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Corning
Community College
Office of Admissions
Karen Brown
Director of Admissions
1 Academic Drive
Corning, New York 14830
607.962.9151, 800.358.7171
admissions@corning-cc.edu
www.corning-cc.edu
Enrollment 5,072
Men: 2,164 Full-time: 2,345
Women: 2,908 Part-time: 2,727
Most Popular Programs
Automotive Technology; Criminal Justice; Human
Services; Liberal Arts and Sciences; Nursing; and
Web Technology
Faculty 274
Chancellor’s Awards for
Excellence in Teaching: 28
Campuses
Serving the Central Southern Tier region of New York
State, students may experience Corning Community
College (CCC) at a variety of locations throughout
Steuben, Chemung, and Schuyler counties.
The Spencer Hill location is CCC’s primary
campus and is situated high above Corning, NY. This
beautiful 550-acre wooded campus encompasses a
complex of eight buildings, along with an Observatory,
Planetarium and a Nature Center.
The Academic and Workforce Development
Center in Elmira offers an array of credit and noncredit
courses combined with student and workforce
development services to address the demand for a
skilled regional workforce. Special highlights of the
Center include academic coaching services, on-site
student services, wireless network, computer labs,
drop-in child care, and student lounges.
The Airport Corporate Park in Big Flats offers
modern training and meeting facilities, supplying
computerized learning labs, conference rooms, auto
mechanics labs, auto body labs, CNC machining
labs and classrooms. The facilities feature wireless
technology and catering services.
The Business Development Center in downtown
Corning is a high-tech training facility specializing
in programs tailored to meet the needs of area businesses
and industries as well as credit and noncredit
courses and seminars. The federally-funded
Small Business Development Center is housed here,
offering free, confidential management and technical
assistance to new and existing businesses.
Our new wellness center provides access for students
to a state of the art fitness center. The purpose
of the fitness center is to provide positive recreation,
fitness, and wellness programs and services for all
students, faculty, and staff while meeting the needs
of all programs associated with wellness education
on campus. The Fitness Center is focused on promoting
healthy lifestyles through educational opportunities,
leadership, and physical fitness programs.
Unique Features
The Eileen Collins Observatory is the home of the
working one-tenth scale model of the 200-inch Hale
Telescope at Mount Palomar, California. Viewing of
celestial objects and tours of the facilities are available.
The Observatory is open to the public and is
free-of-charge.
The Planetarium offers educational and entertaining
programs for students, tourists, businesses,
and area residents. Visual images are projected onto
a dome using curved projection screens, an astronomical
projector on a three-stage elevator, and
special lighting systems. Special educational programs
for solar and celestial observing are offered
to area school districts and the public.
The Spencer Crest Nature Center, adjacent to
cam pus, offers hiking trails, ponds, streams, a
museum with exhibits of local plants and wildlife,
lecture facili ties, and an assortment of workshops
and programs.
The Arthur A. Houghton, Jr. Library provides 24/7
access to electronic databases, reference sources
and laptop loans (for use within the Library). Unique
features of the Library include collections of rare
books, local history, and art.
Honors Program
CCC’s Honors Program provides highly-motivated
and high-achieving students with an opportunity to
pursue academic excellence within an intensive
and challenging educational framework. Honors
students will engage in creative, divergent, and
critical thinking; work closely with faculty; conduct
in-depth study and research; collaborate with other
highly-motivated students; participate in seminars;
and build community spirit and volunteerism. The
Honors Program focuses attention and resources
on those who wish to stretch the parameters of their
abilities. The program aspires to create a stimulating
learning environment, which both encourages
and recog nizes the pursuit of intellectual inquiry
and creativity.
CCC also has an award-winning chapter of Phi
Theta Kappa Honor Society. This international honor
society for community colleges offers those with a
grade point average of 3.5 or higher the opportunity
for scholarships, leadership, community service,
and fellowship.
Programs of Study
CCC offers over 30 academic programs to choose
from. Programs are offered in business, technologies,
health and human services, liberal arts, and
public services. New programs include Energy
Process Technology, Environmental Science, and
Directed Studies. CCC was recently selected as one
of Washington Monthly’s America’s Best Community
Colleges based on student feedback.
Accreditation
>Middle States Commission on Higher Education
>National League for Nursing Accrediting
Commission
Athletics
Our athletics department is lead by Stacy Johnson, a
National Junior College Athletic Association Region
III Athletic Director of the Year. Students participate
in intercollegiate competition in volleyball (women’s),
soccer (men’s or women’s), basketball (men’s and
women’s), softball (women’s), baseball (men’s),
bowling (men’s and women’s) and golf (co-ed). CCC
is a member of the National Junior College Athletic
Association (NJCAA) and competes in the Mid-State
Athletic Conference (MSAC) in Region III. In the past
decade, the Red Barons have proved to be strong
competitors, earning berths and capturing titles in
both national and regional tournaments. Our athletes
have earned recognition as All-Conference, All-
Region, All-MSAC, MSAC Player of the Year, Region
III Player of the Year, and NJCAA All-American, as
well as athletic scholarships to four-year schools,
including Division I institutions.
Intramurals and Recreation
CCC offers a wide variety of recreational and leisure
activities in which students, employees, and community
members participate. Organized activities
include basketball, indoor soccer, and volleyball.
Special events include March Madness contests,
the John Polo 5K Nature Revisited, and Sunday
recreation activities. Leisure activities include table
tennis, board games, and cards. Weight rooms
equipped with free weights and universal, elliptical,
and exercise bikes are available in the gymnasium
for students and employees. Discount pass programs
for students and employees include bowling, golf,
ice-skating, movies, miniature golf, swimming, and
special events. A student-operated DVD and Game
Center is located in the Commons Building.
Clubs and Special Interest Groups
In addition to competitive sports, CCC students may
participate in clubs, cultural activities, and many
other special events. Clubs and special interest
groups include: Activities Programming Committee,
Criminal Justice Society, Engineer ing Tech Guild,
Human Services Society, Nursing Society, Phi Theta
Kappa Honor Society, Student Association, Student
Leadership Program, The Crier student news paper,
Two-Bit Players drama club, and WCEB student
radio station.
Advising and Counseling Services
CCC offers a responsive academic advising system
with a focus on student needs. All matriculated
students are encouraged to meet regularly with an
advisor in their discipline for information that will
help them make informed academic and career
decisions. In addition to faculty advisors, CCC offers
general counselors who can help students choose
a program; understand CCC’s academic policies;
assist students in developing plans to improve skills
in reading, writing, mathematics and study methods;
clarify personal goals and plans for the future; or
assist with academic, personal and family concerns.
Career and Transfer Services
CCC graduates transfer successfully to colleges
throughout the country where they are well-prepared
to meet new educational challenges. Other graduates
go directly into the workforce securing positions in
their fields of study.
All students and alumni have access to career
and transfer services, including counseling by professional
staff, access to computer-assisted career
planning and college search services, on-campus
recruiting by colleges, on-campus interviewing by
business and industry, and help with résumé writing,
interview planning, and job search techniques.