By Michael Purtell
As Plattsburgh State prepares for Clinton Community’s move-in, the campus faces changes to several departments.
After announcing a year ago that the Clinton Community College would move its programs to buildings on Plattsburgh State’s campus by Fall 2025, there is only one semester left before the change becomes reality.
“Our co-location work remains on schedule,” wrote Dr. Alexander Enyedi, President of Plattsburgh State in his February campus update email.
The email update confirmed the successful shift of eight total Plattsburgh departments and offices to Kehoe and Beaumont. The next phase will include the final departmental moves and will begin around “mid-march,” according to Enyedi’s update.
EFFECT ON STUDENTS
The historical move had some on campus concerned about changing life on campus in various ways, but administration asserts that there should be no impact on students other than the presence of Clinton Community students around campus and the relocation of some programs, said Heather Haskins, Executive Director of Strategic Communications & Marketing.
A rumor making its way across campus was that the move would impact the cost of student housing in future semesters. Magen Renadette, Vice President of Administration & Finance put this rumor to rest, confirming that housing prices will not be affected.
CCC also is the host of four athletic programs: men’s cross country, women’s cross country, men’s soccer and men’s basketball. How these programs will be affected by the move has yet to be determined, with Clinton Community and the SUNY system working on a Memorandum of Agreement that will determine how these programs will or won’t be integrated into Plattsburgh’s athletic complexes, Renadette said.
RELOCATIONS
Departments that will be affected by phase three of relocations include; Anthropology and Sociology, which will move to Beaumont; Criminology, which will move into Ward; and Canadian Studies, which will move into 102 Broad St.
The goal is to allow space in Redcay Hall and 133 Court St., the current home of Canadian Studies at Plattsburgh, for Clinton Community to host its administrative offices and classrooms.
The building has been the home to the Center for the Study of Canada since its introduction in 1975, said Christopher Kirkey, director of the center for the study of Canada.
The center’s relocation has stirred up some emotions amongst its members.
“This has been the sole home for the center for the study of Canada.” Kirkey said.
The department move came as a surprise at first when Kirkey heard about it in May last year. The news dug up a melancholy nostalgia for years of great memories in the building. The building has housed ambassadors and government officials.
“There’s been a lot of accomplishments physically tied to this building,” Kirkey said.
Kirkey is grateful for the time and attention Plattsburgh State has put into the “extraordinarily large job” of moving so many departments.
One of the benefits to the new location on Broad St. is that it’s more centrally located, which Kirkey likes about the building.
Many departments face similar moves to the Center for Canadian Studies, but the evolution of campus is still something for members of the student body and staff to look forward to.
“It’s going to be our job to make sure the new place lives up to what we did here,” Kirkey said. “We’ve got a legacy to carry forward.”
