Tarrant County College
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Tarrant County College (TCC) or Tarrant County College District (TCCD) is a public community college in Tarrant County, Texas. It offers five transferrable degrees as well as degrees and certificates in occupational and technical programs. The district consists of five physical campuses, a virtual campus (TCC Connect) and a centralized office.[1]
History
Tarrant County College began on July 31, 1965 after voters approved a bond election for the formation of a junior college district. In 1967, the South Campus was the first campus to open in south Fort Worth; in 1967, the Northeast Campus was built in Hurst. A third campus, the Northwest Campus, was added in 1976, in northwest Fort Worth. In 1996, the Southeast Campus was built in Arlington. The fifth, Trinity River Campus, opened in downtown Fort Worth in the fall of 2009.
As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of TCCD includes all of Tarrant County.[2]
Collegiate high schools
Tarrant County College offers several dual-credit programs, known as collegiate high schools, that offer an associate degree along with a high school diploma.
- Marine Creek Collegiate High School (Northwest Campus)
- Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences (Trinity River Campus)
- TCC South Campus – FWISD Early Collegiate High School (South Campus)
- Collegiate Academy at Tarrant County College (Northeast Campus)
- Arlington Collegiate High School (Southeast Campus)
Notable people
Notable faculty and staff
- Euline Brock, history professor[3]
- Reby Cary, history professor[4]
- Janet Dunbar, music professor
- Noël Goemanne, music professor
- Erma Johnson Hadley, chancellor of Tarrant County College[5]
- Peter G. Jordan, president of Tarrant County College[6]
- Warren Norwood, writing professor
- Jay Saunders, music professor
Notable alumni
- Charles Baker, actor
- Leon Bridges, musician[7]
- Deborah Crombie, author
- Wendy Davis, politician[8]
- Montana De La Rosa, UFC mixed martial artist[9]
- Post Malone, rapper[10]
- Stephen Mosher, photographer
- Jonathan Stickland, businessman and politician[11]
- Mack White, cartoonist
References
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External links
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- Photos of Tarrant County College hosted by the Portal to Texas History
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