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Cloud County Community College
Cloud County Campus, 2007Motto Going Anywhere Starts Here! Established 1965 (Concordia)
1997 (Junction City)Type Community College President Dr. Danette Toone Undergraduates 4,540[1] Postgraduates none Location Concordia and
Junction City, KS, USACampus Rural Athletics 11 Varsity Teams Colors Gold and Black Nickname Thunderbirds (men)
Lady Thunderbirds (women)Website www.cloud.edu Cloud County Community College is a two-year public community college with campuses in Concordia, Kansas population 5,395, and Junction City, Kansas, United States population 23,353.
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Concordia campus
Cloud County Community College was founded in Concordia in 1965 and began classes in the Concordia Junior-Senior High School. The college moved to its present site in 1968. The architecture of the main campus is that of "pods" which are designed to evoke the rolling hills of the area. The athletics team is known as the Thunderbirds (men) and Lady Thunderbirds (women). CCCC was the junior college national champion in 1980 in women's basketball. Housing is provided by 13 campus apartments located in "T-Bird Village" across a street from the main campus building. CCCC is home to the first Wind Energy Technology program in Kansas and uses both wind and geo-thermal energy to operate portions of the campus electrical system.
Geary County campus
The Geary County Campus (GCC) is located in Junction City. Hosting primarily a non-traditional and diverse student population, the campus offers several career and transfer programs. Since the college is near Fort Riley, it serves military veterans, active duty military members, and their families. With a variety of day, evening, and weekend course offerings, students taking classes have the privilege of flexible class scheduling. Along with its service to Fort Riley, home of the Big Red One, this commuter campus serves almost 600 students from the surrounding area and provides transferable courses to regional institutions such as Kansas State University and Manhattan Area Technical College. The unique nature of this branch campus enables it to operate under the oversight of a Campus Dean, seventeen full-time faculty and staff and almost forty adjunct faculty, many of whom also teach for Kansas State University and other educational entities in the area. The GCC has an active Phi Theta Kappa honor society, TRiO services, adult basic education, and a chapter of Student Senate. Cloud County Community College is a Service Member Opportunity College (SOC).
Degree programs
- Associate of Arts
- Associate of Science
- Associate in Applied Science
- Associate in General Studies
Athletics
The athletic program at Cloud County Community College fields 11 varsity teams and competes in the Western Division of the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference.[2]
KVCO
The college maintains KVCO Radio Station (FM 88.3) and plays an alternative music format.[3] The station is considered a "full service" FM station by the Federal Communications Commission.[4]
Notable alumni
- Clay Aurand, Kansas State Representative 109th District [5]
- Jared Goedert, professional baseball player for the Cleveland Indians
- Mike Kirkland (coach), Athletic Director of the Southwestern College Moundbuilders
- Jason Rees, professional baseball player in the Israel Baseball League
- Shanele Stires, Former WNBA basketball player Minnesota Lynx and college basketball coach
References
- ^ Cloud County Community College enrollment figures
- ^ Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference member schools
- ^ On The Radio KVCO, Concordia, Kansas
- ^ Federal Communications Commission KVCO
- ^ Kansas Legislators Past & Present
External links
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