November 13, 2017
For the first time ever, urban design/horticulture students in Professor Stevie Famulari’s Plans I class will install two-part interactive installation in the Campus Center Study Lounge. The installation will take place beginning at 6 p.m., Monday, November 20. Both installations, “Free Your Words” and “The Unseen Colors of the Visible Light Spectrum” are built of…
November 6, 2017
Farmingdale State College and Instituto Tecnológico de Zacatepec, Mexico, have received an Innovation Fund grant for Promoting Study in Aeronautics, Agroindustry, Automotive Industry, Energy, and ICT. The two schools will develop a program in technology and computer systems designed to strengthen US-Mexico relations through an immersive cohort model leading to educational and cross-cultural business collaboration.…
October 30, 2017
Forensic evidence in solving crimes has been a primary plot point in TV police shows ever since CSI:Crime Scene Investigation hit the airwaves 17 years ago. Now it’s your turn to view a realistic mock crime scene investigation, featuring incriminating fingerprints, blood splatter, curious bystanders, evidence contamination and more. Led by Dr. David Byrne, Department…
October 30, 2017
Campus Times reported last month on the new partnership between FSC and Tesla, the innovative electric car maker, in which students from the automotive technology department have a shot at internships at Tesla’s Long Island headquarters that would eventually lead to full-time jobs. Now, Tesla has upped the ante with a recruitment push that opens…
October 23, 2017
The LIEOC at FSC has created an inspirational event for the Brentwood community that will involve the town in a global art project in which Brentwood residents will write their life goals and dreams on chalkboard “walls.” The project – “Before I die I want to…” – originated in New Orleans, where artist Candy Chang…
October 17, 2017
When administrators at Howitt Middle School in Farmingdale wanted to create a “Schoolyard Habitat,” it became apparent that given the size and scope of the project it would need a professional touch. Their first thought was to call FSC’s Department of Urban Horticulture and Design. It was a wise decision. “By creating this native habitat…
October 16, 2017
Kids at The Children’s Center are getting a leg up in our multi-cultural world by being taught Spanish by FSC students. Toddlers, Pre-School and Pre-K children are learning a second language, in a program that’s run in conjunction with FSC’s Department of Modern Languages. And, says Stacey Albitz, director of The Children’s Center, it is…
October 6, 2017
Eric Farina, director of FSC’s Office of Veterans Services, knew he had to do something for the people of Puerto Rico when he saw photos of how Hurricane Maria had devastated their country. With a goal of $200, he began collecting donations from student veterans, and soon students in his History 332 class were pitching…
October 2, 2017
Though FSC’s annual Car Free Day Rally was canceled this year due to the weather, but that didn’t stop more than 500 members of the FSC community from pledging to go car-free for international Car Free Day. Not bad for a commuter school. The event was an Island-wide success too, with nearly 7,000 Long Islanders…
