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MCC Daily Tribune

College and Career Exploration at the Downtown Campus

With the official opening of MCC's Downtown Campus, the College has been full of energy and activity. Over the past two months, staff and faculty from across the College collaborated on events that brought sixth and twelfth grade students to campus in support of college-wide recruitment, enrollment, and pipeline development efforts.

On October 11, 2017, over 50 seniors from East High School and Rochester Early College International High School participated in two concurrent Totally STEM/Totally Health Field Trips. Both groups of students were exposed to MCC Career Coach and were given the opportunity to use the tool by taking the career assessment and investigating their careers of interest. Students also had the opportunity to apply to MCC for the fall 2018 semester. The seniors from East High were also provided a tour of campus lead by the Student Engagement Center's Peer Leaders. The students from Rochester Early College were given additional time to explore health-related and STEM career pathways as part of their visit. They engaged in hands on activities with faculty and staff from the Schools of STEM, Health Sciences and Physical Wellness, and Applied Sciences and Technologies. The activities included working with Snap Circuits and health kits that included Glo Germ, felt bodies, pulse oximeters and teaching stethoscopes.

On December 5, 2017, 68 sixth graders were brought to the Downtown Campus from Martin Luther King School No. 9 for a Totally STEM Field Trip. After a brief MCC Career Coach presentation, a culturally diverse panel of MCC personnel, students, and alumni shared their personal stories discussing their upbringing, high school and college experiences, and career interests. The students asked thoughtful and insightful questions during the panel and throughout the event. After the panel, the students were divided into work-groups to explore the Snap Circuit kits and were joined by the panelists and others to continue their discussions.

These events were organized by the School of Applied Sciences and Technologies and the Downtown Campus Student Engagement Center. The December 5th field trip was also co-sponsored by the Latino Empowerment Network. The continued collaboration and everyone's cooperative spirit made these events wonderfully successful and we look forward to more events in the semesters ahead!

Many thanks to the following staff and faculty for their assistance in making these events possible:

  • Lomax R. Campbell, Assistant to the Vice President, EDIWS/Interim School Specialist, School of Applied Sciences and Technologies
  • Antonia Custodio, Associate Director, Executive Dean's Office
  • Kimberly DeLardge, Director, Student Services
  • Marla Dinkle, EOP, Counselor
  • Jeffery Dunker, Chair, Information and Computer Technologies
  • Cristin Finch, Faculty, Health and Physical Education
  • Julissa Gonzalez, Coordinator, Health Professions Opportunities/Perkins Grants
  • Shameka Martinez, Advisor, Perkins Grant
  • Vilma Patterson, Assistant Director, Student Services
  • Jonathan Roman, Alumnus, MCC
  • Brandon Ruiz, Student, MCC
  • Mary Seely, Program Director, Surgical Technology
  • Corinne Shanahan, Counselor, Student Services

Todd Oldham
Vice President, Economic Development and Innovative Workforce Services
12/18/2017