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MCC Daily Tribune

Media Coverage of Governor's Announcement

Monday's event featuring Gov. Hochul in High Falls A & B on the Downtown Campus attracted many news media outlets. The governor was in town to announce $172.5 million in new state investment for several transformative projects in the Finger Lakes region, including in High Falls and downtown Rochester.

During her remarks, she reaffirmed MCC's strategic workforce development efforts. Her expression of support is captured in WROC-TV's report. The governor's full statement is as follows:

"I want to thank MCC for being at the forefront of creating opportunities for thousands of students to position them into the jobs that are here today. So to everyone who's part of MCC, I thank you for what you are doing, transforming the lives of all your students and being such a significant player in the Finger Lakes community."

The governor also highlighted the new Finger Lakes Workforce Development Center (also known as FWD Center):

"Again, the brilliance behind this idea: That you talk to the local employers and find out what skills they're going to need in their workforce three to five years down the road. That's always the conversation I have when I gather here with business leaders and people from MCC and everywhere else. So we are going to see the fruition of that concept. And they're going to be thousands of students who come to these doors, marching right into good-paying jobs."

Media outlets that covered the event included: WHEC-TV, WHAM-TV, Spectrum News 1, WXXI News, Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester Beacon and CITY magazine.

Photo 1 caption: Gretchen Wood, vice president of Institutional Advancement, welcomed Gov. Hochul on behalf of President Burt-Nanna, who was out of town on college business.

Photo 2 caption: Among the guests at the governor's announcement were (from left) Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce President/CEO and SUNY Trustee Bob Duffy; Acting Vice President of Economic Development, Workforce and Career Technical Education Kristin Sine-Kinz; Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Calvin Gantt; and Interim CFO/Vice President of Administrative Services Darrell Jachim-Moore.

Attached Files:
Photo 1 -- Gov Hochul and Gretchen Wood.jpg
Photo 2 -- Guests including business leaders and MCC leaders.jpg

Hency Yuen-Eng
Government and Community Relations
03/08/2022