University of the Month - November

Our FirstPoint USA University of the month for November is Cayuga Community College in New York State. Our clearing department staff member, Barry Neville has nominated Cayuga based on their men's soccer teams impressive turn-around this year.... The Cayuga Community College men’s soccer program gained some national recognition this week by being ranked #19 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America latest November 8, 2011 poll for Division III Junior Colleges. The previously unranked Spartans jump into the poll for the first time this season. The season marked quite an impressive turn-around for a program… that did not win a game in the previous 2010 season… to reaching the NJCAA Region III Semi-Finals this past 2011 season. Congratulations to the team and first-year head coach Darren Wynne for their accomplishments this year. Cayuga Community College is one of 64 accredited institutions that make up the State University of New York (SUNY), the nation's largest comprehensive system of public higher education. For the central New York region and for a growing number of distance-learning students around the world, Cayuga provides an affordable gateway to higher education, with courses and degree programs offered at two campuses and online. There are approximately 4,000 full-time and part-time students. Degree programs include liberal arts for transfer preparation, computer science, criminal justice, broadcasting, art, nursing, geographic information systems, and education. Cayuga Community College offers a variety of clubs, organizations, and activities offer students a diverse college experience, from NJCAA Division III athletics to student government, from the college chorus to the student radio station, from orientation staffing to the student newspaper. While Cayuga and Oswego Counties are largely rural, a variety of cultural, recreational, and shopping opportunities are concentrated in the cities of Auburn, Fulton, and Oswego, as well as in such nearby towns as Aurora, Waterloo, and Skaneateles. Within an easy drive of either campus are the cities of Syracuse and Rochester.   info source from facebook, wikipedia and the Cayuga  Community College website