Howard Community College

Infobox University
name = Howard Community College

| motto = You can get there from here.
established = founded 1966 opened 1970
type = Community College
president = Dr. Kate Hetherington
city = Columbia
state = Maryland
country = USA
students = 24,388
undergrad = 10,135 in degree programs
faculty =
free_label =
free =
campus = convert|120|acre|km2
mascot = Dragon
website = [http://www.howardcc.edu www.howardcc.edu]

Howard Community College is a community college in Columbia, Howard County, Maryland. HCC, in partnership with Prince George's Community College, also has a campus in Laurel that is known as Laurel College Center (LCC).

Mission, Vision, and Values

Mission

Providing pathways to success

Vision

A place to discover greatness in yourself and others

Values I N S P I R E S

Innovation NurturingSustainabilityPartnerships IntegrityRespectExcellenceService

HCC History

In 1966, Howard Community College was founded by the Board of Education in Howard County and formally authorized by the Howard County Commissioners. That same year, HCC was approved as the State of Maryland's 14th community college. A groundbreaking ceremony in 1969 began construction on convert|119|acre|km2 in the heart of the planned community of Columbia that, at the time, was just beginning to take shape. In October 1970, the first classes took place in a new structure called the Learning Resources Center, now the James Clark Library Building, with just over 600 students attending classes in HCC's nine credit programs.

In 2006, HCC celebrated its 35th anniversary, with nearly 7,000 students seeking degrees in more than 100 programs, and another 14,000 taking noncredit classes through the Division of Continuing Education and Workforce Development. In 2003, a new instructional building was completed, the English, Languages, and Business Building (ELB), which includes an inviting landscaped area now known as The Quad. The new Peter and Elizabeth Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center, opening in the fall of 2006, and the Student Services Building, completed spring 2007, completes The Quad. The Student Services Building was renamed The Rouse Company Foundation Student Services Hall in March 2007.

Trivia

*Howard Community College's mascot is named Duncan.
*Howard Community ELB building is named after Dr. Duncan
*The college's Nurse Education Program graduates boast a 95% pass rate for the NCLEX exam.
*Howard Community College website recently won an award for best higher ed site.

*Each year, the college hosts the [http://www.howardcc.edu/grandprix Columbia Classic Grand Prix] to raise funds for scholarships for students.

External links

* [http://www.howardcc.edu/ Howard Community College]
* [http://www.laurelcollegecenter.org/ Laurel College Center]
* [http://www.howardcc.edu/students/athletics/index.html Athletics]
* [http://www.howardcc.edu/students/student_life/index.html Student Activities]
* [http://www.belmontconferencecenter.com/ Belmont Conference Center]