Columbia-Greene Community College

Dear 2020 Graduate, Columbia-Greene Community College would like to know if you would want to participate in a drive-thru Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 15, 2021. If interested, do you prefer combining the Commencement with 2021 graduates or having a separate drive-thru ceremony?... Please reply to [email protected] by 4:00 p.m., Friday, March 5, 2021.

Standard First Aid Course/CPR/AED This American Heart Association Standard First Aid Course provides individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and provide basic care for injuries and sudden illnesses until advanced medical personnel arrive. The course covers all required topics such as recognizing emergencies, prioritizing care, rescue breathing, Adult CPR, and wounds. The American Heart Association First Aid/CPR certificate exam is administered at the end of the class. This class is not for professional recertification for EMT First Responders. The certification earned is valid for two years. This course will be taught on campus on April 20, 2021 from 5:00 to 9:00 pm. For more information or to register, please call the Office of Community Engagement and Professional Development at (518) 828-4181, extension 3342.

Join us in celebrating Women's History Month as we honor the lives and accomplishments of women throughout history. Learn more about the remarkable contributions that women have made at www.womenshistory.org.

Hey #CoGreene! Are you obsessed with the red planet? As the clouds clear out tonight, you can use Mars to find an iconic group of stars. If you know the Subaru logo, then you know these stars. They have been given many names including the Seven Sisters, the Pleiades, and Dao Look Gai (hen and chicks). It is actually an open cluster of thousands of stars, but we can see the six or seven brightest with the naked eye. Using a pair of binoculars, you can double that number.... Look to the Southwest in the early evening. There will be two reddish stars. Use Orion’s belt to star hop past Aldebaran (reddish-orange). The Pleiades is the circle of stars right above Mars. The next time Mars will appear this close to the Seven Sisters is 2038. The name Pleiades comes to us from Greek mythology, the seven daughters of the Titan Altas. There are many North American myths related to this star group including the Lakota story of the formation of Devil’s Tower in Wyoming. While the majority of cultures see seven sisters, the Lakota see seven boys. Learn more about the Pleiades as an open star cluster: https://www.nasa.gov/feat/goddard//messier-45-the-pleiades Read about the Lakota myth and other stories of Devil’s Tower: https://wyomingmagazine.com/the-great-myths-of-devils-tower/

Poetry: Creative Expression This comprehensive introduction to poetry writing welcomes both the novice and the seasoned writer. Students receive an overview of the medium followed by an examination of poetry’s different forms and styles. Writing instruction focuses on reviewing and revising work. The instructor for this course is Phyllis Carito, a writer and a teacher. Her published poetry includes two chapbooks and poems in various literary magazines. This non-credit course will be taught via Zoom over the course of five Wednesdays. It begins on March 31, 2021 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. For more information or to register, please call the Office of Community Engagement and Professional Development at (518) 828-4181, extension 3342.

ICYMI: Congratulations on going international, Dr. Childrose! https://cccnews.info//c-gcc-professor-to-present-at-innov/