Corning Community College

Corning Community College (Acro: CCC) is a 2-year, SUNY system-based community college located in the Town of Corning. The main campus is on Spencer Hill in Corning. The college serves three New York State counties: Steuben, Chemung, and Schuyler and has also been funded by these three counties after the Corning Painted-Post School District could no longer support the College during President Hangen's administration.

Early start
In December of 1956, a vote by the Corning Painted-Post school board was made to support Corning Community College. It indicated it's support for having a community college in the so called “Harvard Report” titled A Valley and A Decision. Corning Community College was initiated in 1957 after the community of Corning desired a higher education institution. In September of 1958, the College had eight faculty members and 118 students. Fred Parsons, chairman of the school board, contacted Dr. William L. Perry, about Perry being the president of the college. He accepted.

Perry Administration
CCC was initially started in a Corning-Painted Post School District building on Chemung Street in the City of Corning. During final examinations, the College used the drill hall of the Armory. Graduation ceremonies were in the Glass Works auditorium.

In October of 1960, Arthur A. Houghton Jr. donated 250 acres of land on top of Spencer Hill in Corning and the Corning Incorporated Foundation (Then known as Corning Glass Works Foundation) donated $2.25 million to construct a campus on Spencer Hill.

Frederick Administration
In June of 1966, Dr. Perry left the College. The full-time faculty was then up to 70. The College was then organized into six academic divisions. President Robert W. Frederick Jr was then enstated as the second President of Corning Community College.

The College's 10th birthday in 1968 had a graduating class of 524 - nearly 10 times the amount of the College's first graduating class.

In 1970, the College added it's Nursing building which increased the College's classroom capacity to 25%. Following this in 1971, a maintenance building was constructed which moved maintenance faculty out of the classroom buildings thus increasing classroom space.

Dr. Frederick left CCC in 1975. At this time, the full-time faculty had grown to 84 and the College expanded to eight academic divisions. The Goff Road facility, which hosts Criminal Justice classes, was added as another facility to CCC. Dr. Donald Hangen accepted Presidency after Dr. Frederick. At that time, the College's student body grew to 1,952 full-time students and 832 part-time students.

Hangen Administration
Dr. Hangen served as CCC's president until 1994. During this time, the Learning Resource Center, Business Development Center, and Eileen Collins Observatory were added to the College's facilities. In 1993, the College had 1,717 full time students and 2,221 part-time students. The combined total of the students was the greatest number of credit hours taught in CCC's history. This was also the second time that the number of part-time students exceeded full-time students.

During Hangen's administration came a very critical change. The Corning-Painted Post School District became unable to continue to financially support Corning Community College. This caused CCC to become the first regionally supported community college in New York state. CCC receives funding from three counties: Steuben, where the College resides, Chemung, and Schuyler. This is done through a chargeback system which provides revenue based on the number of students from each county.

Hangen retired in 1994. The College started to see a decline in enrollment which continued for a decade. Dr. Eduardo Marti then became the fourth president of CCC.

Marti Administration
After Hangen's retirement, Marti had to face the first extended period of student numbers declining. This problem made it difficult for the College because of it's revenues being tied to enrollment.

Dr. Marti left CCC in 2000. At this time, the College had added the Airport Corporate Park to it's facilities. It also added housing automotive and machine tool technology programs and the Planetarium. The overall enrollment numbers were down from their high in 1993 by approximately 13 percent.

Amann Administration
Dr. Floyd "Bud" Amann, the College's fifth president, was instated in May of 2001. The Fall of 2009 saw the College's enrollments at 2,559 for full-time students and 3,113 part-time students. This was a massive increase compared to the 118 students in 1958.

In August of 2007, the Academic and Workforce Development Center was opened in Elmira, NY.

Douglas Administration
Dr. Katherine Douglas was brought into the College during the summer of 2011 as the College's sixth president. Her inauguration was in April of 2012.

After two years of study, the Regional Board of Trustees approved of student housing on Spencer Hill and to construct Perry Hall. $17.7 million was spent by the Corning Community College Development Foundation using no funds from the public. It was decided in March of 2013 to name the dormitory "Perry Hall" in honor of William Perry. In the fall semester of 2013, the College finished Perry Hall.

In January of 2013, the Regional Board of Trustees approved of a renovation and renewing plan for the campus on Spencer Hill. This plan included renovations and building an addition to the Arthur A. Houghton Jr. library, the Commons building, and the Gymnasium. It also included the plan to construct a new turf field. The total cost of the project was $20.7 million dollars. All construction was finished in the Spring semester of 2015.

On December 3rd, 2014, a fake bomb threat led to students having to be evacuated from Perry Hall. The students were evacuated to Spencer Hill's Wellness Center and were not allowed to return to their rooms until approximately 11pm. According to College officials, the threat was made via a social media application called "Yik Yak". It was discovered that the threat was made by Alexis Vazquez, a sophomore from Brooklyn. He was arrested on federal charges after an investigation done by New York State police and the Department of Homeland Security, facing up to 5 years in federal prison.

Corning Community College announced on March 26th, 2015 that the Child Care Center was to be closed at the end of the Spring 2015 semester. Following this decision, CCC announced that it promised to help affected students with child care which failed to cease the uproar among students, which included past, present, and future, parents, and others. Locals started a petition to keep the Child Care Center open.

In May of 2015, the College decided to close the Child Care Center amidst the backlash of the public. The former program director of the center, Mary Kay Hubbard, has begun the process of starting her own child care center following the closure.

With the closure of the Child Care Center, it was announced in the summer of 2015 that the College is considering selling the Business Development Center.

Contact Information
CCC Home Page

MyCCC | Main Campus Number: [tel:6079629222 607-962-9222]

Public Safety Contact:


 * Emergency Number: [tel:6079629000 607-962-9000]
 * Non-Emergency Number: [tel:6079629352 607-962-9352] (On Main Campus a.k.a. Spencer Hill Campus)
 * Elmira Campus: [tel:6079365512 607-936-5512] (Elmira Campus)
 * [mailto:publicsafety@corning-cc.edu Email Public Safety]