Brevard Community College

Infobox_University
name=Brevard Community College
motto="Quality Education & Higher Learning for all of Brevard"
mission="To engage our diverse population in quality, accessible, learning opportunities which successfully meet individual & community needs."
established=1960
type=Public
president=Dr. James A. Drake
city=Brevard County, Florida
state=Florida
country=USA
undergrad=14,616
staff=185
campus=Suburban
mascot=Titans
free_label=Athletics
free=6 major sports teams
website= [http://www.brevardcc.edu/ www.brevardcc.edu]

Brevard Community College, founded in 1960, is a community college on Florida's Space Coast, in Brevard County, Florida. It has four integrated campuses in Cocoa, Melbourne, Palm Bay, and Titusville, as well as an Aerospace program at Kennedy Space Center and a Virtual Campus.

Most of BCC's students take part in its Associate in Arts transfer program. In 2007, BCC was listed 21st in the nation in awarding AA degrees. [ [http://www.fldoe.org/CC/OSAS/FastFacts/FF82.pdf Florida Department of Education statistics] ]

Administration

The president's office, and therefore the college's headquarters, is on the Cocoa campus.

A four-day summer workweek, instituted in 2008, has proved popular. [ [http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080619/NEWS01/806190326/1006 Florida Today] retrieved June 20, 2008]

Academic

Transfer and articulation partnerships between BCC and the University of Central Florida, a joint initiative called "DirectConnect," and with the Florida Institute of Technology, whose TechTrack program guarantees the admission of BCC graduates who wish to transfer to Florida Tech, make possible the seamless transfer of credits from BCC's Associate's program to these and other four-year institutions.Fact|date=February 2008 The BCC-UCF partnership also involves the sharing of facilities and services with UCF on BCC's campuses, including the BCC/UCF Joint-Use Library.

Other Programs

WENDI, training for self-esteem and career, is a program operated by BCC for women newly seeking employment outside the home. [ [http://www.brevardcc.edu/sacs/archive/minutes/min_1999-12-20_workshop.pdf Brevard Community College ] ]

Cultural

The 2,000-seat Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts, on the Melbourne BCC campus, offers performances and cultural art events. The Astronaut Memorial Planetarium and Observatory, on the Cocoa BCC campus, features one of the largest public-access telescopes in FloridaFact|date=March 2008 as well as large-format movies, laser light shows, and other presentations.

The Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse, owned by BCC, offers musical and dramatic productions featuring local and regional performers, and is also host to a "Stars of Tomorrow" program for the development of local performing-arts talent.
WBCC TV is a non-commercial educational television station operated by BCC. WBCC TV broadcasts educational, cultural, and informational materials and telecourses of special interest.

The Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Multicultural Center commemorates the lives and work of the Moores, African-American community leaders who lived and worked in Brevard County, martyr-pioneers of the civil rights era.

Athletics

BCC's Athletic teams are nicknamed the Titans and participate in softball, baseball, women's basketball, men's basketball, men's golf, and women's volleyball. They participate with the Florida Community College Activities Association and the National Junior College Athletic Association. The BCC men's golf program has won seven National Junior College Championships since 1969. [ [http://www.brevard.cc.fl.us/athletics/content/golf/golf_hall_of_fame.pdf GolfProg_Nov07.indd ] ] The men's baseball program has won two state championships and has been coached by Ernie Rosseau for the past 25 seasons.

YMCA

A local YMCA has its facilities at the Cocoa campus. ["Florida Today", "Cocoa holds off on YMCA", January 23, 2008]

Notable Alumni

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.brevardcc.edu Official Website]