M&T Bank increases its support to the College
M&T Bank has increased its support to The College at Brockport, adding the College’s Summer Reading Program to the literary programs it underwrites. Other College events M&T Bank generously underwrites are The Art of Fact and Writer’s Voice.
“M&T Bank has a long history of supporting the communities in which it does business. Support for our region’s strong base of colleges and universities is especially important as our economy evolves into one that is more knowledge-based. From its role in educating and training our young adults to its ability to attract award-winning writers for The Art of Fact, the Writer’s Voice and other programs, The College at Brockport makes a powerful contribution to our economy and quality of life,” said Dan Burns, president, Rochester Region, M&T Bank.
M&T’s current annual support of $45,000 enables the College to produce all three of these literary events.
This fall, the College brought Temple Grandin, who was born with autism at a time when parents were told to institutionalize their children and went on to be named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2010, to campus to deliver a talk. Grandin, author of Emergence: Labeled Autistic, is an associate professor of animal science at Colorado State University and has designed one-third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. HBO produced a movie based on her life.
Each freshman is required to participate in the Summer Reading Program, which is designed to help orient new students to the Brockport academic community by having a common reading experience with fellow classmates and faculty members.
The other literary programs supported by M&T Bank have enjoyed much success throughout the past decade. First presented in 2000, the Art of Fact is an award series in literary nonfiction recognizing nonfiction authors for significant contributions to American culture. The Writer’s Voice lecture, first held in 2004, is produced by the College’s Writers Forum and alternates each year between a nationally known fiction writer and poet.
The Art of Fact and Writer’s Voice events are held in the Rochester community to strengthen the College’s ties with the Rochester community. Both of these programs draw capacity audiences and are free and open to the public. The Summer Freshmen Reading Program lecture, while held on campus to accommodate the student audience, also is free and open to the public.
The next Writer’s Voice will feature Francine Prose, author of numerous novels, including Goldengrove: A Changed Man, for which she won the first Dayton Literary Peace Prize in fiction; Blue Angel, which was a finalist for the 2000 National Book Award; and, most recently, My New American Life (2011).
The lecture will be held at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at Temple B’rith Kodesh, 2131 Elmwood Ave. in Rochester. Prose will sign copies of her book during the reception at 8:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
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