Grayson College

Grayson College

The Administration Building at the main campus in Denison
Former names	Grayson County College (1965–2012)[1]
Type	Publiccommunity college
Established	1965[2]
President	J. P. McMillen
Administrative staff	270[3][4]
Students	5,000+[5]
Location	Denison , Texas , United States 33°42′22″N96°38′04″W / 33.706106°N 96.634438°W /33.706106; -96.634438
Campus	Rural
Colors	Blue & white
Nickname	Vikings
Sporting affiliations	NJCAA–NTJCAC(Baseball,Softball,Basketball)
Website	grayson.edu

Grayson Collegeis apubliccommunity collegeinGrayson County, Texas. The main campus is inDenisonand it has branch campuses in Denison (west extension, at the site of the oldPerrin Air Force Base) andVan Alstyne(south campus).

In February 2007, Grayson's board of trustees called for a $44,790,000 bond election to expand and improve the existing campus, which was held in May and the referendum passed.^[6]This was Grayson's first bond election since the one called to create the campus in the 1960s. Among other things, $25.7 million was devoted to a new career and technical center on the east campus, moving these facilities from their current west campus location.

The main campus is located inDenison, with a branch campus inVan Alstyne. The main campus (consisting of the east campus and the west extension) is in a rural setting nearNorth Texas Regional Airport. The east campus is all new construction and houses the administration; the west extension is composed mainly of buildings left over by the formerPerrin Air Force Base, including and vineyards which carry on the work of famed horticulturalist and Denison residentThomas Volney Munson^[7](previously, an 18-hole golf course existed on the campus, but was closed as of 2017^[update]).

The college president is J.P. McMillen.

As defined by theTexas Legislature, the official service area of Grayson includes all of Grayson County and territory within the following school districts in Fannin County:^[8]Bonham,Dodd City,Ector,Leonard,Sam Rayburn,Savoy,Trenton,WhitewrightandWolfe City.

Grayson offersassociate degreesin over 25 areas of study, and operates in partnership withWest Texas A&M Universityto offer selected bachelor's degrees online, with student counseling provided by GC.^[9]

One of Grayson's unique offerings is inviticultureandenology, housed on the west campus which also houses the work of Denison residentT.V. Munson, whose work in viticulture saved France's wine industry during theGreat French Wine Blight.^[10]

The college athletics teams are nicknamed the Vikings. Grayson competes in theNorth Texas Junior College Athletic Conferenceof theNJCAA, and offers athletic scholarships in baseball and softball.

• Andy LaRoche,third basemanwith theSugar Land Skeeters.
• John Lackey, formerpitcherfor theChicago Cubs.
• Steven Okert, baseball pitcher

• Official website