Temple College
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Former names
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Temple Junior College |
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| Type | Community college |
| Established | 1926 |
| President | Christina Ponce |
| Students | 5,288 (Fall 2012)[1] |
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United States
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| Colors | Black and gold [2] |
| Nickname | Leopards |
| Affiliations | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Northern Texas Junior College Athletic Conference |
| Website | www |
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Temple Collegeis a publiccommunity collegeinTemple, Texas, with regional branch campuses at other locations inCentral Texas.
History
[edit]Temple Junior College was founded in 1926 to serve post-secondary students in easternBell County, Texas. Classes were originally held in the basement of theTemple High Schooluntil 1957, when the campus moved to its present location on the city's south side.Racial segregationat the college ended that same year. A separate junior college district was created in 1955 and in 1959 it acquired its own board of regents. The name of the college was changed to Temple College in 1996.[3][4]
The main campus in Temple covers about 108 acres with twenty-seven buildings.[5]Temple College has several branch campuses:
- East Williamson County Higher Education–Taylor (Taylor, Texas)
- East Williamson County Higher Education–Hutto (Hutto, Texas)
- Texas Bioscience Institute (Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Temple)
As of Fall 2016, residents within the tax-district of the cities of Temple and Hutto pay $89 percredit hour, whereas those outside the district pay $159 per credit hour.[6]
Gallery
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Temple College sign -
Mary Alice Marshall Performing Arts Building -
Marc A. Nigliazzo Administration Building
Notable people
[edit]- Henry T. Waskow, alumnus,US Armycaptain memorialized inErnie Pyle's dispatch "The Death of Captain Waskow"
- W. J. Adkins, thedeanof Temple Junior College during the 1940s, became in 1947 the founding president ofLaredo Community CollegeinLaredo.
- David Wesley, alumnus, retiredNBAandCBAbasketballand current television color analyst for theNew Orleans Pelicans
- Whurley(William Hurley), alumnus, co-founder ofChaotic Moon Studios, anopen sourceadvocate, and systems theorist
- Boone Logan, alumnus,left-handedrelief pitcherfor theColorado Rockies[7]
Athletics
[edit]- Baseball
- Men's Basketball
- Softball
- Volleyball
- Women's Basketball
References
[edit]- ^"Temple College Fact Sheet, 2012-2013"(PDF). Retrieved2013-09-17.[permanent dead link]
- ^"Media Kit". Retrieved2017-09-07.
- ^"Temple College - Then and Now". Archived fromthe originalon 2013-09-28. Retrieved2013-09-17.
- ^Temple Collegefrom theHandbook of TexasOnline
- ^"Temple College - Then and Now". Archived fromthe originalon 2013-09-28. Retrieved2013-09-17.
- ^"Report to the Community"(PDF). Retrieved2017-09-07.
- ^"Boone Logan Stats".Baseball Almanac. Retrieved2013-09-17.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Temple Collegefrom theHandbook of TexasOnline
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