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John C. Calhoun Community College
TypeCommunity college
Established1949
PresidentDr. James Klauber
Students10,000
Location
Decatur and Huntsville
,
Alabama

34°38′53″N 86°56′53″W / 34.648°N 86.948°W / 34.648; -86.948
MascotWarhawks
Websitehttp://www.calhoun.edu/

Calhoun Community College is a two-year institution of higher learning located in Decatur, Alabama, United States.

The largest of the 27 two-year institutions that make up the Alabama Community College System, Calhoun is an open-admission, coeducational, comprehensive community college dedicated to providing education to individuals in its four-county service area.

History

The college was founded in 1949 and named after John C. Calhoun, the 7th Vice-President of the United States. He was a War Hawk of 1812, hence the Calhoun athletic teams names.

Campus

In addition to its main 110-acre (45 ha) campus in Decatur, the college has sites at Huntsville/Cummings Research Park and at the Limestone County Correctional Facility. The campus sits adjacent to Pryor Field Regional Airport along Highway 31.

Organization and administration

The current college president is Dr. James Klauber, who replaced former president Dr. Marilyn C. Beck in February 2015.

Academic profile

Calhoun serves just over 10,300 students. It offers 49 associate degree programs and 52 career/certificate programs. Of Calhoun's 302 full-time employees, 133 serve on the college faculty. Over 80 percent of the full-time faculty possess at least a master's degree, and approximately 15 percent hold a doctorate.

Student life

Sport

The Decatur campus serves as home for the Warhawks athletic teams. Both baseball fields, and the Carlton Kelly Gymnasium, are housed on the campus.[1] Calhoun participates in baseball and softball in the Alabama Community College Conference.

Due to the small size of both Decatur and Austin High School's gymnasiums, the rivalry basketball game is held, each year, at the 3,000-seat Carlton Kelly Gymnasium, to accommodate the large crowds. However, this gym is still not the correct size for the event as crowds up to 4,000 in size attempt to attend the event and upwards of 1,000 can be turned away at each rivalry game.[citation needed]

Famous alumni

See also

References

  1. ^ "Warhawk Athletics". Calhoun CC. 2009.
  2. ^ Alabama House of Representatives: Micky Hammon

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