About Us - NCCC Foundation

The NCCC Foundation is a Not-for-Profit corporation established to enhance and provide assistance for the educational programs of North Country Community College.

Its purposes include:

• Granting student, faculty, and staff scholarships and fellowships;
• Supporting development and research projects including in-service workshops, seminars, and conferences;
• Providing a focal point for philanthropic support of the college

The NCCC Foundation annually awards scholarships to students who demonstrate accomplishment and promise and who require financial assistance. Substantial financial support of the educational aspirations of worthy NCCC students is the principal focus of the Foundation's efforts.

The President of the NCCC Foundation is Ms. Susy Cantwell who, along with the other members of the Foundation Board of Directors, welcomes you. All are deeply grateful for the continuing support and financial contributions of friends of North Country Community College.

NCCC Foundation Officers (2007-2008): 

President: Susy Cantwell

Treasurer: Jack Demattos

Secretary: Jorja Sander

NCCC Foundation News:

Tulloch Campus at Malone Dedication: Approximately 200 people attended the dedication ceremony for the new Tulloch Campus at Malone recently. North Country Community College President Gail Rogers Rice, Ed. D, is shown addressing the audience while Master of Ceremonies Bryan Hughes a member of the NCCC Foundation, looks on.

North Country Community College and NCCC Foundation, Inc., dedicated the new Malone Campus honoring two local families.

State, county and local dignitaries and education leaders attended the Thursday, July 26 ceremony where the campus was dedicated in memory of Dr. Kenneth A. Tulloch and his wife, Loretta, at the request of Mr. and Mrs. J. Patrick Barrett. The Barrett’s made a significant donation to the capital campaign and requested the campus be named in memory of the Tullochs who were friends.

A stone monument, donated by Ross Biondo Construction, Inc., will stand on the green in the front of the complex, which will be known henceforth as North Country Community College Tulloch Campus at Malone. The inscription on the stone reads: "Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Tulloch Campus North Country Community College."

The new student center, which consists of two adjoining buildings, will be named in appreciation of a real estate gift from Mr. and Mrs. John (Olga) Mills in memory of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard (Ethel) Mills and in honor of her mother, Nina Reshetkina.

"The creation of the North Country Community College Tulloch Campus at Malone gives staff and students an outstanding learning facility and, at the same time, preserves an important part of the history of this community," said President Dr. Gail Rogers Rice.

"All of the NCCC family is very grateful that due to the efforts of good friends and generous donors, North Country Community College will continue to be an integral part of the community and have the opportunity to enhance and expand service to present and future students."

Bryan Hughes, who served as the capital campaign major gifts chair, was master of ceremonies for the event. The committee faced many challenges in trying to raise a half-million dollars for the Malone Campus, he said.

"It is only through the generosity and gracious support of so many people that we have reached this milestone in the history of North Country Community College. The students, college community and Foundation will be forever grateful for their interest and commitment to higher education."

Dr. Tulloch was an ear, nose, and throat surgeon in Malone from 1932 until his death in 1969. He had a passion for continuing education, reading, debate and composition. Mrs. Tulloch was a teacher until she and her husband moved to Malone where she was a homemaker and mother of four children.

Bernard and Ethel Mills raised a family of nine in Chateaugay. They were well known business owners who operated a small 24-hour diner in that community for 25 years. In naming the building, their son, John Mills, said: "There were never more devoted parents, which is the highest praise they would want."

Mrs. Reshetkina, who resides in Russia, is a graduate of the Institute of Culture and was employed by Leningrad's Institute for Scientific Research for 32 years.

Background

Five years ago, North Country Community College officials faced a dilemma. The former site in the Harison Complex, Malone, which was rented from the State, was not accessible to all students. Following a Civil Rights Commission on-site visit, the college had to make a decision: Would costly renovations be done to a facility it didn't own, or should they move to a different site?

College officials opted for the latter. In the course of the search, they visited nearly 30 sites in various areas of northern Franklin County before settling on the Ballard Mill Complex, which, incidentally, was the first site they considered.

In 1999, NCCC Foundation, Inc. purchased the main building. Upon inspection, the adjacent former Dress Factory, which had been abandoned in 1983, was determined to be structurally sound. The Foundation also bought that building and proceeded to plan a new student center.

The purchase of these properties and promise of revitalization were hailed by Malone leaders and residents who are endeavoring to reclaim their architectural heritage.

Students entered the new building for the first time in September 2000. It is expected that the Student Center will be completed this fall.