Legislator Lyndon Williams, WCCC President to Tour Mount Vernon Extension Campus

From Westchester County:

Legislator Lyndon Williams and Westchester County Community College President Dr. Belinda Miles will tour the college’s Mount Vernon Extension Campus at 17 S. Fifth Ave. at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, April 27.

The tour will feature two Mount Vernon Extension students, including Chante Thomas, who was recently accepted into the prestigious Cambridge summer study abroad and scholarship program, where she will further her studies in literature.

The tour will also offer an opportunity to meet student Zionia Francis, winner of the first MYB $$eed Tank Competition, held in January. The $$eed Tank competition awards up $10,000 to the entrepreneur who demonstrates how the investment will help to scale his or her business. Francis won for her handbag business, Indie Inc. which will launch its summer 2016 handbag collection in May.