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HCC was one of the last community colleges to be created in Florida, founded in 1968. Only Pasco–Hernando State College , out of the 28-school Florida community college system, was founded later. In January 2008 the school opened its first residence hall, Hawk's Landing, named after the school mascot.
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Governor Rick Scott announces "$10,000 degree challenge will help us continue to improve the value of our higher education system." As of 2015, 23 of the 28 Florida College System institutions are offering $10,000 bachelor's degrees. [11] 2015: Santa Fe College is the second Florida college to win the Aspen Prize for Community College ...
Valencia College (VC) is a public college located in Orlando, Florida.Established in 1967, it is a member of the Florida College System and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to offer associate and bachelor’s degrees, as well as several vocational certificates.
Florida Technical College was founded in 1982 to provide post-secondary degrees. [1] [2] The Orlando main campus opened in 1982 and offered an approach to education that had students take one class at a time. [2] Two years later, FTC opened a campus in Jacksonville. [3] In 1987, the Tampa campus moved to a larger location east Tampa. [3]
In 2001, AHU received accreditation to offer distance degrees from SACSCOC. The first program offered in an entirely off-campus modality was a radiography B.S. completion degree. [11] [12] A B.S. completion degree in nursing was added to the online line-up followed by a third B.S. completion program in diagnostic medical sonography in 2007. [11]
HCC's main campus, sitting at the edge of the municipal watershed for the Holyoke Water Works, the area to the west of campus is entirely forested. Following a devastating fire that destroyed the then-refurbished college building (the former Alderman Holyoke High School), the yellow bricks from the former facility were sold off to raise funds for an independent charitable corporation, created ...
The Haywood Community College Arboretum is a 120 acres (49 ha) arboretum located across the campus of Haywood Community College. It is open daily without charge. The arboretum was laid out by Asheville landscape architect Doan Ogden for industrialist A. L. Freedlander, who donated the college's initial funding provided that the site's oak forest be preserved.