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Van Alen House, Lindenwald, the Pratt Museum, the Durham Center Museum, the House of History, the Shaker Museum, and the American Museum of Fire Fighting are all within a short drive of the campus. Olana, the Moorish castle-like dwelling of the renowned nineteenth-century artist Frederic Church and now a state-owned landmark, is adjacent to the C-GCC campus and only a brief walk away. There, students can view paintings by Church and his instructor, Thomas Cole, along with Church’s impressive collections gathered during his world travels. Columbia and Greene Counties abound in outdoor recreational resources. North Lake, Devil’s Tombstone, Lake Taghkanic, and Copake Falls all offer public campgrounds and facilities. Three major ski areas—Hunter Mountain, Catamount, and Ski-Windham—are each within a thirty-minute drive from the campus. The Hudson River and more than twenty lakes provide excellent boating and fshing. Nearby golf courses, tennis courts, and athletic felds are also available to students. College Campus The Columbia-Greene campus includes four academic buildings—the Main Building, the Arts Center, the Technology Center, the Professional Academic Center—and the Day Care Center. main Building Project Renew, a $13 million renovation— involving the Main Building and some other campus facilities—was completed in the summer of 1998. The project reftted the building for the twenty-frst century, including a geothermal heating and air-conditioning system and wiring of COLUMBIA-GREENE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2012-2013 CATALOG classrooms for video, audio, and Internet access. Highlights include new science and nursing labs, computer classrooms, and learning resource and student services centers. The facility also houses a library, gymnasium, student center, and faculty and administrative offces. Arts Center Built in the postmodern style, the Arts Center provides a creative setting in which to study the fne and performing arts. With a 450-seat theater at its core, the gabled building features sky-lit studio spaces for painting and sculpture as well as a ceramics studio and a state-of-the-art photography studio. The airy structure also includes a dance studio, several teaching classrooms, and the Foundation Art Gallery. The theater, which is equipped with professional lighting and sound systems, is designed to accommodate fullscale dramas and musicals as well as live concerts. technology Center The Technology Center, also of postmodern architecture, provides a modern home for the college’s programs in automotive technology. In addition to a core program that covers all types of vehicles, the automotive technology curriculum also features an option for Toyota/Lexus cars and light trucks. The technology center is also home to the college’s Massage Therapy Clinic. Designed as a state-of-the-art massage facility, the clinic includes a reception and waiting area and a large, compartmentalized massage room. 9
COLUMBIA-GREENE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2012-2013 CATALOG Professional Academic Center Opened in 2007, the Professional Academic Center completes the campus quadrangle at C-GCC. A workforcerelated facility, the PAC is home to the Columbia-Greene Workforce New York Career Center, which includes a New York State Department of Labor Resource Room. The two-story structure, which offers breathtaking views of the campus, also houses the Saland Forum – named in honor of state Senator Stephen Saland, seminar rooms, classrooms, and the Alumni Gallery. the Hudson river environmental field station The Hudson River Environmental Field Station at Cohotate Preserve, Greene County Environmental Education Center, is on the west bank of the Hudson River approximately two miles north of the Rip Van Winkle Bridge. The feld station serves as a college laboratory and classroom as well as a study and research center. The purpose of the river feld station is fourfold: 1. Expand the laboratory resources and teaching capability of the Division of Science, 2. Provide extracurricular study opportunities for area grade school and secondary school students 3. Establish a river research facility for grant-funded projects, and 4. Provide an ecological study and research center to support efforts to improve the Hudson River environment. 10 The feld station serves as a laboratory annex for General Ecology, Hudson River Ecology, and Environmental Science classes on campus. The college offers an associate’s degree in environmental studies. Groups of grade school children also take part in daylong workshops that introduce them to species in and around the waterway. The college has participated in a research project involving the infestation of zebra mussels into the Hudson River water system and its effect on the river’s native macro-invertebrate populations. Galleries The college houses fve art galleries: the Kaaterskill Gallery adjacent to the Library, the Blue Hill Gallery at the main entrance; the Belknap Memorial Gallery in the Administrative Wing; the Foundation Gallery in the Arts Center; and the Alumni Gallery in the Professional Academic Center. Exhibits in the Kaaterskill Gallery and the Blue Hill Gallery are changed monthly; in the Foundation Gallery, three times a semester. All galleries contain a diverse mixture of works by area artists and students. The Belknap Gallery contains works from the college’s collection, which also appear at other locations on campus on a rotating basis. Located in the Arts Center, the Foundation Gallery is a locus of discussion and enrichment. The gallery is the principle exhibition space of the Fine Arts Department, which is dedicated to the goal of excellence in the arts. Work from both professional artists and students are exhibited in the gallery, exposing the college community to a wide range of artistic endeavors.
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