Auburn Community College
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Former names
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Cayuga County Community College Auburn Community College |
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| Type | Community college |
| Established | 1953 |
| President | Dr. Brian M. Durant |
| Undergraduates | 3,031 |
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 Auburn, NY, US42°56′42″N 76°32′34″W / 42.945079°N 76.542783°WCoordinates: 42°56′42″N 76°32′34″W / 42.945079°N 76.542783°W |
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Suburban 50 acres (0.20 km2) |
| Colors | White and Red |
| Nickname | Spartans |
| Affiliations | National Junior College Athletic Association, Region III |
| Website | www.cayuga-cc.edu |
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Cayuga Community College, formerly Cayuga County Community College, is a two-year SUNY college in Cayuga County, New York. The college began in 1953 as Auburn Community College. Its main campus is in Auburn, New York. The college also serves Oswego County with its branch campus in Fulton, New York.
The college offers associate degrees and now hosts the University Center, which offers B.A. and B.S. degrees from a number of colleges, on the grounds of CCC. Amongst these are two bachelor's degrees offered by Cazenovia College. One is a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Liberal Studies with a Human Services Career Concentration, and the other is a Bachelor of Professional Studies (B.P.S.) in Management with a Health Care Management Specialization. The addition of four year degrees is designed for students with busy lives and schedules, since the upper division classes are held at night and on the weekend.
There are approximately 4,000 full-time and part-time students. Degree programs include liberal arts for transfer preparation, computer science, criminal justice, broadcasting, art, nursing, geographic information systems, and education.
The State University of New York (SUNY) Board of Trustees approved the establishment of its first community college on April 9, 1953. Classes began the following year in September at Auburn Community College in the former James Street Elementary School with sixty-nine students. One year later, Cayuga County assumed sponsorship for the college and it changed its name to Cayuga County Community College.
Six year after opening, the college moved to its current location to accommodate rising enrollment. The original classroom building remains the main building on campus with other buildings added at later dates: the library (1964), the technology building (1970), the bookstore (1971), Spartan Hall (1980), and the nature center (1983). Later expansions included the opening of the Fulton Campus in 1994. In 2003, the college also opened the Regional Economic Center which housed classrooms for Cayuga students, the offices of several agencies providing employment services to area residents, the new home of the college's NASA-sponsored Institute for the Application of Geospatial Technology, and the college’s Business and Industry Center, a workforce training complex.
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