Suffolk County Community College

Suffolk County Community College
Seal of Suffolk County Community College
MottoVision, Excellence, Wisdom
TypePublic community college
Established1959; 65 years ago (1959)
Parent institution
State University of New York
Budget$220.9 million (2017)[1]
PresidentEdward Bonahue[2]
Academic staff
463 full-time
1,510 adjunct[3]
Undergraduates26,078[4]
Location
Selden, New York
,
New York
,
United States

40°50′54″N 73°03′22″W / 40.8484°N 73.0562°W / 40.8484; -73.0562
CampusSuburban
555 acres (2.25 km2)
Colors   Royal Blue and White
NicknameSharks
Sporting affiliations
NJCAA - Division III - Region XV
MascotFineas, also known as Finn
Websitewww.sunysuffolk.edu
Ammerman Building
Ammerman campus with Huntington Library in background

Suffolk County Community College (SCCC) is a public community college in Selden, New York. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system and is funded in part by Suffolk County, New York. Suffolk County Community College was founded in 1959 and has three campuses: Selden, Brentwood and Riverhead. It also has two satellite centers in Sayville and downtown Riverhead.

The school was founded largely through the efforts of Albert Ammerman who was the college's president from its founding in December 1959 until 1983. In its first year it had 13 faculty with 171 full-time students at the Sachem High School in Ronkonkoma and 335 part-time students at Riverhead High School until what is now called the Ammerman campus opened in 1962 in the former Suffolk County Tuberculosis Sanatorium (originally built in 1912). By 1977 it had opened a campus in Riverhead and one on the edge of the Pilgrim Psychiatric Center in Brentwood.[5]

  1. ^ Brand, Rick (May 31, 2017). "Steve Bellone trims Suffolk community college budget request". Newsday. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  2. ^ "Dr. Edward Bonahue Appointed President of Suffolk County Community College". www.sunysuffolk.edu. April 26, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "Suffolk at a Glance". Suffolk County Community College. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  4. ^ "SUNY Fast Facts". State University of New York (SUNY).
  5. ^ Brand, Rick (November 27, 2008). "Heart, spirit, soul' of SCCC dies at 94". Newsday. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011.