Donations from Quad-C Community Day will help restore damaged classrooms

During the Quad-C Community Day in November, scores of people lined up with donations for the opportunity to sign a steel beam that would be used in the framework of the Quad-C site. Recently, the money raised was presented to Frankfort-Schuyler Central School students for use in Project Lead the Way, a hands-on STEM education program.

Frankfort-Schuyler Central School Superintendent Robert Reina says that the money raised, $5,736, will help restore two engineering technology classrooms damaged by fire in October 2013.

“The kids were very excited about the donation,” Reina said. “And M+W Group representatives have invited the school to bring students to the construction site soon to learn more about the project.”

In support of the leadership and vision of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, and in partnership with the SUNY College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering (CNSE), the $125 million Computer Chip Commercialization Center (Quad-C) at SUNYIT is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2014.

The 253,000 sq. ft. Quad-C facility, which will include 56,000 sq. ft. of Class 1 capable cleanroom space, will host public-private partnerships through Governor Cuomo’s $1.5 billion ‘Nano Utica’ initiative, a consortium spearheaded by CNSE and SUNYIT that includes leading technology companies such as Advanced Nanotechnology Solutions Incorporated (ANS), SEMATECH, Atotech, and SEMATECH and CNSE partners, including IBM, Lam Research and Tokyo Electron. With an annual operating budget to exceed $500 million, the Quad-C will result in the creation of 1,500 high-tech jobs, groundbreaking academic programs, and cutting-edge workforce training opportunities.