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One of Corning Community College’s best-kept secrets was showcased by Mountain Home magazine in its November 2011 issue. The Fibonacci Walk can be found at Spencer Crest Nature Center located adjacent to the Spencer Hill campus at Spencer Hill Road, Corning, NY. According to Cindy Davis Meixel, the concept behind, “Walk Like an Italian. Marty Franzen Memorial Fibonacci Walk: The Sum of Many Things,” dates back to 1202 when Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci featured the sequence in his book entitled, Liber Abaci. The correlation was reintroduced in the mystery novel The Da Vinci Code.
The Memorial Fibonacci Walk was established to honor and remember Marty Franzen, a Corning Community College student, who tragically lost his life in a hunting accident. His memory lives on with the thousands of visitors who learn about the Fibonacci sequence in our natural surroundings and the connection between nature and mathematics. Samuel McInroy, professor emeritus of Mathematics, was instrumental in the creation of the Marty Franzen Fibonacci Walk and its continued maintenance.
Corning Community College and Spencer Crest Nature Center officially joined forces in June 2011 in an effort to combine resources and work together for mutual benefit. The merger resulted in CCC becoming the only New York State community college to house a nature center, observatory, and planetarium.
Spencer Crest Nature Center, located on top of Spencer Hill in Corning, NY, provides environmental educational and recreational activities for the greater Corning area. The Center features 250 acres and seven miles of trails with two ponds, a stream and a museum of natural systems which includes changing displays, an apiary and an environmentally sensitive design. The Nature Center Interpretive Center is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., with trails open from dawn until dusk.
“Walk Like an Italian. Marty Franzen Memorial Fibonacci Walk: The Sum of Many Things,” can be found at mountainhomemag.com/archives/2011/nov11.pdfon pages 22 and 28.
Information about Spencer Crest Nature Center can be found at spencercrest.org.
For additional information, please contact Debbie Stayer Kelly ’91 at 607-962-9144 or kelly_d@corning-cc.edu.
One of Corning Community College’s best-kept secrets was showcased by Mountain Home magazine in its November 2011 issue. The Fibonacci Walk can be found at Spencer Crest Nature Center located adjacent to the Spencer Hill campus at Spencer Hill Road, Corning, NY. According to Cindy Davis Meixel, the concept behind, “Walk Like an Italian. Marty Franzen Memorial Fibonacci Walk: The Sum of Many Things,” dates back to 1202 when Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci featured the sequence in his book entitled, Liber Abaci. The correlation was reintroduced in the mystery novel The Da Vinci Code.
The Memorial Fibonacci Walk was established to honor and remember Marty Franzen, a Corning Community College student, who tragically lost his life in a hunting accident. His memory lives on with the thousands of visitors who learn about the Fibonacci sequence in our natural surroundings and the connection between nature and mathematics. Samuel McInroy, professor emeritus of Mathematics, was instrumental in the creation of the Marty Franzen Fibonacci Walk and its continued maintenance.
Corning Community College and Spencer Crest Nature Center officially joined forces in June 2011 in an effort to combine resources and work together for mutual benefit. The merger resulted in CCC becoming the only New York State community college to house a nature center, observatory, and planetarium.
Spencer Crest Nature Center, located on top of Spencer Hill in Corning, NY, provides environmental educational and recreational activities for the greater Corning area. The Center features 250 acres and seven miles of trails with two ponds, a stream and a museum of natural systems which includes changing displays, an apiary and an environmentally sensitive design. The Nature Center Interpretive Center is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., with trails open from dawn until dusk.
“Walk Like an Italian. Marty Franzen Memorial Fibonacci Walk: The Sum of Many Things,” can be found at mountainhomemag.com/archives/2011/nov11.pdfon pages 22 and 28.
Information about Spencer Crest Nature Center can be found at spencercrest.org.
For additional information, please contact Debbie Stayer Kelly ’91 at 607-962-9144 or kelly_d@corning-cc.edu.
