[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 21, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E459]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               RECOGNIZING CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE DAY

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                         HON. ELISE M. STEFANIK

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 21, 2025

  Ms. STEFANIK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize May 22, 2025, as 
Clinton Community College Day.
  Clinton Community College was established in 1966 by the Clinton 
County Board of Supervisors on the grounds of the old Hotel Champlain 
on Bluff Point in Plattsburgh, New York, under Governor Nelson 
Rockefeller's Administration. The College opened its doors to 216 
students in 1969 and graduated its first cohort of students in 1971.
  The College has since expanded to include the William Forrence 
Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Building, the Ronald B. 
Stafford Center for Arts, Science, and Technology, and the Institute 
for Advanced Manufacturing among other improvements. The growth has 
stemmed from their responsiveness to the needs of the local community 
and businesses. This dedication is further seen in the development of 
programs and coursework that meet the workforce development needs in 
the region, along with their assumption of the Small Business 
Development Center and the Zone 9 Police Training Academy. Clinton 
Community College and its leadership have always worked towards 
building the best outcome for their students. As hard times arose, the 
College made the difficult decision to revamp and relocate its campus 
to a shared space with the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, 
a university with whom the College has a long history of partnership, 
to maintain their effort to provide the best outcome for their 
students.
  With the College primed to begin this new chapter in its life with 
the start of the Fall 2025 semester the administration feels it is only 
right to celebrate both the storied past and bright future of the 
College by holding Clinton Community College Day on May 22, 2025.
  On behalf of New York's 21st Congressional District, I am proud to 
celebrate Clinton Community College, its board, its staff, its faculty, 
and most especially its students, past, present, and future.

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