Monthly Newsletter
June 2024
SUKI REGONI PARAMEDIC SCHOLARSHIP ESTABLISHED
At the direction of Rochester City Council Vice President LaShay D. Harris, the Rochester City Council announced in May 2024 that it will fund the Suki Regoni Paramedic Scholarship for Monroe Community College students pursuing a paramedic associate degree or certification. The announcement came as the 50th anniversary of National EMS Week was celebrated.
The scholarship honors those who came before and paves a path for the next generation of EMS professionals by providing financial assistance to students pursuing paramedic training. Its aim is to stimulate and support continued recruitment to the paramedic profession. The scholarship is named in honor of Paramedic Suki Regoni, Monroe County’s first Latina paramedic, who died in 1993. Suki graduated from MCC in 1992 and worked for National Ambulance in Rochester, New York. She also served as the president of SEIU 200-United, the only EMS labor union in Monroe County.
Paramedic Regoni was not only an advanced healthcare provider, but also an educator in the field of EMS and community health. Her knowledge, street smarts, and wisdom left a lasting impact on numerous EMTs and paramedics who had the privilege of working with her. Her expertise and dedication earned her the respect of her peers in the EMS community, as well as nurses, doctors, and the patients she cared for.
The Suki Regoni Paramedic Scholarship will support three awards annually, ensuring that Suki’s legacy continues to empower and support future EMS providers. To make a gift in support of the Suki Regoni Paramedic Scholarship, please visit our donate now page.
DOW JONES TO PARTNER WITH MCC
Monroe Community College students will now have more resources to bolster their financial career aspirations thanks to the generosity of Monroe Community Foundation Director and LVW Advisors Founder and CEO Lori Van Dusen. Lori, pictured right, generously gifted $12,500 to create a partnership between MCC and the Investing in Education program from Dow Jones. MCC is the first community college to be a part of the program that will allow students full access to leading financial websites Barron’s and MarketWatch.
The Investing in Education program will allow MCC to bolster what it offers to students to make them even more desirable in the workforce and lead them to successful careers by ensuring that access to quality financial education is available to everyone. The program provides students experiential learning opportunities, including live webinars featuring top financial advisors and journalists, networking events, internship opportunities, and more.
With this partnership, MCC students will have a unique opportunity to get a real-time look into the life of the career they are pursuing, setting them apart from students at other colleges. This gift helps MCC put its mission of transforming lives and communities, fostering the success of diverse students through affordable and innovative academic, career, technical, and workforce development programs into action.
SCHOLARSHIP OPEN GOLFERS RAISE $130,000 FOR MCC STUDENTS
The Monroe Community College Foundation's 40th Annual Scholarship Open presented by Toyota was held on June 24 at The Country Club of Rochester. The day was filled with fun, but the mission was quite serious: to raise funds in support of Monroe Community College and to provide scholarships for deserving students like Millibel Cotto. Thanks to our community’s generosity, $130,000 (net) was raised in support of MCC students to fund public higher education for Greater Rochester.
It was perfect golf weather! Our first-place winner for low net was Catone Insurance and Elmer W. Davis came in as the first-place low gross team.
Special thanks to our committee co-chairs Billy Farmer and Ed Schuler ’81. Also, a deeply heartfelt thank you to our Scholarship Open committee (pictured above) for their dedication and resourcefulness in making this year's golf tournament one to remember!
A huge thank you to our generous underwriters:
Platinum Sponsor
Toyota
Gold Sponsor
M/E Engineering, P.C.
Bronze Sponsors
Crosby-Brownlie, Inc.
Dolomite Group
Sage Rutty and Company