The downtown campus now being built for Monroe Community College inside a former Kodak building represents more than just a new use for an old building downtown. Committing to build the campus at 321 State St., in four connected buildings ...
Read More »Local firm selected for MCC project
Commercial construction firm Manning Squires Hennig has been selected as the general trades and interior construction contractor for the Monroe Community College Downtown Campus. The $19 million initiative includes the construction of 309,000 square feet of space at the new ...
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Read More »Federal grant for MCC
A five year, $1.25 million grant was announced Wednesday by U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter for Monroe Community College. The Student Support Services grant, from the U.S. Department of Education, will help low-income, first-generation students, and students with disabilities achieve academic ...
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Read More »More college scholarships offered
Ten more local individuals with disabilities will be able to pursue a college education, thanks to scholarships funded by Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. Individuals served by Lifetime Assistance Inc. of Chili who have Down syndrome, autism and other intellectual disabilities will ...
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Read More »MCC offers 40 new workforce courses
In response to local workforce demands, Monroe Community College has developed about 40 new noncredit courses that will be offered beginning this fall — in subjects ranging from presentation skills and information systems security to supervisory training. The programs are ...
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Read More »Decision time nears for MCC, Sibley
Can there be life for the Sibley Building after Monroe Community College? Yes, say Mayor Thomas S. Richards and Gilbert Winn, managing principal of the Massachusetts-based Winn-Companies that owns the building. But Winn is clinging to a puncher’s chance that ...
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Read More »Frankel: Make MCC site a priority
At a press conference Tuesday in front of Monroe Community College’s Damon City downtown campus, Brighton Town Supervisor and county executive candidate Sandra Frankel said consideration of a suitable downtown site for MCC needs to be a county government priority.
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Read More »Likely minor payout for MCC in UBS settlement
Last week, New York Attorney General Eric. T. Schneiderman announced that his office, along with numerous other state attorneys general, reached a $90.8 million settlement with Swiss bank UBS for fraudulent and anticompetitive conduct in connection with municipal bond derivatives.
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Read More »Parrinello releases statement
Prominent Rochester attorney John Parrinello made a public statement Tuesday in reaction to his arrest over the weekend in which he was tossed from a Monroe Community College women’s basketball game.
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Read More »MCC law professor made his mark
There are teachers who just pass the time until retirement and there are teachers who make a difference. According to many of his colleagues and students, past and present, Monroe Community College’s David Pogue is one of the latter.
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