Monroe Community College
FOUNDATION
April 2014
NEWS & NOTES
A monthly newsletter to keep you informed about the MCC Foundation
SpeedMCC Alumni are invited to the Rochester Area Colleges Alumni Speed Networking Event!

Monroe Community College is a member of the Rochester Area Career Development Association (RACDA) which is sponsoring an Alumni Speed Networking program on Tuesday, April 8, 2014, from 6-8 pm at the RIT University Gallery.

 

You are invited to join fellow alumni from all Rochester area colleges and representatives from the Professional Recruiters of Rochester for an evening of targeted networking.  A panel of local recruiters will share tips and advice for networking strategically, and light refreshments will be provided. This event is free of charge and space is limited on a first-come first-served basis.

 

Reservations are required.  Email Kris Stehler at kwsoce@rit.edu to register or for more information. Please include the following information in your RSVP for registration:

  • Full name
  • University/College that you graduated from
  • Degree/Major of study
  • Graduation year

If you need interpreting services, please include that request in your RSVP as well.

 

The event agenda includes:   informal networking, moderated panel sharing tips and advice for strategic networking and speed networking with fellow alumni and employer guests. 

 

For more information visit the RACDA website at http://www.racda.org/.
PathCarballada Scholars on the Path to MCC

 

  Carlos and Michele Carballada with her kindergarten students at School No. 29.

 

Students in Michele Carballada's kindergarten class at Adlai E. Stevenson School No. 29 will be the first to attend Monroe Community College on a unique scholarship created just for them. Virginia and Carlos Carballada's $200,000 gift to the Monroe Community College Foundation has established the Carballada Endowed Scholarship Fund for Rochester City Students, providing MCC scholarships to students taught by the Carballadas' daughter.

 

"Virginia and I hope that this scholarship creates a vision for city youngsters and their parents-a vision that motivates them to stay in school and graduate from one of the finest community colleges in the country," said Carlos Carballada, former city commissioner of neighborhood and business development and newly appointed interim director of the Rochester Institute of Technology's Center for Urban Entrepreneurship. Carballada is a member of the MCC Foundation Council.
   

"Virginia and Carlos Carballada are investing in these students' lives and creating a better future for Rochester through their endowed scholarship fund at the MCC Foundation," said Diane L. Shoger, MCC Foundation executive director. "The bond between MCC and the Rochester City School District is strengthened through the Carballadas' generosity and their commitment shows how an investment in MCC is an investment in our entire community's prosperity. We thank the Carballadas for their generous gift that will undoubtedly change lives and hope it will inspire many people throughout our community. "

 
HOFNominate Someone You Know for the MCC Alumni Hall of Fame!

Do you know a former MCC student whose professional, personal and civic excellence or service to Monroe Community College or the Monroe Community College Foundation would inspire current students? If so, please nominate him or her for the MCC Alumni Hall of Fame! 

 

Each year Monroe Community College honors alumni who have distinguished themselves professionally, demonstrated service to MCC and/or provided leadership in our local community.  We honor these alumni by inducting them into the MCC Alumni Hall of Fame. 

 

Nominees will be notified of their candidacy by letter and will be asked to complete a simple questionnaire.  This year's inductees will be honored at the MCC Foundation's 25th Annual Salute to Excellence celebration on November 13 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center, and a plaque with their picture and background will be prominently displayed in the alumni corridor at the College's Brighton Campus.

 

To nominate an alumna or alumnus click here, call the MCC Foundation at 585.262.1500 or contact Karen Shaw '78, alumni and annual giving coordinator, at 585.262.1501 or kshaw@monroecc.edu.  Please feel free to submit as many names for consideration as you deem worthy. 

 

The deadline for submitting nominations is June 1.
DrMeet Dr. Phinaeus T. Impossible!

     

 
The MCC Foundation is hosting our 16th Annual Gold Star Gala on Saturday, April 26 at The Country Club of Rochester.
 
This year's event is titled Dr. Phinaeus T. Impossible's Most Exception, Star-Studded Cavalcade of Entertainments, Amusements and Culinary Delights presented by M&T Bank!  How can you miss that?

 

For more information and to purchase event tickets, visit www.monroecc.edu.  

 

We hope to see you there!

 
AFSupport the Annual Fund for Monroe Community College

Your gift to the 2013-2014 Annual Fund helps bridge the gap between a student's available resources and the cost of tuition. Together, we're opening a world of possibilities for students who could not otherwise afford to enroll in MCC and we're inspiring them to achieve their life goals.

 

This is Why We're Here.

 

 

        CLICK HERE TO DONATE NOW 

                     

 

Please be sure to visit the MCC alumni benefits webpage regularly to learn about new benefits, discounts and special offers available to MCC alumni.
 
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