North Florida College

North Florida College

Type	Publiccommunity college
Established	1958; 66 years ago(1958)
Parent institution	Florida College System
President	John Grosskopf
Students	1,255
Location	Madison County , Florida , United States
Colors	Burgundy, gray, and black
Nickname	NFC
Mascot	Sentinel
Website	www.nfc.edu

North Florida Collegeis apubliccommunity collegeinMadison, Florida. It is part of theFlorida College System. It enrolls around 1,200 students and serves six rural counties inNorth Florida: Madison,Hamilton,Lafayette,Jefferson,Suwannee, andTaylor.

The school was founded asNorth Florida Junior Collegein 1957, with classes beginning the following year. It merged with thehistorically blackSuwannee River Junior Collegein 1966. In July 1995, the District Board of Trustees changed the institution's name toNorth Florida Community College. Its current name was adopted in 2019.

In 1957 the Florida Legislature authorized expansion of Florida's junior college system. North Florida Junior College, for white students, andSuwannee River Junior College, for black students, were founded simultaneously. In March 1958, Marshall W. Hamilton was appointed president and the first classes were held in September 1958.

Following the passage of theCivil Rights Act of 1964, which buttressed the 1954Brown v. Board of Educationcourt decision prohibiting racial discrimination in schools, Suwannee River Junior College was closed. Most faculty moved to North Florida Junior College. Although North Florida was now open to them, few black students enrolled.^[1]

In July 1995, the District Board of Trustees changed the institution's name to North Florida Community College. Over 20 years later, in 2016, NFCC announced plans to rename the college as it moved toward offering a new Bachelor of Science in Nursing, the college's first baccalaureate-level program.

In 2016, North Florida Community College established an educational partnership withValdosta State University(VSU) inValdosta, Georgia.^[2]In 2017, theSouthern Association of Colleges and Schoolsaccredited NFCC as a Level II baccalaureate degree-granting institution and the NFCC District Board of Trustees approvedNorth Florida Collegeas the new name.

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  Entrance sign
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  Business Education Building
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  Technology Center
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  Mathematics Classrooms
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  Science Learning Center
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  Fine Arts Building
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  Hardee Center
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  Career and Technical Education Center
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  Hamilton Library
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  Colin P. Kelly Fitness Center
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  Frank Cantey Softball Field
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  Van H. Priest Auditorium

• Leonard L. Bembry, former member of theFlorida House of Representatives
• Jesse Solomon, formerNFLplayer
• Kylie Williams,Miss Florida2007

• Wardlaw-Smith House

• Official website

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