South Plains College

South Plains College

South Plains College is a community college located in Levelland, Texas. It operates satellite branches in Plainview and at the Reese Technology Center, formerly Reese Air Force Base, in Lubbock. SPC also has distance education centers located in Muleshoe, Littlefield, and Denver City.

In addition to their distance education programs, the school also provides Internet courses to its students as well as dual credit courses to high schools in the West Texas area.

In 1989, the college honored the Mayfield Brothers, Smokey Mayfield (1924-2008) and Herbert Mayfield (1920-2008), for their contributions to Bluegrass music in West Texas. A third Mayfield, Thomas Edd Mayfield (1926-1958) died of leukemia while on tour with Bill Monroe.

Notable alumni

*Waylon Jennings, country singer
*Sally Kipyego, championship runner for the the Texas Tech Red Raiders, first Kenyan woman to win an NCAA cross country individual championship
*Natalie Maines, country singer (Dixie Chicks)
*Renaldo Major, NBA player
*Bo Outlaw, NBA player
*Sheryl Swoopes, championship basketball player for the Texas Tech Red Raiders, WNBA player
*Lee Ann Womack, country singer

External links

* [http://www2.southplainscollege.edu/ Official site]
* [http://www.livesoundatspc.com/ Live Sound Certificate]
* [http://www.southplainscollege.edu/ppress Plainsman Press - Student Newspaper]


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