2016 ANNUAL REPORT

DUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THE

DUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION 2016 ANNUAL REPORT Dutchess Community College CONTENTS Board of Trustees Thomas E. LeGrand, Chair Betsy Brown, Vice Chair Sherre Wesley, Ed.D., Secretary Features Dale L. Borchert Michael Francis Dupree Barbara Hugo Celebrating 60 Years Richard Keller-Coffey 2 DCC Celebrates 60 years of excellence, community, and service. Daniel P. Kuffner Timmian Massie Economic Impact Study Matthew Lahey (Student Trustee) 5 Tax-payer investment in DCC returned almost nine-fold.

Family Partnership Initiative 6 DCC opens site at the Family Partnership in the City of Poughkeepsie.

Service Learning 12 DCC’s Service Learning program combines community service with classwork.

No Man Is An Island 16 Volunteering in Japan in the aftermath of the tsunami became a lesson in compassion for Takahiro Hattori.

Supporting Roles 21 Classes at DCC spark two students to start their own video production company.

Benefactor Lauded 34 Charles E. Conklin earns SUNY Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.

Branching Out 40 Alum Christopher Acevedo participates in a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute internship in Washington, D.C. Main Campus Playing it Forward 53 Pendell Road 48 Alum Ahmed Taofik’s non-profit in Benin inspires Poughkeepsie, NY children through sports and art. (845) 431-8000

DCC South Hollowbrook Park Campus News DCC Foundation 31 Marshall Road, Building 4 8 E-Tech Update 30 Letter from Foundation Leadership Wappingers Falls, NY 9 Student Success Initiatives 31 Strategic Plan (845) 790-3610 14 Reitano and Model UN 32 Gala Published January 2017 by the 15 Faculty & Staff Awards 37 Scholarships Dutchess Community College Office of 18 Cultural Events 42 Ways to Give Communications and Public Relations 20 Arts on Campus 44 Legacy Society and the DCC Foundation, with support 19 Travel Abroad 46 Leadership-Level Donors provided by the latter.

22 Falcon Athletics 50 Class Notes www.sunydutchess.edu 24 Community Services 51 Alumni 26 Youth Programs 52 Foundation Financial Profile powered by 29 College Financial Profile 53 Upcoming Events message from the president

Dear Friends,

I am pleased to introduce the 2016 Dutchess Community College and Dutchess Community College Foundation Annual Report, which highlights initiatives, activities, achievements, collaborations and other news of the past year. I hope you find the dedication, accomplishments and positive energy reflected on these pages inspiring. Our faculty, staff, students, alumni and donors are impressive, as are the partnerships that have been developed between the College and dozens of other local organizations committed to serving our community.

This is an especially exciting and important time, as 2017 marks the College’s 60th Anniversary! DCC has evolved tremendously since 1957, when a committed group of local leaders advocated for the establishment of a community college in Dutchess County. I’m confident that our founders’ expectations for the College have been exceeded over the past six decades, as the institution has developed into a vital county resource and one of the most highly regarded community colleges in the State University of New York VISION system. The results of a recent SUNY student opinion survey were especially gratifying Dutchess Community College aspires and a testament to our outstanding faculty and staff. Nine out of 10 DCC students said to be an innovative, transformative they would choose DCC again if they were to do it over! community of learners that promotes This momentum will continue as the College carries out its pledge to be a leader in exemplary student success. student success, both within SUNY and nationally. We’re committed to ensuring that MISSION each and every student has the tools – including academic and other support – needed Dutchess Community College offers to succeed. This and other goals that will guide our work for the foreseeable future educational opportunities that prepare are outlined in the College’s Five-Year Strategic Plan, drafted last spring through an individuals to realize their full potential extensive and collaborative process involving all campus constituents. and contribute to a diverse and global society. The Plan also recognizes the College’s role in local economic development (be sure to read about the 2016 Economic Impact Study on page 5) and calls for continued VALUES community engagement as a means by which to enhance the quality of life in Dutchess Excellence • Access • Diversity County. We’ve had tremendous success in working with county officials, business leaders Collaboration • Accountability and nonprofit partners to leverage resources in order to achieve shared goals and meet common challenges, and expect these opportunities to increase. GOALS • Increase student success. Our community also engages with the College through our Foundation, which supports • Embrace diversity as an integral and enhances teaching and learning. Through the generosity of donors who believe in part of our institutional identity. this institution and the power of education, we are able to offer more than $400,000 in • Promote collaborative scholarships to deserving students each year, as well as fund special projects. You’ll learn campus culture. more about the Foundation throughout this Report. • Enhance institutional effectiveness through integration of assessment, I am proud to lead an institution that has been part of the fabric of this community for planning and resource allocation. 60 years and that has touched – and improved – hundreds of thousands of lives in various • Contribute to the vitality of the region ways. This is possible because of the dedicated individuals – Dutchess Community through community engagement. College presidents, board members, faculty and staff – who went before us, and those who carry on this important work today. Our success also is due to the support of our county, community and Foundation, and the students, alumni and donors who have enriched our campus.

I hope you share my pride in all that’s been accomplished, and thank you for your continued support of Dutchess Community College.

Pamela R. Edington, Ed.D. President, Dutchess Community College

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1972 1957 Dr. John Connolly College founded and Dr. James Hall named second named first president president 1982 Dr. Jerry Lee named DCC’s third president

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1967 1963 Falcon Hall and Student 1975 Dutchess and Services Center (former Hudson Hall opens Taconic halls library) dedicated dedicated DCC Foundation 1958 incorporated First class enters 1961 Eleanor Roosevelt visits campus 1986 High School Equivalency program established 1960

First class graduates 1987 DCC South opens in Wappingers Falls

2 ANNUAL REPORT | 2016 celebrating 60 years | 1957-2017 CELEBRATING 60 YEARS of service to the community

hen Dr. James Hall, the first president of With more than 40,000 alumni Dutchess Community College, arrived on – including elected officials, campus on a cold winter evening, he had his business and civic leaders, health work cut out for him. A former tuberculosis care providers, public servants Whospital with three buildings (two of which were abandoned), and countless other professionals unkempt grounds and one maintenance man and a snow shovel – DCC has positively impacted needed to quickly be turned into a vibrant educational institution our region and local families for where students could dream about a better future and work generations. toward making it a reality. The DCC Foundation also has Sixty years later, the campus is now one of the most beautiful and grown since its inception over 40 highly regarded in the State University of New York’s community years ago and currently awards college system. Facilities have grown from the original structure, approximately $400,000 in See more historical photos on the next page! Bowne Hall, to 14 buildings including a residence hall. Academic scholarships annually to deserving students. departments have increased from two to 10, offering more than Over the past 60 years, the College has maintained a 50 associate degree and certificate programs. The Office of reputation as one of the county’s most valuable resources for Community Services also has expanded to become a leader in providing a quality, affordable education and for being a workforce training, professional and personal development, high community partner that enhances the quality of life and economic school equivalency and English as a Second Language programs. climate of the region.

1992 Dr. D. David Conklin 2014 named fourth president Dr. Pamela Edington 2000 named fifth president Allyn J. Washington Center for Science and Art dedicated

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1989 2016 Center for Business and Industry opens 2003 Site opens at Family Louis Greenspan Day Partnership Center Care Center remodeled 2012 and expanded Conklin Hall, first residence hall, opens EPA Partner of the Year Energy Star Award received

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1959 Model UN students

Early 1960s formal party

1965 Student athletes

1990 Students gather in support of troops during Gulf War

1970s performance cast

4 ANNUAL REPORT | 2016 DCC economic impact | dcc ECONOMIC IMPACT REPORT: Taxpayer Investment EMPLOYEES in DCC Returned 926 employees Almost Nine-Fold

$50 million The Dutchess Community College 2016 Economic Impact payroll including benefits Study conducted by EMSI – a highly regarded economic modeling and forecasting company – confirms that DCC not 76% only benefits its students, but also is a major driver of the live in Dutchess County local economy. For every $1 invested by taxpayers, the College delivers $8.70 in benefits through payroll, purchasing, increased graduate earnings and other measures. EXPENDITURES As one of the county’s largest employers, earnings. EMSI estimates that the average $25 million DCC has 926 faculty and staff and a payroll, annual rate of return for students is 18.4 including benefits, of almost $50 million percent. facilities, supplies and dollars. Since three-quarters of employees Taking the College’s more than 40,000 professional services live in Dutchess County, the bulk of those alumni into account, the report indicates dollars are spent locally on groceries, rent, that past and present students of DCC $56 million dining, clothing, health care generated more than $340 and other necessities. EMSI million in added income for the added income to The College also is a large- county last year. Dutchess County scale buyer of goods and estimates that This brings the overall impact services, typically spending the average of DCC on the local business about $25 million annually community to $405 million last on facilities, supplies and annual rate year, equal to about 3% of the STUDENTS professional services, using of return for GRP – Gross Regional Product local vendors when possible. students is – of Dutchess County. The top $7.5 million The report indicates that industries impacted by DCC even when the funding DCC 18.4 percent. are manufacturing, utilities, Income generated by receives from state and local government, health care and DCC students in Dutchess sources is subtracted, the College added over professional and technical services. County last year $56 million in income to the county last year There also are incidental benefits of through payroll, and the spending of the education that represent avoided costs to college and our employees. DCC students government – most notably in health care, ALUMNI also drive the local economy. All told, DCC crime, welfare and unemployment. The students generated $7.5 million in additional report estimates that because of Dutchess income in the county economy last year. Community College, $14 million a year is $340 million The report confirms that a DCC saved in reduced demand for government- Income generated by education is a wise investment. For every funded social services. DCC alumni in Dutchess dollar a student invests in their education County last year in the form of out-of-pocket expenses and forgone time and money from a job, they receive a cumulative $5.10 in higher future

OVERALL IMPACT: $405 M

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tudents come to class every day, though it’s a rare S occurrence when class comes to the students. But it was the idea to bring High School Equivalency (HSE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) courses closer to those who most utilize them that drove the creation of DCC’s new site at the Family Partnership Center in the City of Poughkeepsie. Called DCC @ the Partnership, the location consolidates offerings previously scattered throughout the City of Poughkeepsie into one convenient location that is welcoming, vibrant and conducive to learning. The almost-7,800-square-foot space is open between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. to accommodate students’ family and work commitments. “Family Services CEO Brian Doyle and the almost 20 agencies housed at the Center were eager to have the College as a community partner,” said DCC President Pamela Edington, “as our programs and services align with those of the organizations serving the needs of Poughkeepsie residents. “In a community where the poverty or exposure to consider this option.” the site to assist students interested rate is high and the high school Over 100 community leaders in transitioning to associate degree graduation rate is low, we must first attended an open house on Oct. 18 to or certificate programs. eliminate existing barriers by making celebrate the new resource. ESL and HSE courses have been English as a Second Language and High More than 300 students, two-thirds offered by the College’s Office of School Equivalency classes convenient of which are new to the College’s Community Services on the main and accessible to both teenagers and ESL and HSE programs, already are campus and at other locations adults,” said Edington. “This new enrolled in offerings at the site. Ten throughout the county for decades. DCC site at the Family Partnership classes, in ESL and English and Spanish Over 2,000 students are served by those puts those programs within reach, HSE, currently are available – totaling classes annually. and further, puts a college education 110 hours of instruction per week. The Individuals interested in the services on the radar of individuals who may College’s Admissions and Financial Aid offered at DCC @ the Partnership not have had the previous experience offices also have a regular presence at should call (845) 790-3590.

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A Success Story

There’s a good reason Tennille Savage was a featured speaker at the opening reception for the Family Partnership Center site – she not only is a High School Equivalency graduate, but has returned to the program as a teaching assistant while she pursues a bachelor’s degree.

A wife, and mother of two, Savage immigrated to the U.S. from Jamaica in 2012. She said her number-one priority was to continue her education, and that she selected DCC because of its reputation, location and affordability. She enrolled in an HSE class and immediately knew it was the right choice.

“The support and nurturing provided by the instructors was incomparable,” said Savage. “There is no other way for me to express my gratitude and appreciation than just to say that I am blessed.”

Her experience in the HSE class made choosing DCC for her associate degree easy. She selected the Business Administration Transfer program and got involved in campus life, serving as a tutor in the Writing Center and as secretary for the Falcon Free Press, DCC’s student newspaper.

Savage graduated from DCC in 2016 and began at Marist College last fall to earn a degree in accounting.

By continuing as an HSE teaching assistant, she’s helping other The third floor of the Family Partnership students prepare Center was turned for a college into a warm, inviting education while environment conducive simultaneously to learning. earning her ESL (above, right) and HSE (right) classes have own four-year been brought closer to degree. the students who most utilize them. HSE graduate and Marist student Tennille Savage is now a teaching assistant for the HSE program.

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E-TECH Partnership Proves Powerful

The College's E-TECH (Engineering, Technology, Early College High School) program, a partnership between DCC, the City of Poughkeepsie School District, Central Hudson and The Chazen Companies, welcomed its second cohort of 50 students in summer 2016. ‘It has motivated me

Through the $2.6 million grant-funded initiative, participating City of Poughkeepsie students to become not just a have the opportunity to graduate in six years or less with both a high school diploma and great person, but a an associate degree in engineering or electrical technology. The initiative is designed to great student. Before prepare academically at-risk high school students for skilled jobs in technology. The students E-TECH, school was just are taking both high school and college courses while getting workplace experience and a playground. E-TECH mentoring with engineering professionals. changed my life. It’s the first time I feel like I Early indicators are extremely positive; 98% of the students in the first cohort returned belong to something.’ this fall for a second year. DCC faculty members have been instrumental in developing the program and working with students as they acclimate to the college environment. Up to E-TECH STUDENT 50 students will be accepted into the program for each of the next four years, bringing total enrollment to 300.

To support the E-TECH program through the DCC Foundation, visit: https://1406.thankyou4caring.org/etech.

Students from the City of Poughkeepsie School District shared their E-TECH projects during a July open house.

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THREE PROGRAMS FOR UNDERSERVED STUDENTS

To provide more streamlined and convenient services to students, three of DCC’s grant- funded programs that enhance access to higher education and support student success have been grouped into the Center for College Access and Educational Opportunities. The majority of the more than 500 individuals served annually by the programs are first-generation college students, who often need help navigating their way through previously unchartered territory. Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program Assistant Dean of Students Doris Diaz-Kelly and Behavioral Science Instructor Jason Bishop participated in a breakout The Collegiate Science and session as part of a kickoff event for Achieving the Dream, a national initiative dedicated to improving student success. Technology Entry Program and Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation Program aim to increase the number of College Joins National students successfully earning science, technology, engineering Student Success Initiative and mathematics degrees. ast summer DCC joined a select eliminate the barriers facing underserved group of community colleges students, reduce the achievement gap and Educational Opportunity in Achieving the Dream (ATD), align our programs and services for the Program (EOP) 2 a national reform network highest impact.” Ldedicated to improving student Over 120 faculty, staff and SUNY’s Educational Opportunity Achieving the success. Program (EOP) combines Dream acts as students attended an interactive access, academic support Participation in ATD, which a catalyst to session on campus in September and supplemental financial includes more than 200 colleges, help colleges led by Achieving the Dream assistance to make higher reflects DCC’s continuing efforts education possible for students strengthen coaches. Participants were to implement best practices who have the potential to and build their asked to reflect on educational that facilitate student retention succeed, but struggle with capacity to experiences they had found limited financial resources and and completion, especially for ensure that more transformative in an effort to other difficulties. historically underrepresented students complete enhance a culture of continuous populations. post-secondary improvement. “DCC has excellent student education and Achieving the Dream, Inc. is a TRiO Program outcomes when benchmarked have greater national nonprofit leading the 3 against similar institutions, but opportunity The TRiO program is made our faculty and staff are committed for economic nation’s most comprehensive possible by a federal grant non-governmental reform designed to support initiatives to doing even more to help every success. that increase the number of student achieve success,” said network for student success disadvantaged, low-income, DCC President Pamela Edington. “As part in higher education history. It has more first-generation and/or disabled of ATD’s newest cohort of 12 institutions than 100 coaches and advisors in 34 states students who successfully from across the country, we have access to who help nearly four million community complete a postsecondary program. coaches, data and a capacity framework that college students increase their chances for will enhance our inclusive environment, success.

WWW.SUNYDUTCHESS.EDU 9 Nine Out of 10 Students STUDENT Would Choose DCC Again The results of a recent SUNY Student Opinion Survey have been released, and DCC performed SUCCESS exceptionally well, earning high marks in many areas. “This is a testament to our outstanding faculty and staff who make a real difference in the lives of our students. They work each and every day to provide a welcoming, enriching and With overwhelming validation transformative environment that inspires and equips students to achieve their goals,” said of DCC’s academic programs, DCC President Pamela Edington. services and environment Nine out of 10 students said they would choose to attend DCC again. The same reflected in a recent survey, percentage said they are very pleased with the it’s no wonder that students quality of instruction they receive, class size, learning facilities and library resources. find success at the college The survey, completed by students anonymously online, was conducted last spring and beyond. by the State University of New York.

Graduates Look Ahead Associate degrees and career certificates in 48 programs of study were conferred on 1,141 graduates at the College’s 57th Commencement on May 19 at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center. The youngest graduate was 18, the eldest was 73. Almost 4,000 were in attendance. “You have learned through your coursework, your interactions with faculty and staff and your extracurricular activities how 1,141 to think, to solve problems, and to do the hard work it takes to DEGREES AWARDED succeed,” said DCC President Pamela Edington. Other speakers included DCC Board of Trustees Chair Thomas % EARNED ASSOCIATE LeGrand, SUNY New Paltz President Donald P. Christian, Deputy 56 IN SCIENCE DEGREES County Executive William O’Neil, Assistant Professor of Biology % EARNED ASSOCIATE Elizabeth Justin and Student Government Association President 20 IN ARTS DEGREES Richard Recchia. % EARNED ASSOCIATE IN A highlight of the ceremony was the awarding of an honorary 20 APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREES doctorate from the State University of New York to Charles Conklin of Pleasant Valley. (See story on page 34.) % EARNED CAREER 4 CERTIFICATES

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Four Standouts Earn SUNY Chancellor’s Awards Four students were presented with 2016 State University of New York Chancellor’s Awards for Student Excellence. The awards recognize the integration of academic excellence with accomplishments in leadership, athletics, community service, performing arts, campus involvement and career achievement. Pictured from left to right, the recipients are Nursing student Danielle Van Ostrand, Poughkeepsie; Engineering Science student Paul Christian, New Paltz; Exercise Science and Wellness student Eric Ortiz, Wappingers Falls; and Business Administration student Eric Tomik, Pleasant Valley.

Student Selected for National Val-Kill Leadership Program Biology Research Project Enters Fourth Year Biology student Dalton Rifenburg participated in the Wadsworth Institute Summer 2016 Research Experience for Undergraduates program in Albany. The sophomore was one of just 12 college students selected for the program from among approximately 200 applicants nationwide. DCC has an excellent track record in students being chosen to participate in the Institute; six have been selected for the program since 2011. Rifenburg spent 10 weeks partnering with scientists on an independent research project focused on a topic in the Seated from left to right are Elizabeth Bellissimo, Daniel Kenet and Maria Lopez. Standing from left are Christopher Gabryszewski and Echo Hanson. fields of molecular genetics, cell biology, structural biology or environmental sciences. The results of his project will be Ten DCC students are participating in the fourth Eleanor Roosevelt presented at upcoming national scientific conferences. Community College Emerging Leaders (ECCEL) program. Designed The Wadsworth Center is a community of scientists run by by the Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill, the initiative is a dynamic the New York State Department of Health who work to protect and experiential leadership program that prepares students to excel and improve the health of New Yorkers through laboratory academically, professionally and in their personal lives. analysis, investigations and research, as well as laboratory The students participating this year are Elizabeth Bellissimo, Chris certification and educational programs. Gabryszewski, Echo Hanson, Daniel Kenet, Maria Lopez, Javier Moran, Brianna Roger, Sofia Rosa, Joseph Sciacca and Angelika Zamudio. They come from diverse backgrounds and have career goals such as becoming a college history professor, improving race relations, cleaning up government corruption, becoming a biomedical engineer and more. The first fo three retreat weekends occurred in November. Workshop topics included public speaking, project management, diversity and leadership skills. Additionally, a group of ECCEL students participated in a community impact project in May where they spoke to Poughkeepsie High School students about ways to be successful in college and the challenges first-generation college students can face. Plans are Student Designs College Holiday Card underway for the group to visit middle school students next year to Artwork created by student Serena Domingues in a graphic talk about ways to thrive in school. design class was selected to be featured on the 2016 holiday card sent by the College president to the campus community. The DCC Foundation helps support the ECCEL program; to make a contribution to the program, visit https://1406.thankyou4caring.org/ECCEL.

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Dr. Brenda Squires COURSE: ADVANCED COMPOSITION/ DCC’s Service Learning program, which PEER TUTORING IN WRITING Students participated in the National Endowment combines community service with classwork for the Arts’ Big Read program through the to enrich the student experience and support Poughkeepsie Public Library District. The Big Read offers grants to support organizations local organizations, has grown exponentially in developing community-wide programs that encourage reading and participation by diverse since its inception in fall 2015. audiences. Students led several literacy programs in the community including the Mill Street Loft’s Habilidad program, which is an arts-based During that first semester, over 200 students and nine faculty members after-school program for City of Poughkeepsie contributed a total of 1,800 hours on 20 projects. The following High School students, the Poughkeepsie Public Library District and the Staatsburg Library District. semester, 450 students and 20 faculty members worked a total of Additionally, students collaborated with the 4,500 hours to complete 75 projects. And for the fall 2016 semester, Spark Media Project and E-TECH students taking the number of students participating in service learning skyrocketed to Honors English at Poughkeepsie High School. DCC students assisted in teaching PHS students how to 650 – more than triple the amount from just one year prior. create social justice digital essays based on the Big Pat Roza, activities director at Fishkill nursing home and rehabilitation Read book “Into the Beautiful North.” center Elant, praised the work performed by students taking psychology courses with DCC instructor Nancy Mahar. “We were so fortunate to have the opportunity to participate in a project with Dutchess Community College,” said Roza. “The students created identity boards for residents with dementia. They were able to put a face on Alzheimer’s disease by sharing the fact that residents were doctors, teachers, business professionals and homemakers who enjoyed their lives before they began slipping away.” According to a study by the Education Resources Information Center that included over 600 students in more than 30 academic disciplines, service learning enhances positive forms of motivation, problem- solving, civic skills and appreciation of diversity. “We know that experiential learning enhances and complements classroom instruction,” said DCC President Pamela Edington. “Our faculty have embraced the service learning model and our students, Dr. Jessica Geer and the agencies being served, are greatly benefiting from these COURSE: CHEMISTRY partnerships. It’s a win-win for all.” Students provided chemistry activities and lessons for S.F.B Morse Elementary School students. The intent of the project was to increase exposure of underrepresented groups to the Science, SERVICE LEARNING SPOTLIGHT Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields. Demonstrations were interactive and engaging A few of the faculty members who worked with and taught the students about chemical matter, their students on service learning, along with a brief digestion, nutrients, food chains and polyacrylates. Students also discussed STEM careers and description of each project, are featured here. opportunities for a post-secondary education at DCC.

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Terri Burke COURSE: A BIOMEDICAL VIEW OF HIV/AIDS Students participated as project leaders in the annual AIDS Walk/Run for Hudson Valley Community Services, an agency that promotes prevention and wellness, encourages decisions maximizing quality of life and coordinates care for those living with complex health conditions. Students also created HIV awareness brochures and fact sheets and visited academic departments and administration offices to spread HIV and AIDS awareness on campus.

Carla DelTreste-Jutt COURSE: GEOMETRY FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS Dr. Werner Steger Students provided several classroom geometry activities and lessons for fifth graders at S.F.B COURSE: HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES Morse Elementary School. These interactive Students researched The Children’s Home of Poughkeepsie’s 170- activities included building a city map, working year history and connected local and national events in each era of with 3D geometric shapes and Legos, and surface the agency’s existence. Using information based on interviews with area and perimeter exercises. DCC students also agency representatives and archive research, the students created created “try this at home” brochures to allow a comprehensive publication that will be available to the public and parents to continue working with their children on used to create future projects including fliers, brochures and an geometry concepts introduced by exhibits in the infographic timeline of the agency’s history in anticipation of its 175th Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum. anniversary celebration.

Paul Pilon & David Freeman COURSE: ARCHITECTURE Students collaborated with Habitat for Humanity of Dutchess County and designed an attached three-unit building for a site in the City of Poughkeepsie that was donated specifically to house veterans. Students presented their architectural plans to members of the community and College.

Joan McFadden Margaret Olimpieri COURSE: FAMILY LAW COURSE: PSYCHOLOGY A working document was created Students provided tutoring, recreational activities and by students that will assist project/program assistance, as well as independent domestic violence clients in skills workshops for youngsters at the Children’s Home maneuvering within the family of Poughkeepsie. Students in an adolescent teaching court system in Dutchess County. course created anti-bullying curriculums and presented It was created for Domestic at the 4th Annual Anti-Bullying Youth Summit at Marist Violence Services, a unit within College. In a mid-semester psychology course, students Family Services, a local nonprofit raised awareness of the needs of local middle and high that helps families and individuals school students by creating and collecting toiletry items help themselves through for adolescents in the City of Poughkeepsie. Students direct services, collaboration in an adolescent teaching course collaborated with the and advocacy. By simplifying Grace Smith House for its annual Connect for Respect Holly McCabe terms, explaining resources and summer leadership program. Topics included anti- COURSE: GRAPHIC DESIGN clarifying processes involved in bullying, leadership development and communication. Students worked with Rebuilding the criminal justice system, the Students taking a Psychology of Gender course Together Dutchess County document is designed to help participated in the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education and completed marketing and strengthen individuals, families Network’s inaugural leadership conference and led high outreach materials such as and the community. school students in seminars about how to implement brochures for clients, volunteers initiatives in their schools. Students also participated and the community, as well as in the Mediation Center of Dutchess County’s annual t-shirt designs for the agency’s anti-bullying walk. 25th anniversary.

WWW.SUNYDUTCHESS.EDU 13 model un | richard reitano Model Citizen: Reitano to Celebrate 50 Years with Model UN

DCC Professor Emeritus participated in the five-day success story involves a young Richard Reitano’s half- simulation in New York City. man who became a student century involvement in DCC’s delegation began at DCC and participated in the National Model United as a club but evolved into Model UN despite being told Nations (NMUN) program is an academic course in in high school that he wasn’t remarkable by any account. the 1970s. In 1987 DCC’s “college material.” However, its significance is delegation was the first from a “He ended up transferring put into a different context community college to receive to American University after RICHARD REITANO altogether when measured an Outstanding Delegation graduating from Dutchess alongside the growth of the Award in NMUN history. In and earned a master’s degree real UN. Since Reitano led his 1999 the DCC group merged from Columbia University,” first delegation of students in with participants from Vassar said Reitano. “Several years 1967, the United Nations has College to form The Hudson ago, my wife and I invited him Did you participate in welcomed 70 new countries to River Group, which has and his wife over for dinner its ranks. amassed many Outstanding Model UN at DCC? and he talked about finishing National Model United Delegation and Distinguished Join us! his posting as a deputy United Nations programs provide Delegation awards while States Ambassador.” students with a better representing countries as Reitano is a member of the DCC MODEL UN understanding of the inner diverse as Brazil, China, Cuba, DCC Foundation Board and is workings of the United South Africa, Mexico and the longest-serving member Nations as they build skills many more. of the Board of Directors M N in civics, diplomacy and Reitano said the Model of the National Collegiate 50TH ANNIVERSARY compromise. Students take UN experience has taught on different roles and are hundreds of students critical Conference Association, for CELEBRATION required to use effective thinking skills and the lesson which he served as board IN HONOR OF RICHARD REITANO communication skills that working with others can president for seven years. Saturday, April 8, 2017 to debate and then solve result in positive outcomes. The National Model United SUNY Global Center problems. He added that the years of Nations program is sponsored 116 East 55th Street NMUN is the largest interacting with students in by the National Collegiate New York, NY 10022 student conference in the U.S. the course made him a better Conference Association, In 2016, over 5,000 college teacher and person. which is a not-for-profit, non- Alumni who have students from more than Reitano has positively governmental organization participated in Model UN 160 colleges and universities impacted countless students that promotes understanding are invited to attend this throughout the U.S. and through his involvement in of international issues and the celebration of Richard over 40 other countries Model UN, but his favorite United Nations. Reitano’s leadership and passion for the program. There will be a mock Model UN program followed by a reception. Information about the event can be found at https://1406. thankyou4caring.org/ ModelUN.

The Hudson River Group earned multiple awards at the 2016 National Model United Nations simulation held in New York City in the spring.

14 ANNUAL REPORT | 2016 Five Employees Earn Chancellor’s Awards AWARDS Model Citizen: Two faculty members and three staff members earned 2016 SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for FACULTY & STAFF Reitano to Celebrate 50 Years with Model UN Excellence, a systemwide honor to recognize superior achievement and to encourage the ongoing pursuit of excellence. Assistant Professor Mareve VanVoorhis earned the award for Excellence in Full-Time Teaching. She has been at DCC for 28 years, since 2001 as Two Faculty Take Home a full-time faculty member. As the program chair for Human Services, VanVoorhis created a program Forty-Under-40 Awards with three pathways – Psychology, Social Work and Associate Professor of English Dr. Gail Upchurch Sociology – each customized to facilitate students’ and Behavioral Sciences Adjunct Instructor Kiara transfer to a four-year school. Tatum each earned a 2016 Forty Under 40 Shaker Dance Instructor Anne Marie Zanchetti earned Award from the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce. The award is given each year to 40 the award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching. GAIL UPCHURCH She has spent 20 years at Dutchess Community people under the age of 40 who have shown a strong College in the Department of Health, Physical commitment to the Hudson Valley. Education, Athletics and Dance and has been Upchurch has taught developmental writing, instrumental in presenting DCC’s annual fall and Freshman Composition I and II, and literature courses spring dance shows. to scores of students over the last five years. In that Financial Aid Director Susan Mead and Director time she also has been committed to the community, of Information Systems Patrick Griffin earned the helping to organize a successful day retreat for an award for Excellence in Professional Service. Mead organization called Groundwork for Success, serving has provided 35 years of service to the college - the dinner at The Lunchbox — an affiliate program of the past 18 as the director of Financial Aid. Among KIARA TATUM Family Partnership Center located in Poughkeepsie — her many accomplishments that benefit students and producing the Black History Month dance show is the development and implementation of an at DCC. As producer, Upchurch has been able to foster ongoing relationships institutional default prevention system, an electronic with M*POWER, a local Poughkeepsie dance troupe, and the Newburgh loan application process and a scholarship search Performing Arts Academy, which works coordinately with The Boys and Girls database program. Club of Newburgh. Upchurch also is a member of the scholarship committee at Griffin has been a dedicated staff member the Catharine Street Community Center in Poughkeepsie. for 37 years, 16 in his current position. He was Diagnosed with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in 2006, Kiara Tatum had instrumental in numerous campus initiatives, to leave her social work career to manage the disease, which can lead to heart including the implementation of virtual servers, failure. Over time, she became involved in the Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) an upgrade to Office365 and improvements to community and established a local support group. Tatum is on the advisory network-based security infrastructure. board for PH Association’s Generation Hope, which connects young adults Principal Account Clerk Yvonne Flowers earned with support, inspiration and information. She also has served on the Shaping an award for Excellence in Classified Service. A Empowered Teens advisory board for Poughkeepsie High School students. DCC employee for over 25 years, she manages on average more than 14 institutional grants totaling close to $2 million. Additionally, she has helped bring engaging educational programming to the campus and community-at-large as a member and former chair of the Black History committee. DCC President Earns Recognition DCC President Pamela Edington earned the Peggy Martinko Trailblazer Award from the Arc of Dutchess in October and an Athena Award from the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce (DCRCOC) in November. The Arc of Dutchess serves nearly 1,000 people with disabilities in Dutchess County. The DCRCOC presents Athena Awards annually to strong, successful leaders who demonstrate a commitment to professional excellence and community service, and who actively support women in developing SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence were presented to leadership skills and reaching their goals. faculty and staff by SUNY New Paltz President Donald Christian (far left) and DCC President Pamela Edington (far right) during President and CEO of the Dutchess County Regional May’s commencement exercises. The winners, from left, were Chamber of Commerce Frank Castella Jr. and DCC Yvonne Flowers, Sue Mead, Patrick Griffin, Anne Marie Zanchetti President Pamela Edington. and Mareve VanVoorhis.

WWW.SUNYDUTCHESS.EDU 15 NO MAN IS AN ISLAND Volunteering in his second homeland of Japan in the aftermath of the tsunami became a lesson in compassion for Takahiro Hattori. student profile | takahiro hattori

HE WEATHER WAS PLEASANT IN MADISON, ALA., ON FRIDAY, March 11, 2011. Grabbing a jacket before heading out the door T most likely was the biggest concession high school senior and future DCC student Takahiro Hattori made to the conditions outside, which were partly cloudy and a little cooler than normal.

But 6,000 miles away, the climate had front of me that resembled the picture. just unleashed an utterly devastating I became overwhelmed with images of one-two punch. the raging tsunami sweeping through Hattori was listed as present that day the entire city, swallowing the buildings at Bob Jones High School, but his mind and houses. At that moment, I once was elsewhere. He had just learned of again felt a strong sense of urgency to the catastrophic earthquake and postpone my education and help my tsunami that had struck Japan hours second native country.” earlier, killing thousands and washing As the days and weeks passed, away the homes of hundreds of Hattori’s commitment to helping those thousands more. And as additional lives in need pushed him to make a life- were turned upside down by a series of changing decision. aftershocks, Hattori decided that he “Initially I planned to return to would put his own life on hold to help the United States within a year,” he rebuild the lives of others. said. “However, I chose to stay for an “Seeing the mass destruction additional two years after realizing filled me with pain and empathy, and that the demand for assistance was motivated me to assist the survivors,” unceasing.” said Hattori. “I tried to put myself in the His three years as a volunteer was shoes of those who were traumatized, an education unto itself. But when it and although my family was not was over, Hattori decided to attend affected, I wanted to help other families DCC because of its affordability who were. Besides, as human beings, we and its connection to the State materials to real-world situations is are all one family.” University of New York system. He as important as understanding the Passing up multiple scholarship enrolled and decided on the Business materials themselves,” Hattori said. “I offers from colleges and universities Administration Transfer program. always tried to really think about the nationwide, Hattori traveled to “The opportunities and experiences I correlations between what I had just Ishimaki, a city in the vicinity of the gained at DCC allowed me to thrive both learned and what I had observed and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power academically and socially,” he said. experienced in Japan.” plant that experienced meltdowns Hattori was selected to join the Phi He graduated from DCC in May, and due to the tsunami. There, he worked Theta Kappa honor society and the after taking off a semester, transferred with a nonprofit organization to Eleanor Roosevelt Community College to Cornell in January. Hattori assist survivors with relocation and Emerging Leaders (ECCEL) program. knows firsthand that a break from workplace issues. He helped find new (See story on page 11) He the classroom doesn’t jobs for local residents who found said those groups aided in “The opportunities necessarily mean the themselves unemployed because of building his communication and experiences learning stops. the disaster. He also helped with debris skills and helped him see I gained at DCC “The three-year gap removal. various issues from different allowed me to thrive between high school and DCC was an incredibly Coincidentally, Hattori had visited perspectives. He credits both academically the area one year prior. He said it was professors Michael Araujo small price to pay for what and socially.” hard to believe he was in the same and Dr. Mikko Manner, I discovered through my location. among others, as particularly volunteer experience “During the first week on site, I stood influential during his time at DCC. at Ishimaki,” he said. “I became part silently in front of the place where the Additionally, he said his volunteer of a collective of labor professionals, Ishimaki City Hall used to be, trying experience in Japan influenced the economists, social workers, attorneys, to compare the desolate scenery with way he engaged in the classes he took, social justice advocates and others. a picture I had taken a year before at including Microeconomics, Human And through their example, as well as that very place,” he said. “It was almost Resource Management, Statistics and the example of the survivors, my desire impossible to imagine the two scenes as Global Business. to pursue a business-related field was the same because there was nothing in “I think that applying in-class reconfirmed.”

WWW.SUNYDUTCHESS.EDU 17 on campus | cultural events Events and Programs Highlight Diverse Cultures Each year, DCC faculty, staff and students collaborate to bring to campus programs and events that celebrate diversity, which is both a core value and goal of the institution. The college community and the public at large enjoyed a range of entertaining and educational presentations and activities over the past year.

julian bond 1940-2015 Last year, Dutchess County lost two outstanding community volunteers. BLACK HISTORY MONTH FEBRUARY

1930-2015 julian bond 1940-2015 A gospel concert, Kwanzaa celebration and program about the Black Lorraine Marie social activist / leader in the civil rights MoveMent Pettie Roberts Julian Bond was a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Lorraine was a very active member of her Committee, and from 1960 to 1963 he led student protests against segregation community, giving her time to many local in public facilities in Georgia. From 1965 to 1975, he served in the Georgia House organizations. She served on the board of and served six terms in the Georgia Senate from 1975-86. Bond helped found the Catharine Street Community Center, the the Southern Poverty Law Center and was its president from 1971 to 1979. Bond Lives Matter movement were just a few of the activities Dutchess Dutchess County Historical Society (past ran for the United States House of Representatives, but lost to civil rights leader president) and chairperson of its Black History Committee, the Dutchess John Lewis. In the 1980s and ‘90s, Bond taught at several universities, including County Girl Scouts, the Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill, the March American, Drexel, Williams, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard and the of Dimes, the United Way, as well as numerous other organizations. She University of Virginia. He was elected Board Chairman of the NAACP in 1998. received countless awards and honors including the Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medal Award in 2011, the Alexis de Tocqueville award presented by the Dutchess County United Way in 2010, was a 2007 Legends of the Community College offered during Black History Month. The Kwanzaa Hudson Valley honoree, was a 1997 Catharine Street Community Center MLK breakfast honoree, as well as a winner of the 1992 Black Achievers Award, presented by Beulah Baptist Church. In 2008, she led a campaign to honor Jane Bolin, the first black female judge in the United States and Poughkeepsie resident with the unveiling of her portrait, which hangs at the Dutchess County Family Court building. black celebration served as the kickoff event and celebrated the holiday’s

1943-2015 John M. Flowers

A veteran of the Vietnam War, John became a history community organizer in 1992 and for over two 1925-2015 decades dedicated himself to enhancing the b.b. king seven principles: Unity, Self Determination, Creative Work and lives of those around him in the Hudson Valley. aMerican blues singer, guitarist, songwriter and record producer The initiatives he created were many, beginning King released over 50 albums in his career since it began in the 1940s. Soon after with a program that provided Christmas month his number one hit, “Three O’Clock Blues,” King began touring nationally. From gifts to nursing homes and hospitals. Others small-town cafes and juke joints to rock palaces and symphony concert halls, King followed, including a Christmas in February event at the VA Hospital at dcc became the most renowned blues musician of the past 50 years. He was inducted to recognize the veterans, an old-fashioned Easter egg hunt for kids into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 and received the Lifetime Achievement in Poughkeepsie, an annual delivery of Mother’s Day roses to nursing Grammy Award in 1987. Responsibility, Cooperative Economics, Purpose, Creativity and Faith. homes and hospitals, a Father’s Day parade (the first in the history of the country), a church picnic dedicated to God and a Halloween party/ haunted house for kids, among many others. Additionally, each year he helped organize volunteers for the Eileen Hickey Thanksgiving and dutchess coMMunity college black history coMMittee: Christmas Dinners at the Lunch Box and hosted a local radio show Jordan Bell and Carmen McGill (Co-Chairs), Troy Adams, every weekday morning for almost 10 years that reached thousands of Yvonne Flowers, Jackie Goffe-McNish, Ahmed Ismail, Kevin Lang, Susan McGlynn, listeners. John received many notable community awards, and in June Dr. Weldon McWilliams, Dr. Gail Upchurch-Mills, Michael Weida, Rose Wiley. black lives still matter february 2016 coMMunity MeMbers: The gospel concert featured praise dancers and youth and adult of 2015 he received the prestigious honor of having lower Main Street Margaret S. Inge and Greer Smith dedicated in his name. www.sunydutchess.edu/bhm choirs from local churches. The performance has drawn standing-room- only crowds for the past few years. A presentation called “Black Lives Matter Versus All Lives Matter” featured Dr. Weldon

McWilliams, assistant professor of history, who led a discussion about the movement’s GOSPEL CONCERT purpose and validity and the response that emerged. The annual gospel concert is a staple of Black History Month events.

WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH MARCH The annual celebration of Women’s History Month included a Lyceum presentation by a critically acclaimed author, a musical performance by a

Sojourner Truth

elizabeth Cady Stanton quartet called Sonority, a reading of works by female humorists and more.

eleanor roosevelt The Lyceum, called “Mothers, Tell Your Daughters,” was held

Shirley Chisholm

Frida March 3. Author Bonnie Jo Campbell read from her short story Kahlo

aretha Franklin Sojourner TruTh collection of the same name that features tales about women, poverty, eleanor rooSevelT

Susan B. anthony

Margaret abuse and survival. Her book was praised by publications including Mead

EvEnt brought to you by thE Women’s activities Committee the New York Times, Boston Globe and Chicago Tribune. BONNIE JO CAMPBELL Acclaimed author Bonnie Jo Campbell spoke to the campus community in March.

HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER All events are free & open to the public

HISPANIC The College’s annual Hispanic Heritage Month celebration included HERITA G E MONTH HISPAN IC HERITA GE MONTH a performance by a mambo band, lectures and a dance workshop. In Una mirada hacia las raíces indígenas Una mirada hacia A glimpse into the indigenous las raíces indígenas roots of Latin America A glimpse into the indigenous roots of Latin America addition, a group of student musicians closed out the celebration with a Day of the Dead Latin Jazz concert.

www.sunydutchess.edu

MEXICO BEYOND MARIACHI

The Mexico Beyond Mariachi performance was one of 18 ANNUAL REPORT | 2016 many programs held to mark Hispanic Heritage Month. STUDENTS STUDY IN PERU, JAMAICA, IRELAND

Faculty members have created enriching travel programs to enhance the learning experience, and dozens of students participated over the past year.

Students studying abroad in Peru delivered toys to children in a remote Andean village. PERU IRELAND JAMAICA

Students who took an Andean Communications Professor Camilo Students in English Professor Jackie civilization course taught by Rojas led a group of students to Ireland Goffe-McNish’s Caribbean Literature Anthropology Professor Stephanie in March where they visited Dublin, course spent 10 days in Jamaica Roberg-Lopez traveled to Peru where Belfast and Galway while producing a visiting museums, participating in they learned about the art, music, video about exile, exploring the work of activities at local colleges, attending architecture and culture of the South Bram Stoker, Samuel Beckett, James lectures on topics such as politics, American Andes peoples. The group Joyce and Oscar Wilde. Locations religion and healthcare, performing began in Lima and then headed visited by the students included Saint community service, and visiting southwest along the Pacific coast Patrick’s Cathedral, Trinity College, historic sites. “From this experience through arid desert conditions and into Giant’s Causeway, the Clonmacnoise I truly learned about the stark the Andes Mountains, traversing high Monastery, the Cliffs of Moher and Inis differences between higher- and passes and deep canyons to reach Oirr, the smallest of the Aran Islands. lower-class churches,” said student the ancient Inca capital of Cuzco. The Part of the students’ video project Dominique Cooke. “In (the novel) students also traveled through the included covering the Saint Patrick’s ‘Abeng’ I can grasp what the author is Sacred Valley of the Incas into Machu Parade in Dublin. The resulting film was talking about, but actually attending the Picchu and distributed toys to children screened on campus last spring. churches was in a completely different in a remote Andean village. category. It’s an understanding the text never could convey by itself.”

WWW.SUNYDUTCHESS.EDU 19 on campus | the arts Arts on Campus 2 1

3 Students and community members alike take advantage of many concerts, plays, exhibits and other events each year.

1 Dance Students taking dance classes perform for the campus community and public each spring.

2 Visual Arts Several exhibits are featured in the Mildred I. 4 Washington Art Gallery each academic year, including this show of student work last fall.

3 Music Students got into costume to perform a Day of the Dead Latin Jazz concert as part of DCC’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration. Many concerts featuring different varieties of music are held on campus each year.

4 Theatre “Legally Blonde” was presented by students in the Performing Arts program and the Masquers’ Guild Theatre Club last fall. Several plays are staged each year.

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SUPPORTING ROLES Making a big, dramatic scene in class might not be terribly conducive to learning for students in a biology lecture. But for two communications students who started their own video production company after beginning classes at DCC, making a scene demonstrates they found just the right focus.

shley Bassett and William people, acquiring resources and being a I hadn’t imagined having that type of Biavati started Parallel ‘go-getter,’ but I wasn’t sure what to do experience at college.” A Productions last spring after with it until I met Will,” she said. “He said, Weidman praised her students’ hard work producing a faculty orientation video ‘I think you should enroll at Dutchess and and mastery in the studio, as well as their for DCC as part of a service learning study film,’ and I did. But it wasn’t until cooperation not only between themselves, project (see service learning story on my first production class that I really but with other students in class. page 12). The film elicited such a positive found my niche. I knew from then on that “Will and Ashley have brought response from new professors that the I was a Creative Producer.” their skills and creative drive to the College decided to use it each fall. Those Both students cited Associate Professor program and have had much successful rave reviews gave Bassett and Biavati the of Communications and Program Chair collaboration with some of the other confidence to launch their own business Dana Weidman as a big influence who creative, talented and motivated students and tackle other projects. To date they helped give them the confidence they in the Communications program,” said have produced six commercial pieces for needed to start their own company. Weidman. “The two of them really have various clients. “Dana is one of the most understanding taken advantage of the opportunities DCC Biavati said his passion for storytelling teachers I’ve ever had,” said Bassett. “She offers.” came early. knows when I need help and when I need Going forward in the short-term, the “Most kids enjoy using their toys to to figure things out for myself.” pair would like to continue producing create stories, but those moments became Biavati recalls a brief conversation high-quality content for clients. But absolutely central to my life,” he said. “I with Weidman about color correction for they’re thinking way past the immediate used to believe that I would write novels video, and how the informal chat quickly future. In fact, if the film career of Bassett one day, but I found a different medium morphed into a plan for a field trip to an and Biavati was itself a movie, the duo is for my love of stories - a medium where editing office in Brooklyn. hoping it’s still in the opening credits. I could possibly be more productive in “It was a wonderful experience,” said “We’d like to go big or go home,” said today’s society.” Biavati. “After watching a demonstration Biavati. “We’re hoping to produce a short For Bassett, the epiphany came later, about color correction we all headed to series in the near future and our ultimate after she first met William at a prior job. a European restaurant where we ate goal is to produce a hit for an outlet such “I’ve always been great at organizing and talked about film and other things. as HBO or Netflix.”

WWW.SUNYDUTCHESS.EDU 21 on campus | athletics Go Falcons!

THE FALCONS softball squad was runner-up for the 2016 Mid-Hudson Conference Championship, earning the team a berth in the Region Championship Tournament. DCC also has men’s soccer, baseball and basketball; women’s volleyball and basketball; and co-ed cross country. Beginning next fall, the College will offer women’s soccer. DCC is a member of the Mid-Hudson Athletic Conference of the National Junior College Athletic Association.

More information can be found on the new athletics website! www.dutchessfalcons.com

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Evolved Falcon Mascot ‘Hatches’ Last fall the DCC Falcon underwent a make-over of epic proportions. The new- and-improved Falcon made its public debut at the fall 2016 welcome-back event known as FalconFest, and was immediately a big hit with students. Since its re-emergence, the Falcon has had an increased presence at campus sporting events and other campus functions.

WWW.SUNYDUTCHESS.EDU 23 office of community services | news

COMMUNITY SERVICES INITIATIVES HELP PROPEL LOCAL ECONOMY

DCC’s Office of Community Services and Special Programs serves thousands each year with career and vocational training, workforce development, high school equivalency and ESL, professional and personal development, leisure activities, music, crafts, fitness and youth offerings. It also works with the county on Start-Up New York and other economic development initiatives.

Workforce Training Benefits Local Companies Almost 650 local employees took part in customized training over the past year through a SUNY Workforce Grant. A total of 21 courses were offered to various companies representing a broad range of industries. Participating companies included Adams Fairacre Farms, Darling Sand and Gravel, The Council of Industry, Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Nerak Systems, Package Pavement, Schatz Bearing Corp., Shoprite, Stanfordville Machine and Williams Lumber and Home Centers. Courses offered included 3D Design, Food Safety, Leadership, Lean Six Sigma and more.

EMT Program Offers New Class, Holds Skills Day A new contract class for nurses in the Wappingers Central School District was added this past year alongside other non-credit Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) offerings. The nurses participated in a pediatric first aid course that focused on how best to treat traumatic injuries. Additionally, students taking one of the EMT classes joined students in DCC’s credit Participants in the Lean Six Sigma program EMT program to participate in a Skills Day where they worked with learned how to maximize productivity by streamlining business processes. volunteers from local EMS agencies on patient transportation drills and observed a car-rescue demonstration.

The Music School at DCC The Music School’s Sing-a-Thon/Play-a-Thon fundraiser held in August raised $2,000 to go toward free or low-cost music lessons for local students who otherwise could not afford them. The amount raised was triple that of the previous year.

24 ANNUAL REPORT | 2016 office of community services | news

Production Course Leads to New Job Elsa Garcian (above, right) was an engineer in Mexico but was unable to find an equivalent job after moving to the US as her credentials were not recognized by prospective employers. She held several temporary assembly and inspection positions before enrolling in the Certified Production Technician course. The class reinforced her skills and gave her the confidence to find a senior inspector job that quickly led to a rapid promotion to test engineer. She said learning all of the manufacturing terms in English helped her feel more confident during the interview and hiring process and allowed her to better demonstrate that she had the Students from the Certified Production Technician program joined Electrical Technology students to visit Dorsey skills for advanced manufacturing. Garcian has since moved on to become Metrology in October as part of National Manufacturing Day. the lead safety inspector for Dutchess County. She credits the training she received at DCC with changing her life.

ESL Offerings Expanded In addition to the Family Partnership Center (see story on page 6), new locations at Brewster High School and the Pawling Free Library were opened over the past year to offer English as a Second Language courses. The offerings incorporate the new SUNY curriculum, which focuses on building the four basic skills in language acquisition (reading, writing, speaking and listening) with a strong emphasis on critical thinking.

Students take part in ESL classes.

WWW.SUNYDUTCHESS.EDU 25 youth on campus | special programs

DCC hosts many programs for our community’s youth, many of which are led by College faculty and staff dedicated to developing young minds. These initiatives give hundreds of students in elementary through high school the opportunity SPECIAL to learn while having fun. PROGRAMS SERVE TOTS MAGNETIC ATTRACTION MATH AND SCIENCE Two Magnetic Levitation (MAGLEV) OPPORTUNITIES FOR GIRLS THROUGH competitions for middle and high school students drew dozens of To encourage girls to pursue careers participants. The competition is in the male-dominated fields of sponsored by DCC’s Department science, technology, engineering and of Engineering, Architecture math, DCC has for 20 years hosted an TEENS and Computer Technologies and annual “Math and Science Matter facilitated by Electrical Engineering … Especially for Young Women” Program Chair Daniel Barbuto. program for girls in grades five through eight. The program offers Participants designed and built a car hands-on workshops developed that uses magnets to levitate itself by DCC faculty and is designed and incorporates a propulsion system, to engage girls in activities that such as a battery-powered fan, a wind highlight opportunities in the STEM sail or a balloon. The students then race (Science, Technology, Engineering, the cars on tracks lined with oppositely Math) fields. Students conducted charged magnets to keep the vehicles experiments, built small solar cars, afloat. The first-place division winners learned about fire, studied geometry in the spring 2016 competition were in architecture and more. The popular Michael Davis, Cameron Greaves, Kayla offering is supported by the DCC Outman, Vincent Racanello, TJ Scott Foundation and coordinated by and Krystyna Warells. Winners in the Physical Sciences Associate fall 2016 event were Kelsey Faranda, Professor Tony Zito. Maggie Haber, Noah Kang, Natalie Sabrsula, Sarah Sokol, Ava Sperling and Casey Stowell.

26 ANNUAL REPORT | 2016 youth on campus | special programs

LEGO LEAGUE ROBOTICS MUSIC CLASSES BY THE NUMBERS “Programming for children” takes The non-credit Music School at DCC Students from the Dutchess/ on a very technical meaning when continues to offer Kindermusik Ulster chapter of MathCounts, a talking about the 2016 Hudson classes for children through age 4 nationwide middle school mathematics Valley FIRST (For Inspiration and a variety of Suzuki lessons, both competition, were at DCC in February and Recognition of Science and private and group, in violin, cello and for a four-round contest. The event was Technology) Lego League Tournament piano. Additional individual lessons run by Electrical Engineering Program robotics championship matches. The are available in guitar, piano, violin, Chair Daniel Barbuto and math regional competition features teams trumpet, clarinet and many other instructor Jason Gumaer. of children ages 9-14 who use Lego instruments as well as voice. components to build small robots that For a full list of classes, visit complete specific tasks. www.sunydutchess.edu/musicschool. SCIENCE FAIR The theme for 2016 was “Trash Trek.” DCC hosted the 57th Annual Dutchess Teams were asked to choose a piece County Regional Science Fair in April, of trash and track where that item which featured projects from over 200 goes after it leaves its owner, identify students in grades five through 12 from a problem with the way the trash is approximately 40 schools. The projects, handled, research what the current which touched on robotics, chemistry, solutions are for that problem, and physics and other subject areas, then propose an innovative solution. were judged by grade level with first-, The autonomous robots designed by second- and third-prizes awarded along the teams perform theme-related with multiple honorable mentions. tasks involving object collection and manipulation.

Dr. Leah Akins, a professor in the LEARNING BY DESIGN College’s Engineering, Architecture and Computer Technologies department, The 24th annual DCC High School served as coordinator for the event, Architectural Design Competition was which is supported by the DCC SUMMER EXPLORATION held in June. DCC’s Architectural and Foundation. FIRST is a not-for-profit DCC’s Office of Community Services Construction Technologies program organization founded in 1989 to brought back the popular Kids on presented the initiative. Students were foster an appreciation of science and Campus summer program, offering judged on their designs for a three- technology in young people. Each year, sessions for children ages 6-18. bedroom home with a covered front more than 120,000 students in eight Areas of focus included computers, porch and a structure based on a Native countries participate in the league. music, performing arts, golf, and American ceremonial structure called arts and crafts. a Kiva. First, second and third place went to Arlington High School students Daisy Godoy, Daniel Lent and Hannah Wendling, respectively.

WWW.SUNYDUTCHESS.EDU 27 Over the past year, members of the faculty and 1. DCC collaborated with faculty and staff union Dutchess United Educators and the DCC staff donated their time to help support a wide Foundation to man a hydration station at the variety of community initiatives. Below are just Walkway Over the Hudson marathon held in June. The College also was an event sponsor. a few examples. 2. Members of DCC’s Louis Greenspan Daycare Center staff teamed with Mix 97.7 FM in November to help Jam the Van at Shoprite in Poughkeepsie to benefit the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley. 1 3. The Association of Women at Dutchess Community College served dinner at the Lunchbox in September and donated $250 to cover the cost of the meal.

4. Balloon rides were just one of the fundraising efforts put together by the DCC and Friends team at the American Cancer Society Relay for Life event held in May at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds.

5. Dutchess United Educators members and their families cheered walkers at the finish line at the Light the Night event at Vassar College in October. The group volunteered on behalf of the Community Service Committee of the DCC faculty and staff union.

6. Members of Dutchess United Educators volunteered at the Dutchess Outreach Annual Coat Sort at the Family Partnership Center in November.

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28 ANNUAL REPORT | 2016 profile | 2015-2016

2016 Fiscal Year 2015-2016* FAST Budget Allocation FACTS

9,000 students

Instruction, Academic Support, $41,909,535 from Dutchess and Student Services and Library adjacent counties Institutional Operations $12,723,156 Facilities Maintenance and Operations $6,843,276

Total $61,475,967

1,141 *Fiscal year ended 8/31/16 degrees Funding Dutchess Community College operations are funded by New York state, the county and tuition. The state supports approximately 33% of the budget, while the county contributes 26% and students, 41%. SUNY is working to increase state funding for its 64 campuses and the College continues to work $400,000 with its local sponsor, the county, to ensure adequate support going forward. Special projects are made possible by private and public grants and the DCC in scholarships Foundation, which through generous donor support provides approximately $400,000 in student scholarships each year and funds initiatives that enhance teaching and learning. The DCC Association, which manages campus operations, including the daycare center, dining services, residence 100+ hall and bookstore, also provides support. workforce Tuition development In the 2015-2016 academic year, tuition for New York state residents was $1,764 per semester for full-time study of 12 credits or more ($147/credit for courses part-time). This was the 16th consecutive year that the College had the lowest tuition in the state. Students who graduate in the top 10% of their Dutchess County high school can attend DCC tuition-free for two years under the Charles E. and Mabel E. Conklin Scholarship for Academic Excellence administered by the Foundation.

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Dear Alumni & Friends, OFFICERS Carol L. Gordon, Chair It is with great pride that we share this report that outlines the extensive support the DCC James Fedorchak ’67, Vice Chair Foundation receives for the students and programs of Dutchess Community College, and Marty Triola, Treasurer highlights some of the initiatives that have been made possible and lives that have been Ellen L. Baker, Secretary touched by your generosity. It is your support that enables us to transform lives. MEMBERS This past year the DCC Foundation underwent an extensive self-evaluation in order to create Julie R. Audia our five-year strategic plan, which has provided us with defined goals through 2021. The goals Susan McClelland Boyce set forth are very ambitious and we will need your support to make them a reality. Paul P. Calogerakis, III ’78 One of our established priorities will be to build out the Alumni Association, which is now a Michael Campagna ’11 part of the Foundation and charged with all alumni relations and activities. There are over Dennis M. Dengel ’71 40,000 Dutchess alumni, many of whom still live in Dutchess County. We intend to engage our Carl L. Denti alums, those close and far away, and to recognize their many accomplishments. Ryan Fohl Raymond J. Freda ’88 You can expect new and exciting events led by our alumni, colleagues and friends. The Jacqueline Goffe-McNish Engineering Department, for example, has held a successful alumni gathering the Wednesday Bernard Handel before Thanksgiving for decades, and we hope to continue expanding on its success. On April Stacey Langenthal 8, 2017, DCC alumni who participated in the Model UN program will gather for a special event John W. Mazzetti in New York City to recognize Professor Emeritus Richard Reitano’s 50 years of leadership and Michelle M. McCourt ’87 commitment to the program. (See story on page 14.) We look forward to connecting with you in Linda Melton-Mann the near future. Christian Meyer Vincent J. Miller We also are exploring professional development opportunities for alumni and increased Vincent Nunziato communication. Bringing alumni back to campus to speak to students about their experiences Kip Bleakley O’Neill is an amazing way to stay connected and support DCC students. We have rolled out the Falcon, Richard Reitano our new alumni e-newsletter, and anticipate increasing its frequency as we move forward. Kimberley S. Williams Philanthropy also will play center-stage in our efforts. We plan to match our donors with David Wise ’80 opportunities that will fulfill their spirit of giving back to the community and will provide renewed focus on the Fund for Dutchess. Recognizing our donors and providing options for EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS legacy gifts will be paramount to our efforts. Pamela Edington, DCC President Betsy Brown ’64, Trustee Liaison As we progress on this journey together, we will be calling on many of you for advice as to William F. Anderson, Assistant Treasurer where the College should be focusing its efforts and the best use of your philanthropic funds. Diana L. Pollard ’97, Assistant Secretary We look forward to meeting with many of you personally over the next couple of years to help Linda M. Beasimer, Recording Secretary raise awareness of our work and the impact of your support on DCC students.

Through your support, the Foundation has helped to transform countless lives. You can take DCC Foundation great pride in all that has been accomplished and know your continued commitment is the Personnel driving force behind our success. We will not rest until our most important goal is reached: providing the resources that enhance student success at Dutchess Community College. Your Diana L. Pollard ’97 support through direct donations, planned giving and special events throughout the year will EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR make this possible. Burnelle Roser ASSISTANT DIRECTOR We look forward to continuing this very important work with you in the years to come. Victoria Halfpenny DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

Martha Russell ’01 DEVELOPMENTAL ASSOCIATE

Michele Ann Romano SECRETARY Carol L. Gordon Diana L. Pollard DCC Foundation DCC Foundation Board Chair Executive Director 53 Pendell Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (845) 431-8400 | [email protected] www.sunydutchess.edu/alumni

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STRATEGIC PLAN

OUTLINES FOUNDATION GOALS

The Foundation partnered with consultants to create its strategic plan for 2016-2021. The plan will inform the Foundation’s growth and development while setting measurable benchmarks for future success. Input was gathered from college faculty, staff and administration along with alumni, trustees, donors, volunteers, local business leaders and community members to craft a plan that helps elevate fundraising efforts to support and enhance the College’s educational mission.

THE PLAN FEATURES SIX STRATEGIC INITIATIVES: • Develop a recognizable alumni brand and enhance the alumni relations program. REACHING NEW • Engage volunteers in fundraising. HEIGHTS • Build a robust annual fund program. DUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION • Enhance the planned giving program. • Build a major gifts program that is the cornerstone 2016 – 2021 STRATEGIC PLAN fundraising initiative. • Evaluate the viability of a major fundraising campaign. Empower. Elevate. Excel.

The Foundation board and staff look forward to engaging alumni and community members in advancing these initiatives that will impact students and enhance teaching and learning.

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Gala sponsors included Bonura Hospitality Group, United Country Auction Services AAR, IBM, Mid-Hudson Regional Hospital, Rhinebeck Bank, Royal Carting Service Company, Vassar Brothers Medical Center, the Poughkeepsie Journal and Q92.1 FM.

2017 Gala This year’s gala is March 25 and will again be held at the Grandview. Hall of Fame inductees will be Dr. Karen Trovato (’77) and Frank Castella Jr. (’99). The Bernard Handel Community Leadership Award will be presented to Shirley Adams and the Bridge to the Future Award will go to the Poughkeepsie Alliance.

From left are William Beale, John O’Shea, DCC President Pamela Edington, Kathleen Durham and Susan Doyle. Karen Schroeder Trovato, Ph.D. Trovato performed innovative work for 2016 Gala Honors Four, Supports Scholarships 20-plus years as a research team member THE FOUNDATION’S ANNUAL GALA – a big factor in his appointment as Dutchess for global technology company Philips and Community’s Bridge to the Future – was held County’s Emergency Management her own recently launched company. One in March at the Grandview in Poughkeepsie. Coordinator in 2014. Beale was elected to of her early inventions led to technology The event drew approximately 400 guests to the Town of Wappinger Council in 2006. He that parallel parks a car without assistance honor three outstanding individuals and an was re-elected six times and has served as from the driver – a feature now found in organization and raised more than $185,000 deputy town supervisor. an increasing number of new vehicles. for student scholarships. O’Shea always has taken on leadership She even demonstrated this technology Susan Doyle and William Beale were roles in his community. He has been active in Detroit for Henry Ford III in 1988. inducted into the DCC Alumni Hall of with the United Way and Dutchess County Additionally, she launched the first Fame, while John O’Shea received The Regional Chamber of Commerce for almost website for driving directions and made Bernard Handel Community Leadership 60 years. He also served on fundraising a presentation of the site to the CEO of Award and the Eleanor Roosevelt Center committees for numerous organizations MapQuest before the latter site went live at Val-Kill (ERVK) received the Dutchess including Dutchess Arts Council, Mid- 20 years ago. Community College Bridge to the Future Hudson Children’s Museum, Vassar In 2007 Trovato invented the Electronic Award. Brothers Medical Center, the American Pill after becoming interested in Michael Doyle (’11) is a co-founder of Absolute Heart Association, the American Cancer J. Fox’s struggle with Parkinson’s disease Auctions & Realty, Inc., a business that Society and others. and wondering if there was a more effective serves three states selling real estate and Under the leadership of Executive way to administer medication. The pill uses personal property of all kinds including Director Kathleen Durham, ERVK antiques, vehicles, estate furnishings, teaches leadership as practiced by Eleanor business contents and inventories. The Roosevelt. It inspires and empowers company conducts over 250 auctions individuals and organizations to use a year. She served 12 years on the DCC their time, talent and resources to build Foundation Board of Directors including a just and sustainable world, close to two years as chair. home and abroad. The Eleanor Roosevelt Beale (’99) was elected the youngest Community College Emerging Leaders fire company president in New York state program, launched in 2013, prepares at age 19. He was later elected chief of the students to lead in all aspects of their lives - Hughsonville Fire Department at age 24, personal, academic, professional and in the placing him among the youngest fire chiefs community. The initiative serves students in Dutchess County history. His service was from DCC and other community colleges. Students attended the 2016 gala courtesy of Jeff Smith ’72 and his wife, Lynn.

32 ANNUAL REPORT | 2016 SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 2017 Join us in celebration of DCC’s 60th Anniversary at the 2017 Community’s Bridge to the Future Gala

computer controls to deliver medication integrated systems. 2017 GALA HONOREES at the most optimal time. Currently she He is a recipient of the 2007 United is working on launching a product called States Small Business Administration’s nested cannulas - small custom-built Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, telescoping tubes that are designed to the Senator Steven and Linda Saland reach into a human lung to treat cancer Community Service Award and the without surgery. In a career spotlight Dutchess County Regional Chamber of feature written for Trovato while she still Commerce Community Service Award worked for Philips, it was estimated that among other industry honors. thousands of lives could be saved by the nested cannulas. Shirley Adams Trovato’s work has earned her Adams has been the executive director of widespread recognition. She was named Catharine Street Community Center, Inc. Karen Schroeder Trovato ’77 the 2005 Inventor of the Year by the New since 1996. The center provides school HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE York Intellectual Property Law Association readiness and literacy support services to and earned Philips Research’s coveted at-risk children. Extraordinary Product Development Award She is a tireless advocate for her in 1995. Also, her Electronic Pill invention community. Adams was appointed by was covered by major news organizations former Governor George Pataki to the New such as The New York Times and CNN. York State Governor’s Advisory Council to Throughout her career, Trovato’s inventive Advocate for Persons with Disabilities. She thinking has resulted in the issuing of 38 also was appointed to the Executive Board patents in the US and 60 worldwide. She of the Dutchess County Criminal Justice also has presented her work in over 30 Coordinating Council. publications in the U.S. and abroad. She currently serves on the Board of As the annual report was going to press, Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery and is a Frank Castella Jr. ’99 the American Association of Community board member and past president of the HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE Colleges announced that Trovato will Poughkeepsie-Arlington Rotary Club. receive the organization’s 2017 Outstanding In 2003 Adams was appointed to the Alumni award. One of just five individuals Poughkeepsie Housing Authority, serving selected from community colleges as board chair for the past 10 years. She also nationwide, she will receive the honor at has been tasked with the selection of new the organization’s conference in April. judges as part of the City of Poughkeepsie Mayor’s Judiciary Screening Committee, a Frank Castella Jr. role she’s held for more than a decade. Castella is president and CEO of the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of The Poughkeepsie Alliance Commerce and president of the Chamber The mission of the Poughkeepsie Alliance Foundation. The Chamber has a strong is to enhance the quality of life for residents and diverse membership of over 1,500 of the City of Poughkeepsie by partnering Shirley Adams BERNARD HANDEL COMMUNITY organizations throughout the Hudson with various organizations and citizens LEADERSHIP AWARD Valley region, and employs almost 30 full- to promote economic revitalization. time professionals. The Alliance brings together leaders Prior to taking that position in 2015, he from the public, private and non-profit was the owner of AM Direct Mail and part sectors to develop strategies to stimulate owner of Harmon and Castella Printing, transformative growth and enhance the Inc. During his time at the family-run firm, public perception of the city. Castella grew business in the print shop by The Alliance has worked to re-sod a over 450% and in the direct mail company soccer field in Poughkeepsie and assisted by over 300%. He also was integral in the city and other organizations to reinstall upgrading and expanding business the Poughkeepsie gateway sign. The group capacity, bringing the total number of has strategic plans for development in machines to almost 50 and updating place for areas such as the waterfront, Main Poughkeepsie Alliance the computer technology to feature 28 Street and the Walkway Over the Hudson. BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE AWARD

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When Charles E. Conklin of Pleasant Valley turned down the chance to attend college on the GI Bill following his service in World War II, he never imagined that 70 years later he would be sitting on a stage at a college graduation accepting an honorary doctorate from the State University of New York. But that’s exactly what happened in May, at DCC’s 57th Commencement Exercises.

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harles E. Conklin was presented with a SUNY Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree in recognition of his foresight and generosity for establishing C a scholarship 12 years ago that provides two years of free tuition at DCC to students who graduate in the top 10% of a Dutchess County High School. Over 400 students have taken advantage of the program since its inception. “We’re so fortunate Charlie chose DCC and our students as a means to make a real and lasting difference in our community,” said DCC President Pamela Edington just prior to awarding the degree to Conklin. Following his military service, Conklin began his own telecommunications firm, Conklin Corporation. After his business designed a service fix for Bell Telephone Company, he received a $50,000 contract on the spot. That event was the beginning of what would become a decades-long success story for Conklin Corporation and lead to the remarkable program Conklin would create at DCC. After expanding his business locally, Conklin opened an engineering facility in Atlanta, Ga. As he learned more about the community in which his new location resided, he heard about a program that would provide a college education at no cost to Georgia students who could maintain a high GPA ranking throughout their school career. He immediately was struck by the idea, and talked to his wife, Mabel (Betty), who also was a corporate officer in his firm, about trying to replicate the program in the Hudson Valley. She was excited about the idea, so in 2003 the couple approached DCC to work out the details. The Charles E. and Mabel E. Conklin Scholarship for Academic Excellence was created soon thereafter. In 2015, Conklin reached the remarkable milestone of $2 million in lifetime giving following an additional gift of $800,000 in honor of his late wife. Currently, 83 students are benefiting from the initiative. The award is the highest form of recognition offered by SUNY to persons of exceptional distinction. As the medal was placed around Conklin’s neck by SUNY New Paltz President Donald Christian, who represented the State University of New York, the audience cheered and one student shouted, “We love you Charlie!” “I was extremely overwhelmed,” said Conklin. “Receiving the doctorate was a huge honor and a very humbling experience.”

CURRENT RECIPIENTS OF THE SCHOLARSHIP

Deyry Acevedo Kimberly Chamorro Judith Giampietro Erik Merrill Benjamin Prentiss Jeyry Acevedo Crystal Clancy Kyle Goodwin Summer Milkins Makayla Ptasienski Austin Ackerbauer Hannah Collins Brian Griffing Kayla Miller Lynette Ramirez Lauren Aldrich Olana Costa Elizabeth Halpin Akeva Morrison Sarah Remling Benefactor Charles E. Rebecca Anderson Megan Craig Rachel Hawks Daniel Murphy Dominic Rizzi Conklin received an Jason Baker Dorcas Cuellar Andrew Hoff Beven Carrine Rosado honorary doctorate from Taylor Ball John Curran Hannah Johnson Nedumthakady Karen Rothdeutsch SUNY at DCC’s 2016 Chris Barros Emily Anne Detlefs Kyra Joray Caroline Nesheiwat Atiyya Saroyia commencement exercises. Paige Barto Zachary DiGregorio Keith Keegan Sarah Nesheiwat Ryan See He’s pictured alongside DCC Alejandra Bautista Aneesa Dika Camille Keene Lindsey Nun Celine-Dion Smith President Pamela Edington. Jennifer Beahan Kimone Dixon Krisztina Kovacs Jacob Odell Rose Spuhler Ryan Bisson Tiffany Dolfinger Hannah Kowalsky Rachel O’Mara Christopher Zachary Britton Marina Fumasoli Pamela Kraus Brian Owen Tatavitto Sophia Bucklin Christopher Shannon Lawlor Christian Pagan Jessey Tomlins Lauren Byrnes Gabryszewski Maria Lopez Hana Palazzo Katherine Webster Alyssa Carl Nicole Gallucci Hernandez Erica Palmer Mikayla Wydro Brooke Catapano Odaliz Garcia- Amanda Lull Annemarie Pillsbury Heather Cerul Vicente Jamie Matias Leticia Preciado

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Hitting the Links for a Good Cause The Foundation’s 27th Annual Golf Tournament, in memory of Jack Orcutt, was held May 23 at Dutchess Golf Club and raised over $53,000. Orcutt was DCC’s first director of Student Activities and a founding member of the College staff. The winning foursome was CJ Spencer, Joe Amato, Michael Lindberg and Dave Moyer. The Event Sponsor was Llelanie Orcutt and family, the Giveaway Sponsor was JCCI Resource Development Services, the Hole in One Sponsor was Marshall & Sterling Insurance, Double Eagle Sponsors were McCabe & Mack LLP and Meyer Contracting Corporation, the Eagle Sponsor was Shirley Brereton and the Media Sponsor was Q92.1 FM.

The winning foursome at the 2016 tournament was CJ Spencer, Joe Amato, Michael Lindberg and Dave Moyer.

Foundation Supports Guest Lectures MSNBC contributor and Roosevelt Institute fellow Dorian Warren gave a lecture called “Rewriting the Rules of the 21st Century Economy: From Structural Exclusion to Structural Inclusion” in April. He talked about how the unequal economic and social outcomes seen today are driven by structural discrimination against black Americans and other non-whites. A scholar of inequality and American politics, Warren taught for over a decade at the University of Chicago and Columbia University, where he was co-director of the Columbia University Program on Labor Law and Policy and serves as a research associate at the Institute for Research in African-American Studies. DCC Economics Professor Seemi Ahmad, MSNBC contributor Dorian Warren (left) is pictured following his April lecture with (from left) benefactors Bernard and Shirley recipient of the Handel Foundation Endowed Faculty Chair to Perpetuate Handel, Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Ellen Gambino and the Legacy of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, facilitated the lecture. Economics Professor Seemi Ahmad. Another presentation was given in April by Dr. William Recant, the U.S. government liaison who facilitated a covert mission to airlift 15,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel in 1991. Recant not only helped plan and implement Operation Solomon, he revealed it live on national television. His remarks added perspective to a documentary being produced by DCC Associate Professor of Photography Lowell Handler. The film follows a family of Ethiopian Jews who immigrated to Israel in 1992 after Operation Solomon. A clip of the movie, called “Terefu and Her Children,” was shown during the lecture along with photographs taken by Handler during his time in Israel. Handler is the recipient of the Greenspan Trust-Handel Foundation Endowed Chair in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. From left are Associate Professor of Photography Lowell Handler, U.S. government liaison Dr. William Recant, benefactor Bernard Handel and DCC President Pamela Edington.

Faculty, Staff Initiatives Funded Through Foundation Mini-Grants The DCC Foundation provided a $2,400 mini-grant to Associate Professor of English Melanie Klein and Assistant Director of Financial Aid Anne Gorrick for the pair’s Process to Text reading series, which brought to campus a dozen Hudson Valley writers to discuss their creative process and answer questions from attendees. The participating authors drew over 200 students, faculty, staff and community members over six sessions. Another mini-grant of $7,500 was utilized by Director of Student Conduct Marcia Butland and Counselor Ted Goehring for a Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) program held at the beginning of 2016. The initiative was designed to train college student leaders to speak out against homophobia, gender phobia, sexual harassment and violence, and other forms of abuse and violence. Over 30 students participated in two 12-hour training Mikhail Horowitz and Edwin programs provided by Family Services. Attendees included student athletes, club officers, student government Torres were two of the members and student workers. writers who participated in the Process to Text readings Mini-grants are made possible by benefactor and emeritus faculty member Marty Triola. and discussions that began in fall 2015.

36 ANNUAL REPORT | 2016 scholarships | dcc foundation GIVING to our STUDENTS

SCHOLARSHIPS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR DESERVING STUDENTS

In addition to the Charles E. and Mabel E. Conklin Scholarship for Academic Excellence, the DCC Foundation presents over 170 scholarships annually, with a value of more than $170,000. The awards listed below were created over the past year.

The Kirchhoff Family Scholarship for The Dutchess County Youth Board & The Jackie Warner Memorial Nursing Home Schooled Students was established Coordinating Council Scholarship will Scholarship was established by Richard M. by the Kirchhoff Family to be awarded to a be awarded to a student who has either Warner in memory of his wife, Jaclyn J. Warner, home-schooled student who is involved in the overcome difficult circumstances or hardships and her love of nursing. Jackie was a nurse who community. to be successful in school and life, or has initially worked in pediatrics and then in adult demonstrated outstanding contributions through care. This scholarship will be awarded to a The Tara Sweet-Flagler Scholarship was community service. continuing nursing student. established by Professor Tara Sweet-Flagler and will be awarded to an incoming student The Peter J. Clark and Timmian C. Massie The Junior League of Poughkeepsie who matriculates in the Exercise Science and LGBTQ Scholarship was established to support Scholarship will be awarded to a new/incoming Wellness program. members of the LGBTQ community at DCC. female student who demonstrates an interest in Massie is a DCC alum, current College trustee community volunteerism. The JDJ “Mulligan” Scholarship was and former DCC Foundation Board member. This established by Jerry and Denise M. Janiec, who scholarship will be awarded to a student who The AAUW Wilda Dible Hunt Memorial both graduated from DCC as non-traditional is involved in their community, has a financial Scholarship was established by Linda Beyer students. This scholarship will be awarded to an need and has demonstrated strong academic in memory of her mother, who was a strong incoming or continuing non-traditional student achievement. advocate for the education of women. who has decided to return to college. The Jordan E. Bell STEM (Science, Technology, The Stuart Griffin Photography Scholarship The Sylvia L. Jones Scholarship was Engineering and Math) Scholarship for Women was established by Susan Conforti Neilson in established by Vernon D. Jones in memory was established by DCC faculty member Jordan memory of her lifelong friend, Stuart Griffin, of his wife, a former faculty member, and her E. Bell to be awarded to a female student and his passion for taking photos of the Hudson River Valley. The scholarship will be awarded to a love of DCC. This scholarship will be awarded to entering into any STEM field major. student taking photography classes. a student who is enrolled in a foreign language class. The Dutchess County Youth Board Coordinating Council Child Care Subsidy The Transfer 101 Scholarship was established by the DCC Academic Coaching and Transfer The Key Bank Scholarships will be awarded Program Scholarship will be awarded to Center and will be awarded to two graduating to five incoming students who have a history of students who are in need of child care at DCC’s students who attended a Transfer 101 workshop community involvement. Louis Greenspan Day Care Center. and are moving on to four-year institutions.

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ALLIED HEALTH AND Cathie Tarpey Rodriquez ENGINEERING, William E. Holland Scholarship Memorial Scholarship Andres Alfaro BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Marjorie Beaubrun ARCHITECTURE AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES Sally D. Klein Memorial Scholarship Dutchess County Home Sheriff Fred Scoralick Family Michelle Lewis Bureau Scholarship Scholarship Charles E. Conklin Entrepreneurial Faith Drouin, James Scully Dana Farese Scholarship in Technology Margaret Fondren Koniz Memorial Dr. Alfredo Fonts Memorial Maria Leon Sanchez Scholarship Zaida Swan Memorial Scholarship Bianka Zimmermann Scholarship Nicole Peck Koceila Ayouni Louis Greenspan Memorial Scholarship The Mazzetti Family Scholarship Drs. Florence H. and Elvin E. Tolerance and Diversity Scholarship Raymond Hutchinson Cornell Findley Gottdiener Memorial Scholarship Taylor Layton Cristin Hansen Gary J. Lindstrom Scholarship McCann Foundation Scholarship Elizabeth T. & Patrick J. Whalen Nathaneil Torgersen Kiamani Thomas Dr. Lloyd D. Harris Memorial Memorial Scholarship in Human Scholarship Services Dr. Holly Molella Dance Scholarship Kesiena Akpojetavwo Liscum McCormack VanVoorhis, Leanne Gabriele Architects Scholarship Grace Juhren Brandon Galasso The Ariel E. Ingoglia BUSINESS Richard L. Skimin Memorial Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Dawn Kane McCann Foundation Scholarship Business Administration Career Cody Bajcar Jessica Annunziata Scholarship Dennis Kipp Memorial Scholarship Pat Zerbe Scholarship Sumara Mahmood Evelyn Marji Michael J. Morris Scholarship Andrew Teubl Erin Giguere McCann Foundation Scholarship Business Community College Amanda Catano Partnership Scholarship Daniel P. White Memorial Kayla Travis Scholarship HISTORY, GOVERNMENT Millbrook Tribute Garden Patrick Powell AND ECONOMICS Scholarship Betty J. Canfield Memorial Jasmine Thompson Scholarship Jennifer A. Donohue Joseph H. and Miriam B. Gellert ENGLISH AND HUMANITIES Memorial Scholarship Elbert Stillwagon Memorial Taylor Aufiero Scholarship Dutchess County Association of Russell S. Cleverley Memorial Samantha Stretz, Collette Hussing Realtors Scholarship Scholarship Aubrey Alexander Louis Greenspan Memorial Barbara Bott Scholarship William Terry, Bradley Straley, BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES George N. Freedman Memorial Italian Center Scholarship in Roland Johnson Scholarship Language Arts Sheriff Butch Anderson Scholarship Gudrun Einarsdottir Brandon Ewing Kim Mintzer McCann Foundation Scholarship Travis Van De Water Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union Virginia Ann Apollo Memorial Jerry A. Lee Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Lindsay Aquart Scholarship Annya Cousins Vincent J. Tedone Memorial Ellen McAuliffe Scholarship William and Margaret Mair Jovanny Mejia Tony and Faith Krzywicki Business CAYSA Region IV Criminal Justice Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Shaniqua Holmes, Brianna Bolettieri Scholarship Dylan Davies Jozlyn Charland McCann Foundation Scholarship MATHEMATICS, PHYSICAL Ginger Mancuso Memorial Carlene Remsburger AND COMPUTER SCIENCES Chief Roger Doyle Memorial Endowed Scholarship Scholarship in Criminal Justice Brandon Manganaro Edward Becker Michael O’Dell Scholarship Seth B. Lyon Memorial Scholarship Bobbi Chapman William Welling McCann Foundation Scholarship Dutchess County Correctional Teresa Vinson Officers Benevolent Association Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society McCann Foundation Scholarship Scholarship of Wappingers Falls Scholarship Quinn Torres Millbrook Tribute Garden Patricia Iniguez Gregory Selle Scholarship Daniel P. White Memorial Nevie Kaan Dutchess County Deputy Sheriffs Edmund Webb Memorial Scholarship PBA Scholarship Scholarship Tyler Blovat Joe Roberto Alpha Beta Gamma Lindsay Follette Richard Crowe Memorial Scholarship Ronja Baumhoefner Dr. Michael J. and Lois Hall Memorial Richard White and Judith Lessinger Scholarship for Education Scholarship in Philosophy NURSING TEG Federal Credit Union Bharynn Delacruz Catherine O'Connor Scholarship Andronida Small Dutchess County 40/8 Voiture #502 Patricia Krause Nursing Scholarship Memorial Scholarship UHY LLP Certified Public HEALTH, PHYSICAL Constan Kettle Isabel Cirilli Accountants Scholarship EDUCATION, ATHLETICS John Morris Dutchess County Home Bureau McCann Foundation Scholarship AND DANCE Scholarship Amairani Perez-Antonio Ulster Savings Bank Scholarship Shanique Martin Lauren Palmer Michael J. Cassetta Memorial Vernell Charles ‘Fuzzy’ McClinton Jr. Scholarship Eileen Firman Memorial Scholarship Memorial Scholarship Westage Companies Scholarship Olivia Malles Sharee Horton Catherine O'Connor Mario Ribeiro Sonny Frasier Memorial Scholarship Melissa DiBenedetto

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Drs. Florence H. and Elvin E. Lynette McKinney Mid-Hudson Sikh Cultural Society American Association of University Gottdiener Memorial Scholarship Memorial Scholarship September 11th Scholarship Women Scholarship Tracey Vincent Nicole Frisbie Clarissa Virtuoso Sarah Greene Sekaya Newsome Blanche Knapp Hart Memorial Laura Lucille Staats Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Scholarship Memorial Scholarship Credit Union Community Milton Chazen Scholarship Rokeya Hassan Serena Domingues Service Scholarship Samantha LoVerme Wayne Dwyer Hudson River State Hospital Nurses Eric W. Deyo Scholarship Alumni Scholarship SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Jesus Secas Erica Bradley Union Scholarship CONTINUING DCC STUDENTS Cody Borger DUE Scholarship in Honor Leslie D. Maserjian Memorial of Allan E. Rappleyea Nursing Scholarship Academic Achievement Scholarship Moody Family Scholarship Jessica Suphan Mary Ryan Yazline De Jesus Ernest Casadine Holt William J. and Pauline Egan McCann Foundation Scholarship Alumni Association Legacy Jean and Dr. Carl Needy Scholarship Memorial Scholarship Latoya Griffiths Scholarship Lauren Hannon Amanda Giusto Joshua Nelson Millbrook Tribute Garden Nine Partners Lions Club James and Betty Hall Founding Scholarship Association of Women at Dutchess Scholarship President’s Scholarship Melissa DiBenedetto Community College Scholarship Bianka Zimmermann Andrea Bialosuknia Aliona Mironava, Martha Reifler Myers Memorial Katherine Derdelinghen Sgt. Mark C. Palmateer Memorial Henry McDermott Scholarship Nursing Scholarship Scholarship Rachel Harden Kymouye Williams Bridge to the Future Scholarship Zaid Newsome DeSean Morrow Robert B. Sayegh Memorial Jean D. Rock Memorial Scholarship Allan E. Rappleyea and Julia M. Scholarship Rokeya Hassan Trudy Hankinson Briggs Rappleyea Scholarship Ruth Murphy AAUW Scholarship Andrew Powers Jackie Warner Memorial Nursing Brianna Roger Maximillian Schneider Memorial Scholarship Rhinebeck Bank Scholarship Scholarship Sandra Patterson William J. Buckner Exempt Firemen’s Jinsoo Choi Conor Incledon Scholarship Paige Carlson Rose and Kiernan Charitable Richard Steffen Engineering Alumni Foundation Scholarship Scholarship PERFORMING, VISUAL ARTS Phyllis L. Cady Memorial Krista Lockwood Paul Christian AND COMMUNICATIONS Scholarship Marianne Blough The Senator Steve Saland Rochel Stein and Richard O’Connor George Bernstein Memorial Legacy Scholarship Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Dr. D. David Conklin Scholarship Celine-Dion Smith Nicholas Usuriello Adam Colello for Student Leadership Matthew Lahey Catherine Reeck Shanks Stop & Shop Supermarket Jacques Cohen ’89 Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship Carmine Curcio Scholarship Gregory Jacobsen Ericka McGriff, Rachel Primiano Samuel Hall Shawn Mullen George A. Strba Charitable Trust Marty Triola Math Scholarship Dutchess Heritage Quilters Alexander Cutonilli Endowment Scholarship Wendi Huff Scholarship Memorial Scholarship Joshua Ortiz Amber Morrison, Marvin Prince Pelly Shaw Amairani Perez-Antonio Allyn J. Washington Scholarship Danielle Holzberger Clarence J. “Woody” Ferrier Dutchess County Youth Board and Theater Scholarship Coordinating Council Scholarship GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS Mildred I. Washington Memorial Nicholas Craig Justice McCray Graduate Scholarship Alumni Association Drita Yzbashi Harold and Dorothy Hayward The William Jeff Edwards Graduate Scholarship Memorial Scholarship Memorial Scholarship Madison Buechele Young Engineers Scholarship Taylor Halbert Jessica Jaycox Susy Camacho Emily Venuto Madison Gonzalez Hudson Valley Saxophone Sadie and William Effron Orchestra Scholarship Scholarship Erika Morales Gomez Sharon Brookes

Lidia, Agostino and Mary V. Nan Gingher Memorial Scholarship Imperatori Memorial Scholarship Victoria Critton Brianna DeMilio Setting up an educational scholarship fund is a Bernard Handel Community JTN Scholarship Leadership Scholarship meaningful way to give back to your community Joseph Nieves-Luecke Jenna Doucette or to honor a loved one, friend or group. Peter Klose Memorial Scholarship Usman Zia and Moez-UL Hassan Daniel Lewis Memorial Scholarship Alexander Pacione Karen Lee Knapp Memorial For information about how to create Scholarship The Hudson Valley FIRST Lego Kristina Antonucci League Scholarship a scholarship, contact Foundation Executive Jennifer Beahan, Christopher Ham, Russell and Gloria Kraft Samantha LoVerme Director Diana Pollard at (845) 431-8403. Memorial Scholarship Emilia Lisiecki, Phylicia deThomas Helen and Henry Katula Memorial Scholarship McCann Foundation Scholarship Melissa Freytes, Lester Sokolowski Adjua Johnson

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DCC Alum Christopher Acevedo Miranda sits outside the U.S. Capitol building last summer. He spent six weeks taking part in an internship program put on by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. alumni profile | christopher acevedo

college student who spends eight straight weeks in the house during summer break might Branching Out A indulge in binge watching a favorite series on Netflix or get lost while exploring virtual worlds on Xbox. But eight weeks in the house looked very different for DCC alum Christopher Acevedo Miranda; he spent that time last summer in the U.S. House of Representatives as part of a highly selective internship program.

Acevedo was selected for the Summer were happening,” he said. “And the trip to Congressional Internship Program the West Wing made my experience one administered by the Congressional that I felt privileged to have and will always Hispanic Caucus Institute, a Hispanic remember.” youth leadership development and Acevedo said his interest in politics educational organization. He was one began during the 2008 presidential election of just 38 students out of hundreds of season, when he was in eighth grade. applicants chosen for the opportunity. “During history class, the teacher would He was placed in the office of Rep. Charles encourage discussion about the candidates Rangel, who represents New York’s 13th in the context of other historical figures and district. periods,” said Acevedo. “As I continued my During his time in the nation’s capital, education, I developed an interest in the Acevedo helped constituents, conducted potential of policy to impact the lives of research, worked as a translator and people domestically and internationally.” much more. Additionally, he attended Acevedo took an international relations weekly sessions and met with business course during the fall ’13 semester at DCC and nonprofit leaders, took part in and enrolled in the Model United Nations policy discussions and participated in course the following spring, where theory professional development activities. The turned into practice. interactions with leaders made a big impact “The preparation process was on Acevedo. challenging,” he said. “But the support from “Every Friday we would participate my delegation and professors (Matthew) in workshops where we met Latinos who Murray and (Richard) Reitano all made were in the public, private and non-profit it an unforgettable experience that I will sectors,” said Acevedo. “The stories of always value.” success and resilience made the experience Acevedo currently is studying unforgettable and inspiring and I’ll always international affairs at George Washington be thankful for the amazing opportunity.” University. He said beginning his college Not only did Acevedo get to visit the West career at DCC was a good move - both Wing of the White House, but his time in because of the value it provides and its Washington overlapped with huge national professors, who he said were fun, interested news events – the Orlando nightclub mass and excited to teach. shooting and the subsequent sit-in by “They really care about the success of congressional Democrats over gun-control their students,” he said. “They can serve measures. as mentors for whatever interest students “I was interning while historic things may have.”

WWW.SUNYDUTCHESS.EDU/ALUMNI 41 Whether it is a DCC student you want to inspire, a loved WAYS one you wish to honor or remember, or an academic or extracurricular program TO you would like to support, the DCC Foundation is here to help make your giving GIVE experience enjoyable and rewarding. 5 WAYS TO MAKE AN IMPACT

2 Sponsor an 1 ANNUAL EVENT The Community’s Bridge to the Future Gala, Golf Tournament and Dinner Establish an in Memory of Jack Orcutt and other ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Alumni events offer a wide range of Donated funds are invested in perpetuity. giving opportunities to highlight you, Principal-generated earnings fund a your business or your organization in scholarship based on your wishes. If you fun, exciting ways. are eager to have your gift impact lives now and in the future, establishing an endowment is a wise choice.

Please contact Diana Pollard to discuss these and other ways to give. Email [email protected] or call (845) 431-8403.

42 ANNUAL REPORT | 2016 ways to give | dcc foundation

PLANNED GIVING 3 Integrate philanthropy into your overall personal estate planning. We will work with you to achieve your goals through a bequest from an IRA or 401k, life insurance benefit, charitable gift annuity or personal property. Our goal is to ensure that your desires are met. For more on planned giving, see next page.

Purchase a 4 COMMEMORATIVE GIFT IN HONOR OF Mark exceptional events or remember DOROTHY LANE that special person by making a gift to the DCC Foundation on behalf of a THE SMITH FAMILY IN MEMORY OF loved one. Bricks can be purchased for JOSEPH SINGER placement in the Petrovits Pine Grove

Patio, and engraved leaves are available BENJAMIN DAVID COPPERFIELD FORSTER for the “Remembering Community Tree.” CLASS OF 1985 CLASS OF 1991 JANICE WELLER CLASS OF 1965

Make an Annual 5 PLEDGE OR GIFT To make a pledge or cash gift, call (845) 431-8403. To use a credit card, visit https://1406.thankyou4caring.org/DCCF. Checks should be made payable to the DCC Foundation and mailed in the envelope provided in this Annual Report or sent to the DCC Foundation at: 53 Pendell Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601.

WWW.SUNYDUTCHESS.EDU/ALUMNI 43 LEGACY SOCIETY MEMBERS The individuals listed below have notified the Foundation that they have made a planned gift to Dutchess Community College. Planned gifts may include a bequest, charitable trust, personal residence, THE HALL life insurance policy, IRA or any appreciated items such as artwork.

Rosemarie I. Becchetti-Rice ‘83 Karen T. Blonder and LEGACY Jerry L. Toepfer Charles E. Conklin and Mabel E. Conklin* Linda L. Connors ‘71 SOCIETY Eric W. Deyo ‘71 Vincent J. DiMaso ‘66 and Joan DiMaso ‘68 Kathleen Eagen ‘67 HE JAMES F. HALL LEGACY SOCIETY Toni M. Emery ‘66 and was created to recognize donors who have pledged Joseph A. Lucas ‘87 generous gifts to the Dutchess Community College Dorothy J. Fitchett ‘81 Foundation through wills, trusts and other life- Gail Ganter-Toback and Arnold Toback Tincome channels. By becoming a member of the Hall Legacy Patricia Ansari Gee Society, you are showing your commitment to the College and James F. Hall demonstrating a belief in future students. Bernard Handel Mary V. Imperatori* Some members are former students who connected in Vernon D. Jones a meaningful way with faculty and staff and, as alumni, Gary J. Lindstrom ‘60 appreciate how the support and dedication of their teachers Kathleen M. Marinn ‘63 positively impacted their lives. The College also is fortunate to F. Kennon Moody have many friends and supporters who believe in its mission. Michael J. O’Dell ‘69 The chance to help a student enhance his or her life through June S. Pierson higher education inspires so many wonderful people from Barbara Jean Planck varying backgrounds to partner with DCC. Vincent F. Post, Jr. ‘73 Michael J. Quackenbush ‘78 Members of the James F. Hall Legacy Society understand Francis U. Ritz* the importance of a successful community college and Carol A. Roper seek to keep the spirit of educational excellence alive for Klara B. Sauer ‘72* future generations. Werner H. Schmidt Edna K. Silber You too can be a member of the James F. Hall Legacy Society. William R. Steinhaus ‘69 Visit the new website, http://sunydutchess.giftlegacy.com, to Mary Louise Van Winkle explore ways you can leave a lasting legacy.

Allyn J. Washington Rita D. Weber-McKee Carole J. Wolf

*deceased

44 ANNUAL REPORT | 2016 Leave your legacy. Endow the future.

You can leave your legacy while making a significant contribution to enhance the lives of many DCC students – and it’s easier than you might think. The purpose of our endowment fund is to financially sustain the mission WILLS AND BEQUESTS and work of the DCC Foundation. To many people, the most familiar type of bequests are gifts made The endowment supports a range through a provision in a will or trust. You can make a bequest of of important scholarships and a dollar amount, a specific asset, or a percentage of your estate. funds that help students pay Donors like the fact that bequests are gifts that are made through an estate plan and can be adjusted if needed. for tuition, books, domestic and international travel, projects and Creating your plan is now easier than ever before with the new supportive services. online Wills Planner on our website. It will help you organize your family and estate information using our secure online system. To This year the Foundation has committed get started, go to our website, click on “Plan Your Will” and create to provide more than 250 students with your Wills Planner account. We look forward to helping you plan scholarships totaling over $400,000. your future! Additionally, academic departments benefit from the funds raised through BENEFICIARY DESIGNATIONS support for endowed faculty chairs, In addition to “traditional” bequests made through your will or classroom technology and other trust, you can use beneficiary designations to create your legacy. It educational enhancements that all is very easy to make a gift by completing a beneficiary designation enrich the student experience. form provided by your account administrator. The most common beneficiary forms are available for bank accounts, investment With your legacy gift we can grow the accounts and life insurance policies. The benefits of creating your number of students we are able to legacy through a beneficiary designation are numerous: you can support on an annual basis and the avoid probate and receive tax savings, and the designations are academic programs that enhance their revocable and easy to do. education. Here are a couple of estate planning strategies that can benefit you, These are just a few ways you can leave your legacy. support DCC students, and build the DCC Please contact Diana Pollard to discuss these and Foundation endowment. other ways the DCC Foundation can help you. Email [email protected] or call (845) 431-8403.

This information is not intended as tax, legal or financial advice. Gift results may vary. Consult your personal financial advisor for information specific to your situation. Portions of the above article are © 2015 Crescendo Interactive, Inc. Used by permission.

WWW.SUNYDUTCHESS.EDU/ALUMNI 45 Shirley Brereton ‘88 Eric W. Deyo ‘71 Carpenters Local Union 19 Anthony J. DiMaso ‘65 Central Hudson Gas & Electric Vincent J. DiMaso ‘66 Corporation and Joan DiMaso ‘68 Chevron-Texaco Maureen M. Doherty ‘03 THANK CKH Industries Tansukh G. Dorawala* William Clutz W. John Dunn David J. Conklin Dutchess Beer Distributor DCC HPEAD Dutchess Community College Dutchess County Agricultural Society Association Dutchess County Home Bureau Dutchess County Association Estate of James V. Forster III of Realtors Estate of Nan Gingher* Dutchess County Counseling Association Patricia Ansari Gee YOU Dutchess County Deputy Arthur L. Gellert, Gellart & Klein Sheriffs PBA William R. Grogg, Net Publications Dutchess County Industrial The Dutchess Community Dorothy A. Hayward* ‘78 Development Agency Health Quest Paul and Kathleen Ellis College Foundation thanks Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union Toni M. Emery ‘66 and Johnson Controls Joseph A. Lucas ‘87 those who generously support JP Morgan Chase Estate of Edmund J. Webb Kirchhoff-Consigli Construction Exempt Firemen’s Association initiatives to enhance teaching Management James M. Fedorchak II ‘67 McCabe & Mack Robert and Margaret Feldman and learning. Leadership-level Michael TJ McCormack ‘78 Julian Fishburne Liscum McCormack VanVoorhis, Four Seasons Vending donors are recognized below Architects Raymond J. Freda ‘88 Micro-Estimating Systems Friends of The Helen Aldrich for their lifetime giving. New York Propane Gas Association Recreation Park Michael J. O’Dell ‘69 James T. Galluzi* and Pamal Broadcasting Geraldine Pozzi-Galluzi ‘74 Pepsi of the Hudson Valley Gannett Foundation $1,000,000+ $50,000 - $99,999 Dave and Randi Petrovits GAP Foundation Charles E. and Mabel E.* Conklin C.B. Strain & Son Poughkeepsie Journal George T. Whalen, Jr. Llelanie S. Orcutt Carpenter’s Union Local 279 Martha Reifler Myers* Florence H. Gottdiener* Allyn J. Washington Richard Chazen, Chazen Companies Rhinebeck Bank Harmon & Castella Printing Chevron-Texaco Foundation Royal Carting Company Howard and Emily Himelstein $500,000 - $999,999 D. David Conklin Christine F. Scott ‘85 Hollowbrook Associates Dyson Foundation Corbally, Gartland & Rappleyea Patrick and Phillis Smith HRSH Nurses Alumni Association IBM DCC Alumni Association Stenger, Roberts, Davis & Diamond, LLP Hudson Valley Artisan’s Guild James J. McCann Charitable Trust Carl L. Denti Town of Poughkeepsie Police Insul-sash of the Hudson Valley Louis Greenspan Charitable Trust Susan A. Doyle ‘11 and Robert A. Benevolent Association Iron Mountain Deran and Karen Soovajian Doyle, Absolute Auction & Realty Ulster Savings Bank Jerry Janiec ‘95 and Denise M. Janiec ‘93 Dutchess Heritage Quilters United Way of Dutchess-Orange Region Vernon D. Jones $250,000 - $499,999 Dutchess United Educators June & Aaron Gillespie Forum Stacy E. Anderson ‘81 Hyde Park Lions Club $10,000 - $24,999 Kanter-Kallman Foundation Community Foundations of iHeart Media Adams Fairacre Farms Scott Keegan the Hudson Valley Liberty Mutual ADVA Optical Networking Key Bank Francis U.* and Mary F. Ritz Anthony B. Ligamari Charles Ahrens ‘67, Best of Scotland Knobloch Family Foundation Christian Meyer, Meyer Contracting Michael A. Aiello ‘80 Frank W. Kotzur ‘72 $100,000 - $249,999 MidHudson Regional Hospital of Alamo Ambulance Service Tony and Sara Krzywicki* Bequest of Margaret Mair Westchester Medical Center American Legion Arlington Post 1302 Thomas E. LeGrand Bonura Hospitality Group Open Society Institute Bridgette Anderson Judith Lessinger Muriel Bozsik John and Nancy O’Shea, Jr. Ellen L. Baker Gary J. Lindstrom ‘60 Bradford Portraits Ralph E. Ogden Foundation Bequest of Frances K. Anderson* Isabell C. Lopane-Ingoglia ‘86 Cynthia Dill Julia M. and Allan E. Rappleyea* Blacktop Maintenance Corporation Mary E. Lyon ‘91 Edwin A. Ulrich Charitable Trust Roger W. Smith* and Betty Smith Kip Bleakley O’Neill M & T Bank George A. Strba Charitable Trust Stop & Shop Kenneth R. Briggs Mardi-Bob Management Bernard and Shirley Handel, Sun-Up Enterprises Betsy Brown ‘64 Marist College Handel Foundation TEG Federal Credit Union Luella and Donald Cleverley* Amelia M. Martinko ‘66 Laerdal Medical Marty and Ginny Triola Correction Officers Benevolent Timmian C. Massie ‘78 Marshall & Sterling Mary Louise Van Winkle Association John W. and Judith A. Mazzetti ‘97 Millbrook Tribute Garden Vassar Brothers Medical Center Linda Cupit McDermott Family Charitable Trust June S. Pierson Albino and Rosa Curcio Robin M. McIlmoyle ‘78 Amy L. Sherman ‘13 and James $25,000 - $49,999 D’Arcangelo & Company Linda Melton Mann Page, Sherman Furniture Rental AAUW Poughkeepsie Branch Darlind Construction Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union Jeffrey G. Smith ‘72 and Lynn Smith Bentley Fund DCC Student Government Association Millman Harris Romano Foundation TD Bank Berkshire Taconic Community Timothy R. Decker F. Kennon Moody Foundation Dennis M. Dengel ‘71 Morris Associates

Cumulative giving totaled as of August 31, 2016. *deceased

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N & S Supply of Fishkill Bridgeway Federal Credit Union Hudson Valley Renegades Pine Plains Emporium Jean D. and Carl K. Needy C & S Engineers Hyde Park Brewing Company Pine Plains Fine Wines John R. Neuville ‘78 Catamount Hyde Park Lions Club Pine Plains Platter John and Mary Nolan CDPHP IBM Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 21 NXP by Philips Central Hudson iHeart Media Quaker Hill Golf & Country Club Stephen J. O’Shea ‘79 Chazen Companies Isabel’s Kitchen Real Property Abstract & Perkins Eastman Architects, PC Chevron-Texaco Iseman, Cunningham, Riester Title Services Diana L. Pollard ‘97 and Harro Penk Chief’s Council of Dutchess County & Hyde, LLP Red Cedar Arborist & Landscaping Patricia L. Prunty Claudio Cares Foundation Italian Center Red Hook Golf Club Public Finance Associates Clove Creek Dinner Theatre J A J Proactive Contracting LLC Rez Ones Raphael Mark Memorial Scholarship Constellation Advancement, LLC J. J. Stanis and Company River Station Restaurant Richard Reitano and Coppola’s Restaurant of Hyde Park James J. McCann Charitable Trust Claudia A. Archimede ‘89 Roemer Wallens Gold & Mineaux LLP County Players James L. Taylor Manufacturing Peter A. Rivera Rondout Country Club Crew JCCI Resource Development Services Michael R. Rock Route 82 Sand & Gravel Crooked Rooster Jean D. Crandall Memorial Fund Roemer Wallens Gold & Mineaux LLP Rovil Security System Cy’s Deli June & Aaron Gillespie Forum Richard Shoemate and Royal Carting Company Junior League of Poughkeepsie Pamela A. Shoemate ‘82 D’Arcangelo & Company Safeco Alarm Systems Daddyo’s Diner Corp Kirchhoff Properties LLC Sodexo and Affiliates Santa Fe Community Foundation De’s Jewelers Knobloch Family Foundation Eric Somers Sapore Steak House Di’Vine Wine Bar Liberty Mutual Richard Strain Shadows on the Hudson Frank and April Strickler Dominican College Liscum McCormack VanVoorhis, Architects Sherman Furniture Rental Martha A. Sullivan* Double O Grill Louis Greenspan Charitable Trust Siena College Bob Sussman Dutchess County Home Bureau M & T Bank Simply Gourmet Algie Sutton* Dutchess Golf Club Mahoney’s Irish Pub & Steakhouse Sodexo and Affiliates Taylor Tree & Landscaping Dutchess Heritage Quilt Show Committee Mannheim Editions Southern Vermont College Telecommunications Techniques Spackenkill School District Corporation Dutchess Hops Maplebrook School Foundation Nancy J. Tricomi ‘78 Dutchess United Educators Marshall & Sterling St. John’s University UHY Advisors Dyson Foundation McCabe & Mack St. Joseph’s College Vassar College Eastern View Farm McCann Golf Course St. Thomas Aquinas College Brenda H. Verbeck ‘69 Ed Herrington, Inc. Medaille College Staatsburg Engine Co. 2 Verizon Communications EFCO Products Metropolitan College of New York Stenger, Roberts, Davis & Diamond, LLP Village Park Apartments Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill Meyer Contracting Stewart’s Shops Bob and Ann Marie Vitale Emiliano’s Microsoft Stissing House Mary Waterman and Bill Lunt Essie’s Mid Hudson Food and Wine Society Sunny Hill Resort & Golf Course Westage Development Group Exempt Firemen’s Association Mid-Hudson Civic Center Sweet’s Funeral Home Jessica White and Brian T. White ‘94 Fashion Institute of Technology Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union TD Bank York-Hunter Fastracs Rental MidHudson Regional Hospital of Teahan & Constantino Westchester Medical Center Foam & Wash Car Wash TEG Federal Credit Union Mike Arteaga’s Health & Fitness Centers Foundations, Businesses and Friends for Jim Coughlan The 1997 Hall Family Trust Mill Street Loft Matching Gift Companies Friends of William H. Beale The Community Foundation for the 2 Way Brewing Gadaleto’s Seafood Market Millbrook Tribute Garden National Capital Region AAUW Poughkeepsie Branch & Restaurant Millbrook Winery The Garrison Mohonk Mountain House Absolute Auction & Realty George A. Strba Charitable Trust The Links at Union Vale Molinaro for Dutchess Adams Fairacre Farms George T. Whalen, Jr. Foundation The New School Morris Associates Advanced Vision Management Golden Gift Jewelers Thunderhart Golf Club Guardian Self-Storage Moulton Memorial Baptist Church Alexander Carpet Timely Signs of Kingston H.D.L. Associates Mount Saint Mary College Ameriprise Financial Town of Thompson H.G. Page & Sons Mulch and More Andersen Tax Trattoria Locanda ANN Transportation Hammertown Musiclink Foundation Trump National Golf Apple Greens Golf Course Hampton Inn & Suites N & S Supply of Fishkill Union Square Arnoff Moving & Storage Handel Foundation New York Propane Gas Association Vassar Golf Course Arts for Peace of Ulster County Harding Club North River Hops & Brewing Vermont State Colleges Associated Aircraft Group Harmon & Castella Printing North River Roasters Village Park Apartments Atlantic Sales & Salvage Harney & Sons NY Vintage Camera Works Viscount Liquor Corporation Bank of Millbrook Harvest Moon Gifts Olana State Historic Site Bard College Health Quest P V A H W.B. Mason Bardavon Opera House Herbert Redl, Inc. Pace University Wallace and Wallace, Attorneys Barnes & Noble Hodgson Russ LLP Package Pavement Company West Hills Country Club Beekman Country Club Hofstra University Page Park Associates Western Connecticut State University Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Horatio Productions Partners in Massage Western New England University Bonura Hospitality Group Hudson Beach Glass Passikoff & Scott William G. Miller and Son Funeral Home Boscobel Restoration Hudson Plaza Wines & Spirits Paul Smith’s College of Arts & Sciences Williams Family Foundation Bounce Trampoline Sports Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union Pawling Mountain Club Williams Lumber Bradford Portraits Hudson Valley Magazine Piccone Group of Companies Wings of Love Portrait & Design Studio Brady Plumbing & Heating Hudson Valley Office Furniture Pine Plains Barber Shop Yas-Ger Holding Corp.

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WWW.SUNYDUTCHESS.EDU/ALUMNI 47 alumni profile | ahmed taofik

PLAYING IT FORWARD PERHAPS DCC ALUM AHMED TAOFIK CAN’T REMEMBER THE NUMBER of assists he made during his high school and college basketball career. But if smiles are any indication, the kids he’s assisted through his sports-themed non-profit won’t ever forget him.

nfants du Benin Debout (Children NCAA division college, but an ACL tear of Benin Stand Up) is an in his knee during a tournament game E organization founded by Taofik in Houston forced a substitution – not and his wife in the West African country only in that particular match, but in his of Benin that aims to use sports and art to life’s focus. The injury eventually healed, teach children about leadership and health. but its lingering effects put a basketball More than 3,000 kids have taken part in the scholarship from a university out of reach. organization’s programs since 2010. “My studies became my priorities,” said One such initiative helped give orphaned Taofik. “My AAU basketball coach knew girls access to computers. Another was a student coach at DCC who helped me He chose Business as his major and a basketball camp where participating enroll.” complemented that selection with other children learned about entrepreneurship, One of the first obstacles he faced was classes, including a Model United Nations gender equality, health and HIV/AIDS language. Taofik’s English skills were course taught by Professor Emeritus prevention and more. Taofik is present in limited to what he had picked up through Richard Reitano. Benin for many of the programs, traveling books and music while living in Benin, “He challenged us so much,” said from his home in Paris. Additionally, his a French-speaking country by way of Taofik. “He pushed us to reach deep inside employment with Nike led to the students its former colony status. Despite the of ourselves to produce the best work we being furnished with sporting equipment short time frame, he acquired a working could.” including shirts, shorts, socks, shoes and knowledge of English before coming to He joined the Alpha Beta Gamma basketballs. DCC. Next, he needed to adjust to life as a business honor society, and served as It was Taofik’s own interest in basketball college student. its president. And it was as a member of growing up in Benin that led him to the U.S. “I had to learn how to organize,” he international honor society Phi Theta and ultimately to DCC. After excelling at the said. “I had a student aide job, was playing Kappa that Taofik started to give back to sport as a child, he accepted an opportunity on DCC’s basketball team and was taking his community. to play high school basketball in Louisville, classes full-time. For a kid coming from “We organized different events to Ky. He was hoping to get recruited by an Africa, it was a lot to handle.” help people in the Poughkeepsie area,

48 ANNUAL REPORT | 2016 alumni profile | ahmed taofik

Ahmed Taofik (’09), (front, center) poses with kids who took part in a basketball camp held last year in West Africa. (Photo by Joel Koukoui) including a toy drive for kids in one of in giving back, courtesy of a former dean on to earn a bachelor’s degree from Wiley the local hospitals,” he said. “Those of the College. “She went to the Student College in Texas and a master’s degree from experiences taught me that I could impact Accounts Office and paid my bill with her IFAM Business School in Paris. my community. credit card,” said Taofik has accomplished so much The passion I have I had a student aide job, was playing on Taofik. “She said she already, but he may just be getting started. now for giving back DCC’s basketball team and was taking thought I was special He and his organization are looking for to kids in Africa, classes full-time. For a kid coming and knew that I’d sponsors to build a sports and cultural it came from my from Africa, it was a lot to handle. pay her back, which center for youth in Benin where kids can experience at DCC.” I was able to do a study, use computers, learn about art and Taofik was excelling in his work, but was couple of months later. It wasn’t about the play sports. almost thrown off track just after returning money for me, but the trust. It was a family “I always saw myself as lucky to have to campus from a semester break. atmosphere that I had at DCC.” had the opportunity to come to school “I’ll never forget the day I came back and Taofik moved forward. He was selected and play basketball in the U.S.,” he said. “I did not have the money to pay my tuition for a SUNY Chancellor’s Award in Student want to give back to young kids in Africa by and start my classes,” he said. Excellence in addition to awards for becoming a mentor and share with them But what could have been an end to his achievements in the social sciences and what I have learned during my studies and education, instead became another lesson business. He graduated in 2009 and went life experience.”

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was Timmian Massie ’78 Jason Fisch ’06 began Robert E. Parkin ’09 published his appointed to the Dutchess his own web design firm first sci-fi book, "The Genesis Code: Community College board at age 17, expanding Lambda," in 2014. In August of 2016 of trustees by the Dutchess it into Fisch Internet he published his second book, "The County Legislature in Solutions by age 22. Immortality Protocol." After completing December. He was president Today, the firm has more his degree in Communications and Media of the 1977-78 DCC Student than 10 employees and Arts at DCC, he received his BS in Mass Association, a member of serves clients across the Communications and Media Studies at the Student Senate Government and a country. He is the creator of the Spotted SUNY Oneonta. He always has loved to delegate to the National Model United Dog Rover software system that transmits create stories and characters that are Nations at Harvard University. Massie was alerts via app and text message to unique and exotic and that bring a certain the DCC Alumni Association president in firefighters notifying them of emergencies edge to his elaborate stories mixed with 1980-81 and Foundation board member and other announcements. The system deception, action and intrigue. from 1991-1994. He received his BA in is used by hundreds of departments Political Science - American Government worldwide. In 2009 Fisch became the from Fordham University in 1980. He is youngest person to receive the Hudson Hanna Manner ’14 had her the Senior Vice President for Marketing, Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce artwork featured as part of Public Affairs and Government Relations Forty-Under-40 Award and he recently the 9th Annual Art Studio at Health Quest. Last year he established was honored as Millennial of the Year by Views in September. She the Peter J. Clark and Timmian C. Massie Westfair Publications and was selected is a Finnish-born artist and LGBTQ Scholarship to support members by Goldman Sachs for its 10,000 Small painter and fine arts always of the LGBTQ community at DCC. Businesses investment opportunity. have been near and dear to her heart. Her degrees are in scenery painting and decorative John Bray ’98 and Justin Wolfe ’07 painting as well as construction Gregg Bray ’98 created received his Bachelor commercial painting, wallpaper hanging “Liner Notes,” a film based of Science in Business and furniture restoration. Mixing the on the play published by Administration from paint, and seeing the colors on canvas Next Stage Press. The American University she believes she can make something story centers around a young woman who – Kogod School of beautiful. The Annual Art Studio View is a learns that the past is only as amazing as Business. He worked for Ernst & Young, free self-guided tour designed to promote the one who chooses to write it down. Morgan Stanley and is now an Associate the artwork and talents of local artists at Jane Street, a global trading firm in in Northern Dutchess and Southern New York City. Columbia counties along the Route 9 & Paul Clinton ’91 earned 9G corridor. an associate degree in Architectural Technology and Rob Doyle ’08 continued his education at participated in a Yoshi Tsuji ’14 graduated NYIT. He said he attributes 2,000-mile, life-sized from Indiana University his success at NYIT to the rigorous trivia game across last year and moved to curriculum offered at DCC. He is a the Northeast called Charlotte, N.C. to start Registered Architect in New York state and The Race to Recover Win-Kel, LLC — a company has had his own practice in the Hamptons America’s Missing that helps connect people for 14 years. Children. The race who need physical storage included events in Dutchess County on space with residences that have extra September 28 and 29. The initiative is room to spare. Tsuji was the 2013- Daisy Bopela ’04 received the country’s largest active recovery effort 2014 Student Government Association her BA in Communication for missing kids. president and student trustee. and Media Studies at Temple University and BMA at Strayer University. She is the Anthony Sicari ’08 Larissa Pitcher Financial Center Manager at the Bank of is founder/owner of Alvarado ’15 is America in Connecticut. SunPower by New York teaching ceramic State Solar in Modena, NY. classes at Art Centro His wife, Bianca Cauchi in Poughkeepsie. ’08, is a consultant at the company.

50 ANNUAL REPORT | 2016 Are you a DCC Alum? Get in touch! The DCC Foundation would like to connect with as many of the College’s Calling all 40,000 alumni as possible. Alumni are invited to share information about their achievements on the “Tell Us About Yourself” page at www.sunydutchess.edu/ Alumni alumni. You also may connect with the more than 12,000 other alumni who are a part of DCC’s LinkedIn page, or find us on social media to share your story or learn about other alums.

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Take Advantage of Dutchess Community College @ DCCFAlumni Alumni Benefits! DCC Alumni are entitled pinterest.com/dutchesscommuni to many services and flickr.com/photos/138770341@N05/albums programs that can help with employment, personal and professional Sign up for the newsletter! If you would like to receive the DCC Alumni enrichment and more. e-newsletter, please send an email to [email protected] or call the Foundation office at (845) 431-8400.

CAREER SERVICES Interested in volunteering? It’s a great way to support DCC, make a Career services, such as job difference in the community, meet new people and learn new skills. To help placement and counseling, are with an event or suggest an idea for something new, please contact Burnelle available through the Center Roser at (845) 431-8402 or [email protected]. for Career and Entrepreneurial Services. Call (845) 431-8040 for more information. Jane Conte ‘68, Sharron Mahaffey Gaylord ’68, Durinda Harder Sagendorph ’76 and Patricia LIBRARY Stickles Buffington ’68 stopped The Francis U. and Mary F. Ritz by campus last year to take a tour. Now spread out between New York, Library is open throughout the South Carolina and Montana, these year. For specific hours, call four alumni met at Ockawamick Central School in Hudson and then (845) 431-8630. were roommates in Poughkeepsie while attending DCC.

FITNESS CENTER The Phil Arnold Fitness Center and Weight room is The Annual DCC Engineering and open five days a week during Electrical Technologies Alumni the academic year. Call Dinner was held Nov. 23 at Aloy’s Restaurant in Poughkeepsie. (845) 431-8465. The event was hosted by the DCC Engineering Club and brought together faculty members and students, both past and present. The event was created by faculty emeriti Richard Steffen in 1977. The 2017 dinner will be held Nov. 22.

WWW.SUNYDUTCHESS.EDU/ALUMNI 51 financial profile | dcc foundation

Growth in Assets: 2005-2016 12 Statement of $10.7 $10.1 Financial Condition 10 $9.6

$8.4 Assets 8 $7.5 $7.1 Cash and Cash $5.8 $5.8 $6.0 Equivalents $76,425 6 $5.7 Investments $10,478,899 $4.7 $3.9 Other Assets $142,183 4 Dollars (in millions) Total Assets $10,697,507 2

0 Liabilities 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Accounts Payable $54,654 Other Liabilities $27,610 Total Liabilities $82,264 DCCF Investment

Net Assets Equity Mutual Funds $6,884,405 Unrestricted $265,167 Corporate & Government Bonds $1,832,289 Temporarily Fixed Income Mutual Funds $1,490,792 Restricted $3,341,160 Cash $271,413 Permanently Restricted $7,008,916 Total $10,478,899 $10,615,243

Total Net Assets $10,697,507

DCCF Support

Development and Stewardship $650,957 Scholarships $445,340 Program Support $241,955

Total $1,338,252

52 ANNUAL REPORT | 2016 2017 EVENTS WE HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON!

MARCH APRIL MAY OCTOBER 25 8 22 7&8

Gala DCC Model UN Golf Tournament Dutchess Heritage The Dutchess Community College 50th Anniversary The Dutchess Community Quilt Show Foundation Community’s Bridge Celebration College Foundation’s 28th The Dutchess Community to the Future gala will be held at Alumni who have participated in Annual Golf Tournament in College Foundation will host the Grandview in Poughkeepsie. Model UN are invited to attend memory of Jack Orcutt will the 18th bi-annual Dutchess The honorees are: Shirley Adams, this celebration of Richard take place at the Links at Union Heritage Quilt Show on DCC’s Bernard Handel Community Reitano’s leadership and passion Vale in Lagrangeville. The main campus. The show Leadership Award; Poughkeepsie for the program. The event takes event includes dinner, sponsor includes lectures, workshops, Alliance, Bridge to the Future place at the SUNY Global Center recognition, awards, an auction vendors, demonstrations, quilt Award; Dr. Karen Schroeder in New York City. and a raffle. judging, a fashion show, food Trovato ’77, Alumni Hall of Fame https://1406.thankyou4 www.sunydutchess.edu/golf concessions and more. Show and Frank Castella Jr. ’99, Alumni caring.org/ModelUN hours are 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Hall of Fame. on Saturday and Sunday. For https://1406.thankyou4 details and to register for the caring.org/gala judged quilt show, visit: www.dhquiltshow.org

These events raise money to support the more than $400,000 in scholarships awarded each year to over 220 students by the DCC Foundation. Enrollment at the College is more than 9,000 and scholarships provide the bridge to success these students need. For more information or to suggest an event, contact Burnelle Roser at (845) 431-8402 or [email protected].

Karen Abramson Jackie Goffe-McNish Barbara Pagan Thank you AnneMarie Andrews Carol Gordon Harro Penk Julie Audia Victoria Halfpenny Virginia Poznack ’77 to our Ellen Baker Renee Lathrop Debra Ramsay ’88 Shirley Brereton ’88 Susan Lipp ’65 Donna Rocap volunteers! Betsy Brown ’64 Joe Lucas ’87 David Russell The Foundation would like Brian Coons ’92 Susan McClelland Boyce Rain Schwinger Demetria D’Aquanni Susan McGlynn Yvonne Sewell ’69 to extend a heartfelt thank Tim Decker Chris Meyer Karen Slizewski ’08 you to all of our volunteers Joan DiMaso ’68 Jason Miller Judi Stokes and the people behind the Barbara Dolansky ’90 Donald Minichino ‘02 Joanne Tucker ’85 Susan Doyle ’11 Holly Molella Sally Weglinski ’77 scenes who have helped Geoffrey Dumas Susan Moore ’66 Patti Zakow make our events possible. Toni Emery ’66 Marie Netti Stephen Fabrico Vincent Nunziato DUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE Non-Profit Org. 53 PENDELL ROAD U.S. Postage POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 12601 PAID Newburgh, NY Permit No. 44

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