SUNY Adirondack

SUNY Adirondack

Former names	Adirondack Community College[1]
Type	Publiccommunity college
Established	1961; 63 years ago(1961)
Parent institution	State University of New York
President	Kristine D. Duffy
Academic staff	246[2]
Undergraduates	3,727[3][2]
Location	Queensbury , New York , United States 43°21′11″N73°39′12″W / 43.353056°N 73.653333°W /43.353056; -73.653333
Campus	Suburban 114 acres (0.46 km2)
Colors	Yellow, Green, and White
Nickname	Timberwolves
Sporting affiliations	National Junior College Athletic Association, Region III, Mountain Valley Collegiate Conference
Mascot	Eddie Rondack
Website	www.sunyacc.edu

SUNY Adirondackis apubliccommunity collegeinQueensbury, New York. It serves residents inWarren,Washingtonand northernSaratogacounties inNew York Statewith over 30 academic programs of study. It was founded in 1961 asAdirondack Community College(ACC). Bachelor's and master's degree programs became available with the opening of the SUNY at Plattsburgh Queensbury Branch on the SUNY Adirondack campus. It adopted its present name on March 1, 2010.^[1][4]

This school was founded in 1961 as Adirondack Community College. Willis F Watson was appointed to be the head of the vocation program for the college.

In 1983, the Adirondack Community College Foundation was established to provide student scholarships.^[5]

The college is now branded as SUNY Adirondack.

Warren Hall houses the business office, thefinancial aidoffice, payroll, office of theregistrar, Barbara Green, the Interim Dean of Student affairs, theadmissionsoffice, and the office of accessibility services which provides assistance to students with disabilities.

Student Center houses the school bookstore, a cafeteria, a student lounge with big-screen TV, apool table^{[citation needed]}, and a number of couches, chairs, and tables for students to relax or sleep. It also houses the Student Engagement & Diversity Initiative office, which is home to the SUNY Adirondack Student Senate as well as the College Activity Board.

Eisenhart Hall is the oldest classroom building on campus. A major renovation was completed in April 2006, including a newgeothermal heatingsystem, as it used to have poor climate control. It now also houses aSUNY Plattsburghlecture hall. Primarilybusinessclasses are taught in this building:Accounting,Marketing,Management,Hospitality,Conventions and Events Planning,QuickBooks,Human Resource Management,Entrepreneurship,social scienceclasses are taught in this building:psychology,sociology,history, andpolitical science, though other classes are taught here as well.

Washington Hall is next to Eisenhart Hall and is home to nursing labs, the radio station (WGFR), the television studio (for instructional use), a video editing lab, photography labs and darkroom, and aMaclab for graphic design/media arts students.

Dearlove Hall houses the Visual Arts Gallery, art studios, math lab, English and mathematics classrooms. The 3rd floor contains computer networking (Cisco Academy), IT:End User Support classrooms and tech. The offices of mostEnglishandMathprofessors are located in the basement of this hall.Art,language arts, and mathematics courses are primarily taught in this building. There is also anart galleryand a small lecture hall.

Scoville Building houses a small café, the library, the computer center, a computer lab, and the computer classrooms. There are only a few non-computer classrooms here, which mainly provide room for overflow from Eisenhart Hall. The top floor houses the Office of the President (Kristine Duffy, Ed. D). The library contains more than 63,000 books, including over 5,000 reference books, and subscribes to over 340 journals and other periodicals.

Adirondack Hall is an academic building that contains all science labs, a performance auditorium, and several music classrooms. Music lessons for 17 instruments and private voice are available for credit to all students, regardless of major.

The Regional Higher Education Center houses the extension centers of SUNY Plattsburgh, Empire State and Paul Smith's College. It also contains several classrooms.

New student housing was furnished in the Fall of 2013.

The Student Senate and the College Activity Board (CAB) provide a variety of activities and events including monthly movies.

Additionally, there are a number of clubs representing a variety of interests. Students can join:^[6]

• Adirondack Broadcast Association
• AnimeClub
• AnthropologyClub
• Black & Latinx Student Union
• Chi AlphaBible Study
• College Activity Board
• Culinary Arts Club
• Data Matrix Zone (DMZ) Club
• Doctor Who"BADWOLF" Club
• Gaming Club
• International Club
• Media Arts Club
• Phi Theta KappaHonor Society
• Pride Club
• Student Senate
• SUNY Adirondack Business Club
• SUNY Adirondack Car Club
• SUNY Adirondack Green Communities Club
• Veteran's Club
• SUNY Adirondack ROCX (Outdoor/Adventure Sports)

SUNY Adirondack is a member of theNJCAARegion 3 Mountain Valley Athletic Conference and requires students be enrolled full-time and maintain aGPAof 2.0 or higher. The following are inter-collegiate, competitive teams:

• Men's Baseball
• Men's and Women's Basketball
• Bowling
• Cross Country
• Golf
• Men's and Women's Soccer
• Women's Softball
• Women's Volleyball^[7]
• Men's Lacrosse

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