eNews
Community Edition
May 2022
It's concert season
FLCC wraps up the academic year with a series of performances by students and community members. Concerts are free and open to the public. Vaccination is not required, but masks are recommended.
The Spring Arts Festival is scheduled for Friday, May 6, in the main campus auditorium, featuring performances of Broadway tunes. Students will perform selections from well-known shows such as "Les Misérables," "Hamilton," and "West Side Story." Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the musical performances starting at 7 p.m. Visitors are also welcome to view student artwork in the Williams-Insalaco Gallery 34. Art awards will be distributed in the atrium after the performance.
Jazz ensembles will give performances over two nights, Monday and Tuesday, May 9 and 10, at 7 p.m. in the main campus auditorium.
College vocal groups will give three concerts titled “Facets of Love” over three days. The program is a mix of traditional pieces, such as "Danny Boy" (Irish), "Black Is The Color of My True Love's Hair" (American), "Erev Shel Shoshanim" (Evening of Roses, Hebrew) and "Tatkovina" (Homeland, Macedonian); pieces by Cole Porter and Richard Hundley; and work by contemporary composers John Rutter, Rosephanye Powell, Georgia Stitt and Stephen Chatham.
College Singers, an all-student group, will perform the “Facets of Love” program on Friday, May 13, at 7 p.m. in the main campus auditorium. In addition, the Guitar Ensemble will perform "Frevo" by Jurg Kindle, and the Vocal Jazz Ensemble will sing “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” “Sway,” “Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans?” and “All the Things You Are.”
The Finger Lakes Chorale and College Singers will perform the "Facets of Love" program together for two shows: Saturday, May 14, at 3 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 183 N. Main St., Canandaigua and Sunday, May 15, at 3 p.m. in the FLCC main campus auditorium.
During May 14 and 15 concerts, donations will be accepted for the Dr. A. John Walker Scholarship Fund for music and music recording students.
Poetry reading May 13
Graduates in the A.A. Creative Writing program
will give readings on Friday, May 13, from 4 to 5 p.m. at ArtSpace36, the College's gallery in downtown Canandaigua.
Visitors can attend in person or online using this Webex link.
The event features Amanda Brockner, Leah Terry and Elizabeth Wagner reading from their original work representing several favorite genres.
They will be joined by
current student Lydia Miller who will read an original poem while graduate Ollie Richmond (A.A. American Sign Language) provides sign language interpretation for a cross-experiential communication.
Muller Field Station hosts outdoor events May 7, 22
Muller Field Station, the College's research and education center at the south end of Honeoye Lake, will hold its annual open house on Saturday, May 7, from noon to 3 p.m.
Faculty, staff and students invite the community for an afternoon of guided hikes, channel paddles, bird nest box checks, permaculture garden tours, and aquatic insect exploration.
Muller Field Station interns will present on their projects, and the horticulture program will have some native plant seedlings to share. The field station is located at 6455 County Road 36 in the town of Canadice, south of Honeoye.
On Sunday, May 22, the Montezuma Audubon Center, Muller Field Station, and Birdhouse Brewing Company offer a birdhouse building workshop, a guided birding walk and a beer tasting. Non-alcoholic refreshments will also be available. This event is limited to those 21 and older. The fee is $30 per person for beer tasting and $20 per person for designated drivers. Registration is required. Click here for more information.
LIVE NOW
Finger Lakes TV broadcasts the Democracy Now! independent news hour weekdays at 8 a.m., with repeats at 3 and 10 p.m.
Hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! started as a radio show on nine stations in 1996 and is now available as a TV show on public and community channels around the world.
Finger Lakes TV broadcasts at channel 1304 of Spectrum cable and online at fingerlakestv.org/live.
WATCH LATER
Past programming in the FLCC History, Culture and Diversity Series, organized by Professor Robert Brown, is available on the Finger Lakes Television cable channel 1304 and the web channel at fingerlakestv.org/live.
Visit with an original Tuskegee airman
May 2, 5 p.m.
May 7, 11 a.m.
Women in the American Revolution
May 9, 5 p.m.
May 14, 11 a.m.
Haudenosaunee Creation Stories
May 16, 5 p.m.
May 21, 11 a.m.
Holocaust survivor Lea Malek
May 23, 5 p.m.
$523K for workforce training
FLCC has received $523,700 in federal funding designed to cover most or all of the cost for individuals who want to train for careers in manufacturing, construction, information technology and health care.
The funding comes from the Reimagine Workforce Preparation Training program, meant to encourage people to switch to careers in high demand fields without taking on debt. The lengths of the training programs range from six weeks to nine months. FLCC has launched a website with full details at flcc.edu/reimagine.
Training is offered at several locations, and work for some programs can be completed online. The certified production technician program, for example, is currently offered simultaneously in Bloomfield and Penn Yan two evenings per week with the instructor conducting in-person labs on certain Saturdays. Students in the class learn manufacturing techniques using virtual reality headsets, shown above, in addition to learning how to use hand-tools.
If you found us on the web, you can sign up here
to get this newsletter in your email.
Thursday, May 5, is the Laker Day of Giving, a 24-hour challenge which offers the community an opportunity to make an impact on the lives of FLCC students. If the FLCC Foundation reaches its goal of 150 gifts in 24 hours, a generous donor will give an additional $10,000 in support of FLCC students.
Get more information or donate online.
Alumni survey: The FLCC Alumni Association has opened a survey to ask alumni what events the association should offer. Those who complete the survey by May 15 will be entered into a drawing for FLCC gear. Click here to take the online survey.
Class notes: Alumni are invited to submit updates about new jobs, promotions, awards, marriages and births for the Class Notes section of the Laker magazine. Send in your updates by May 31 to be entered into a drawing for FLCC gear. Click here to submit your news. Click here to read the most recent Laker.
Summer camp signup begins
The College will host a series of half-day summer camps in July at the campus centers in Newark, Victor and Geneva for students entering grades 7 through 9 in the fall.
The three STEAM camps will provide students with a range of activities in science, technology, engineering, art and math. Each camp has a theme and will run two sessions each day for one week as follows:
July 11 to 15: STEAM in Motion at the Victor Campus Center: Students will study motion through the lens of engineering science, mechanical technology and other disciplines.
July 18 to 22: Growing Minds at the Geneva Campus Center: Topics include the science of stream water quality, technology used in fruit harvest and processing, and the engineering of ecosystems.
July 25 to 29: STEAM Exploration at the Newark Campus Center: Students will take part in activities exploring the natural world, sustainability, and environmental issues.
The morning session runs from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and the afternoon session from 1 to 4 p.m. Click the image for a flyer to print or share.
The cost is $130 per week and includes materials, a T-shirt and snack each day. Scholarships are available; details are on the registration form at flcc.edu/STEAM. The deadline to register is June 17.
For questions, email STEAM.camp@flcc.edu
