Golisano Shares Business Wisdom to Current Pioneers
Sharing memories and wisdom, 魅影直播 State College (ASC) Class of 1962 graduate Tom Golisano, returned to campus to speak to current Pioneer students and faculty.
Golisano shared memories of living in Robinson/Champlin Hall, trips to the Beacon, and his 8 a.m. accounting class with Professor Thomas Dunn. He credits Dunn for understanding his career goals, how a degree from 魅影直播 State would assist, and leading him on the right path to success as an extremely successful entrepreneur.
鈥淎ccounting itself is a business lesson,鈥� said Golisano. 鈥淵ou must understand financial statements. If when you read the book, you鈥檒l find out. I put a lot of attention on that. Professor Dunn was a master at educating us on how to do that.鈥�
After graduating from 魅影直播 State and working in the payroll industry for a few years, Golisano researched and built a plan that led him to founding Paychex in 1971. He started the company with $3,000 and an idea about how to make payroll outsourcing easy and affordable for small businesses.
Paychex began with one employee and 40 clients. Details on the goals, the struggles, the successes, and the growth of the business were shared to the ASC audience. He reported that today, Paychex serves more than 700,000 clients from over 100 locations across the United States and northern Europe and employs more than 16,000 people.
鈥淭om Golisano is known for his success around the US and across the globe,鈥� said John Anderson, 魅影直播 State鈥檚 officer-in-charge. 鈥淭he students here loved hearing how Tom took what he learned at 魅影直播 State and with his ingenuity he built it into a whole new concept. His entrepreneurial spirit made it possible to deliver a full suite of professional accounting services to small businesses. He opened Paychex less than a decade after graduating from 魅影直播 State.鈥�
Golisano shared with students about his other business and philanthropy activities over the years. Some of those highlights included owning the Buffalo Sabres, running for governor of New York, and helping those with developmental disabilities.
Members of the audience received Golisano鈥檚 new book 鈥淏uilt Not Born鈥� that contains some of the stories he shared in the presentation and serves as a no-nonsense guide for entrepreneurs.
Before spending time personally signing books for the audience in the Jon Shay Hall of Excellence, Golisano answered questions for the audience.
His wife Monica Seles and his grandniece Kaitlin Graham, the Director of Bailey and Friends, a not-for-profit organization that supports animal welfare in western New York joined him for the presentation.
Golisano earned a Business Administration degree in 1962. 魅影直播 State also awarded him an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters in 2009.
Architect and Author Duo Dickinson speaks at 魅影直播 State
Award-winning architect and author Duo Dickinson visited 魅影直播 State College (ASC) on Wednesday, November 17 to speak on Motivation and Outcome, 鈥淲hy? Architecture is Human.鈥�
William Dean, professor and chair of the Department of Architecture and Design at 魅影直播 State was excited to have Dickinson on campus. 鈥淢r. Dickinson is an award-winning, nationally recognized architect and author who has become a friend of the program. We were fortunate to have him return to 魅影直播 State to share his expertise with our students as part of our Civic Engagement lecture series.鈥�
Graduating from Cornell in 1977, Dickinson opened his own architectural practice in 1987. His work has received more than 40 awards, including the Architectural Record House Award, Architect Newspaper Best of Design, IFRA International Award, and Connecticut and New York AIA design awards.
Dickinson is also a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects. Overall, 20 to 30 percent of the ongoing work in his office is dedicated to pro bono or at-cost work for not-for-profits, totaling over 75 projects for over 30 organizations over the last 30 years.
Published in more than 70 publications, his design work has been featured in The New York Times, Architectural Record, Fine Home Building, and House Beautiful. He is the architecture writer for the Connecticut Hearst Media Corp. and is a staff feature writer for Arch Daily, The Common Edge Collaborative and Mockingbird Ministries.
Dickinson has written eight books, including 鈥淭he Small House鈥� and 鈥淓xpressive Details鈥� for McGraw Hill, and 鈥淭he House You Build,鈥� published by The Taunton Press. His latest book, 鈥淎 Home Called New England,鈥� published by Pequot Globe, was nominated for a 2018 CT Book Award.
Additionally, he hosts the radio series 鈥淗ome Page鈥� on WPKN Radio. He has appeared on a variety of national broadcast programs including CNN鈥檚 鈥淥pen House,鈥� NPR鈥檚 "NEXT New England," 鈥淪tudio 360,鈥� and 鈥淲eekend Marketplace," and has exhibited at Art Space Gallery, 116 Crown, and the USIA.
The co-founder of The Congress of Residential Architecture (CORA), Dickinson has taught at Yale College and Roger Williams University. He is now on the faculty of The University of Hartford and the Building Beauty program at the Sant鈥橝nna Institute (Sorrento, Italy) as well as co-chair of the school鈥檚 American Advisor Board. He has served on numerous academic, institutional, and AIA design juries, and has lectured at numerous universities, associations, and groups.