January 9, 2017
Two hundred and fifty armed services veterans were all smiles last month at FSC’s “Give a Veteran a Smile Day.” The event, organized by dental hygiene students wanting to express their gratitude to those who have served their country, was aimed at LI veterans who are homeless or living on limited means. Each veteran received…
January 9, 2017
SUNY has counted heads and the numbers tell the story: FSC has the highest percentage of veterans on campus – 2.1% – of all SUNY schools. By comparison, SUNY’s Albany campus has 255 veterans (FSC has 194), but that’s only 1.48% of a student body that is nearly double FSC’s. “There are a number of…
January 3, 2017
It may seem like an odd juxtaposition – FSC aviation students giving a presentation at a conference at Harvard Medical School – but it all makes sense when you understand the research the students are engaged in. It was at the International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference that – under the tutelage of Dr.…
January 3, 2017
Marvin Fischer, Chief of FSC’s University Police, has been named by Governor Andrew Cuomo to chair the NYS Law Enforcement Accreditation Council. Chief Fischer will preside over an agency that evaluates state law enforcement agencies that apply for accreditation or re-accreditation. The goal of the council is to help police agencies evaluate and improve overall…
January 3, 2017
“We are the champions, my friends And we’ll keep on fighting till the end We are the champions, we are the champions No time for losers ’cause we are the champions Of the world” So sang the legendary British band Queen, in their anthemic hit song “We are the Champions.” They sang it, but FSC…
January 3, 2017
FSC’s Smart Energy House – a demonstration project designed to inform home owners and builders about energy conservation, renewable energy, and cost-saving elements that can be used in residential buildings – recently underwent two energy audits that revealed that the efficiency of the house could be improved by installing more insulation in the attic and…
December 19, 2016
More than 400 books have been collected by the FSC chapter of Chi Alpha Epsilon National Honor Society for a new library in Ghana, West Africa. Twenty-seven boxes of books are being sent to Besease, a poor rural community in the Ashanti region of Ghana. The project, which ran 12 weeks and ended this month,…
December 19, 2016
There is no greater advocate for FSC freshman than Dr. Beverly Kahn, and now, in recognition of her work on their behalf, she is receiving the Outstanding First-Year Student Advocacy Award from the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Kahn is the only…
December 19, 2016
FSC’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) was honored recently with a Certificate of Excellence by the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery for its outstanding work in helping get small businesses devastated by Super Storm Sandy and Hurricane Irene back on their feet. The SBDC’s years-long effort produced these results: Assisted 1,212 small businesses 668 clients…
