OVERFLOW ASSEMBLY AT RALLY SENDS MESSAGE TO TRUSTEES; NYSUT BACKS CAMPAIGN; VOLUNTEERS PREPARE FOR SUSTAINED COMMUNITY EFFORT

Fresh off a rousing community rally last week, Corning Community College faculty and their community supporters are not letting up in their campaign for the future of the College.

After the September 22 rally, which attracted over 130 people to the CCC campus, participants attended a meeting of the College’s Regional Board of Trustees in a show of solidarity and concern. Because the room’s public seating capacity could not accommodate the unprecedented crowd, an “overflow

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NYSUT DIRECTORS TO SPEAK; CCC WORKERS, COMMUNITY EDUCATORS CALL FOR ADMINISTRATION TO RESPECT EMPLOYEES AND PRIORITIZE LEARNING

Corning/Elmira, NY, September 16, 2016– Corning Community College has been recognized as the best community college in the state and as one of the finest in the country. This excellence is thanks in no small measure to its faculty, renowned for accomplishments in their disciplines and for their tireless commitment to students, the college, and their community.

Now CCC faculty are reaching out to the community again. But this time it's the College itself that

CORNING/ELMIRA, NY, August 19, 2016– As the first day of classes nears, instructors at Corning Community College are looking forward as usual to helping our students learn and succeed. However, this year we task ourselves with an additional responsibility: raising awareness with the community outside of our classrooms about urgent issues facing the college we love.

CCC faculty are proud that our school has been recognized as among the very best community colleges in the United States and #1 in New York State. We know well what a great place our school is to learn, because we see our fellow

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We're all in this together!

At the August 2015 meeting of the PECCC, members voted to issue a statement of support for our co-workers in the College's CSEA unit. The following memo, approved by the Executive Committee, was sent to trustees and college leadership on August 28.

Honorable Trustees:

The Professional Educators of Corning Community College (PECCC) are proud to express support for our CCC colleagues, the members of the Corning Community College unit of CSEA.

Day in and day out, we the faculty, along with all other CCC employees and students, depend on the hard work and dedication of our CSEA sisters and brothers