Brevard Community College
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| Motto: | "Quality Education & Higher Learning for all of Brevard" |
| Established: | 1960 |
| Type: | Public |
| President: | Dr. James A. Drake |
| Staff: | 185 |
| Undergraduates: | 14,616 |
| Location: | Brevard County, Florida, Florida, USA |
| Campus: | Suburban |
| Athletics: | 6 major sports teams |
| Mascot: | Titans |
| Website: | www.brevardcc.edu |
Brevard Community College, founded in 1960, is a community college on Florida's Space Coast, in Brevard County, Florida. It has four integrated campuses in Cocoa, Melbourne, Palm Bay, and Titusville, as well as an Aerospace program at Kennedy Space Center and a Virtual Campus.
Most of BCC's students take part in its Associate in Arts transfer program. In 2007, BCC was listed 21st in the nation in awarding AA degrees.[1]
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[edit] Administration
The president's office, and therefore the college's headquarters, is on the Cocoa campus.
[edit] Academic
Transfer and articulation partnerships between BCC and the University of Central Florida, a joint initiative called "DirectConnect," and with the Florida Institute of Technology, whose TechTrack program guarantees the admission of BCC graduates who wish to transfer to Florida Tech, make possible the seamless transfer of credits from BCC's Associate's program to these and other four-year institutions.[citation needed] The BCC-UCF partnership also involves the sharing of facilities and services with UCF on BCC's campuses, including the BCC/UCF Joint-Use Library.
[edit] Other Programs
WENDI, training for self-esteem and career, is a program operated by BCC for women newly seeking employment outside the home.[2]
[edit] Cultural
The 2,000-seat Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts, on the Melbourne BCC campus, offers performances and cultural art events. The Astronaut Memorial Planetarium and Observatory, on the Cocoa BCC campus, features one of the largest public-access telescopes in Florida[citation needed] as well as large-format movies, laser light shows, and other presentations.
The Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse, owned by BCC, offers musical and dramatic productions featuring local and regional performers, and is also host to a "Stars of Tomorrow" program for the development of local performing-arts talent.
WBCC TV is a non-commercial educational television station operated by BCC. WBCC TV broadcasts educational, cultural, and informational materials and telecourses of special interest.
The Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Multicultural Center commemorates the lives and work of the Moores, African-American community leaders who lived and worked in Brevard County, martyr-pioneers of the civil rights era.
[edit] Athletics
BCC's Athletic teams are nicknamed the Titans and participate in softball, baseball, women's basketball, men's basketball, men's golf, and women's volleyball. They participate with the Florida Community College Activities Association and the National Junior College Athletic Association. The BCC men's golf program has won seven National Junior College Championships since 1969. [3] The men's baseball program has won two state championships and has been coached by Ernie Rosseau for the past 23 seasons.
[edit] Notable Alumni
- Ernie Rosseau, 1971 graduate. BCC Head Baseball Coach, 2 state championships, 650+ victories, 2 NJCAA World Series trips.
- Pete Dunn, Stetson University Head Baseball Coach
- Paul Azinger, PGA Golfer, 1993 PGA Championship winner
- Justin Hoyman, University of Florida baseball All-American pitcher, 2nd round draft pick in 2004 draft by Cleveland Indians
- Mandy Romero, Major League Baseball Player (1997-2003) for San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox and Colorado Rockies.
- Bruce Bochy, Major League Baseball Manager for the San Francisco Giants
- Darrell Hammond, Former BCC Baseball player and cast member for Saturday Night Live (1995-2008)
- Senator Bill Posey, 1969 graduate of BCC, Florida Republican Senator.
- Carlos Reyes, Major League Baseball player (1994-2003)
- Steve Lamontagne, 1986 BCC graduate, PGA Golfer
- Ed Yanes, 1984 BCC graduate, 1984 1st Round Draft by the Minnesota Twins. Current BCC Women's Softball Head Coach.
[edit] YMCA
A local YMCA has its facilities at the Cocoa campus.[4]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Florida Department of Education statistics
- ^ Brevard Community College
- ^ GolfProg_Nov07.indd
- ^ Florida Today, "Cocoa holds off on YMCA", January 23, 2008
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