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Scholastic year brings change, says NCC president
Maraya Bitner
Issue date: 10/22/08 Section: News
Ever-growing Northampton Community College will have a new parking lot, possibly a smoke-free program and certainly dozens of events that will bring the school community together and focus on students' needs.
NCC is the fastest-growing community college in the state and home to almost 10,000 students enrolled in credit programs and nearly 24,000 in non-credit programs.
But the rumor that NCC could possibly become a four-year school has no truth to it, said Dr. Arthur Scott, president of NCC, in an interview. "We want to be the best two-year college in the country."
The mounting traffic on Main Campus has led to construction of another parking lot that will hold more than 200 new spaces when it is completed this month.
The parking lot is necessary but there are no plans to build a parking garage, Scott said.
"We resisted parking garages as much as they are an eyesore, and because of the safety issues."
Scott said that there are no other plans to expand the facilities on Main Campus.
A potentially major change for NCC students is discussion about making the college a smoke-free institution. The subject is being studied by the College Life Committee, which may then make a recommendation to Scott.
"It is an evolutionary process to be smoke-free, and clearly our society and public places are doing it, and we should be apart of it," Scott said.
The process of going smokeless could be difficult for some. To provide help, a free program has been developed by NCC's health office to assist students who want to quit. More information is available on the NCC Web site.
Open to the students are dozens of campus clubs to join and events to participate in such as the 2008 election or the Light the Night Walk, which occurred Oct. 4 to raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. More information about campus clubs and activities can be found on the college Web site.
NCC is the fastest-growing community college in the state and home to almost 10,000 students enrolled in credit programs and nearly 24,000 in non-credit programs.
But the rumor that NCC could possibly become a four-year school has no truth to it, said Dr. Arthur Scott, president of NCC, in an interview. "We want to be the best two-year college in the country."
The mounting traffic on Main Campus has led to construction of another parking lot that will hold more than 200 new spaces when it is completed this month.
The parking lot is necessary but there are no plans to build a parking garage, Scott said.
"We resisted parking garages as much as they are an eyesore, and because of the safety issues."
Scott said that there are no other plans to expand the facilities on Main Campus.
A potentially major change for NCC students is discussion about making the college a smoke-free institution. The subject is being studied by the College Life Committee, which may then make a recommendation to Scott.
"It is an evolutionary process to be smoke-free, and clearly our society and public places are doing it, and we should be apart of it," Scott said.
The process of going smokeless could be difficult for some. To provide help, a free program has been developed by NCC's health office to assist students who want to quit. More information is available on the NCC Web site.
Open to the students are dozens of campus clubs to join and events to participate in such as the 2008 election or the Light the Night Walk, which occurred Oct. 4 to raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. More information about campus clubs and activities can be found on the college Web site.
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