For the second consecutive year, Monroe Community College had an information booth at the Rochester Puerto Rican Festival. This festival is a major cultural event for the Latino community in Rochester and upstate New York. Volunteers staffed the booth and assisted 178 visitors with questions covering topics in admissions, financial aid, academic programs, college services and college readiness. Many alumni stopped by the booth to reconnect and share their MCC story. MCC pennants with college information in Spanish and English were created for the event and offered as giveaways – nearly 500 MCC brand items were disseminated over the three-day festival.
MCC also had a lively presence in the Puerto Rican parade on Saturday morning. Twenty five students, staff and friends marched under the black and gold. A huge thank you to all who helped make this weekend's success possible. You truly are the best of MCC. Photos can be found at M:\Offices\Shared\Puerto Rican festival 2011 (Open the M drive on your computer; click on the "Offices" folder, then the "Shared" folder -- pictures will be in the sub-folder "Puerto Rican festival 2011.")
Committee:
Mary Méndez Rizzo – Chair
Antonia Custodio
Marisol Galarza-Ruiz
Beatriz LeBron – Parade Coordinator
Christina Rowley
Melissa Santiago
In addition to the committee members, the following volunteers staffed the booth:
Karen Shaw, MCC Foundation
Meryll Pentz, Admissions
Nina Lawrence, Academic Support Services
Ivonne Ponicsan, Liberty Partnerships
Joan Moorehead, Admissions
Rory Butler, Office and Computer Programs
Char Guess-Barques, EOP
Marisol Reyes, EOP
Emetero Otero, Executive Dean Damon City Campus
Jorge Alas, ESOL and Foreign Languages
Chris Piro, Public Safety
The committee would also like to acknowledge the significant contributions of the following persons and departments:
Terry Keys, ETS
Connie Herrera, Marketing
Margarita Ortiz, English and Philosophy
Jerry Burns, Men’s Basketball
Joann Santos, CSTEP
Ellen Gozik, Instructional Technologies
Campus Center
Damon City Campus Executive Dean’s office
Admissions
ESOL and Foreign Languages
MCC Foundation
Human Resources
DCC Student Services
Honors Institute
Facilities
Diane M. Cecero
General Counsel, Chief Diversity Officer
08/10/2011 |