibility for free tuition

June 22, 2018, 12:14 pm
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Finger Lakes Community College will hold two orientation sessions in July for anyone who would like to learn more about its advanced manufacturing job training courses.

Due to high demand in the Rochester-Finger Lakes region for manufacturing skills, graduates of the FLCC advanced manufacturing machinist and mechatronic technology classes typically have a job offer or interview within a week of completing a program.

Local businesses looking for inexpensive ways to help their workers upgrade skills are also encouraged to send employees to the information sessions. A federal workforce development grant covers full tuition for those who meet eligibility requirements, which will be covered at the sessions.

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A session on the six-month advanced manufacturing machinist program is scheduled for Tuesday, July 17, at 9 a.m. at G.W. Lisk Co., 39 Pearl St. in Clifton Springs. G.W. Lisk partners with FLCC to provide training in the operation of modern mills and lathes to fashion precision components for automotive, military and medical uses.

A session on mechatronic technology is scheduled for Thursday, July 19, at 9 a.m. at the FLCC Victor Campus Center, 200 Victor Heights Parkway, off Route 251. Mechatronic technology is a 12-week course of study in the electrical and mechanical fundamentals of many local advanced manufacturing companies.

Registration is required for the sessions. Sign up online at flcc.edu/pdce, via email at pdce@flcc.edu or phone at (585) 785-1670.

The classes only require a high school diploma and are open to all ages, from recent high school graduates to older workers who have been displaced or are seeking work with advancement potential.


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Victor man finds right fit in #FLCC mechatronics class

June 25, 2018, 1:15 pm
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After high school, Victor resident Michael Maynard chose what he felt would be a sensible career.

Michael Maynard
“I knew I could get a job in horticulture,” he said of his decision to enroll in Finger Lakes Community College’s associate degree program in 2013. By 2015, he was just shy of a degree, but he never quite finished.

Fast forward to June 2018 when he graduated from an entirely different program: mechatronic technology.

While others in the horticulture field enjoy working outdoors, Maynard had decided that pruning trees and mulching just didn’t make him happy.

“I was successful, but I was not passionate about the work I was doing," he said. "I wanted to do so much more.” 

When FLCC reached out to former students who needed just a few more credits to complete their degrees, Maynard just couldn’t muster the enthusiasm.

But custom training technical specialist Tim Rifenberg on the other end of the phone suggested he think about mechatronic technology, a relatively new discipline that combines the mechanical and electrical fundamentals common among high-tech manufacturers. The program was short – just 12 weeks – at the FLCC Victor Campus Center off Route 251, not far from home.

“I had to Google what mechatronics was to find out what it meant.” He was skeptical, but a federal grant covered tuition so he gave it a try.

“I picked it up really fast. I like this hands-on type of stuff. It reignited some passion in me,” he said.

Several days before he graduated, Maynard landed a job at Optimax Systems, an optical manufacturer in Ontario, Wayne County, where he’ll join the quality inspection team as a metrologist. Metrology is the science of measurement, increasingly important with precision manufacturing.

Maynard is typical of students who start the class – unsure what it’s all about – then find a career that seems tailor-made for them, said Marcia Lynch, director of workforce development for FLCC.

“Technology is changing the workplace, and that might seem scary, but it also means opportunity,” she said. “Michael wanted a hands-on career, but he just hadn’t found the right one. We were pleased to help him find the right fit.”

Maynard’s classmates also included Jacob Case and Matthew LaPlant, both of Canandaigua; Henry Kirui of Rochester and Natalya Sherman of Fishers.

The next mechatronic technology class runs from Sept. 24 to Dec. 21, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the FLCC Victor Campus Center. A mandatory orientation session is scheduled for Thursday, July 19, at 9 a.m., also at the campus center, just west of the village of Victor. Tuition assistance is available for those who meet eligibility requirements. Registration is required at flcc.edu/pdce or call (585) 785-1670.

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Accordion and bandoneon virtuoso opens LakeMusic Festival

July 10, 2018, 8:32 am
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Julien Labro
French-born Julien Labro was 9 when he saw a televised accordion performance and knew he wanted to play.

Soon after, his parents rented him an accordion and signed him up for lessons. Practicing never seemed a chore and he quickly mastered the instrument, earning him spots in competitions across Europe.

In the years since, Labro has performed at festivals and prestigious venues across Europe, North America, the Middle East and South America. He has accompanied and collaborated with groups and artists such as Hot Club of Detroit, Brazilian pianist João Donato, Argentinean Grammy-winning composer and pianist Fernando Otero, big-band leader Maria Schneider – to name a few. Labro also plays the bandoneon – an instrument related to the accordion and considered essential in tango ensembles.

On Friday, July 20, Labro will open the Canandaigua LakeMusic Festival in the Student Center Auditorium at Finger Lakes Community College. The event, "Cafe Music of Argentina," begins with a musicians' chat at 7:15 p.m.

On the first half of the program, pianist John Blacklow will perform selected works for solo piano by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Frédéric Chopin, and Alexander Scriabin. He will also be joined on stage by festival co-artistic directors Kevin Kumar on violin and Amy Sue Barston on cello.
John Blacklow


The concert is the first of four formal concerts in the annual series. Entering its 14th year, the festival continues its focus on making chamber music accessible to a wider audience. Additional concerts are planned Sunday, July 22, and Friday and Sunday, July 27 and 29. The July 20 and 27 concerts begin with a pre-concert chat at 7:15 p.m., while the July 22 and 29 concerts begin at 1:45 p.m.

The Sunday, July 22 concert, “The Four Seasons on Buenos Aires,” has Labro joined with Blacklow, Kumar, Rochester Philharmonic principal bassist Cory Palmer, and guitar master Kenneth Meyer. They’ll perform tango composer Piazzolla’s answer to Vivaldi's “Four Seasons”: “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.” Blacklow will also join Barston for Brahms’ Sonata in F major for Piano and Cello.

Master key tickets for all four FLCC shows are $84 for general admission and $150 for patrons. Single concert tickets are $28 for general admission or $10 with a valid student ID at the door. The Classical Blue Jeans concert includes dinner and costs $75 for general admission, $30 for students under 18 or with a college ID, and $25 for children under 12.

To purchase tickets, visit www.lakemusicfestival.org, at all local Wegmans stores “That’s the Ticket” or contact Alan Braun, executive director, at (585) 412-6353 or email info@canandaigualakemusic.org.
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Foreign policy expert Michael O’Hanlon opens Ewing Forum at #FLCC

July 10, 2018, 8:59 am
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Michael O'Hanlon
Michael O’Hanlon, an expert on U.S. defense strategy and foreign policy, will return to his hometown in September to open the 2018-19 George M. Ewing Canandaigua Forum speaker series at Finger Lakes Community College.

O’Hanlon, a 1978 Canandaigua Academy graduate and Maryland resident has traveled extensively with his career at the Brookings Institution, where he is director of research and senior fellow and director of research for the foreign policy program. He has authored books and hundreds of op-ed pieces in newspapers such as The New York Times and The Washington Post.

His talk, “U.S. Power: Stress, Strength and Strategy,” is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 30. The series also includes speakers:
  • Founder of the Arab American Institute James Zogby, on Sunday, Oct. 14, with a talk titled “The Arab World: What we don’t know but need to know; mistakes we’ve made and what we can do about them” 
  • Former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019, with a talk titled “Final Arguments in People vs. Planet” 
  • Conservationist, writer and Clemson University Prof. J. Drew Lanham on Sunday, March 24, 2019, with a talk titled “Coloring the Conservation Conversation” 
All events begin at 4 p.m. in the Student Center Auditorium at the FLCC main campus, 3325 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua.

In addition to his work at Brookings, O’Hanlon is an adjunct professor at Columbia, Princeton, and Syracuse universities and the University of Denver. He is also a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He was a member of the external advisory board at the Central Intelligence Agency from 2011 to 2012. From 1989 to 1994, he was an analyst at the Congressional Budget Office. He also worked previously at the Institute for Defense Analyses, and he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Congo/Kinshasa (the former Zaire) from 1982 to 1984, where he taught college and high school physics in French.

The second speaker, Zogby, is the author of the 2010 book “Arab Voices,” and founder and president of the Arab American Institute (AAI), a Washington, D.C.-based organization which serves as the political and policy research arm of the Arab-American community. In the fall of 2013, he was appointed by President Obama to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Zogby also served as deputy campaign manager to the Jesse Jackson presidential campaigns and served on the executive committee of the Democratic National Committee.

McCarthy headed up the EPA under Obama, during which time she signed the Clean Power Plan, which set national standards for reducing carbon emissions from power plants. She worked with the United Nations and World Health Organization on a variety of international efforts and represented the U.S. on global initiatives to reduce high-risk sources of pollution. Among other roles, she now serves as director of the C-CHANGE: Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Lanham, meanwhile, studies the impact of forest management on wildlife and how culture and ethnicity impact perceptions about nature and its care. He seeks to make conservation science relevant to others in ways that are evocative and understandable. In his 20 years as a faculty member at Clemson University, he has earned the ranks of endowed chair as an Alumni Distinguished Professor, and Alumni Master Teacher. He is a widely published writer, serves on a variety of conservation boards, and in 2016 was named a Brandwein Fellow for his work in environmental education.

Launched in 2011, the speaker series is named for the late George M. Ewing Sr., the longtime editor and publisher of the Daily Messenger, later to become Messenger Post Media. The forum is funded in part with an endowment from the Ewing family as well as support from Canandaigua National Bank & Trust, Wegmans and FLCC.

The speakers will be joined by moderators who pose questions in the style of a TV talk show. Audience members will have an opportunity to submit questions.

Season tickets are $80 for general admission for all four events. Single-event tickets are $25 each or free at the door with a current student ID.

Tickets can be ordered by phone at (585) 785-1541 or email at ewingforum@flcc.edu or purchased online at gmeforum.org. Forum organizers always welcome sponsors. Donors receive tickets, admission to receptions and other benefits. For more information, contact Paul Bringewatt at (585) 396-0759.
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#FLCC exam program offers another way to get college credit

July 16, 2018, 1:05 pm
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Mackenzie Pearl arrived at the Finger Lakes Community College main campus on the morning of May 31 and walked out a few hours later three credits closer to her bachelor’s degree.

Mackenzie Pearl
While her mother, Linda, waited, Mackenzie took – and passed – a Dantes Standardized Subject Test, or DSST in Foundations of Education. FLCC is one of about 16 sites north of New York City that offers Internet-based DSST exams.

The credits count toward the core courses in a bachelor’s degree in elementary education at Liberty University. Liberty is a brick-and-mortar school in Lynchburg, Va., that also offers online classes and accepts transfer credits and competency-based assessments, such as the DSST or the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) tests offered by The College Board.  Once Mackenzie has a few more courses completed, she will officially enroll at Liberty and finish her degree online.

Mackenzie and Linda began researching and planning out a cost-effective path to a degree while working on her high school curriculum in home school.

Through online courses and exams, Mackenzie, 18, has accumulated more than 60 credits toward her four-year degree with no loans and a manageable pay-as-you-go budget. “It’s been financially very doable,” Linda said.

The concept behind DSST and other competency-based assessments is that students should not be bound by semesters if they can master material more quickly or if they have gained background knowledge through experience.  The tests are $150 each, a fraction of the cost of standard college courses. FLCC offers about three dozen exams from Introduction to Law Enforcement to Human Resource Management.

Mackenzie previously passed the Introduction to World Religions exam, which counts as an elective in the Liberty program. Using a study guide, she spent eight weeks preparing.

“I would like to encourage other students who take these exams to not stress or cram when studying for them. When I studied for my exams, I paced myself by spreading my study periods over the course of a few weeks, then testing myself to see how prepared I was and studying my weak areas,” Mackenzie said. “This pacing helped tremendously because I could see how I’d progressed, and the smaller periods of study time were easier to fit into my busy schedule.”

More information on Dantes Standardized Subject Tests is available from the FLCC Professional Development and Continuing Education Office. Visit flcc.edu/dsst, call (585) 785-1670 or email to pdce@flcc.edu.

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Young Entrepreneur Academy gave her a business and a career focus

July 20, 2018, 7:54 am
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Linden Drake, owner of GetJuled

At 18, Linden Drake started a jewelry making and repair business, Get Juled, complete with a website featuring her own designs.

She had enjoyed making gifts for family and friends for several years, but she may not have ever taken it to the next level without a push from her mom to take a class in entrepreneurship for teenagers. Called the Young Entrepreneurs Academy, it was offered by the Canandaigua Chamber of Commerce at Finger Lakes Community College.

“This is one of the top things I thank my parents for, making me do YEA,” said Linden. Now 23, she works as an internal auditor for the Manning and Napier investment firm and runs Get Juled on the side. “I don’t know where I would be at this point in my life had I not done that program.”

“I really didn’t give her a lot of choice,” laughed her mom, Caroline Baker-Drake, an adjunct instructor at FLCC.

YEA gave Linden more than the confidence and know-how to start a business, she said. It helped her make important decisions about college and her career.

YEA is a national program offered in partnership with community organizations and schools. A new class will start in mid-October at the FLCC main campus. Over 24 Saturday morning sessions, instructors will take students step-by-step through a business plan, from concept development to marketing to the regulatory process, such as filing for a DBA. The program culminates in a presentation to an investor panel in spring 2019.

Linden's designs are
available at Get Juled.

Applications, available online at yeausa.org, are due by Sept. 15. Thanks to a donation from the Key Bank Foundation, all students selected for the program will get a scholarship covering the full $995 tuition.

“It made that transition from a hobby to a business really seamless,” Linden said, adding that the experience opened up a new world of resources and contacts. “It’s about who you know, making those connections and having networking skills.”

Before YEA, Linden thought about majoring in liberal arts at FLCC, but after launching Get Juled, she opted to enroll in business administration. In her FLCC accounting class with Gary Sloan, she found she particularly enjoyed the numbers side of business. After graduating with an associate degree in 2015, she transferred to the St. John Fisher College accounting program.

Throughout her college years, she took part in shows such as the Corn Hill Arts Festival in Rochester, and she has an annual show at Christmas on the Farm in Phelps. Since her YEA experience, Linden has learned how to improve her products with better materials and refined her own style, instead of trying to make pieces she thinks others will like. 
“Everything I have I would definitely wear. It’s nice to have your business be a representation of you,” she said.



As for YEA, Linden added, “I can’t sing enough praises for it. I think it’s awesome that it’s being offered for free. Even if you don’t continue your business, the experience and tools and all that you learn is so beneficial. The YEA program really set me up on the business side and on the career side.”

Her mom, Caroline, agreed. “It was a wonderful experience for her,” she said, adding that other parents might want to give their kids a nudge, too. “I would tell a parent that it is an amazing opportunity to have your child see what life is all about.”

For more on the Young Entrpreneur Academy program at FLCC, click here. Or, send an email to yea@flcc.edu.

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11-year-old cellist gives LakeMusic Festival finale

July 23, 2018, 12:38 pm
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Fresh off her debut performance at New York City’s prestigious Carnegie Hall, 11-year-old Katina Pantazopoulos will take the stage at Finger Lakes Community College this Sunday, July 29, for the final Canandaigua LakeMusic Festival concert.

Katina has received praise and honors since she began playing cello at 6 years old. Her Carnegie performance was secured as a second place winner in the American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition. Last year she earned second prize in the “children cello solo” category of the Vivace Music Competition in her home state, Pennsylvania.

Katina Pantazopoulos
Katina will perform the Vivaldo Double Concerto with fellow cellist and LakeMusic co-artistic director, Amy Sue Barston. Barston is Katina’s instructor.

Fittingly, Sunday’s concert is titled “Masters and Apprentices.” It also features the Jasper String Quartet along with Barston, co-artistic director Kevin Kumar and Patricia Sunwoo on violin, lutist Warner Iversen and Masumi Per Rostad on viola.

Katina attends Jarrettown Elementary School in Dresher, Pa. and plays in the Advanced Orchestra, Chamber Quartet, and Upper Dublin School District Honors Orchestra. She attends Greenwood Chamber Music Camp and also plays in PRYSM, a division of the 
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, with which she has appeared in Verizon Hall. She has performed as a soloist at Chicago Suzuki Institute and Strings by the Sea. She also appeared as an extra on the acclaimed Amazon Prime television series, “Mozart in the Jungle.”

The festival began last weekend. The third of four formal concerts in FLCC’s Student Center Auditorium is scheduled for this Friday, July 27 at 7:15 p.m. Titled “Sonic Delights,” it will feature the acclaimed Jasper String Quartet along with Barston and Kumar. The Sunday, July 29 concert featuring Katina begins at 1:45 p.m.
Single concert tickets are $28 for general admission or $10 with a valid student ID at the door.

To purchase tickets, visit www.lakemusicfestival.org, at all local Wegmans stores “That’s the Ticket” or contact Alan Braun, executive director, at (585) 412-6353 or email info@canandaigualakemusic.org.

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