Acknowledgements

We would like to thank:

-Ed, Frances, Libby, Betty, Debbie, and Melissa, the wonderful staff members at Bassett-St. Elizabeth Family Residency Program, who gave us tremendous help in compiling our information.

-Mary Jane Petrowski, the technology librarian at Colgate's Case Library, who showed us many means to access valuable resources on the web to assist with the project.

-Judy Doherty, from Colgate's Information Technology Services, whose assistance with our website and presentation was invaluable.

-Judy Winfield, Director of Community Relations at the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees, who gave us a tour of the center and a presentation on the services it provides to the hundreds of refugees entering the Utica area each year.

-Professor James Pula of Utica College, author of Ethnic Utica, who spoke to us about Utica's extensive history as a city of immigrants.