Tyler Junior College
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| Motto | Fulfilling Three Promises: A Quality Education, A Vibrant Student Life, Community Service |
| Established | 1926 |
| Type | Community college |
| President | L. Michael Metke, Ph.D. |
| Provost | Homer Hayes, Ph.D. |
| Students | 10,000 + |
| Location | Tyler, Texas, USA |
| Campus | Urban, 90 acres |
| Colors | Athletic Gold, black |
| Nickname | Apache |
| Website | www.tjc.edu |
Tyler Junior College is a two-year community college in Tyler, Texas, United States. TJC is one of the largest community colleges in Texas, with an enrollment of more than 12,000 credit students each year with an additional 20,000 continuing education enrollments annually. Its West Campus includes continuing education and workforce training programs. The College also operates satellite centers in Jacksonville and Lindale. TJC offers Associate in Arts, Associate in Applied Science and Associate of Arts in Teaching degrees, as well as tech prep and certificate programs.
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[edit] History
The college operated as part of the Tyler public school system from its inception in 1926 until 1945, when voters supported the creation of an independent Tyler Junior College District. The junior college district now includes the Tyler, Chapel Hill, Grand Saline, Lindale, Van, and Winona school districts.
[edit] TJC today
The school competes in the National Junior College Athletic Association's Region XIV with Apache men's soccer, football, basketball, baseball, tennis and golf teams and Apache Ladies women's volleyball, soccer, basketball, tennis and golf teams. The school won national junior college championships in women's basketball in 2000, men's baseball in 2007, men's golf 2008, men's and women's Soccer in 2009 and men's tennis in 2010 and women's tennis in 2010 and 2011.
The school is also known for its Apache Marching Band, Apache Belles drill team and Apache Punch drum Line. [1]
[edit] Campus attractions
- The independently operated Tyler Museum of Art is located on the school's main campus. [2]
- The Center for Earth and Space Science Education is a world class planetarium and exhibit hall offering public shows in its state-of-the-art, 40-foot (12 m)-diameter domed theater every day except mondays, and sponsors a monthly astronomy lecture series. [3]
- Wagstaff Gymnasium is home to the TJC Apache volleyball and basketball teams.
[edit] Sports Circle of Honor
Established in 1995 to recognize outstanding achievements in athletics, personal, and civic life by former Tyler Junior College students, coaches, and supporters.
1995 Inductees Floyd Wagstaff - First Coach and Athletic Director; Harry Bostic - Basketball; Jimmy Dickey - All-American Football 1953 and former Head Coach, Kansas State Wildcats; Brady Gentry - Friend and Contributor; Bonnie Buchanan Gray - Basketball; Bill "Tiger" Johnson - Football 1947 and former Head Coach, Cincinnati Bengals; David Lunceford - Football; Jimmy Murphy - Football; Mack Pogue - Football 1952-53 and founder, Lincoln Property Co.; Herbert Richardson - Basketball, player and later Head Coach of TJC women's basketball; O'Neal Weaver - Basketball; James "Poo" Welch - Basketball;
1997 Inductees Russell Boone - Basketball; Leon Fuller - Football and former Head Coach, Colorado State Rams; Bill Herchman - Football; John Linney - Football; Raymond Charles McGinty - Football, player and later Head Coach; Janice Mulford - Basketball; V.C. "Buck" Overall - Basketball; Dan Page - Football; Jose Palafox - Basketball; Van Samford - Basketball
1998 Inductees Kenneth Bahnsen - Basketball; Dwain Bean - Football; Foster Bullock - Basketball; James "Babe" Hallmark - Football, player and later Head Coach; Lawrence Strickland - Football;
1999 Inductees Ken Coffey - Football ([Washington Redskins 1983 Super Bowl champions]); Raymond McGallion - Football; Jack Murphy - Football; Gene Shannon - Football
2000 Inductees Charles Quilter - Football; Royce Townsend - Football; Milton Williams - Basketball
2001 Inductees Johnny Johnston - Basketball; Jesse Marshall - Basketball; Fred Kniffin - Tennis coach;
2002 Inductees Earl Dotson - Football, Green Bay Packers; Kelly Chapman - Basketball
2003 Inductees Roy Thomas - Basketball player and later Head Coach; Robert Pack - Basketball ([Several NBA teams])
2005 Inductees
Jana Crosby Russell - Basketball; Jim Wright - Football
2006 Inductees
Bryan Miller - Basketball; Robert Cox - Tennis, player and later Head Coach
2008 Inductees
Lloyd L. Pate - Football; C.L. Nix - Basketball; Ardie D. Dixon - Basketball; Robert (Bob) Price - Football; Dessie M. Samuels - Tennis; Evelyn Jo Troell Newman - Basketball; Billy Jack Doggett - basketball, player and later Athletic Director
[edit] Notable alumni
- John Harvey - award winning Canadian Football League player
- Bryan Hughes - Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Wood County since 2003
- Allen R. Morris - Emmy Award winning producer/director/writer; formerly with KLTV; frequent actor at Tyler Civic Theatre from 1979 to 1990
- Davide Somma, Soccer player for Leeds United & South Africa
- Byron M. Tunnell, Texas politician
[edit] References
- ^ Apache Belles - Since 1947 - Tyler Junior College
- ^ Tyler Museum of Art
- ^ Center for Earth and Space Science Education
[edit] External links
- Tyler Junior College homepage
- Center for Earth and Space Science Education (planetarium) homepage
- Sports Circle of Honor
- Apache Athletics
- Tyler Junior College from the Handbook of Texas Online
- Apache Pow Wow, The Official newspaper of Tyler Junior College
Coordinates: 32°20′04″N 95°16′58″W / 32.33443°N 95.28290°W
- Universities and colleges in Texas
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- Universities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
- Community colleges in Texas
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- Visitor attractions in Smith County, Texas
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- Buildings and structures in Tyler, Texas
