Bishop State Community College

Bishop State Community College
Established	1927
Type	Public, HBCC
Location	Mobile, Alabama United States
Sports	Men's Basketball Women's Basketball Men's Baseball Women's Fastpitch Softball
Nickname	Wildcats
Website	http://www.bscc.cc.al.us/

Bishop State Community College, founded 1927, is a state-supported, two-year, public, historically black college (HBCU) located in Mobile, Alabama U.S.A.

History

Bishop State Community College was founded in the summer of 1927, as a Branch of Alabama State College in Montgomery, Alabama. In its first nine years of operation, the College offered extension courses for active teachers during the summer. In September 1936, the two-year college was established.

In August 1965, a legislative act officially declared "Alabama State College Branch Mobile Center" a state junior college. In November 1965, the College was named "Mobile State Junior College". The name was changed in September 1971 to "S.D. Bishop State Junior College" and again in 1989 to "Bishop State Community College". On August 22, 1991, the Alabama State Board of Education consolidated Southwest State Technical College and Carver State Technical College into Bishop State Community College.

Academics

Bishop State has six academic divisions and four technical divisions:

Academic:

• Education
• Humanities
• Natural Science and Mathematics
• Business and Economics
• Social Sciences
• Health-Related Professions

Technical:

• Workforce Development
• Commercial and Industrial Technology
• Consumer & Transportation Technology
• Engineering and Construction

Athletics

The Bishop State Community College Department of Athletics currently sponsors Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Men's Baseball, and Women's Fastpitch Softball.

Notable alumni

Name	Class year	Notability	References
Jessie Tompkins	1986	a former nationally ranking American athlete in Track and Field, Tompkins ran track under Coach William Bell while attending Bishop State. Tompkins was the first African America student to challenge the State of Alabama’s White-Only Race based scholarships. His story was featured in the Wall Street Journal and Aired on 60 Minutes with Morley Safer (vice versa). Double Reverse Scholarship program for whites becomes a test of preferences By June Kronholz,The Wall Street Journal, December 23, 1997,	source http://www.adversity.net/cirnews.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRrTVoPwses Jessie Tompkins,former Bishop State Hurdler.

See also

List of historically black colleges of the United States