Piece of cake

Hotel student Susan Hambro '02, left, and culinary instructor Robert White give Homer High School students Brenna Merry and Danielle Porter a short course on cake decorating this past December at the Statler Hotel. Merry and Porter were taking part in programs at the Hotel School through the ACE (Access to College Education) program, which helps academically capable high school students overcome barriers to college education. ACE is a consortium of four institutions of higher education -- Cornell, Ithaca College, SUNY Cortland and Tompkins-Cortland Community College -- working in partnership with 15 local school districts. Frank DiMeo/University Photography