Current C-GCC Catalog - Columbia-Greene Community College

COLUMBIA-GREENE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2012-2013 CATALOG
Academic and student services
Academic support Center
Located in spacious quarters opposite the
campus library, the Academic Support
Center provides student support services
that include software and hardware to
supplement many areas of academic
instruction. Services are provided through
computer classrooms, alternative learning
classrooms, computer labs, study and
testing areas, and include peer and
professional tutoring, test-review sessions,
make-up testing, and access to software
utilized by most of the academic divisions
on campus.
The Academic Support Center has PCs
available for academic use. Enrichment
and supplemental A/V resources are
on-hand for many academic areas. Staff
members are available to assist students
with computers and other equipment.
Study skills workshops and learning
strategies assistance are also provided.
Academic Support Center hours are
8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through
Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, and 1 p.m. to 5
p.m. Sunday during the academic year.
Tutoring schedules are advertised at the
Center’s main desk, entranceways, and on
various announcement boards on campus.
Summer hours, as well as holiday and
semester break schedules, are posted at the
Center’s main desk, and on the webpage,
as needed.
testing in the Academic support Center
The Academic Support Center administers
the college placement test, DSST
(DANTES Subject Standardized Tests),
and C-GCC challenge examinations. The
ASC also serves as an Open Test Center
for students residing in Columbia and
Greene counties enrolled in a Distance
Learning program elsewhere.
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This service is offered twice a month.
Call the ASC at 518-828-4181 (Ext. 3235)
for the schedule and to make arrangements
for a proctored exam. We encourage early
sign-up as the ASC reserves the right to
stop taking appointments for a particular
date once the session is flled. There is
limited space for on-line testing.
A non-refundable $25 sitting fee is
required to reserve a testing slot. Current
C-GCC students may take a DANTES test
in the ASC without paying a sitting fee.
Testers must bring some form of picture
identifcation on the day of the test.
Library and media services
The two-story college library is located
at the north end of the Main Building.
It occupies 15,900 square feet and has a
seating capacity for more than 100.
The library is fully computerized,
providing networking within the SUNY
system. The open-shelf system permits
easy access to the library’s collection of
over 60,000 bound volumes and over 200
current microflm and paper subscriptions
to magazines and newspapers. There is
also a large collection of back issues of
periodicals on microflm.
In addition to the book and periodical
collection, resources include subscriptions
to a number of online databases. These
databases provide access to indexes of
magazine, journal, and newspaper articles,
some of which are available in full text.
Information materials are available at the
circulation desk, including the circulation
policy, a periodical directory, and guides
to research.
Circulation and reference privileges are
extended to students, faculty, and the