Navarro College

Navarro College
Navarro College
Navarro College seal.jpg
Motto Succeeding Together
Established 1946
Type Public College
Students 10,000+
Location Corsicana, Texas, United States
Campus Corsicana, Mexia, Midlothian, Waxahachie
Mascot Bulldogs
Website http://www.navarrocollege.edu/

Navarro College is a two-year public institution consisting of a main campus located in Corsicana, with branches in Mexia, Midlothian, and Waxahachie, Texas. The college currently features annual student enrollment of more than nine thousand students.

Navarro College is home to the Cook Education Center, which houses the largest planetarium in Texas, with a 60-foot-diameter (18 m) dome and seating for more than two hundred,[1] and the Pearce Collections Museum, home to many American Civil War artifacts as well as a western art collection.[2]

The Corsicana campus has strong ties with Texas A & M – Commerce which has branches at the Navarro College main campus in Corsicana and the Midlothian campus.[3]

As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of Navarro College includes all of Ellis, Freestone, Leon, Limestone, and Navarro counties.[4]

Contents

History

In spring 1946, a group of local citizens met to form a steering committee for the purpose of establishing a junior college in Navarro County. In a general election held July 16, 1946, voters approved the creation of Navarro Junior College and authorized a county tax to help finance the institution. In that same election, voters chose a seven-member board of trustees to govern the college. The first students began classes in September 1946. Most of the 238 members of that first student body were returning veterans from World War II taking advantage of assistance available under the newly enacted GI Bill of Rights. The first campus of Navarro College was the site of the Air Activities of Texas, a World War II primary flight school located six miles (10 km) south of Corsicana.

In 1951, the campus was moved to its present location, a 47-acre (190,000 m2) tract west of downtown Corsicana on Texas State Highway 31. The campus has expanded to 103 acres (0.42 km2) with 23 buildings.

In 1974, the college broadened its philosophy and purpose to encompass the comprehensive community-based educational concept, adding occupational education programs and implementing new education concepts including individualized and self-paced instruction and the use of audio-tutorial instructional media. In keeping with the new educational role, the word "junior" was dropped from the institution's name, and the official name Navarro College was adopted by the Board of Trustees. In an attempt to address the growing needs of its service area, which consists of Navarro, Ellis, Freestone, Limestone, and Leon counties, the college began offering courses in various locations in those areas in the early 1970s and eventually established two permanent centers, Navarro College South at Mexia and the Ellis County Center at Waxahachie. In January 2006, a new campus in Midlothian opened to better serve students in that area.[5]

Accreditation

Navarro is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The accreditation was given in 1954 and reaffirmed in 1964, 1974, 1985, 1995 and again in 2006.[6]

Global High

Waxahachie Global High is partered with Navarro College, and set up in a way that students at global can take classes at navarro. Thus they can graduate high school with either there associate degree of transferable credits to a 4 year university along with there high school diploma.

Gallery

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ "Cook Center Planetarium"
  2. ^ "The Pearce Museum"
  3. ^ "Navarro Partnership" Texas A&M University–Commerce
  4. ^ Texas Education Code, Section 130.189, "Navarro College District Service Area".
  5. ^ "Navarro College History" Navarro College Website
  6. ^ "Accredited, Candidate, and Applicant Institution List" Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Page 24

External links


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • The Pearce Collections at Navarro College — The Pearce Collections Museum is a museum in Corsicana, Texas containing two galleries, a Western Art Museum and a Civil War Museum. It is located in the Cook Center at Navarro College. Location The Pearce Collections are located in the Cook… …   Wikipedia

  • Navarro County, Texas — The Navarro County Courthouse in Corsicana …   Wikipedia

  • College Park Mall — is an enclosed regional mall in Corsicana, Texas, about fifty miles south of Dallas, adjacent to Navarro College. It was built in 1983, and at one point had as tenants a JCPenney and a Wal Mart, however the former closed and the latter moved down …   Wikipedia

  • College of the Holy Spirit — Kolehiyo ng Espiritu Santo Established 1913 (Holy Ghost School) 1965 (College of the Holy Spirit) Type Private women s college, Roman Catholic President Sister Ancille B. Elveña, S.Sp.S. Loca …   Wikipedia

  • Navarro — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Navarro (homonymie).  Ne doit pas être confondu avec Navajo. Navarro Titre original Navarro …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Grand Rapids Community College — (GRCC) is a community college located in the city of Grand Rapids in the U.S. state of Michigan. GRCC offers an Associate s degree, a variety of certification programs, occupational training, and other learning opportunities for the surrounding… …   Wikipedia

  • Southwest Junior College Conference. — Also known as (SJCC). Hosted by the National Junior College Athletic Association, also known as Region XIV is a junior college conference for many Tech and Community Colleges. Conference championships are held in most sports and individuals can… …   Wikipedia

  • Frank Navarro — College coach infobox Name = Frank Navarro Caption = DateOfBirth = Birthplace = DateOfDeath = Sport = College football College = Wabash College Title = CurrentRecord = OverallRecord = 26 17 0 (0.605) Awards = CFbDWID = 1725 Player = Years = Team …   Wikipedia

  • List of Dartmouth College alumni — This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. The Dartmouth College class of 1920, posing in the Bema …   Wikipedia

  • The Capella of Calvin College — (Capella) is the concert choir of Calvin College and based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Its current conductor is Dr. Joel Navarro. In the summer of 2008, Capella earned two third prizes in the Mixed and Free Category at the 37th Florilege Vocal de… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”