Finger Lakes Community College

Finger Lakes Community College

Motto	Success. It's in Our Nature.
Type	Community college
Established	1965
President	Barbara G. Risser
Academic staff	342
Students	6,699
Location	Hopewell , NY , US
Campus	Suburban 300 acres (1.2 km2)
Colors	blue and green
Nickname	Lakers
Affiliations	National Junior College Athletic Association, Region III, Mid-State Athletic Conference, National Collegiate Honors Council
Website	www.flcc.edu

Finger Lakes Community College, often abbreviated FLCC, is a college affiliated with the State University of New York. The main campus is located in Hopewell, New York, just east of the City of Canandaigua. There are also satellite campuses in Victor, Geneva, and Newark to serve the needs of Ontario County, Wayne County, Yates County and Seneca County in the Finger Lakes region of New York.

History

The original concrete main section with the Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center in the background

Construction of the new student life center and cafeteria

Finger Lakes Community College was established in 1965 and opened in 1967 as the Community College of the Finger Lakes (CCFL) in a storefront "campus" in Canandaigua, NY. The college now rests on 250 acres (1.0 km²) of park-like land just outside Canandaigua, in Hopewell, New York, and is home to the Constellation Brands- Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center (CMAC). The college now has affiliated housing in the 350 bed College Suites project, adjacent to the campus. In Fall 2010, FLCC's headcount enrollment was 6,935 the highest in its history.

In July 2009, FLCC received a $1 Million gift from Constellation Brands and the Sands Family, the largest gift in the school's history. The main road leading to the campus was renamed Marvin Sands Drive in honor of the Sands' family patriarch and the Sands' family's dedication to FLCC and the region. In Fall 2009, FLCC named another "loop" road, connecting Marvin Sands Drive and "D" parking lot, Laker Lane after the college's athletic teams.

FLCC is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, the National League for Nursing, and National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships. All programs of instruction are registered with the Office of Higher Education of the New York State Education department.

FLCC's Geneva Campus

Finger Lakes Community College also operates the Muller Field Station at the southern end of Honeoye Lake which serves as an outdoor education facility, the East Hill Campus, in Naples, New York, site of the college's Wildland Fire Suppression Program, and will soon open the FLCC Viticulture and Wine Center in Geneva, New York.

Expansion

Construction of the new Student Life Center began in early 2010; and opened in spring of 2012. The new building is 78,000 square feet (7,200 m²) and is a green building housing the new 350-seat cafeteria, One-Stop (enrollment services) center, and bookstore, as well as the college's first auditorium (not including the CMAC), which seats 410. The upper floors of the original building are currently being renovated into classrooms as well as part of the approximately $45 million project.

Enrollment in 2012 was 6,539,.

Academics

Academic complex courtyard

Finger Lakes Community College offers programs in Accounting Administrative Professional American Sign Language Applied Computer Applications Architectural Technology & Building Sciences Athletic Training Biotechnology Business Administration Chemical Dependency Counseling Childhood Education (Teacher Education Transfer) Coaching Communications Computer Science Corrections Officer Criminal Justice Culinary Arts e-Commerce EMT-Paramedic Engineering Science Environmental Studies Fine Arts Fish & Wildlife Technology French Game Programming & Design Graphic Design Horticulture Hotel & Resort Management Humanities Human Nutrition & Food Human Services Information Systems Information Technology Instrumentation & Control Technologies Liberal Arts & Sciences Literature Marketing Mathematics Mechanical Technology Music Music Recording Technology Natural Resources Conservation Natural Resource Conservation: Law Enforcement New Media Nursing Paralegal Physical Education and Exercise Science Sports Studies Teaching Assistant Theater Therapeutic Massage/Integrated Health Care Tourism Management Tourism Studied Viticulture & Wine Technology Wildland Fire Suppression Writing, and an Honors Program.

Athletics

The Lakers are a non-scholarship member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), Division III, and the Mid-State Athletic Conference, Finger Lakes Community College competes against two-year institutions throughout the state.

Teams compete in:

• Baseball
• Women’s/Men’s Basketball
• Women’s/Men’s Cross Country
• Men’s Lacrosse
• Women’s/Men’s Soccer
• Women’s/Men’s Track
• Softball
• Women's Volleyball
• Woodsmen

Intercollegiate Woodsmen competition requires the same serious conditioning and development of team play essential for any sport. The co-educational woodsmen squad was established at Finger Lakes Community College in 1974. Since 1982, the women’s team has earned 11 championship titles and the men have earned 13, more than any other school in the fifty-two-year history of the sport. In Woodsmen competition the FLCC Team competes against both two- and four-year colleges and universities.

Current administration

FLCC's distinctive dormitories

Barbara G. Risser, Ed.D. President

Kristen Fragnoli Provost and Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs

James R. Fisher Vice President of Administration

Carol S. Urbaitis Vice President of Enrollment Management

Joseph T. Nairn, D.Mgt. Chief Advancement Officer

John Taylor Chief Information Officer

Grace H. Loomis Director of Human Resources

Mary McLean-Scanlon Director of Institutional Effectiveness

Presidents of the College

Name	Title	Tenure
Roy I. Satre	President	1967 – August 3, 1971
Charles J. Meder	Interim president President	August 1971 – June 1972 June 1972 – July 1992
Daniel T. Hayes	President	July 1992 – June 2007
Barbara G. Risser	President	August 8, 2007°

External links

• Finger Lakes Community College webpage
• http://www.cmacevents.com/ CMAC webpage