TRIO Student Support Services
This is a federally funded program designed to provide educational opportunities to increase the retention and graduation rates of first generation, low income, and disabled students. Tutoring, personal and educational counseling, career planning, cultural awareness, campus visits and college transfer planning are provided to qualified students. This program is administered through the TRIO Student Support Services Office in Building M500, Room M583, Sumter Main Campus.
TRIO Veterans Upward Bound
This is a federally funded program designed to prepare, motivate, and assist first generation, low income and at risk veterans, in the development of academic and other skills necessary for acceptance into and success in a program of postsecondary education. The focus is on improving the academic performance of veteran students through increasing: (1) standardized test performance, (2) retention or completion of the VUB program, (3) postsecondary enrollment, and (4) postsecondary completion. This program is administered through the TRIO Veterans Upward Bound Office in Building M500, Room M583, Sumter Main Campus.
Student Life
Student Life at Central Carolina is an important dimension of the overall educational experience at the College. A variety of ways to participate allows each student the opportunity to broaden his or her experiences. A number of social and cultural activities for students are planned throughout the year. The College has several student organizations. Watch for student activities, which will be announced on myCCTC in the Student Life page and the College’s Calendar. Student Life is located in Building M500, Room M542, Sumter Main Campus.
Procedures for Establishing a New Student Organization
Following are procedures for establishing a new student organization:
- Have at least ten members who are interested in forming the organization. These members must be current students at Central Carolina Technical College.
- Enlist an individual interested in serving as a faculty/staff advisor.
- Submit the Request to Organize Form to the Student Life Coordinator signed by at least ten prospective members and the potential faculty/staff advisor.
- A representative of the organization will present the Request to Organize Form to the Student Life Coordinator. The Student Life Coordinator will forward the request to the College administration for approval. Organizations whose objectives are strictly social in nature or whose objectives do not support the mission of the College will not be approved. The organization cannot be recognized until approved by the College administration.
- Within three weeks after approval, a constitution must be submitted to the Student Life Coordinator in addition to a list of officers and members.
- The advisor’s signature must be obtained after completing the Request to Organize Form. Return this form to the Student Life Coordinator.
Students with Disabilities
Central Carolina Technical College, in compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, is responsive to the needs of students with disabilities. There are wheelchair entrances to each building on campus, as well as special parking accommodations and restroom facilities. If you require accommodations, contact the Disability Services Coordinator for an appointment. Students must request accommodations each semester by contacting Kenya Dennis, Disability Services Coordinator at (803)778-7871 or (800)221-8711. The Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) is (803)774-3313. Disability Services is located in Building M500, Room M543.
Service and Support Animals
Central Carolina Technical College is committed to allowing service animals to assist individuals with disabilities.
A service animal defined by Title II and Title III of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) is any animal that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefits of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability. There is a provision regarding miniature horses as services animals, meeting specific assessment factors.
Service animals are generally permitted in all facilities and on all campuses with the exceptions made in regards to safety of the animal and the individual. These exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis to determine whether the service animal poses a possible danger, is in possible danger, and if other reasonable accommodations can be provided.
Types of Service Animals:
- Guide dog - Guide dog is a carefully trained dog that serves as a travel tool by persons who are blind or have severe visual impairment.
- Hearing dog - Hearing dog is a dog who has been trained to alert a person with significant hearing loss or who is deaf when a sound, e.g. knock on the door occurs.
- Service dog - Service dog is a dog that has been trained to assist a person who has a mobility or health impairment. Types of duties the dog may perform include carrying, fetching, opening doors, ringing doorbells, activating elevator buttons, steadying a person while walking, helping a person up after the person falls, etc.
- Sig dog - Sig dog is a dog trained to assist a person with autism. The dog alerts the partner to distracting repetitive movements common among those with autism, allowing the person to stop the movement (e.g. hand flopping). A person with autism may have problems with sensory input and need the same support services from a dog that a dog might give to a person who is blind or deaf.
- Seizure response dog - Seizure response dog is a dog trained to assist a person with a seizure disorder; how the dog serves the person depends on the person’s needs. The dog may stand guard over the person during a seizure, or the dog may go for help. A few dogs have somehow learned to predict a seizure and warn the person in advance.
- Therapy and Companion Animals are not generally covered under the ADA. However, if the animal is specifically trained to perform a task for the owner, the requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Students and visitors requesting to have service and support animals on campus, should contact the Disability Services Coordinator at (803)778-7871 or (800)221-8711, Building M500, Room M543.
|
