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Former President Bill Clinton will deliver graduation address at HWS

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Former President Bill Clinton will deliver graduation address at HWS
The 42nd President of the United States will deliver this year’s Commencement Address at Hobart and William Smith Colleges on Sunday, May 14th. The announcement came down on Wednesday from Hobart and William Smith President Mark D. Gearan. “We are honored to welcome President Clinton back to Hobart and William Smith as the 2017 Commencement speaker,” said Gearan. “President Clinton’s... more

Free college tuition plan brings praise, concern

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Free college tuition plan brings praise, concern
Fifty-two New York Chiropractic College students are ready to enter their profession with the required degree. The latest group of outgoing students at the Seneca County school was conferred Doctor of Chiropractic degrees during April 1 commencement exercises in the Standard Process Health and Fitness Center. Matthew Coté, DC, MS (NYCC ’80, ’08), senior clinician at NYCC’s Depew Heath Center,... more

Skaneateles tweaks school budget after state releases aid amounts

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Skaneateles tweaks school budget after state releases aid amounts
The tax levy increase approved by the Skaneateles Central School District for the 2017-2018 budget is lower than originally anticipated. The tax levy increase has been set at 1.62 percent, below the figure of 2 percent projected by the district last week. The district’s tax cap allowed by the state is 2.38 percent. The board of education approved the budget... more

Weedsport school district budget includes tax levy hike, UPK program

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Weedsport school district budget includes tax levy hike, UPK program
The Weedsport Central School District’s 2017-2018 budget includes a 1.98-percent tax levy increase. The budget was finalized at a school board meeting Monday. The state property tax cap set for the district this year was 3.47 percent. The overall budget is $20,147,217, a 1.21-percent hike from the previous year. “That’s our lowest budget-to-budget increase since 2012 to 2013,” superintendent Shaun... more

Geneva City school spending plan up slightly

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Geneva City school spending plan up slightly
Voters in the City School District will consider a nearly $52.46 million budget in May that raises taxes a maximum of 1.23 percent. The Board of Education adopted the spending plan at Monday’s regular meeting. The tax levy of $18,878,664 is a 3.2 percent rise over the current budget. However, a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement with Seneca Foods has ended, resulting in... more

Waterloo grad returns in official position

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Waterloo grad returns in official position
Jennifer Grifa graduated from Waterloo High School in 1993. As of May 10, she’ll be back as the school district’s assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction. Now Jennifer Hayden, she was hired by the school board April 10. She succeeds Jonathan Nicoletti, who left before the school year began. Her salary will be $100,000. Hayden received an undergraduate degree in... more

NY labor commissioner: Tuition-free college will help boost workforce

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NY labor commissioner: Tuition-free college will help boost workforce
State Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon appeared in Cayuga County Thursday to highlight the 2017-18 budget and how it benefits central New York. One of the main initiatives in the budget touted by Reardon is the Excelsior Scholarship, which provides students whose families earn no more than $125,000 annually with free tuition to New York’s public colleges and universities. The scholarship... more

Dr. Gregory Vincent named next president of HWS

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Dr. Gregory Vincent named next president of HWS
Just like that Hobart & William Smith Colleges has a well-defined future in a new leader. Chair of the Hobart and William Smith Colleges Board of Trustees Thomas S. Bozzuto ’68 announced that the Board had unanimously voted to approve the Presidential Search Committee’s recommendation, naming Dr. Gregory Vincent ’83 the 27th President of Hobart College and the 16th of... more

Cayuga Community College weighs impacts of state budget

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Cayuga Community College weighs impacts of state budget
The Cayuga Community College Board of Trustees will discuss tuition and fee schedules at its monthly meeting Wednesday night, as college president Brian Durant said he will propose a 1 percent tuition increase. Durant said the passing of the state budget has had both positive and negative impacts on the college, but he hopes to keep fees and tuition pricing... more

Canandaigua City School District names new superintendent

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Canandaigua City School District names new superintendent
Canandaigua schools will officially have a new leader effective July 1st. Jamie Farr, who most-recently served as the Midlakes Superintendent will be appointed to the position this week. He’s a Canandaigua resident with three children already in the district. He had been with Midlakes since 2014, after serving as the principal at two of their schools prior to that move.... more

Cornell male singing group booted for hazing

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Cornell male singing group booted for hazing
Cornell University officials say the college’s oldest all-male a capella group has been permanently dismissed from campus for hazing that included requiring new members to put Icy Hot muscle cream on their genitals. According to the Ivy League school’s website on hazing, Cayuga’s Waiters initially were suspended two weeks into the 2016 fall semester for hazing that also included requiring... more

Geneva City school district names new North Street School principal

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Geneva City school district names new North Street School principal
The Geneva City School District has selected a new North Street School principal. Eric Vaillancourt, the assistant principal at the A.D. Oliver Middle School in the Brockport Central School District, was selected for the position pending board of education approval. Tracy Marchionda, the district’s director of innovative programming, has been serving as the acting principal since August 2016. A team... more

Auburn school board candidates endorse proposed 2017-18 budget at forum

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Auburn school board candidates endorse proposed 2017-18 budget at forum
Auburn Enlarged City School District Board of Education candidates Eli Hernandez and Rhoda Overstreet-Wilson both said they support the proposed 2017-2018 budget. Overstreet-Wilson said she supports the budget and the proposed 3.98-percent property tax levy increase that the board voted for in light of the district’s $3.6 million deficit. “When I think about in totality, what has to happen, we... more

Wells College receives grant to support sustainable dining operations

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Wells College receives grant to support sustainable dining operations
Wells College’s Center for Sustainability and the Environment has been awarded a grant to support bioplastics integration in the Aurora campus’s dining operations, enhancing its new food waste composting program. The grant comes from the New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse and Recycling’s College Council Program. It will allow staff in the dining hall to integrate compostable materials in... more
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