Garden City Community College

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Garden City Community College
GCCC Athletics logo.png
MottoFrom Here You Can Go Anywhere
Type Public community college
Established1919
President Ryan Ruda
Academic staff
700
Students1,915 (Fall 2022) [1]
Location
Garden City
,
Kansas
,
United States

37°58′18″N100°50′58″W / 37.97167°N 100.84944°W / 37.97167; -100.84944
CampusRural
Colors Brown, white, and gold [2]
     
Nickname Broncbusters
Website www.gcccks.edu
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Garden City Community College (Garden City CC or GCCC) is a public community college in Garden City, Kansas. It was established in 1919 to provide a means for post-secondary education for area residents. The school initially shared facilities in Sabine Hall and Calkins Hall in the 100 block of Buffalo Jones Avenue with Garden City High School and opened with a first class of less than three dozen students. The college moved to the then-new Garden City High School building in 1954. The Kansas Legislature passed the Community College Act in 1965, authorizing establishment of 22 independent colleges including GCCC. Today GCCC is one of 19 Kansas community colleges. [3]

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Garden City Community College is a member of the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference and offers a variety of sports programs, referred to as the Broncbusters and Lady Broncbusters. GCCC has experienced large success in football, basketball, and baseball.

History

Williams Broncbuster Baseball Stadium at Garden City Community College Williams Stadium, Garden City Community College IMG 5859.JPG
Williams Broncbuster Baseball Stadium at Garden City Community College
Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building Fine Arts Building, Garden City Community College IMG 5866.JPG
Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building
Thomas F. Saffell Library Library, Garden City Community College IMG 5864.JPG
Thomas F. Saffell Library

Early years

The first four community colleges in Kansas were established in 1919, and GCCC is one of two from that group which still exist. It was created by county-wide election on April 1, 1919, and opened in September of the same year. GCCC initially shared facilities in Sabine Hall and Calkins Hall in the 100 block of Buffalo Jones Avenue with Garden City High School, and opened with a first class of less than three dozen students. The first graduate, Mildred Hope of Garden City, earned her degree in the spring of 1920. [3]

1950s–1990s

The college moved to the then-new Garden City High School building in 1954, and first occupied a campus of its own in 1958 on property where Buffalo Jones Elementary School is located. The first effort to establish GCCC as an entity separate from the Garden City public school system was launched in 1958. It was killed in a Kansas legislative committee, a second attempt was also rejected in 1962. In 1963, the college moved back to Sabine and Calkins Halls, and also made use of nearby Ben Grimsley Gym, as well as a group of adjacent World War II-era barracks buildings. [3]

The Kansas Legislature passed the Community College Act in 1965, authorizing establishment of 22 independent colleges including GCCC. This authorized the institution to levy taxes, conduct its own programs, and function independently of the K-12 school system. County voters elected the first GCCC Board of Trustees in July 1965. Today, GCCC is one of 19 Kansas community colleges. The present 14-building, 63-acre (250,000 m2) campus at 801 Campus Drive was designed between July 1965 and January 1966. [3]

Voters approved a $2.5 million bond issue, supplemented by a $538,000 federal grant for construction. Erected between 1968 and 1970 were the original residence hall, Academic Building, Saffell Library, Administration Building, Fouse Science-Math Building, Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building and Physical Education Building. The Collins Technical Building was added in 1974, and a residential life addition was built in 1978. The Penka Building was added in 1986, when additions were completed to the Joyce, Collins and PE Buildings. Williams Stadium, a baseball facility, was also added. In January 1996 a 15,000 sq ft (1,400 m2). 1.4 million dollar technical teaching laboratory was completed so that GCCC could provide more training for workers in area and national industries.

2000s–present

A three-building student apartment complex opened in 2002, and a 12,900-square-foot (1,200 m2), two-level addition to the original student center was completed in 2003, with the entire structure renamed the Beth Tedrow Student Center. The 19,260-square-foot (1,789 m2), three-level, two-story Student and Community Services Center opened in August 2006 and was dedicated in October of the same year. Attached to the original Administration Building, the $3.12 million facility consolidated public and student services, provided an on-campus home for adult basic education, added a series of 21st-century classrooms and created a single point of assistance for most services GCCC provides. [3]

In the summer of 2018, the college board of trustees fired the college's president, Herbert Swender, after the college's faculty senate presented the board with a report describing "bullying, intimidation, sexual harassment and retaliation allegations against Swender and concerns about the college’s upcoming accreditation review." His termination agreement with the college includes continued employment through the end of 2018 as a consultant. [4]

Accreditation

Garden City Community College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. The college's nursing program is approved by the Kansas State Board of Nursing and accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC). Other GCCC programs have also obtained other specific individual accreditation.

Athletics

The athletic teams offered at GCCC are referred to as the Broncbusters and compete in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference. GCCC owns more than 70 acres (280,000 m2) east of Campus Drive, which has been developed in a cooperative effort with the City of Garden City. Named Tangeman Fields in honor of Dr. James Tangeman, a former president, the property includes softball and baseball facilities. Also located there are the college's indoor baseball practice building, a football practice area, running track with public seating, and soccer fields.

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ "Board of Regents Announces 2022 Fall Semester Enrollment" (PDF). September 29, 2022. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Garden City Branding Guide" . Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "College History". Archived from the original (English) on March 27, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
  4. ↑ Friend, Amber (August 7, 2018). "GCCC trustees terminate Swender's contract". The Garden City Telegram . Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Eric Griffin". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
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