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FLCC WORKSHOP TO HELP ADULTS WITH CAREER CHANGES
CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. (Sept. 22, 2005) — If you are an adult looking to make a career change, take your first step at Finger Lakes Community College. FLCC will host a Career Transitions Workshop, led by Dr. Richard Schlesinger, FLCC career services coordinator, on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 6:15 p.m. at the College’s Canandaigua campus, 4355 Lakeshore Drive.
Career and admissions counselors will assist you in exploring your goals and making the career and educational choices that will work best for you. Participants must complete an assessment tool prior to the program that counselors will use at the workshop to provide insight into personality and career preferences. In addition, counselors will discuss career trends for the 21st century.
The workshop is free and open to the public. Advance reservations are required by Oct. 13. To make a reservation, contact the Admissions Office at (585) 394-FLCC, ext. 7278, or sign up online at www.flcc.edu/admissions (see “Programs for Adults”). |
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FLCC RECEIVES SUBSTANTIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY GRANT
CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. (Sept. 20, 2005) — Finger Lakes Community College has been chosen to participate in a National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported project focusing on the biomanufacturing industry. The NSF will provide $3 million over four years for an Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Center, which includes the Northeast Biomanufacturing Center and Collaborative, or NBC2, in Portsmouth, N.H., and six sub-regional centers, or hubs. FLCC will serve as the lead institution of the New York hub. The goal of the collaboration among the NBC2, the biomanufacturing industry, and the academic institutions is to provide the necessary education and training for the next generation of biotechnicians.
The biomanufacturing industry is experiencing substantial growth, creating a need for skilled biotechnicians. The ATE Center will work collaboratively to create and implement curricula for a set of ten targeted biomanufacturing jobs, such as an instrumentation/calibration technician and a microbiology quality control technician. Each hub will focus on a portion of, or job in, that set and will also test, evaluate, and implement curricula from job categories assigned to other hubs.
James Hewlett, FLCC associate professor of biology, has been appointed director of the New York hub, consisting of a variety of two- and four-year academic institutions. FLCC will also collaborate with schools from the other sub-regional hubs, including New Hampshire Community Technical College, Community College of Baltimore County, Montgomery County Community College, Community College of Rhode Island, Middlesex Community College, and Minuteman Technical High School.
The New York hub’s primary focus is the environmental health and safety technician. The biotechnology program at FLCC will change dramatically with the advent of this funding, according to Hewlett: “The classroom will become more applied, hands-on, and driven by industry.”
Hub directors and representatives from the NBC2 and from industry throughout the northeast region will meet in Rochester and at FLCC Sept. 26 and 27. A highlight of this two-day gathering will be a presentation by Dr. Kary Mullis, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1993 for the discovery of the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Hosted by the Rochester Biocluster of the High Tech Business Council and sponsored in part by the NBC2, the event will take place Monday, Sept. 26, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza, 70 State St., Rochester. Community members interested in attending may register at www.htbc.org/events.htm. Tickets are $10 for students and $35 for all others.
For more information on FLCC’s biotechnology degree program, call the Office of Admissions at (585) 394-3500, ext. 7278, e-mail admissions@flcc.edu, or visit www.flcc.edu.
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FLCC INVITES COMMUNITY TO BE PART OF PHI THETA KAPPA’S SATELLITE SEMINAR SERIES
CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. (Sept. 21, 2005) — Alpha Epsilon Chi, the Phi Theta Kappa chapter at Finger Lakes Community College will host a five-part seminar series this fall on “Popular Culture: Shaping and Reflecting Who We Are.” Specifically, FLCC will house the audience and the technical equipment, while off-site popular culture experts will offer presentations and lead interactive discussions live via satellite. FLCC students and the community are welcome to attend and participate in the discussions in room B-440 on the Canandaigua campus, 4355 Lakeshore Drive. The series is free of charge and does not provide academic credit. The five-part programs include the following:
Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 7:30 p.m. The Sexualization of Culture and the Nevada Brothel Industry: McDonaldization, Pornographication, and Social Change in Late Capitalism
Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 7:30 p.m. Fashion Culture: The Changing Role of Dress in Society
Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 7:30 p.m. Shattering Stereotypes: How Popular Culture Vilifies the Cultural Other
Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. Born to Buy: Advertising and the New Consumer
Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m. Jesus in America: Personal Savior or Cultural Hero?
This seminar series was produced by Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges that provides opportunities for development in scholarship, leadership, service, and fellowship, and by the National Collegiate Honor Society.
For more specific information on the satellite seminar series, contact Louise Mulvaney, FLCC professor of English and advisor for Phi Theta Kappa, at (585) 394-3500, ext. 7306 or visit www.ptk.org.
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