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MCC Daily Tribune

RACCE Awards Ceremony Honors MCC Students April 11, 2018

On April 11, 2018 Rochester Area Colleges Continuing Education Association (RACCE) honored thirty extraordinary non-traditional students, three of whom are from Monroe Community College (MCC), at their 35th Annual Outstanding Adult Student Banquet. Recipients are adult students who have excelled academically while successfully combining their college education with other commitments to family, job, career, and service to the community. Congratulations to Dan Buccieri, Lydia Hernandez, and Jessica Rich.

Dan Buccieri is a culinary arts students who is also a student aide here at MCC, a culinary assistant at NY Wine & Culinary Arts Center in Canandaigua, and now a secondary education culinary instructor at Rush Henrietta High School. He also volunteers at Christ Church, a soup kitchen, and Rochester Zen Center for Battered Women.

Lydia Hernandez is finishing up her Liberal Arts Degree this Spring. She served in Iraq as a member of the Air National Guard and continues to serve her country in the armed forces today. She hopes to continue her education by pursuing the Nursing Program here at MCC.

Jessica Rich will also be graduating this May with an associate degree and Honors Certificate. She is member of Phi Theta Kappa, and is Western NY Regional Vice President of the Chapter. She is also President of Student Government, interning at the Rochester Police Department, holds a part-time job, and most importantly, a single mother of a 7-year-old son. Her most recent accolade: a SUNY Chancellor Award.

In addition to MCC, the following schools also had student awardees: RIT, Keuka, St. John Fisher College, Nazareth College, The College at Brockport, Genesee Community College, Finger Lakes Community College, Alfred State College, and the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center.

Dr. Lawrence Dugan

Director of Elearning & Instructional Technologies

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Lawrence Dugan
Instructional Technologies
04/26/2018