Columbia State Community College

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Columbia State Community College
Tagline Success Starts Here
Established 1966
Type State-funded two-year
Endowment $707,627[1]
President O. Rebecca Hawkins
Faculty 257 (38% full-time)[1]
Students 4,613
Location Columbia, Tennessee, USA
Address 1665 Hampshire Pike
Columbia, TN 38401
Telephone (931) 540-2722
Mascot Chargers
Affiliations National Junior College Athletic Association
Website columbiastate.edu


Columbia State Community College is a two-year college located in Columbia, Tennessee. Founded in 1966, it serves nine counties in south central Tennessee through five campuses. Columbia is notable as the first of Tennessee's community colleges.

Columbia State Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the associate degree.

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[edit] History

On June 22, 1965, the State Board of Education approved Columbia as the site of Tennessee’s first community college. The Maury County Quarterly Court approved a resolution to purchase the two hundred four-acre Hickman farm and pledged $250,000 to aid in the construction of the college. The first students enrolled in 1966 and attended classes in temporary sites throughout the city prior to completion of the administration, gymnasium, library, maintenance, student center, and science buildings in 1967. The new campus was dedicated on March 15, 1967 by President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson and the first class graduated in June 1968.

In January 1988, Columbia State began offering courses in the Yates Vocational Center in Franklin. In 1994, the facility was transferred to the Tennessee Board of Regents, providing a permanent location for the College’s Williamson County Center. Three additional semi-permanent sites have since been established in leased facilities: the Lawrence County Center, opened in 1988; the Lewisburg Site, opened in 1996; and the Clifton Site, opened in 1997.

[edit] Organization

Columbia State grants Associate of Applied Science, Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees in addition to vocational certificates.

Columbia State has partnerships with several universities to offer bachelor's and master's programs to its students. The schools and programs offered are:

[edit] Students and faculty

The average student age is 27. There is a 2:1 ratio of female to male students.

[edit] Demographics

  • 88% Caucasian
  • 7% African-American
  • 2% Hispanic
  • 0.7% Asian American or Pacific Islander
  • 0.4% Native American[1]

[edit] Sports, clubs, and traditions

The school is an NJCAA member and fields baseball, softball and men's and women's basketball teams in intercollegiate competition. Scholarships are offered for those sports. Basketball, softball, table tennis, and volleyball are offered for both genders in intramural competition.[1]

Student groups include the Charger Student Radiographer Organization, Circle K, drama/theater group, North American Veterinary Technician Association, Phi Theta Kappa, Pulmonary Pit Crew, Student Government Association, Student Nursing Association, Student Tennessee Education Association, and Students in Free Enterprise.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d 2006-07-28. Columbia State Community College - College Overview. Peterson's.

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Tennessee community and technical colleges
Chattanooga • Cleveland • Columbia • Dyersburg • Hiwassee • Jackson • John A. Gupton • Motlow • Nashville • Northeast • Pellissippi • Roane • Southwest • Vol State • Walters
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