Trinity Valley Community College

Trinity Valley Community College

Type	Publiccommunity college
Established	1946
Accreditation	SACSCOC
President	Jason Morrison
Undergraduates	5,426
Location	Athens(main campus) , Texas , United States 32°11′41″N95°51′28″W / 32.194814°N 95.857774°W /32.194814; -95.857774
Campus	Rural
Colors	Red and white
Mascot	Cardinals
Website	www.tvcc.edu

Trinity Valley Community College(TVCC) is apubliccommunity collegebased inAthens, Texas. It has six campuses serving five counties across the southeast and eastern parts of the state.

TVCC was founded in 1946 asHenderson County Junior College(HCJC) in Athens, the county seat. The current name, adopted in September 1986, was taken from theTrinity River, which bisects the region. By that time it had expanded to serve residents of more than one county.

TVCC began its expansion to a multi-site campus in 1969 when it began to offer courses at a nearbyTexas Department of Criminal Justiceunit.

• In 1972, courses in Palestine were held for the first time and in 1975 TVCC opened a separate campus facility three miles north of Palestine (the Anderson County seat).
• In 1973 TVCC started offering courses in Terrell (its first expansion into neighboring Kaufman County) and opened a separate campus facility there in 1986.
• In 1983 TVCC opened its first specialized campus, the TVCC Health Science Center in Kaufman (the Kaufman County seat). As of 2022, the site now holds Adult & Continuing Education classes for the area.
• Starting in 2020, TVCC moved the Health Science Center to the former Renaissance Hospital site in Terrell. One of the buildings at the campus holds High School dual credit courses for Health Science in partnership withTerrell ISD.

TVCC operates six public campuses serving the Texas counties ofAnderson,Henderson,Van Zandt,Rains, andKaufman, southeast of theDallas-Fort Worth metroplex:

Athens

• The Henderson County Campus, which also serves as TVCC's headquarters, is in Athens west of TX-19 on Prarieville Road. This campus also hosts the Pinnacle program that serves Dual-Credit courses on campus for area K-12 ISDs surrounding and including Athens.

Palestine

• The Anderson County Campus is in Palestine on TX-19 north of the US-287 junction headed to Bethel.
• The Palestine Workforce Education Center, located at Palestine Mall on Loop 256 and TX-19 South.

Kaufman

• The Kaufman City Campus is at the site of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital at the US-175 and TX-243 junction. This was the former site of the Health Science Center from 1986 to 2019.

Terrell

• The Terrell Campus is in Terrell on the eastbound offramp to Wilson Road on Interstate 20.
• The TVCC Health Science Center is also located in Terrell on TX-34 north of I-20. It also operates adistance learningprogram for theUniversity of Texas at Arlington'sRNtoBSNprogram.

TDCJ

In addition, TVCC serves TDCJ Region II Students at prison units in Anderson County outside of Tennessee Colony.

Service Area

As defined by theTexas Legislature, the official service area of TVCC is the following:^[1]

• all ofAnderson,Henderson,KaufmanandRainscounties,
• the territory of theTerrell Independent School Districtlocated withinHunt County, and
• Van Zandt County, excluding those portions within theGrand Saline,Lindale, andVanindependent school districts.

Trinity Valley has an athletics program offering the following sports: Football, Cheer, Dance, Volleyball, Basketball, Softball, and Soccer. The Trinity Valley mascot is the Cardinals.^[2]An eSports program was also added in the 2019-2020 School Year.^[3]

• Margene Adkins, professional football player in the NFL^[4]
• Darren Benson, professional football player in the NFL^[5]
• Matt Bryant, placekicker for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League^[6]
• Rock Cartwright, professional football player in the NFL^[7]
• Albert Connell, professional football player in the NFL^[8]
• Brandon Coleman, professional football player in the NFL
• Paul Dawson, college footballAll-American^[9]
• Anthony Dickerson, professional football player in the NFL^[10]
• Todd Fowler, professional football player in the USFL and NFL^[11]
• Al Harris, professional football player in the NFL^[12]
• Robert Jackson, professional football player in the NFL^[13]
• Tramain Jones,American footballdefensive backwho played in theArena Football League
• Shawn Kemp, professional basketball player in the NBA 1989-2003^[14]
• Roger Muñoz, member of theNicaragua men's national basketball team^[15]
• John Randle, professional football player in the NFL andHall of Famer^[16]
• James Scott, professional football player in the NFL^[17]
• James Surls, sculptor.^[18]
• Nick Van Exel, professional basketball player in the NBA 1993-2006^[19]
• Betty Lennox, of theMinnesota Lynx,Miami Sol,Cleveland Rockers,Seattle Storm,Atlanta Dream,Los Angeles SparksandTulsa Shockin the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), played for the Trinity Valley Community College Lady Cards basketball team during her sophomore year in 1997.
• Derrick Willies, professional football player in the NFL^[20]
• Todd Staples, formerTexas Commissioner of Agriculture, is a former faculty member at the Palestine campus.
• Shelton Eppler, professional footballquarterback.

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