Archive for August, 2009
FLCC Enrollment up by Double Digits
With registration continuing, Finger Lakes Community College reports a 14-percent increase in enrollment a week before the start of the fall 2009 semester.
As of Monday, Aug. 31, a total of 3,637 full-time and 1,200 part-time students had registered, for a total of 4,837. This compares with a total of 4,227 full- and part-time student registrations on Aug. 28, 2008. Read more
FLCC Offers Free Help for GED Exam
Finger Lakes Community College offers adults 17 and older three ways to prepare for the General Equivalency Diploma (GED) exam. All are free of charge. Options are as follows: Read more
FLCC Extends Hours for Book Store, Student Services
Finger Lakes Community Colleges will offer weekend and extended weekday hours for its Book Store and student services at its main campus at 3325 Marvin Sands Drive from Aug. 31 to Sept. 10.
The offices with extended hours are as follows: Admissions, Bursar, Center for Advisement, Financial Aid, Registrar and Student Life. Read more
Finger Lakes Chorale Seeks Area Singers for Upcoming Concerts
The Finger Lakes Chorale of Finger Lakes Community College, under the direction of Dennis Maxfield, is seeking new members for two performances of secular and sacred music of the holiday season on Dec. 12 and 13. Read more
FLCC Announces Fall Semester Registration
Canandaigua, N.Y. - Finger Lakes Community College announces walk-in registration for students enrolling on a part-time, non-matriculated basis for the Fall 2009 semester. Fall courses begin Sept. 8, and registration is being held at the following times and locations: Read more
Businesses Demonstrate Green Careers
Canandaigua, N.Y. - Representatives from three regional businesses and Cornell University gave teens in a Finger Lakes Community College summer program a first-hand look at careers related to alternative energy and conservation in two day-long events at the college’s Muller Field Station at the south end of Honeoye Lake on Aug. 6 and 13. Read more
FLCC Announces Faculty Promotions
Canandaigua, N.Y. - Finger Lakes Community College announces the following faculty promotions for the 2009-2010 academic year. Read more
Suzanne Zwecker of Farmington Receives Scholarship
Canandaigua, N.Y. (August 3, 2009) – Suzanne Zwecker, Farmington, has been awarded the prestigious Finch College Alumnae Association Foundation Grant. This competitive financial award is presented to a successful community college student entering a four-year college. Zwecker recently graduated from Finger Lakes Community College where she was a member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. In the fall she will enter Rochester Institute of Technology to study for a bachelor’s of science degree in biotechnology. Read more
Public can view archeological dig Thursday
Canandaigua, N.Y. (August 3, 2009) – A Finger Lakes Community College team unearthing the remains of an early 19th century blacksmith shop will invite the public to see what they’ve uncovered during an open house Thursday.