Suffolk County Community College (SCCC) is a

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in Selden, New York. It is part of the

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(SUNY) system and is funded in part by

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. Suffolk County Community College was founded in 1959 and has three campuses: Selden, Brentwood and Riverhead. It also has two satellite centers in Sayville and downtown Riverhead. The school was founded largely through the efforts of Albert Ammerman who was the college's president from its founding in December 1959 until 1983. In its first year it had 13 faculty with 171 full-time students at the Sachem High School in Ronkonkoma and 335 part-time students at

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until what is now called the Ammerman campus opened in 1962 in the former Suffolk County Tuberculosis Sanatorium (originally built in 1912). By 1977 it had opened a campus in Riverhead and one on the edge of the Pilgrim Psychiatric Center in Brentwood.

Academics

The college offers the Associate in Arts (A.A.), Associate in Science (A.S.), and Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree, as well as a variety of certificate programs. Many students transfer to four-year colleges and universities to complete their baccalaureate degree after attending SCCC. Suffolk is now also partnered with

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through the Pathways to Success Program which allows transfers directly into Cornell degree programs. Suffolk is also partnered with

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and typically allows students with a 3.0 GPA and 24 credit hours to transfer.

Campuses

Ammerman Campus

The Ammerman campus at Selden opened in 1961. It is the largest, first, and main campus of Suffolk County Community College. Located off of

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, it has become a landmark of Suffolk County. The main campus is the home to the majority of the sports teams as well. The site was previously a tuberculosis sanitarium. Only two of the sanitorium's buildings remain (both of which were built by the

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in the 1930s)—Ammerman Building (the former William Hugh Ross Building for male patients) and Kreiling Hall (the former J.H. Marshall Building for children). School officials deny a persistent rumor that the basement of the Kreiling Hall was used as a morgue noting that the walk-in refrigerators there were used for a cafeteria. As of 2008 only three of the 10,000

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and

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trees that landscaped the sanitarium's grounds remain.

Eastern Campus

The Eastern campus at Riverhead (actually in the hamlet of

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''Newsday''. Retrieved 2021-09-29. opened in 1977 on Speonk-Riverhead Road ( CR 88), next to Riverhead-Moriches Road ( CR 51). The Eastern campus is the college's smallest. The Eastern campus has really nice hiking trails that are utilized by some athletic courses.

Michael J. Grant Campus

The Michael J. Grant campus at Brentwood opened in 1974 and is the college's fastest growing. Bordered by Wicks Road, Community College Drive, and Crooked Hill Road ( CR 13), the Grant campus is the sole home of the lacrosse, men's & women's track & field, men's & women's bowling, and men's & women's indoor track teams.

Downtown Sayville

The Sayville Downtown Center opened in 2006.

Downtown Riverhead

This satellite center is home to The Culinary Arts and Hospitality Center. It opened in 2008. The campus features a cafe that serves breakfast and lunch.

Athletics

The college's athletics program is a component of the college's co-curricular offerings. SCCC is a member of the

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. Athletics take place on both the Ammerman and Grant campuses. Men's Intercollegiate sports teams include baseball, basketball, cross-country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, and tennis. Women's teams include soccer, basketball, cheerleading (co-ed), dance (co-ed), cross-country, swimming, softball, tennis, and volleyball. In addition, the office coordinates an intramural program for men and women. In the 2003 the men's basketball team won the

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and the women's basketball team won the NJCAA Women's Basketball Division III Championship. The men repeated as champs in 2004. In 2005 the women's soccer team was formed, where they placed first during the regular season in division III, region 15. Five members of the team made all region first team players- Angela F. Merante, DiAnna G. Dezego, Jaclyn A. Ciamillo, Jacqueline Papile, and Vanessa Thompson. Komi Afeto, their coach, was named coach of the year.

Art galleries

Suffolk County Community College has student exhibition galleries on each of its three main campuses. The gallery on the Ammerman Campus is the Maurice N. Flecker Memorial Gallery, located in the Southampton Building. The Lyceum Gallery, on the Eastern Campus features local and regional artists as well as student works. Gallery West, is located on The Michael J.Grant Campus and features an annual regional high school exhibition as well as student work.

Honor societies

SCCC has two honor societies, Phi Theta Kappa (ΦΘΚ) and

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(ΑΒΓ).

Phi Theta Kappa (ΦΘΚ)

PTK membership is based primarily upon academic achievement. Local Chapters: *Ammerman Campus-Alpha Zeta Nu (ΑΖΝ) *Eastern Campus-Alpha Eta Psi (ΑΗΨ) *Michael J. Grant Campus-Alpha Delta Gamma (ΑΔΓ)

Alpha Beta Gamma (ΑΒΓ)

ABG is an international business honor society established in 1970 to recognize and encourage scholarship among two-year college students in business curricula. Local Chapters: *Ammerman Campus-Chi (Χ) *Eastern Campus-Beta Alpha (ΒΑ) *Grant Campus-Mu (Μ)

Notable people

Faculty

Maury Dean Maury Dean is an American musician, author and professor at Suffolk County Community College, whose book "The Rock Revolution" is in the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame and the Smithsonian. Music Dean taught a "History of Rock N' Roll" course as well ...

, Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame author (former) *

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, historian (former)

Alumni

* John Bolaris, television meteorologist and realtor *

Danny Burawa Daniel James Burawa (born December 30, 1988) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for the New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves in 2015, and also played internationally for the Israel national baseball team. Early l ...

, major league baseball pitcher *

Patricia Eddington Patricia A. Eddington (born 1947/1948) served from 2001 through 2009 in the New York State Assembly, representing District 3 which comprises Patchogue, Medford, Coram and Yaphank, among other neighboring communities within Suffolk County, New ...

, former member of the New York State Assembly * Robert L. Gibson, former NASA astronaut *

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, writer for '' The Howard Stern Show'' (attended for one year) *

Tom Postilio Tom Postilio is an American luxury real estate broker, television personality, and former professional singer. He is a broker at Douglas Elliman, the largest real estate brokerage in the New York Metropolitan area and the fourth largest real e ...

, real estate broker and television personality *

Cletus Seldin Cletus Seldin (born September 11, 1986) is an American professional boxer. Early life Seldin was born in East Yaphank, New York (part of Shirley, New York, on Long Island). He is Jewish. He was named after former New York Yankee third baseman ...

, champion boxer

References

External links

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Official athletics website
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