Kathy Schwartz Memorial Scholarship Kathy worked at FLCC for three decades, retiring in 2022 as senior clerk for the Academic and Student Affairs Division. She was a recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Classified Service for her willingness to volunteer on committees, mentor other employees and take on new tasks to improve programs and processes. She also served as court clerk for the town of Gorham for 13 years, then spent the next 26 years as town justice. Eligibility: This $1,000 award will go to a full-or part-time continuing or returning criminal justice student. Nicholas Peter Radford For the Win Scholarship Nick graduated in 2014 with an associate degree in environmental science. He transferred to SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, earning a bachelor’s in conservation biology in 2016. Nick started working at Tom Wahl’s at a ge 15, developing an affinity for golden oldies and working with a team. After completing his education, he worked for Terrestrial Environmental Services then as a scientist at the Barton & Loguidice environmental consulting firm before his death on Oct. 23, 2024. Eligibility: This $1,000 award will go to a full- or part-time returning or continuing student enrolled in an FLCC Environmental Conservation and Horticulture Department program. Rich Larkin Memorial Scholarship Rich taught hotel and resort management classes in the FLCC Business Department from 1988 to 2018. He championed the creation of the culinary arts program and helped shepherd the courses through the approval process. Rich also served as a Volleyball Faculty Fellow to help players work through academic challenges. He was known for cracking jokes as emcee of College events, and he played in the bands Weekender and Unaccounted 4. Rich was also a captain for Captain Gray’s Boat Tours on Canandaigua Lake. Eligibility: This $1,000 award will go to a full-or part-time continuing or returning culinary arts student. Sylvia P. Boheen Memorial Scholarship Sylvia was a 2019 fine arts graduate and transferred to Nazareth College to study art therapy and psychology. An exceptional student, she was the recipient of the Dr. Henry Buxbaum Memorial Award for Achievement and Promise in Fine Arts and was inducted into the FLCC chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the honor society for two-year colleges, in 2018. Eligibility: This $1,000 award will go to a continuing or returning fine arts student with a very high grade point average. William D. Langston Memorial EOP Scholarship William D. Langston was a World War II veteran. He survived the Pearl Harbor assault aboard the battleship West Virginia and later participated in the Jimmy Doolittle raid aboard the USS Ellet during the bombing of Tokyo in 1942. Eligibility: This $1,500 scholarship will go to a student enrolled in the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), which serves disadvantaged students who show potential to succeed in college. FLCC International Travel Scholarship Patricia and Christopher Albert created this scholarship to remove financial barriers for students interested in an international trip offered by FLCC. The College has sponsored trips to Canada for theatre, France and Costa Rica for language study, and the Caribbean for coral reef research. Eligibility: Any student enrolled in a travel course or research experience may apply at any time for this $1,000 scholarship. theLAKER | 13 How to give You don’t have to be the originator of a scholarship to support it. Donors are welcome to give to any of the more than 100 scholarship funds. New scholarships to be awarded in the 2025-26 academic year are summarized below. To give online: Scan the QR code or go to flcc.edu/giving and use the drop-down menu to select a fund or click “Other” and write in the name of the scholarship or project you want to support. To give by check: Use the envelope in this edition to send a check to the FLCC Foundation, 3325 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua, NY 14424. Put the name of the scholarship fund on the memo line.
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