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Monday, April 8, 2019

YMCA Launching Saranac Lake Programs

The YMCA is set to launch its first programs in Saranac Lake this spring and plans to expand its offerings later in the year.

Representatives of the YMCA, the village of Saranac Lake, the Saranac Lake Central School District, North Country Community College and Citizen Advocates met recently to discuss and refine the initial programs the YMCA could offer in Saranac Lake. Feedback from the community, through a survey and a public meeting held last year, has been used by the group to identify gaps in services that the YMCA could meet. » Continue Reading.

Thursday, March 14, 2019

NCCC Releases Results of Community Pool Survey

by Editorial Staff

Local residents would like to see more programs offered at the North Country Community College pool in Saranac Lake at hours that are more convenient to them, according to a recent survey conducted by the college.

A total of 491 people took the online survey, which the college hopes to use to help inform future decision-making about the pool. » Continue Reading.

Saturday, January 26, 2019

NCCC Seeks Pool Input with Online Survey

by Editorial Staff

North Country Community College has asked the public to complete a survey about its use of the pool in the college’s Sparks Athletic Complex in Saranac Lake.

The online survey, asks respondents how they’ve used the pool in the past, what programs and services they’d like to see offered at the pool, and their ability to support the pool. » Continue Reading.

Monday, November 5, 2018

NCCC Seeks Entries for Digital Art Show

by Editorial Staff

High school students from across the region have been invited to submit their best works of digital art for North Country Community College’s first-ever Digital Art Show.

The juried show will take place at the college’s Saranac Lake campus December 3 to January 11. A reception and awards ceremony for students will be held from 11 am to 1 pm December 7. » Continue Reading.

Sunday, October 28, 2018

32 Graduate From NCCC Prison Education Program

by Editorial Staff

More than thirty students from correctional facilities across the region are the first class of graduates from North Country Community College’s Second Chance Pell program.

The Second Chance Pell Experimental Sites Initiative, launched by the U.S. Department of Education in 2015, provides need-based Pell grants to people in state and federal prisons through partnerships with 65 colleges in 27 states. NCCC is the only two-year college in the State University of New York system to offer Second Chance Pell, which allows non-violent inmates with less than five years left on their sentences to earn an associate’s degree. The goal of the program is to improve their chances of finding employment upon release from prison. » Continue Reading.

Saturday, August 18, 2018

NCCC Offering 6 Credits For Free

by Editorial Staff

North Country Community College has announced that those who’ve been unsure about going to college now have the chance to try it out at no cost with the college’s new “6 on Us” program.

Starting this fall semester, 6 on Us allows eligible students to take their first six college credits for free, a savings of $1,400 per student. The program is available to first-time, new to college, non-traditional students on all three of the college’s campuses: Malone, Saranac Lake and Ticonderoga. » Continue Reading.

Friday, June 22, 2018

NCCC Summer Lecture Series at Ticonderoga Campus

by Editorial Staff

North Country Community College has begun a series of free lectures at their Ticonderoga campus. Local history, career skills, and gardening are among the topics that will be covered. Among those speaking will be Pete Nelson, who will deliver a talk about the history of Bald Peak on June 28th, and on the life of surveyor Medad Mitchell on August 2nd

Most of the lectures will be given by NCCC faculty. All lectures begin at 7 pm and will take place at the NCCC Ticonderoga Campus, 11 Hawkeye Trail, Ticonderoga. » Continue Reading.

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

NCCC Trade School Proposal Meetings Set

by Editorial Staff

The Ticonderoga Revitalization Alliance and North Country Community College are seeking public input on the establishment of a proposed School of Applied Technology in Ticonderoga.

Two public presentations, “A Plan for Trade Education in the North Country,” have been set on the idea and are open to all. » Continue Reading.

Friday, March 16, 2018

High School Student Art Show at NCCC Malone

by Editorial Staff

Works of art from high school students across the region are on display at North Country Community College’s Malone campus through March 26.

The Regional High School Student Art Show features work from high school students in Clinton, Essex, Franklin and St. Lawrence counties. Each high school in the region was invited to submit up to eight works of art for the show. » Continue Reading.

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Adirondack Colleges Partner on Outdoor Classroom Project

by Editorial Staff

Students and faculty from North Country Community College and Paul Smith’s College have finished construction of an outdoor classroom at North Country’s Saranac Lake campus.

Located on a hill behind Hodson Hall, the outdoor classroom features a large lean-to and a half-dozen long pine benches. All the timber for the project was cut from Paul Smith’s College property. » Continue Reading.