Three Rivers College (Missouri)

Three Rivers College

Type	Publiccommunity college
Established	1966[1]
President	Wesley Payne
Undergraduates	2,965 (Fall 2019)[2][3][4]
Location	Poplar Bluff , Missouri , United States 36°46′37″N90°25′49″W / 36.77682°N 90.43038°W /36.77682; -90.43038
Campus	Rural
Colors	Black and Gold
Nickname	Raiders
Sporting affiliations	NJCAA–MCCAC
Mascot	Rocky Raider
Website	www.trcc.edu

Three Rivers Collegeis apubliccommunity collegeinPoplar Bluff, Missouri. It was founded in 1966 when voters in the counties of Butler, Carter, Ripley, and Wayne approved the taxing district of Butler, Carter, Ripley, and Wayne counties.^[5]

Three Rivers is governed by a six-person board of trustees elected by residents in the college's taxing district. The college has an 80-acre (32.4 ha) campus inPoplar Bluff, Missouriwith full-service locations in Dexter, Kennett, and Sikeston, and in-district locations in Doniphan, Caruthersville, Piedmont, Portageville, New Madrid, and Van Buren, and offers classes at various sites and high schools throughout the region.^[6]Three Rivers also participates in the Cape College Center alongside Mineral Area College and Southeast Missouri State University.^[7]The school is accredited by theHigher Learning Commission.

The college officially changed its name from Three Rivers Community College to Three Rivers College in 2017. It enrolled 2,965 in 2019.^[2]

Three Rivers competes as a member of theNJCAAin theMissouri Community College Athletic Conference.Gene Bess, the men's basketball coach, has the most wins of any junior college basketball coach. The school's most famous athletic alumnus isLatrell Sprewell, who played basketball for Three Rivers before playing Division I basketball atAlabama.

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