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On June 10, JPMorgan Chase leaders presented a check for $320,000 to support middle-skill initiatives at MCC. (Pictured from left to right) Todd Oldham, Richard Warshof, Cecelia Tanaka, Sandy Wolcott, Divani Lopes-Little, Debbie Gentile, Hollie Calderon, David Gooding, Dan Burns and Diane Shoger.
The Monroe Community College Foundation has been awarded a $320,000 grant from JPMorgan Chase to create a middle-skill bridge program and expand accelerated certificate programs at MCC.
The grant is part of a larger, $1 million JPMorgan Chase investment to support advanced manufacturing training programs in four upstate New York regions - Albany, Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse. The grant is associated with the firm's New Skills at Work initiative, a $250 million commitment to address skill gaps in communities around the world.
In collaboration with JPMorgan Chase, MCC aims to increase the pool of qualified workers available to employers in high-demand, middle-skill workforce clusters across the Finger Lakes region. The grant will also enable MCC to bolster its labor market intelligence efforts and conduct a more holistic assessment of the region's workforce climate.
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Earlier this month, Foundation Director Lori Van Dusen hosted 25 ladies at her home to learn more about the STAR Power Women's Giving Initiative. The initiative, led by directors Flor Colón and Kathy Pavelka '79, supports hard-working single parents seeking to improve their lives - and those of their families - through higher education. 
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On June 2, MCC Foundation Council member Carlos Carballada and his wife Virginia shared the exciting news of their scholarship with kindergarten students in their daughter Michele Carballada's class at Adlai E. Stevenson School No. 29.
