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College sign for Clinton Community College outside of George Moore Hall, formerly Redcay Hall.
SUNY Plattsburgh adapts to CCC change
BY SOPHIE ALBERTIE Opinion Editor
Clinton Community College is fully operational and offering classes on SUNY Plattsburgh’s main campus after being relocated August 25. Clinton Community College officially announced its plan to move onto campus January 2024 due to issues with its Middle States Accreditation. Redcay Hall has since been vacated and renamed to George Moore hall. Additionally the former Canadian Studies home of operations is now used as a space for Clinton’s administrative offices and faculty. Now, a year and a half later, this new collaboration between the two universities brings a mixed bag of reviews. Dr. Tracie Guzzio, director of
the Redcay Honors Program, who don’t know where the said that she feels concerned offices are now. I think this is about faculty and students how this conversation startwho could feel left in the dark ed in the first place. I don’t by this transilike feeling as tion. As a proif I can’t help a fessor, she said student who’s in If we just give it’s her job on distress.” campus to help ourselves grace and Bridget Haina, all students find time to understand this the current answers to any transition, we can do Faculty Senate questions they some really good work Chair, said that together. may have, but she is aware of isn’t fully inthe concerns formed herself. coming from “I have colnew students Bridget Haina leagues in some who are looking of the offices Faculty Senate Chair for guidance. in Redcay that She is pushing had to move out for more inforquickly, and of course that mation about SUNY Plattswas unsettling for them, and burgh’s shared services to be they weren’t extremely happy made available. She argues about it,” Guzzio said. “It be- that it’s best not to assume comes disruptive for students that students and faculty will
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be negatively impacted, and instead should be hopeful that leaders on campus will address concerns to the best of their ability. “A lot has happened since we got that announcement that they were going to relocate. People were concerned from the get-go that students would try to cheat the system or find the best deal because Clinton Community classes are more affordable, but Clinton isn’t poaching our students, I think that’s a perception that people have had in the past,” Haina said. When it comes to the future, Haina is optimistic about the possible outcomes this newfound relationship will have. “I’d love to see more students gain the confidence to achieve a bachelor’s degree
especially in this North Country area that has so much potential. Most of our students don’t come from this area, but we have seen a huge amount of growth. Ultimately we can help people see how education can change and uplift their lives,” Haina said. “This relationship we have with Clinton Community is giving this place such an opportunity. If we just give ourselves grace and time to understand this transition, we can do some really good work together.”
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