Twenty-one students from across Western New York were the finalists for Outstanding Scholar Awards in Genesee Community College’s Advanced Studies program. The awardees were honored at a ceremony and reception on Wednesday, June 1, in the Stuart Steiner Theatre at Genesee’s Batavia campus.
Advanced Studies is part of the College’s ACE program, or Accelerated College Enrollment, and allows high school students the opportunity to earn college credit from Genesee while attending class within their high school. High school teachers approved as Genesee adjunct faculty teach all Advanced Studies courses. Some of the most enterprising young students earn enough transferable Advanced Studies credit to enter their first year of college as sophomores.
“We’re pleased we could make this a special evening for our Advanced Studies students and their families,” Ed Levinstein, associate dean of the ACE Program said. “The students honored are some of the best and brightest students in our local region.”
The 21 finalists were selected from 163 nominations in the five subject areas of mathematics, science, social science, foreign language, and English. As in years past, a committee of academic professionals from Genesee Community College selected the following award winners, listed by subject area and high school:
ENGLISH
ChadBarhydt Holley High School Orleans County
AlainaChapman Pembroke High School Genesee County
IanGayford Warsaw High School Wyoming County
AndrewHark Keshequa High School Livingston County
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
CaseyBirch Kendall High School Orleans County
IanGayford Warsaw High School Wyoming County
AllisonMooney Geneseo High School Livingston County
PaigeRadney Pavilion High School Genesee County
StacieZwolski Springville Griffith High School Erie County
MATHEMATICS
JeffreyAldinger Alden High School Erie County
EdwardAlmeter Attica High School Wyoming County
MichaelBrill Mt. Morris High School Livingston County
ElizabethFeldman Lyndonville High School Orleans County
RussellMarchese Notre Dame High School Genesee County
SCIENCE
ChadBarhydt Holley High School Orleans County
GarrettMeier Caledonia-Mumford High School Livingston County
MaryMonahan Warsaw High School Wyoming County
PaigeRadney Pavilion High School Genesee County
MaryWesolowski Alden High School Erie County
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SarahBlock Alden High School Erie County
AlysonDurant Barker High School Orleans County
RebeccaMcGarity Lima Christian School Livingston County
ChristopherMeyer Letchworth High School Wyoming County
ChristinaMortellaro Batavia High School Genesee County
In addition to the students being honored for their academic achievements, 18 faculty members were honored for having ten years of service teaching in the ACE Program. Listed below are the teachers and their high schools:
OlgaBabichNotre Dame High School
MarcyBoydYork High School
KarenBugmanKeshequa High School
RobinFinleyPerry High School
KenFlaszaPioneer High School
StephenHadleyLetchworth High School
BarbaraHarknessOakfield Alabama High School
DawnneHughesPerry High School
NealJonesMonroe #2 BOCES
KarenLaDukeAlexander High School
TammyMenzieHolley High School
EileenMinterLima Christian High School
RobertMullenBatavia High School
JaneNeffPembroke High School
RobSellsMt Morris High School
MikeSilivestroMonroe #1 BOCES
WilliamStowellPerry High School
JohnTomidyByron Bergen High School
For more information about the Advanced Studies program at Genesee Community College,
call 585-345-6801 or go to www.genesee.edu/ACE.
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