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| May 2 |
Grease performed by the Two-Bit Players. |
| May 7 |
Dr. Carl Sagan, astronomer, author and educator, discussed the concept of nuclear winter and catastrophic changes in the global climate. |
| May 25 |
Helen Werner, English professor, received the AAUW Woman of the Year Award. |
| June 7 |
10th Annual Elmira Correctional Facility graduation with 17 graduates. |
| July 8 |
A bill was signed by Governor Mario Cuomo for CCC to become a regional college sponsored by Chemung, Schuyler and Steuben Counties with a governing Regional Board of Trustees. |
| September 11 |
Elie Wiesel, Nazi death camp survivor and U. S. Congressional Gold Medal award winner, opened the Visiting Scholar Series and warned about ‘indifference’ to an audience of 300 people. |
| October 24 |
Michael Crichton, prominent (6’10”) Visiting Scholar and author of The Andromeda Strain and Coma, spoke on “Computers as an Art Form”. |
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October 29 |
Dr. Robert Schuller, author of Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do, spoke to more than 2,000 people in the CCC Gymnasium about the use of ‘Possibility Thinking’ to achieve inner security. |
| November 4 |
Senator Alfonse D’Amato spoke at CCC on “Federal Efforts to Control Drug Trafficking.” |