CATALOG - Schenectady County Community College

Food ServiceThe College Commons is operated by Prestige Services and theFaculty-Student Association of Schenectady County CommunityCollege, Inc., serving breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as a variety ofshort-order and snack items. The food service is available from morningthrough evening when classes are in session, and on aselected basis at other times. Look for daily specials. Vendingmachines are located in the College Commons, Elston Hall and theCenter for Science and Technology Building lobby. A microwave isavailable in the College Commons for use. Gift cards are available forpurchase. Please see the College website for weekly menus.Gateway Montessori Preschool at SCCCThe Gateway Montessori Preschool program is a laboratory preschoollocated in the Gateway Building on the SCCC campus. The curriculumdemonstrates best practices in Early Childhood Education. A kindergartencurriculum is also offered. The school operates two and a halfhours per day for five days per week and follows the SCCC academiccalendar. The Montessori classroom is a multi-ageenvironment; the school invites children ages 2 1 / 2to 6 years to join.Active parent communication and involvement is maintained throughparent meetings, newsletters, emails and conferences.For more information, please contact Deb Ahola, EducationalCoordinator, at aholdada@sunysccc.edu, (518) 381-1401 orTammy Calhoun, Program Administrator, at calhoutb@sunysccc.edu,(518) 381-1295.Housing Referral Service for StudentsSchenectady County Community College provides a housing referralservice to assist students in obtaining housing within the community.The College maintains a housing list of apartments, flats and studiosavailable for student rental, many of which are located within walkingdistance of the campus, or near bus routes that serve the campus.Information is available in the Student Affairs Division, Elston Hall,Room 222; telephone (518) 381-1279.ParkingAll motor vehicles parked on campus by students, faculty or staff (fullandpart-time) must be registered with Campus Security (SecurityDesk located at the main entrance of Elston Hall) and the appropriatedecal mounted on the vehicle’s rear view mirror. Motorcycles should beregistered - no decals will be issued.Failure to register your vehicle and properly affix your College decalwill result in the ticketing and/or towing of your vehicle. Cars parkedin unauthorized areas will be ticketed. Cars parked in fire lanes,disabled parking areas without appropriate decal, driveways orloading zones will be towed away at the owner’s expense. TheCollege maintains a general security staff for surveillance of theparking areas, but it is not responsible for preventing theft ordamage to cars. Complete parking regulations are provided uponvehicle registration and are published in the SCCC Student Handbook.30Student ID CardsAll students are required to obtain an SCCC Student ID/Library Cardat the onset of their first semester. The Student ID/Library Card is apermanent identification card for SCCC students. This card is alsoused for library purposes, access to the Computer Lab and foradmission to athletic events, lectures, student activities and to use thefacilities. The Student ID Card must be validated each academic year.A current validation sticker will be affixed to the card.Student ID Cards can be obtained in the College Store. See thewebsite for details, www.fsacollegestore.com. This card is also usedas the student’s library card. If a card is lost, a new card will be issuedfor a $10.00 fee. Lost cards must be reported immediately to theCollege Store.The use of another student’s ID Card is a violation of the StudentCode of Conduct. Properly validated ID Cards are to be carried at alltimes and must be produced, upon request, to any authorized Collegeauthority (administrators, faculty member or security personnel).Students may also be requested to show photo identification suchas a driver’s license.Academic SupportA variety of courses, laboratories, workshops and support servicesare offered by the College to help students achieve academic success.Students are encouraged to explore these services upon enrollment atthe College and to make use of all appropriate programs.Academic Computing and NetworkingServices FacilitiesSchenectady County Community College is committed to providingstudent access to computers. College academic facilities continue toexpand and provide students with diversified computingenvironments and applications. Over 700 computers of various kindsare available through the campus and a variety of software has beenincorporated into college coursework. SCCC maintains several differentcomputer labs that utilize PCs and networked laser printers. Inaddition to computer workstation, the College has a fully integratedcampus Local Area Network (LAN) on which the TCP/IP networkstack is supported. Internet access is available campus-wide throughthe use of laboratory computers or the Wireless LAN. Academic Computingprovides helpdesk support to students five days a week, whichcan be accessed through the helpdesk phone number (518) 381-1487,the helpdesk email (helpdesk@sunysccc.edu), or by visiting the AcademicComputing offices, located in Elston Hall in the fifth floor maincomputer lab during normal College operating hours. For concernswith the ANGEL Course Management System, students are encouragedto contact the SUNY Learning Network helpdesk.SCCC uses an array of commercially successful Windows applications,programming language compilers and curriculum-specific computingtools in order to expose students to contemporary computertechnology. Network or workstation applications on campus includeMicrosoft Visual Studio, the Maple mathematics application, JavaDevelopment tools, HTML authoring tools, graphics editing software,Microsoft Office 2007 or 2010, Minitab statistical software, onlinereservation system software used in the travel and hospitality training,and tax application software. Special computer labs are available for