Lehigh Carbon Community College

Lehigh Carbon Community College

Lehigh Carbon Community College's main campus in Schnecksville, Pennsylvaniain 2014
Type	Publiccommunity college
Established	March 31, 1966
President	Ann D. Bieber
Academic staff	424
Students	2,733 full time 4,451 part time
Location	Schnecksville, Pennsylvania , U.S.
Campus	153 acres (0.62 km2)
Colors	Maroon, gold, white[1]
Nickname	Cougars
Sporting affiliations	NJCAA–EPAC,Division III(non-conference)
Website	www.lccc.edu

Lehigh Carbon Community College(LCCC), often pronounced "L-tri-C," is an Americanpubliccommunity collegewith a main campus inSchnecksville, Pennsylvania, in theLehigh Valleyregion of easternPennsylvania. The college also maintains satellite campuses inAllentown, also in the Lehigh Valley, andTamaquainSchuylkill County.

The school serves as the primary granter of associate degrees in the Allentown metropolitan area.

LCCC was founded on March 31, 1966^[2]as Lehigh County Community College. It originally held classes in the formerLehigh CountyCourthouse.

In 1972, modern facilities were built, creating the foundation for the current campus of this academic institution. College administrators selected the school's current name in 1994 with the goal of increasing enrollment from nearbyCarbon County.

This college maintains learning centers at two additional off-campus locations: the Donley Center inAllentown, and the John Morgan Center inTamaqua. They also previously operated the Carbon Center inJim Thorpe, but closed it in 2020 due to a lack of enrollment and an increasing number of students taking classes online.^[3]

Until its sale in 2013, the college also operated a campus radio station,WLHI, which was streamed globally oniHeartRadio.^[4]

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