Collin County Community College District

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Collin College
Motto "We have a passion for: Learning, Service and Involvement, Creativity and Innovation, Academic Excellence, Dignity and Respect, and Integrity"
Established 1985
Type Community college
President Cary Israel
Students 45,000
Location Collin County, Texas, USA
Mascot Cougar
Website www.ccccd.edu

The Collin County Community College District is a community college district which serves Collin and Rockwall Counties, located north and northeast of Dallas. Founded in 1985, the district has grown as the county has grown: from around 5,000 students in 1986 to about 45,000 in 2008. Recently, the college rebranded itself and is now known purely as "Collin College." Among the locals it is known as "Quad C" after the four 'C's in the former name's acronym.

As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of CCCCD is the following:[1]

  • all of Collin and Rockwall Counties, and
  • those portions of Denton County within the cities of Frisco and The Colony, and those portions of the county included within the Celina and Prosper school districts.

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[edit] Campuses

Collin College Spring Creek Campus

The Central Park Campus in McKinney is undergoing a major expansion expected to be completed in Fall 2009. The current building has been renovated, and new features include a multi-story parking garage, library and clock tower. The new Jeffersonian-style library totals 73,500 square feet (6,830 m2) and will be larger than the college's Preston Ridge Campus library in Frisco.

The Preston Ridge Campus in Frisco opened in July 1995. It is located north of SH 121 and east of Preston Road. The campus recently opened its new 70,000-square-foot (6,500 m2) "D" building including 26 general classrooms and four science labs. Collin College's business and high-tech programs are centered at Preston Ridge, and the culinary arts program will move there in 2009.[2]

The Spring Creek campus in Plano is the largest, providing general classes and housing the college system's honors and fine arts programs. The campus features a 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m2) Arts Gallery and the John Anthony Theatre. The campus is the only campus providing student housing.[3]

Collin College also has campuses of smaller capacity in Allen, located in Allen High School, in Plano, for continuing education, and one in Rockwall, (located in neighboring Rockwall County) within the Rockwall Independent School District’s Administration/Education Center.[4]

  • Collin College at Allen
  • Central Park Campus
  • Courtyard Center
  • Higher Education Center at Rockwall
  • Preston Ridge Campus
  • Spring Creek Campus
  • Higher Education Center McKinney (to be opened by spring 2010)
  • Farmersville (future campus site)
  • Celina (future campus site) [5]

[edit] Noted people

Notable faculty include Tracey McKenzie who was recognized as a 2009 U.S. Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Texas Education Code, Section 130.175, "North Central Texas College District Service Area".
  2. ^ http://www.ccccd.edu/aboutus/prestonridge.html
  3. ^ http://www.ccccd.edu/aboutus/springcreek.html
  4. ^ http://www.ccccd.edu/aboutus/campuses.html
  5. ^ http://www.celina-tx.gov/Home/in-the-news/collincollegebuyslandincelinatobuildacampus
  6. ^ Aujla, Simmi (November 27, 2009). "Professors of the Year: Award Winners Are Celebrated for Innovative Teaching". The Chronicle of Higher Education LVI (14): A8. 

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