| Edison State College | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Changing Lives for the Better |
| Established | 1962 |
| Type | Public community college |
| President | Kenneth P. Walker |
| Students | 17,000 |
| Location | Fort Myers, Florida, United States |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Blue and white |
| Website | edison.edu |
Edison State College (Also commonly referred to as ESC, ECC, and Edison) is a state college in Florida, part of the Florida College System. The college has its main campus (Lee County Campus) in Fort Myers in Lee County, and branch campuses in Charlotte and Collier counties. The college also has an outreach program in Hendry and Glades counties. The college is named after inventor and industrialist Thomas Edison, who lived in Fort Myers during the winter months.
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The college admitted its first students in the fall of 1962.
Edison State College was previously known as Edison Junior College, Edison Community College and Edison College, before adopting its current name.
ESC offers two-year associate's degrees (the Associate of Arts (A.A.) and Associate of Science (A.S.)), four-year bachelor's degrees (the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) and the Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.S.)), and certificate programs.[1] The college also has a dual enrollment program, currently known as the "Early College" program, which is available to 10th, 11th, and 12th-grade Florida public high school students, students of private schools, students of public online schooling such as Florida Virtual School, and homeschooled students.[2] The college also offers non-credit continuing education courses.
The main campus, the Lee County Campus is located on about 140 acres (0.57 km2) between College Parkway and Cypress Lake Drive in south Lee County. The campus is made up of 24 permanent buildings, including one- and two-story classroom buildings, a library, a bookstore, a cafeteria, a student center, and laboratories for science, computer science, nursing, health technologies, and college preparatory classes. The Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall located at the Lee County Campus is a venue which hosts plays, shows, and concerts. The Edison Pops Concert Series is held there annually.
The Collier County Campus is a 80-acre (320,000 m2) site near State Road 951 and Rattlesnake Hammock Road in east Naples. It opened in March 1992.
The Charlotte County Campus is a wooded site on Airport Road in Punta Gorda. It opened in 1997.
Edison also provides services to Edison State College students in Hendry and Glades counties.
Edison State College is governed by its District Board of Trustees composed of nine representatives from Charlotte, Collier, Hendry, Glades and Lee counties. The members are appointed to four-year terms by the governor of Florida. Currently about 340 professional and support staff members provide the full-time instructional and support services for the more than 15,000 credit and nearly 3,000 non-credit students who participate in Edison courses and programs each year.
Alumni Status is open to all graduates of Edison State College, all former students of ESC who regularly matriculated and left the College in good standing.
| Alum | Notability |
|---|---|
| Matt Hudson | Current member of the Florida House of Representatives |
| Tina Wainscott | American author |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | Professional golfer, currently plays on the Champions Tour |