March 20, 2017
You know that FSC is home to the annual fall rally sponsored by Car Free Day LI. Now 511NY Rideshare – in recognition of our ongoing commitment to reduce our carbon footprint – has designated the College a Clean Air Champion. As a Clean Air Champion, we pledge to promote alternative transportation and provide tools…
March 13, 2017
It was both a graduation party and a coming out party. And everyone was celebrating. The celebration was threefold: FSC’s Marj Issapour, Director of the RESC, was recognized for the outstanding work she did in developing the Natural Gas Technician Certificate Program for energy provider National Grid – which was celebrating because the program graduated 12…
March 6, 2017
Farmingdale State College. You know it as SUNY’s largest college of technology. What you may not know is that it’s a brand too. And it’s a brand that needs to be promoted properly, so the Office for Institutional Advancement – which is responsible for all of FSC’s communications, advertising and marketing efforts – is offering…
March 6, 2017
Mascot Madness – the annual rite of Spring that brings out school spirit across all SUNY campuses – is right around the corner. That means it’s time to gear up to support our very own Ram-bo! Mascot Madness – which begins with the first round of voting on March 14 – is a competition among…
February 27, 2017
Down 21 points in the first half, 14 at the half, and tied with five seconds left. What happened next would turn the Rams into Skyline Conference champions and send them to Middlebury College in Vermont this Friday, March 3, in the first round of the NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Tournament. With just one…
February 20, 2017
Professor Melanie Vainder, who passed away unexpectedly earlier this month, long represented the best Farmingdale State College has to offer: excellence in the classroom, outstanding scholarship, innovative thinking, and wholehearted devotion to students and colleagues. To those in the Farmingdale family who didn’t know her, Melanie – who taught here for 37 years – was…
February 20, 2017
Civic engagement is the theme; the film My Block: Strong Island Part Two is the main attraction; DuWayne Gregory, presiding officer of the Suffolk County Legislature is the featured speaker; and the new Black Student Union celebrates its debut – all at one event that is part of FSC’s observance of Black History Month. It…
February 13, 2017
Welcome to the Farmingdale College Council, James Durant. Actually, we should say “Welcome Back!” That’s because Durant is making his second appearance on the Council, having served from 1999 – 2010. He returns to FSC at the appointment of Governor Andrew Cuomo. Durant’s Farmingdale roots run deep. He earned an AAS in Aircraft Operations, back…
February 6, 2017
Forty photos taken by FSC student and alumni veterans while in uniform – titled “When I Served, This Is What I Did” – are on display through February 13 in Hale Hall, second floor. Many photos (two seen here) are of alumnus Thomas C. Yannelli. Yannelli served twice in Baghdad with the famous 1st Infantry…
