Category Archives: Student LIfe

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…I am your student

Dear Cayuga, I’ve started my semester late, and I have gone to my classes early.  I have gotten lost in the hallways, and I have sat down in the wrong classes. I have walked into classrooms scared that I would have no one to sit next to. I have sat … Continue reading

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Theory to Practice: students explore their careers through community service and field experience

Rebecca Johnson is interning with the Cayuga Chamber of Commerce in the Finger Lakes Grants Information Center. Rebecca is assisting community organizations that are looking for grants, conducting research on potential funding options from their database of national foundations.   Caitlin Owens, a student in the Honors program at CCC, … Continue reading

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Spring into Business!

The Phi Beta Lambda club has been busy this month organizing various events and welcoming guest speakers.  We had Sheila Myers, the Coordinator of Experiential Learning, come in to speak with us about technology’s influence on job candidates, online portfolios and internships.  She gave us an alternative perspective on how … Continue reading

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Life on Campus, Actually

I think I am one of the first people to admit how annoying college ads are. When picking a school, I saw ads, brochures, etc. for my school, and it looked amazing! I still love that school, but when I did an overnight I was sorely disappointed. No perfectly-smiling blond … Continue reading

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Auburn SPCA Annual Cause For Paws Fundraiser

The Event Planning Class and the Phi Beta Lambda Business Club are teaming up again this year to coordinate and volunteer for the 4th Annual “Cause for Paws” Fundraiser.  The goal of the Fundraiser is to raise money for the Finger Lakes Society for the Prevention of Animal Cruelty (SPCA). … Continue reading

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Finding Support for Calculus

I didn’t quite know what to put this post under, so I’ll call it a “Happening”. I wasn’t able to finish my calc 2 course, and I tried going through the book by myself and finishing the last few chapters. Despite all the courtesy, help, and leniency of Prof. Gross … Continue reading

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Phi Beta Lambda Business Club News – February 2013

Our Phi Beta Lambda Business club is off to a great start this semester!   In case you didn’t know, PBL is the largest business career student organization in the world with over 11,000 college students participating.   Exclusive membership and career recognition programs are designed to provide additional personal and … Continue reading

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Cayuga Community College student Amanda Saxe holds her Pledge to Complete, as part of Completion Day, one of many initiatives under way at the college to improve retention and completion rates.

Charting a course to help students stay in school and succeed

Each semester, the faculty and staff at Cayuga Community College hear from our students who are struggling to remain enrolled. Some drop out due to changes in their family responsibilities, others because they need to work to earn more money, and still others have used up their allotted eligibility for … Continue reading

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Recent moves structure College for student success

Community colleges serve diverse student populations, spanning wide ranges of age, socioeconomic background, academic achievement, family heritage, ethnicity and race, and career goals. At Cayuga Community College, we educate students across our four campuses — two campuses in Auburn and Fulton, as well as our online campus and our Cayuga … Continue reading

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Phi Beta Lambda Business Club News!

Our Phi Beta Lambda Business club is off to a great start this year!  Here are some highlights: Membership Recruiting:   Our club has 22 paid members already!   For a small community college in Central New York, this is impressive.  How did we do it?    We had a … Continue reading

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