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SUNY Geneseo president named co-chair of regional economic development council

April 13, 2020 Comments Off on SUNY Geneseo president named co-chair of regional economic development council (access required)

The Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council has tapped SUNY College at Geneseo president Denise Battles as its next co-chair. Battles succeeds former Monroe Community College president Anne Kress, who served in the role from 2016 until December 2019. Battles ...

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MCC picks retired Corning president as interim

January 28, 2020 Comments Off on MCC picks retired Corning president as interim (access required)

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Monroe Community College has appointed the recently retired president of SUNY Corning Community College as its interim president while it conducts a national presidential search. Katherine Douglas, whose 40-year career has included community colleges in three states, will begin her ...

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United Way unveils new funding strategy

October 23, 2019 Comments Off on United Way unveils new funding strategy (access required)

Anne Kress, Terry Dade and Wade Norwood served as panelists for United Way of Greater Rochester's United for Impact announcement. (Photo by Velvet Spicer)

United Way of Greater Rochester Inc. this week unveiled its community impact fund strategy for 2020 and beyond, a plan that will focus on health, education and economic mobility. “Today we are offering a focus on our three new impact ...

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MCC wins $4.4 million to train more optics technicians

October 3, 2019 Comments Off on MCC wins $4.4 million to train more optics technicians (access required)

Technology companies, especially those in the optics and photonics field like Rochester Precision Optics, will play a big part in Rochester’s economy moving forward according to local experts.

A $4.4 million federal grant will help Monroe Community College turn out higher numbers of precision optics graduates. U.S. Rep. Joe Morelle, D-Rochester, announced the grant Wednesday from the Office of Naval Research for the Defense Engineering Education Program in Optics. ...

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Kress a finalist for top spot at Virginia college

September 19, 2019 Comments Off on Kress a finalist for top spot at Virginia college (access required)

Anne M. Kress, president of Monroe Community College for the last decade, is one of three finalists for the presidency of Northern Virginia Community College. The college in Richmond, Va., has 75,000 students on six campuses, making it about four ...

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Three women poised to take first-ever higher-ed leadership roles

June 28, 2019 Comments Off on Three women poised to take first-ever higher-ed leadership roles (access required)

On July 1, three women will create history in the Rochester area as each one officially becomes the first woman to preside over her respective college or university.

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Wegman Foundation gives $3 million to help low-income MCC students

March 21, 2019 Comments Off on Wegman Foundation gives $3 million to help low-income MCC students (access required)

Monroe Community College has received a $3 million gift from the Wegman Family Charitable Foundation to help low-income students in need of food and other necessities overcome obstacles that make it hard to attend college or complete a degree. Wegmans’ ...

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Faculty heats up MCC Board of Trustees meeting

December 4, 2018 Comments Off on Faculty heats up MCC Board of Trustees meeting (access required)

A tense meeting of the Board of Trustees of Monroe Community College Monday night brought out more than 250 people, many of whom wore red “Union Strong” T-shirts and held red signs referencing a faculty vote of no confidence in ...

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Kress responds to no-confidence vote

November 27, 2018 Comments Off on Kress responds to no-confidence vote (access required)

MCC President Anne M. Kress takes questions on the no-confidence vote on her administration. (Photo by Diana Louise Carter)

Monroe Community College’s embattled president, Anne M. Kress, Tuesday characterized a faculty vote of no confidence in her as a union bargaining ploy, but said she will reach out to faculty representatives to try to seek a resolution. Kress held ...

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Vote on MCC’s Kress could lead to statement of no-confidence

November 19, 2018 Comments Off on Vote on MCC’s Kress could lead to statement of no-confidence (access required)

Monroe Community College faculty and staff on Monday and Tuesday are taking a vote on whether to issue a statement of no confidence in President Anne M. Kress. Both the MCC Faculty Senate and the faculty union, the MCC Faculty ...

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Regional Economic Development Council posts annual report

October 2, 2018 Comments Off on Regional Economic Development Council posts annual report (access required)

Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council co-chairs Anne Kress and Robert Duffy (Photo courtesy of Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce)

The Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council has endorsed 23 projects in the nine-county region, with a total cost of more than $171 million, to further the Finger Lakes Forward strategic plan. In its 2018 annual report, FLREDC proposes $20 ...

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MCC alums provide $4 million gift to help struggling students

October 1, 2018 Comments Off on MCC alums provide $4 million gift to help struggling students (access required)

Robin and Tim Wentworth, standing next to MCC President Ann Kress, far right, announced a gift of $4 million for student scholarships. Photo by Diana Louise Carter.

High school sweethearts who attended Monroe Community College together and rose to the top of the business world returned to MCC Monday to announce a $4 million gift to lead the college’s fundraising campaign for student scholarships. The gift is ...

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GM gives truck to MCC for student technicians

June 8, 2018 Comments Off on GM gives truck to MCC for student technicians (access required)

MCC and GM representatives gather by the lastest vehicle GM has given to the MCC automotive program

General Motors dealers today donated the latest in a long line of vehicles to Monroe Community College for automotive students to use as they train to become GM-certified automobile repair technicians. The donation of 2017 GMC Sierra Denali diesel truck ...

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O-AT-KA to expand in Batavia

January 10, 2018 Comments Off on O-AT-KA to expand in Batavia (access required)

O-AT-KA Milk Products Cooperative plans to build a 20,000-square-foot expansion onto its production facility in the city of Batavia. A state grant of $750,000 was announced Wednesday, Jan. 10, for the $34.5 million project, which also includes incentives from the ...

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