Connecticut State Community College Housatonic

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Connecticut State Community College Housatonic
HousatonicCommunityCollegeLafayetteHallAtriumLowerLevel.jpg
Former name
Housatonic Community College (1967-2023)
Type Public community college
EstablishedOctober 1967
Parent institution
Connecticut State Colleges & Universities
Academic affiliations
Space-grant
Chief Executive OfficerDwayne Smith, Ph.D.
Academic staff
>150 [1]
Students5,369 (Fall 2014) [2]
Location, ,
United States
Colors Blue White
MascotHawk
Website www.housatonic.edu
Housatonic Community College logo.png

Housatonic Community College (HCC) was a public community college in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It part of the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities system. HCC grants associate degrees and also has certificate programs. [3] In July 2023, it became Connecticut State Community College Housatonic, as part of a merger of twelve institutions.

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Campus

Lafayette Hall

In 1997, the Housatonic Community College moved to its present site. [4] The first building on campus was Lafayette Hall, which currently hosts most of the college's STEM programs. In August 2017, construction was completed on a large expansion of the building, [5] which now houses almost all of the school's administrative offices and student services (previously located in the original building), including admissions, advising, and the bursar's office.

Beacon Hall

In fall 2008, HCC added a new building, Beacon Hall. This structure consists of 174,000 gross square feet [6] and is 3 floors high. Beacon Hall became the home to a new enlarged bookstore, a computer lab, and several new classrooms.

Museum of Art

The Housatonic Museum of Art is located on campus, with works displayed throughout the college and in the Burt Chernow Galleries. There are over 4,500 works in the collection [7] and over 1,700 displayed throughout campus buildings. [8] Burt Chernow was a former art historian, writer, and an art teacher in the Westport, CT school system. In 1997, Chernow died of a heart attack while employed as a professor at Housatonic. [9]

Honor societies

Chi Rho is a chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa, an academic honor society for two-year colleges. The college also has an honors program, [10] a chapter of Alpha Beta Gamma, the International Business Honor Society and a chapter of Psi Beta, the national honor society in psychology for community colleges. [11]

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References

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  2. http://www.ct.edu/files/opr/SA_Enr_FallHeadcount_V20151231.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
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  4. http://www.hcc.commnet.edu/gen/PDF/publications/catalog_handbook/11-12catalog/web-HCCcatalog11-12.pdf%5B%5D
  5. "Lafayette Construction".
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  11. "Academic Procedures". www.hcc.commnet.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-08.

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