Southwest Texas Junior College
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Entrance to main campus
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| Type | Publiccommunity college |
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| Established | 1946 |
| President | Hector Gonzales[1] |
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Academic staff
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180 |
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Administrative staff
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328 |
| Students | 5,664 |
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| Campus | Fivecommutercampuses |
| Nickname | Cowboys |
| Affiliations | SACS |
| Website | www |
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Southwest Texas Junior College(SWTJC) is apubliccommunity collegewith four campuses serving 11 counties in southwestTexas:unincorporatedUvalde County(next toUvaldeand on the site ofGarner Field),[2]Del Rio(northwest portion), next toDel Rio International Airport,[3]unincorporatedMaverick County(nearEagle Pass),[4]andCrystal City, the seat ofZavala County.[5]
Its service area, according to the Texas Education Code, in addition to Uvalde,Val Verde, Maverick, and Zavala Counties, includesDimmit,Edwards,Frio,Kinney,La Salle,Medina, andReal.[6]
Notable alumni
[edit]- Tracy King, member of theTexas House of Representativesfrom District 80
Uvalde campus gallery
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Will C. Miller Library -
Rodolfo R. and Dolores Flores Student Services Building -
Espinosa Education Building -
Matthews Student Center -
Joe Richarz Memorial Administration Building (constructed 1961) -
Fountain adjacent to Administration Building -
Hubbard Hall coed dormitory
References
[edit]- ^"SWTJC - Administration". swtjc.edu. Archived fromthe originalon 11 July 2015. Retrieved10 July2015.
- ^"Uvalde campus". Archived fromthe originalon 2008-10-07. Retrieved2008-09-10.
- ^"Del Rio campus". Archived fromthe originalon 2008-05-09. Retrieved2008-11-29.
- ^"Eagle pass campus". Archived fromthe originalon 2008-06-09. Retrieved2008-09-10.
- ^"Crystal city campus". Archived fromthe originalon 2008-05-09. Retrieved2008-09-10.
- ^Texas Education Code: Sec. 130.200. SOUTHWEST TEXAS JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
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