December 12, 2016
You don’t work 40 years at one place and not make life-long friends and admiring colleagues. Such is the case – to the nth degree – with George LaRosa, FSC’s Senior Vice President and CFO. Last week George announced that he will be retiring at the end of the 2017 spring semester, and the reaction…
December 12, 2016
The last time we met Oluwaseyi Joseph – a.k.a. Seyi – he was performing at last spring’s Ramfest. Since then – when he’s not studying and writing new songs – he’s been performing at venues all over Long Island, spreading his hip-hop message. Now, Oluwaseyi’s got a new video – “Sippin’ Tea” – that you…
December 12, 2016
PCM senior Jenna DeBobes has created a video for her Media and Communications class called “Christmas Tree Fire Safety.” Sponsored by the Bethpage Fire Department, the video – posted on YouTube – presents common-sense tips on how to keep your home and family safe from an unexpected fire. Among Jenna’s tips: Choose a tree that…
December 5, 2016
Visiting Assistant Professor Kim O’Hara originally created the Student Nurse Mentoring Program to provide support services to new FSC nursing students. Then, she and School of Health Sciences Acting Assistant Dean Dr. Jennifer Bryer expanded the program to include outreach about STEM professions to students at Stimson Middle School in Huntington Station. The result: 40…
December 5, 2016
Recently, the sister of longtime Long Island Association event planner Barbara Legname dedicated a newly designed and furnished conference room and reception area in Greenley Library in her honor. Sister Roberta Lea spoke of Barbara’s strong affinity for Farmingdale – which she attended in the late 1960s – and hoped that her sister’s room would be…
December 5, 2016
First it was an Air Force ROTC minor in aerospace studies, which debuted this fall. Now there’s more from AFROTC coming next year. Dr. Tom Corti, Vice President for Student Affairs, has announced that new to Farmingdale next spring will be a 1.5- year commissioning program for students on track to graduate during the spring…
November 28, 2016
The Alumni Association is participating in the international movement known as “Giving Tuesday” tomorrow, November 29. The event is FSC’s annual 24-hour alumni fundraising campaign. “Giving Tuesday”promotes philanthropy and inspires people to donate to their favorite causes. You can be one of those givers too. All you have to do is visit the FSC website…
November 28, 2016
FSC professors Dr. Michelle Miranda and Dr. Robert Saunders contributed chapters to The Silence of the Lambs: Critical Essays on a Cannibal, Clarice, and a Nice Chianti, a new book about the 1991 Academy Award-winning film that shocked audiences with its portrayals of cannibalism and violence against women, and was voted to the American Film…
November 28, 2016
It was a field trip they’ll never forget: a “backstage” tour at the American Museum of Natural History. Seventeen FSC students enrolled in the RAM program recently visited the museum and were given exclusive access to private laboratories and preserved specimens. Led by post-doctoral researcher Dr. John Burns of the museum’s Sackler Institute of Comparative…
