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MCC announces Staff Additions and Promotions
The Monroe Community College Board of Trustees has hired the following diverse individuals:

Amina Baaith, West Irondequoit, has been hired as an instructor, English. She earned her M.A. in creative writing from the University of Rochester and her B.A. in English from Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Baaith was an Alice H. Young intern, an MCC teaching internship program for minorities.

Eraj Basnayake, Avondale Estates, GA, has joined MCC as an assistant professor in the Mathematics Department. Basnayake earned his M.S. in computer science, his M.S. in applied mathematics and his B.S. in computer science from the University of Georgia.

Marcia Fugate, Fairport, has been hired as an instructor in the Transitional Studies Department. Fugate worked at MCC part time in 2002-03 and as an adjunct instructor since 1998. She earned her M.S. in business administration from the University of Rochester and her B.S. in mathematics education from Purdue University.

Bertram C. Gamory, Rochester, is returning to MCC as an instructor, engineering science and physics. Gamory previously worked for MCC as an adjunct instructor and was the project director for the Liberty Partnership Program until his departure in 1999 to the College of Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He holds an M.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic and a B.S. from the Pratt Institute.

Ann-Marie John, Macedon, joins MCC as an assistant professor, nursing. John has been at MCC as part-time and temporary capacities since her Dr. Alice H. Young Teaching Internship in 1993. The internship is a program that encourages minorities to try teaching She holds her M.S. in nursing from the University of Rochester and her B.S. in nursing from SUNY Health Science Center in Brooklyn.

Njeru Murage, Missouri City, Texas, has joined MCC as an assistant professor of history. Murage earned his Ph.D. in history and urban studies from Michigan State University, his M.A. in history from Andrews University and his B.S. in theology and history from Newbold College, England.

Meleny Jennell-Diane Silas, Rochester, joins MCC as an instructor in the Health and Physical Education Department. Silas holds her M.A. in counseling and human development and her B.A. in health and society from the University of Rochester.

Brenda A. Smith, Rochester, has been hired as director, Educational Opportunity Program at MCC. Smith earned her M.S. in education from SUNY Brockport and her B.S. in business education from Bethune-Cookman College.

John Striebich, Penfield, has been hired as an assistant professor in the Business Administration/Economics Department. Striebich has been program director in the Workplace Development Division since 1995. He recently became a Dr. Alice H. Young Teaching intern, a program that encourages minorities to try teaching. He holds an M.B.A. with concentrations in finance and economics from the Rochester Institute of Technology and his B.A. in international relations/political science and economics from the University of Rochester.

Sherry Perry-Tshibangu, Pittsford, has been hired as an instructor, business administration/economics. Tshibangu holds her M.B.A. with a concentration in finance from Atlanta University and a B.A. in political science from the University of Rochester. She has been an adjunct instructor at MCC since 1999.

Lydia Tien, Penfield, has joined MCC as an assistant professor, chemistry/geosciences. Tien has her Ph.D. in science and mathematics education and her M.S. in chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley and her B.A. in chemistry from Cornell University. She has been an adjunct since 1999.

The Monroe Community College Board of Trustees has promoted the following diverse individuals:

Gloria Anderson, Rochester, has been promoted to associate professor in office and computer programs. She joined MCC in 1996 and holds her M.S. and B.S. from Nazareth College.

Tracy A. Archie, Rochester, an admissions counselor who joined MCC in 1997, has been promoted to assistant professor. Archie holds an Ed.M. and a B.A. from University of Buffalo.

Christine Forde, Rochester, has joined MCC as an instructor, office and computing programs. Forde holds her M.S. in software development and management as well as her B.S. in computer science from the Rochester Institute of Technology and an A.A.S. in data processing from MCC.