Howard College

Howard College

Howard College entrance sign
Type	Publiccommunity college
Established	1945(1945)
Academic affiliations	SACS
President	Cheryl Sparks
Students	4,623
Location	Big Spring , Texas , U.S. 32°15′02″N101°27′04″W / 32.2506°N 101.4511°W /32.2506; -101.4511
Campus	Urban
Nickname	Hawks
Sporting affiliations	Western Junior College Athletic Conference(NJCAA)
Website	www.howardcollege.edu

Howard Collegeis apubliccommunity collegewith its main campus inBig Spring, Texas. It also has branch campuses inSan AngeloandLamesa.

Howard County Junior Collegewas established in Big Spring in 1945. 148 students began lessons in September 1946, in the hospital wing of the former Big Spring Army Air Force Bombardier School (laterWebb Air Force Base).^[1]Five years later the school moved to a 100-acre (40 ha) site in southeast Big Spring which came to include an administration-classroom-library building, a practical-arts building, a greenhouse, a music building, dormitories, and a 10,000-seat stadium.^[1]The Lamesa campus was established in 1972 and the first class in San Angelo was held the following year.^[2]The school's name changed toHoward Collegeby 1974.^[2]In August 1980 the school opened the Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf on 57 acres (23 ha) of the former Webb Air Force Base, and it took over a nursing program in San Angelo the following year.^[1]

The main campus occupies 120 acres (49 ha) in Big Spring, with another 276 acres (112 ha) nearStantonin Martin County for agricultural research, and a 20-acre (8.1 ha) rodeo facility east of town.^[1]There are branch campuses inSan Angelo,Lamesa, and at the SouthWest College for the Deaf in Big Spring; the college also offers programs at the Big Spring Federal Correctional Institute and theEden Detention Center.^[1]

The president is Cheryl Sparks.

As defined by theTexas Legislature, the official service area of Howard College isHoward,Dawson,Martin,Glasscock,Sterling,Coke,Tom Green,Concho,Irion,Schleicher,Sutton,Menard, andKimblecounties.^[3]

The college has 4,623 students of which 33% are full-time. It offers 41 majors in 17 programs and isaccreditedby The Commission on Colleges of theSouthern Association of Colleges and Schoolsto award associate degrees.^[4]

The college sports teams are nicknamed the Hawks. Howard College participates in Region 5 of theNJCAA, also known as theWestern Junior College Athletic Conference, in the following sports: baseball, softball, rodeo, men's and women's basketball, and cheerleading. The basketball and baseball games are broadcast locally onKBYGAM 1400.^[5]After winning in 1991, Howard won theJunior College (JUCO) World Seriesa second time, in 2009, with a season record of 63–1.

• Brandon Claussen, professional baseball player^[6]
• Tyler Collins, professional baseball player^[7]
• Joe Cooper, professional basketball player
• Jae Crowder, professional basketball player
• Jim Evans, professionalfootballplayer^{[citation needed]}
• Ed Fortune, former politician in theFlorida House of Representatives
• Rob Gray, professional basketball player
• Tarik Phillip(born 1993), professional basketball player
• Tanner Scott, professional baseball player
• Burch Smith, professional baseball player

• Official website