Tyler Junior College

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Tyler Junior College
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Motto: Fulfilling Three Promises: A Quality Education, A Vibrant Student Life, Community Service
Established: 1926
Type: Community college
President: L. Michael Metke, Ph.D.
Provost: Mark S. Escamilla, Ph.D.
Location: Tyler, Texas, USA
Campus: Urban, 75 acres
Colors: Gold, black, and white
Nickname: Apache
Website: www.tjc.edu

Tyler Junior College is a two-year community college in Tyler, Texas. It is considered to be the state's largest single-campus community college,[citation needed] boasting a credit enrollment of more than 12,000 credit students each year with an additional 20,000 continuing education enrollments annually; a separate West Campus is primarily used for continuing education and vocational training programs. TJC offers Associate in Arts, Associate in Applied Science and Associate of Arts in Teaching degrees, as well as tech prep and certificate programs.

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[edit] History

The college operated as part of the Tyler public school system from its inception in 1926 until 1945, when voters supported the creation of an independent Tyler Junior College District. The junior college district now includes the Tyler, Chapel Hill, Grand Saline, Lindale, Van, and Winona school districts.

[edit] TJC today

The school competes in the National Junior College Athletic Association's Region XIV with Apache men's soccer, football, basketball, baseball, tennis and golf teams and Apache Ladies women's volleyball, basketball, tennis and golf teams. The school won national junior college championships in women's basketball in 2000, and baseball in 2007.

The school is also known for its Apache Marching Band, Apache Belles drill team and Drum Line, The Apache Punch. [1]

[edit] Campus attractions

  • The independently operated Tyler Museum of Art is located on the school's main campus. [2]
  • The Hudnall Planetarium offers public shows in its 30-foot-diameter domed theater one weekend a month, and sponsors a monthly astronomy lecture series. [3]
  • Wagstaff Gymnasium is home to the TJC Apache volleyball and basketball teams.

[edit] Sports Circle of Honor

Established in 1995 to recognize outstanding achievements in athletics, personal, and civic life by former Tyler Junior College students, coaches, and supporters.

1995 Inductees Floyd Wagstaff - First Coach and Athletic Director Harry Bostic Jimmy Dickey - All-American Football 1953; Former Head Coach Kansas State Wildcats Brady Gentry Bonnie Buchanan Gray Bill "Tiger" Johnson - Football 1947; Former Head Coach Cincinnati Bengals David Lunceford Jimmy Murphy Mack Pogue - Football 1952-53; Founder Lincoln Property Co. Herbert Richardson O'Neal Weaver James "Poo" Welch

1997 Inductees Russell Boone Leon Fuller - Former Head Coach Colorado State Rams Bill Herchman John Linney Raymond McGinty Janice Mulford V.C. "Buck" Overall Dan Page Jose Palafox Van Samford

1998 Inductees Kenneth Bahnsen Dwain Bean Foster Bullock James "Babe" Hallmark Lawrence Strickland

1999 Inductees Ken Coffey Raymond McGallion Jack Murphy Gene Shannon

2000 Inductees Charles Quilter Royce Townsend Milton Williams

2001 Inductees Johnny Johnston Jesse Marshall Fred Kniffin

2002 Inductees Earl Dotson - Football, Green Bay Packers Kelly Chapman

2003 Inductees Roy Thomas Robert Pack

[edit] References

  1. ^ Apache Belle - Since 1947 - Tyler Junior College
  2. ^ Tyler Museum of Art
  3. ^ Hudnall Planetarium

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