ROCHESTER – A May 21 reception will honor two Monroe Community College students chosen among hundreds of community college students to receive an Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. They each will receive up to $30,000 a year to further their higher education. Katsiaryna Pleshankova (Penfield), a liberal arts/biology major, will transfer this fall to the University of Rochester to pursue a childhood dream of becoming a doctor, and Christine Lucas (Hamlin), a...

ROCHESTER – The New York State Department of Education and the State University of New York have approved a new addictions counseling program at Monroe Community College. Classes will be offered at MCC’s Damon City Campus beginning this fall; register now before classes fill. The program is designed to prepare students for employment in addictions counseling or for transfer to a bachelor’s degree program in social work or a relevant field. Upon successfully completing the addictions counseli...