Archived Community Engagement News

Welcome to the Archive Community Engagement News webpage, below you will find information and news stories related to community engagement from various departments.

Dress For Success Fashion Show: FSC students volunteered to participate in an interview-wear fashion show and resume workshop to promote career readiness. This service event was hosted by the Nexus Center in partnership with Dress for Success, a non-profit organization providing interview-ready clothes for underemployed women and female college students. Thanks also to corporate sponsors, Lord & Taylor and Men's Wearhouse. 

Dress for Success Fashion Show group picture

Nexus Center Service Day Fall 2019: The Nexus Center and International Education and Programs partnered with Community Legal Advocates of NY to present the FSC Day of Service and Advocacy, an event that addressed current immigration issues and earned student participants credit for the college's Applied Learning Graduation Requirement: 

Group picture of Fall 2019 Service Day attendees

The Department of Architecture & Construction Management is involved in supporting a number of service learning and community outreach projects that benefit the region and give students the opportunity to work on real-world problem-solving.

Outreach

  • 2023 - 4 submissions, Town of Brookhaven Facilities  
  • 2023 - 8 teams, Habitat for Humanity constructability review, 4 bedroom house for Wyandanch NY site
  • 2023 - 8 teams, HIS Coalition for the Homeless, Supportive Transitional Housing Constructability Study
  • 2022 - 5 teams Seatuck Environment Association, Fish Passage at Upper Massapequa Lake and Dam, Constructability Study
  • 2021 - 1 team Baldwin Boys Association, Facilities Assessment and Renovation Scope and Budget
  • 2021 - Building Hollow Scout Camp, Training Facility Development
  • 2020 - Strang Scout Reservation, Dining Hall and Training Center assessment and rehabilitation
  • 2021 - Building Hollow Scout Camp, Training Facility Development
  • 2019 – 5 submissions Town of Brookhaven Facilities and Second Floor of Ward Hall, Farmingdale State College
  • 2018 - Gideon Sherry, a student in our program participated in a 2018 outreach program sponsored by SUNY to assist with the recovery in Puerto Rico. 
  • 2018 - 7 submissions, Town of Brookhaven Facilities 
  • 2017 -10 submissions, Town of Brookhaven Facilities 
  • 2016 - 9 submissions, Town of Brookhaven Facilities 
  • 2015 - 8 submissions, Town of Brookhaven Public Works Facilities 
  • 2014 - 8 submissions, Town of Islip Recreation Centers 
  • 2013 - 4 submissions, Western Suffolk Fire Stations 
  • 2012 - 6 submissions, Town of Babylon Community Centers 
  • 2012 - 3 submissions, Design proposals for the Frank Melville Memorial Foundation Park Trust 
  • 2011 - 8 submissions, Eastern Suffolk County Fire Stations 
  • 2010 -1 submission, VFW facility 
  • 2010 - 5 submissions, Town of Islip Senior Citizens Centers
  • 2009 - 12 submissions, Long Island Veterans facilities through Congressman Israel

Competition

  • 2022 Associated Schools of Construction Project Management Competition, Design – Build Program, Award (2nd Place) 
  • Creative Crane Competition (HS competition to promote excellence)

The Campus Times:"FSC Students Design Sensory Herb Garden at Clark Botanic Garden"

Group picture of Commissioner of Parks and Recreation Jill Weber, Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, FSC students Michelle Callahan and Dona Damaltis, Professor Michael Veracka, and Town Horticulturist Bonnie Klein

Commissioner of Parks and Recreation Jill Weber, Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, FSC students Michelle Callahan and Dona Damaltis, Professor Michael Veracka, and Town Horticulturist Bonnie Klein

When the Coronavirus Struck, Farmingdale State College Struck Back

As word spread that many students were feeling a huge financial impact—losing jobs, struggling to meet tuition payments, or needing technology to keep pace in their courses, suddenly online—the Farmingdale College Foundation established an emergency fund for cases like these and many others. Within days, the fund generated over $14,000, with the support going entirely to students who needed financial support.

The departments of Nursing, Medical Lab Technology, and Dental Hygiene, along with the custodial staff and the LIEOC, contributed 720 isolation gowns, 261 boxes of protective gloves, 400 face masks, 275 face shields, 50 face masks, 24 boxes of alcohol wipes, and 47 safety goggles to the Northwell Health System. The items were used by the medical staff at Plainview Hospital and Syosset Hospital. And Athletics donated gloves and masks to University Police.

The College's Small Business Development Center is working with more than 200 small business owners to assist them with the Economic Disaster Loan and the Paycheck Protection Program to help them recover from the economic impact of COVID-19.

The College staff went well beyond the call of duty, delivering food for international students in the residence halls who couldn't fly home because of airline cancellations, arranging distribution of laptops to students who required one for their courses now that they had to attend class from home, and providing a variety of resources for faculty and students—including an offer from Barnes & Noble to grant free digital access to textbooks. "A lifesaver," one student posted on social media.

"When the crisis hit our faculty and staff went to extraordinary lengths to eliminate barriers to student success," said Dr. John S. Nader, former President of Farmingdale State College. "These include lending computers to students to allow remote work, expand and extending the hours of our technical support, housing students with special needs, delivering virtual labs and easing financial burdens and allowing remote registration. And we did it all within two to three weeks."

Office of Community & Civic Engagement

Greenley Library, Room 123B
934-420-5783
occe@farmingdale.edu
Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm

Email

Dr. Yetunde A. Odugbesan-Omede
Director, Office of Community & Civic Engagement

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Shahpar Islam
Instructional Support Assistant

Last Modified 8/14/24