We ve enjoyed a really positive relationship with everyone. City officials are hoping to help the college build in the downtown area, with assistance through the Canal Corridor initiative which will redevelop many aspects of the east bank in 1998. Servicing a large number of students who would not have gone to college otherwise. These people view remaining close to home and family as an advantage. But to achieve that awareness and acceptance, Grimshaw has done a great deal of leg work, which included speaking at service club meetings, utilizing local media and contacting local government, among other public relations work.
Specific strategies are still in development.
The educational services were stable when we came here, and we wondered if we would draw anything away from them. But that didn t happen. Many of our students would not be recruited by a four-year school that has a certain agenda in mind when it accepts applicants. Plus, Cayuga is smaller, more intimate than many other schools in commuting distance. Here, our size is our strength.