Howard Community College

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Howard Community College
Howard Community College sign Columbia MD 2023-04-02 09-06-01.jpg
MottoMeeting students where they dream
Type Public community college
Established1966
President Daria Willis
Academic staff
196 Full-Time and 454 Part-Time (Fall 2022) [1]
Students8,080 (all undergraduate)(Fall 2022) [2]
Undergraduates 8,080 (all undergraduate)(Fall 2022) [3]
Location
Columbia
,
Maryland
,
United States

39°12′45″N76°52′40″W / 39.21250°N 76.87778°W / 39.21250; -76.87778
Campus120 acres (0.49 km2)
Sporting affiliations
 NJCAA
MDJUCO
Mascot Dragon
Website www.howardcc.edu
Howard Community College Logo 2024.png

Howard Community College (HCC or Howard CC) is a public community college in Columbia, Maryland. It offers classes for credit in more than 100 programs, [4] non-credit classes, and workforce development programs. In addition to the main campus in Columbia, courses are also held at two satellite campuses.

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History

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Howard Community College in 1977

In 1966, Howard Community College was founded by the Board of Education in Howard County and formally authorized by the Howard County Commissioners Charles E. Miller, J. Hubert Black, and David W. Force. The board recommended that the college operate under a separate budget than the school system. [5] The first HCC board was drawn from the current state-appointed county school board. [6] HCC was approved as the State of Maryland's 14th community college [7] in late 1967.

The school was built on a prehistoric Native American settlement which became the site of the Dieker farm, which was later inherited by Gustave Basler's (1858-1938) wife Dora Dieker. [8] Alfred Christian Bassler sold his share of his father's 400 acre Cedar Lane farm to Community Research and Development to be the site of the project; the sale included a trade of land in Clarksville off of Shepherd Lane. [9] His family home, barn, granaries, and silos were demolished in 1969. A groundbreaking ceremony in June 1969 began construction on 119 acres (0.48 km2) in the heart of the planned community of Columbia that, at the time, was just beginning to take shape. In October 1970, the first classes took place in a new structure called the Learning Resources Center, now the James Clark Jr. Library Hall, with 10 full-time faculty and just over 600 full-time students attending classes in HCC's nine credit programs. [10]

HCC's first president was Alfred J. Smith Jr, former dean of faculty at Corning Community College, who was hired by HCC in June 1969. In 1973, he signed a five-year contract to remain as president. In 1976, Smith faced scrutiny for accounting expense allowances from the county which funded 35% of operational costs. [11] Dwight Burrill took the role of dean in 1981, serving for seventeen years. [12] In 1980, the Columbia Film Society moved to the HCC performing arts center for weekend movies. [13]

Mary Ellen Duncan became president of the college in 1998, followed by Dr. Kathleen Hetherington in 2007. [14] In September 2015, then-First Lady Michelle Obama visited HCC and attended a panel hosted by the magazine Essence to kick off its second annual college tour that encouraged high school students to continue their education when they graduate as part of Obama's education initiative Reach Higher. [15] [16] In 2019, HCC won the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in the category of education. [17] That same year, the ST and Nursing buildings were remodeled and renamed Academic Commons and Howard Hall, respectively [18]

Campus

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The Quad in 2007

The HCC main campus is located in Columbia, MD and is made up of 14 buildings, including a Welcome Center, [19] located 35 minutes south of Baltimore and 50 minutes north of Washington, D.C. There are satellite campuses in Laurel at the Laurel College Center (LCC) and Training & Development Solutions Center. [20]

HCC's Nursing Building (now Howard Hall), one of the first structures on campus. Howard Community College Nursing Building.JPG
HCC's Nursing Building (now Howard Hall), one of the first structures on campus.

In 2003, a new instructional building was completed, the Mary Ellen Duncan Hall for English, Languages & Business, which includes a landscaped area now known as The Quad. The Student Services Building, completed in spring 2007, is the most recent building added to The Quad. It was later renamed The Rouse Company Foundation Student Services Hall. In 2013, the Health Sciences Building (now Kathleen Herrington Hall) opened, and the HCC Men's Track and Field team won the 2013 NJCAA Outdoor Track and Field.

The Peter and Elizabeth Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center opened in the fall of 2006. The center is home to three performance venues, two art galleries, two dance studios and multiple instructional facilities for HCC's Arts and Humanities Programs. Performance venues include the 250-seat Horowitz Center Studio Theatre, the 119-seat Monteabaro Recital Hall and the 424-seat Smith Theatre. [21] The center caters to numerous community events in addition to home of the Howard County Community Dance Festival, HCC Music Guest Artist in Residence Series, HCC Jazz Festival and Rep Stage.

The Science Engineering and Technology building Science Engineering and Technology building Howard Community College 2023-04-02 09-02-03.jpg
The Science Engineering and Technology building

In November 2014, a groundbreaking was held for a 145,300 sq ft four-story Science Engineering and Technology (SET) building. The facility replaces 260 parking spots to provide labs focused on Howard County Economic Development Agency initiatives including 3D printing and cybersecurity. [22] The SET Building opened for classes in the summer of 2017, providing dedicated laboratories, a rooftop telescope observation area, and more than 1,000 total classroom seats. [23] [24] In 2023, the college announced an $11 million campaign to create a new campus-based workforce development and skilled trades center, the first in Howard County. [25] In 2024, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America opened a new location in the college campus, aided by county executive Calvin Ball. [26]

Academics

There are eight academic divisions at Howard Community College. They include: [27]

Notable alumni

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  4. ↑ "Find Your Program" . Retrieved Feb 10, 2018.
  5. ↑ "1967 Board Minutes" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  6. ↑ James A. Clark Jr. Jim Clark Soldier Farmer Legislator. p. 109.
  7. ↑ "HCC at a Glance" . Retrieved Feb 10, 2018.
  8. ↑ M. Lee Preston Jr. Archaeology In Howard County and Beyond. p. 4.
  9. ↑ Janene Holzberg (19 December 2013). "Clarksville's Basslers say goodbye to family farm, Haysfield Airport". The Baltimore Sun.
  10. ↑ Howard County Historical Society. Images of America Howard County. p. 50.
  11. ↑ Micheal J Clark (30 October 1976). "In addition to $35,200: Howard college head secretly gets $11,000". The Baltimore Sun.
  12. ↑ Joseph Rocco Mitchell, David L. Stebenne. New City Upon a Hill. p. 134.
  13. ↑ Joseph Rocco Mitchell, David L. Stebenne. New City Upon a Hill. p. 116.
  14. ↑ "HCC 50th Anniversary Timeline" . Retrieved Dec 18, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Michelle Obama visits Howard Community College". Yahoo! News . 2015-09-17. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  16. ↑ Montalvo, Sonia (2015-10-24). "Essence College Tour is Creating Noise and Uplifting Students". HBCU Buzz. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  17. ↑ "Howard Community College Wins Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award FacebookTwitterPrintEmailMore4". Howard Community College. Retrieved Dec 18, 2020.
  18. ↑ "HCC 50th Anniversary Timeline" . Retrieved Dec 18, 2020.
  19. ↑ "Campus Site Map" . Retrieved Feb 10, 2018.
  20. ↑ "Location, Maps, & Directions" . Retrieved Mar 1, 2021.
  21. ↑ "Venues & Classrooms" . Retrieved Feb 10, 2018.
  22. ↑ "Howard Community College Breaks Ground on New 'SET' Building Science, Engineering and Technology building to include cybersecurity lab, 3D printing room, greenhouse and other features". 17 November 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  23. ↑ "Howard Community College to Hold Science and Cyber Talks By Professors". Howard Community College. Retrieved Feb 10, 2018.
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