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To correct your name or address on our list, send the entire address panel and mailing label to: C-GCC by the Numbers Evening Division, COLUMBIA-GREENE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 4400 Route 23, Hudson, NY 12534 50th Anniversary 3rd Best Community Kicks Off P1 College in NYS P1 INSIDE College News P1-13 Gemini Series P8-9 Credit Course Listing P14-21 Credit Registration Info REGISTER NOW P1 & 21 for Spring Credit Classes Noncredit Courses Half Century P22-30 of C-GCC Grads P2-3 Noncredit Registration Info ALSO INSIDE: P31 Online Business Degree P5 ‘Calendar of Events P9 Noncredit Program P4 Sports Roundup P10 See pages 1 and 18 for information. New Toyota Auto Degree P4 Spring Open House P12 SPRING 2017 2017 NEWS NEWS P1-13 SPRING CREDIT CLASSES P14-21 & CLASS SCHEDULE NONCREDIT CLASSES P22-31 COLUMBIA-GREENE COMMUNITY COLLEGE CREDIT AND NONCREDIT CLASSES C-GCC Ranks Third on List Taylor Heinze, a C-GCC student who benefitted from a Columbia Greene Community Foundation scholarship, tells Scholars Ball guests how the award enabled her to of Best Community Colleges pursue her life goals. The ball was the kick-off event for C-GCC's 50th Anniversary celebration. in New York Columbia-Greene Community College was C-GCC Kicks Off ranked third on a list of the top ten community col- leges in New York State that is published by EDsmart.org. “Congratulations to President Campion and all of 50th Anniversary the faculty, staff, and students at Columbia-Greene Community College on being recognized as one of olumbia-Greene Community College is awash in significant the Top 10 community colleges in New York,” said SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher. “This honor numbers, finding itself ranked the third best community college in is much deserved.” the state as it kicked off its 50th anniversary in late summer. The “We’re pleased to see our standing as the third best community college in the state,” said college yearlong golden anniversary celebration began Sept. 10 with the President James Campion. “The data supports other annual Scholars Ball, an event that raises funds to support scholar- studies and demonstrates why C-GCC has earned a ships and educational projects at the Greenport campus. /// solid reputation as an institution of excellence. C “Our faculty consistently rate among the best, our Sponsored by the Columbia-Greene Community Foundation, this — CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 year’s edition saw more than 250 guests dining and “Enter our doors,” Campion said, “and your life SPRING SEMESTER dancing the night away as they heard from C-GCC will be changed. Our academic programs can set you CREDIT REGISTRATION students who have benefitted from foundation on a path to a well-paying field. Our tuition is scholarships. affordable, and nearly 80 percent of our students Registration for the Spring semester has “It is my pleasure,” said State University of New qualify for financial aid.” begun. York Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher, “to send you C-GCC’s recent ranking was compiled by Matriculated students should make an warm greetings on this happy occasion and to congrat- EDsmart.org, using data from the National Center appointment to register with their academic ulate you on 50 years of serving the community and for Education Statistics. A team at EDsmart com- advisors. Students not enrolled in a degree pro- legions of students whose lives are better, richer, and pared outcomes from more than 120 state commu- gram may also register by calling the Records fuller for the time they spent at Columbia-Greene.” nity colleges on retention, transfer and graduation and Registration Office. Marking the anniversary, C-GCC President rates, as well as net price to attend. The schedule of courses is available inside this James Campion has renewed the school’s commit- C-GCC ranked third, with a graduation rate of 36 publication and on line at www.mycommunity- ment to serving the community with relevant pro- percent, a transfer rate of 27 percent and a retention college.com and at various locations throughout grams that lead to fruitful lives. rate of 61 percent. The school’s net price to attend the Campus. “I invite the community to be among the success was calculated at $5,196, which includes tuition, Early registration is recommended in order to stories of our next half century,” Campion said. — CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 maximize the chances of getting desired classes. If registering early is not an option, students can attend Late Registration on Wednesday, Jan. 11 (snow date: Jan. 12), from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at New Choices this Spring Semester at C-GCC the Greenport campus. Classes begin on Tuesday, January 17. For more information about registering for spring First-time courses and online offerings highlight gender influences and small-group interaction. classes, call (518) 828-4181, extension 5514. the upcoming spring semester of credit classes at C-GCC has a new option for students who wish Payment and a certificate of residence are due at Columbia-Greene Community College. to take an associate’s degree with a concentration in the time of registration (cash, check and most Debuting this spring is a course in expository psychology. The new psychology-centered associate- major credit cards accepted). Students also need to writing. The class focuses on thesis development, in-science degree provides a seamless path for those bring immunization records in order to register. editing and revision, preparing students to produce students who intend to transfer to other SUNY Students seeking information on enrolling in a coherent, well-developed essays. institutions. program should call the Admisssions Office at Recently added is the course Introduction to In addition, the college has a new digital-design extension 5513. ᔥ Digital Marketing. The course explores how the associate degree concentration, which provides a Internet can be used as a marketing tool, covering seamless path for those students who intend to topics such as content, social media, search-engine transfer to other SUNY institutions. optimization and mobile device marketing. A new automotive technology program, the T- www.MyCommunityCollege.com A notable item is the course Foundations of TEN AOS degree, is also new. Specific to Toyota facebook.com/ColumbiaGreeneCC Contemporary Communication, which explores and Lexus vehicles, the T-TEN degree is essentially FIND US, social and personal interactions and examines the a study-work program, with each student assigned to LIKE US @ColGreeneCC ways in which digital channels influence both the a Toyota or Lexus dealership. FOLLOW /ColumbiaGreeneCC sending and receiving of messages. Content includes The spring credit semester lists some 41 online US! topics such as media literacy, cultural orientations, — CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 /MyCommunityCollege 2 // C-GCC // SPRING 2017 SCHEDULE Our graduates have done quite well over the past Bobby Allison Guy Apicella Reagan Anderson Gregg Berninger Clarissa Bopp Division Coach Special Programs Coordinator Investigator Professor Nursing Director J.B. Brantley Tom Bucholsky Bryan Cranna Carlos de Oliveira Nick Fiducia Athletic Director Funeral Director Deputy County Clerk Corporate Attorney BSA & Loan Servicing Associate Bill Foster Emily Horn Tim Grandinetti Alex Gross Wendy Guntert Senior Investigator Restaurant Manager Executive Chef / Restauranteur Toyota Product Engineer Deputy Sheriff Ned Howe Bill Hunt Matthew Luvera Mercury Mason Suzanne Oldakowski CPA Columbia County Fire Coordinator Legislator / Elementary School Teacher Student Leader Innkeeper A Family Affair: The Molinski Family l-r: Michael, Photographer; Tammy (mother of Michael and Brian), Town Clerk; and Brian, Eric Ooms Lauren O'Rourke Shovon Parker Deputy Sheriff. Farmer NYC Police Officer Technical Assistant C-GCC // SPRING 2017 SCHEDULE // 3 half century. Here’s a sampling. A Family Affair: The Tunison Family l-r: Trevor, Musician; Elizabeth, Psychologist; and Wesley, Actor, all siblings. Tony Pilatich Holly Rappleyea, Board Member of HRBT Dr. Monica Reed Guidance Counselor Foundation Medical Doctor Dr. Stacey Russell Kent Sammons Rick Scalera Janet Schwarzenegger Kayla Smith Dentist R.N. / Physical Trainer Mayor Family Attorney Clinical Case Manager Gary Steenburn Brian Stickles Maria Suttmeier Holly Tanner Kate Vasilow Senior Mgr, Mainframe Systems Support Banker, Assistant VP Superintendent of Schools County Clerk Entrepreneur A large group of C-GCC employees who are graduates of C-GCC and SUNY. Lindsey Webster Singer Can you picture yourself here? Sure you can. Joseph Zanchelli Grief Counselor Coordinator Give us a call or drop us a line: Call the Admisssions Office at (518) 828-4181, extension 5513 or e-mail [email protected]. 4 // C-GCC // SPRING 2017 SCHEDULE New Digital Design Noncredit Semester: Everything from Concentration Approved Nordic Skiing to Fly Casting Columbia-Greene Community College has A Nordic skiing course in Vermont, a JAVA-pro - February. announced a new digital design associate degree gramming camp for teens and a course in conversa - The noncredit class Yoko Ono: Performer, concentration under the Liberal Arts and Science - tional French at the Cairo Public Library are among Feminist and Post-Minimalist, explores the avant- Humanities associate-in-arts degree. three new noncredit courses featured by Columbia- garde icon’s pioneering as a performance artist Both the State University of New York and state Greene Community College this spring. known as the “high priestess of the happening,” Ono Education Department have approved the new dig - The Trapp Family Resort in Stowe, Vt., will be the has drawn upon an array of sources from Zen ital design concentration that meets SUNY’s location of a weekend-long training experience in Buddhism to Dada.