Bronx Community College

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Bronx Community College
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Type Public community college
Established1957
Parent institution
 CUNY
President Thomas A. Isekenegbe
Students10,919 (2016) [1]
Other students
Community College
Location
University Heights, Bronx, New York City
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New York
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United States
CampusSuburban, 45 acres (18 ha) [2]
Colors Black, green, and gold [3]
     
Nickname Broncos [4]
Sporting affiliations
 NJCAA – CUNYAC
Website www.bcc.cuny.edu
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University Heights Campus
(formerly New York University)
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Location in New York City
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Bronx Community College (New York)
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Bronx Community College (the United States)
Coordinates 40°51′29″N73°54′45″W / 40.85806°N 73.91250°W / 40.85806; -73.91250
Architect Stanford White
Marcel Breuer
Architectural style Classical Revival (White)
Brutalist (Breuer)
NRHP reference No. 12001013
Significant dates
Designated NHLOctober 16, 2012
Designated NYCL Gould Memorial Library
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
Hall of Languages &
Cornelius Baker Hall of Philosophy:
February 15, 1966
Begrisch Hall:
January 8, 2002

The Bronx Community College of the City University of New York (BCC) is a public community college in the Bronx, New York City. It is part of the City University of New York system.

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History

The college was established in 1957 through the efforts of civic-minded groups who felt that there was a growing need for more higher education facilities in the Bronx. Classes began at Hunter College, and later at the former site of the Bronx High School of Science.

In 1973, the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York acquired the University Heights campus from New York University (NYU), which had sold the campus under threat of imminent bankruptcy. Beginning that fall, the BCC moved its operations to the 55 acres (22 ha) site overlooking the Harlem River. [5]

In 2012, the North Hall and Library opened. The building is designed to resemble many of the historic buildings on campus, and on one end is located next to an entrance of the Hall of Fame for Great Americans. [6]

Academics

The college is home to the Center for Sustainable Energy, which was founded in 2003 as an educational resource for students pursuing careers in alternative energy. [7]

Bronx Community College offers a wide array of workforce community development and personal enrichment courses and programs through Continuing & Professional Studies. [8] CPS also delivers customized training for local employers. CPS works closely with unions, city, state and federal agencies and accepts vouchers and other forms of financial aid for individual students.

Since 1987, the college is also the local administrator of the SUNY Bronx Educational Opportunity Center. [9] The SUNY Bronx EOC provides tuition free academic and vocational programs to New Yorkers who qualify [10] and it is funded by the University Center for Academic and Workforce Development (UCAWD) part of the State University of New York. [11]

Campus

Gould Memorial Library of Bronx Community College, designed by architect Stanford White, shown in 1904 when the campus was part of New York University; the Hall of Fame for Great Americans arcade is visible to the left and right of the library NYU library2 crop.jpg
Gould Memorial Library of Bronx Community College, designed by architect Stanford White, shown in 1904 when the campus was part of New York University; the Hall of Fame for Great Americans arcade is visible to the left and right of the library

The BCC campus originally housed New York University's undergraduate college and engineering school – which was absorbed by Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1973 but is once again part of NYU – and was created at a time when a number of prominent local universities had made the move to upper Manhattan and the Bronx in order to build bigger campuses, including Columbia University, and the City College of New York. [12]

The campus consists of a mix of Classical revival buildings designed by architect Stanford White in 1892-1901 – including the Hall of Languages, the Cornelius Baker Hall of Philosophy and the Gould Memorial Library [13] – and Brutalist concrete buildings by Marcel Breuer, including Begrisch Hall (1956–61) [13] and the Colston Residence Hall and Cafeteria (1964). [14] Other buildings – such as South Hall, formerly the Gustav H. Schwab House (1857); Butler Hall, formerly William Henry W. T. Mall House (c. 1859); and MacCracken Hall, originally the Loring Andrews House (c. 1880) – are repurposed mansions which predate the campus. [14] The original landscaping for the campus was by Vaux & Co. [14] The complex of Stanford White buildings, judged one of the finest concentrations of Beaux Arts architecture in the US, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2012. [15]

On the BCC campus is the Hall of Fame for Great Americans, founded in 1900 by Henry Mitchell MacCracken, Chancellor of NYU from 1891 to 1910. It was the first such hall of fame in the United States. [16] The Hall, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was also designed by Stanford White, and was established to honor prominent Americans who have had a significant impact on the country's history. It includes bronze busts of Alexander Graham Bell, Eli Whitney, and George Westinghouse [12] along with many others. The Hall has not had any new inductees since 1976. [17]

Athletics

Bronx Community College teams participate as a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). The Broncos are a member of the community college section of the City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC). Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, track & field and volleyball.

The college has been used as the set for scenes in many movies:

Notable alumni

See also

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