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| Washtenaw Community College | |
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| Established | 1965 |
| Type | Community College |
| President | Rose B. Bellanca, Ed.D. |
| Location | Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America |
| Campus | Suburban, 291 acres |
| Mascot | Warriors |
| Website | http://www.wccnet.edu/ |
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Washtenaw Community College is a community college located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in 1965[1], WCC welcomes more than 13,000 people from over 100 different countries for study each year and grants certificates and degrees to over 1,400 students annually. The college offers approximately 100 credit programs in business, health and public service, humanities and Social science, math and natural sciences, and technology. The campus is also home to the Washtenaw Technical Middle College, a charter high school providing students a chance at a vocational degree. The college has extension centers in Chelsea, Brighton, Hartland, and Ypsilanti.
The school has comprehensive training partnerships with local and national businesses and organizations, and has transfer agreements with the University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University, and UM–Dearborn.
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The Washtenaw Community College (WCC) core campus includes 14 instructional and auxiliary buildings and is surrounded by 291 acres of pristine woodlands and naturalized spaces in the heart of Washtenaw County and southeast Michigan. The College also sponsors off-site extension centers in Brighton, Dexter, Hartland and two in Ypsilanti.
Over 13,000 students enroll in credit classes each fall and winter semester; adults 18–24 years of age represent almost 48 percent of the WCC student body. The college charters Washtenaw Technical Middle College, one of the most successful high school middle colleges in the country. The WCC Foundation provides over $400,000 in scholarships annually. In 2009 WCC received a full ten-year accreditation renewal without contingencies from the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association. Washtenaw offers over 1,000 credit classes, and also offer learning off campus, to four extension centers (west of Ann Arbor, in Brighton, Hartland, and in Ypsilanti).
Washtenaw Community College is publicly funded, with an annual operating budget in excess of $98,500,000; full-time authorized strength is 561 employees. A new outdoor athletic complex was dedicated in fall 2010 adjacent to our premier health and fitness center. After state-funded renovations are completed in fall 2011, a 120,000-square-foot (11,000 m2) classroom building heated and cooled by the earth through geothermal technology.[4]
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Orchard Radio broadcasts live on the web and is one of the first Internet-based radio formats produced by a college. The college's on-site child care center was established in 1968, long before on-site programs became popular with businesses. The college also claims ownership of the largest fossiliferous limestone rock (55 tons and roughly 400 million years old) ever unearthed in the region. The school newspaper is known as the Washtenaw Voice. Washtenaw Community College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA).[5]
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- ^ WCC Timeline: 1965
- ^ Facts and Figures
- ^ Higher Learning Commission Self Study
- ^ http://www.wccnet.edu/news-events/articles/view/150/
- ^ http://nca.wccnet.edu/about_accreditation.html
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