Cuyahoga Community College

Cuyahoga Community College From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Cuyahoga Community College" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Cuyahoga Community College Cuyahoga Community College seal.svg Type Community college Established 1963 President Alex Johnson Students 26,740[1] Location Cleveland, Ohio, United States Nickname Tri-C Mascot Triceratops[2] Website www.tri-c.edu Cuyahoga Community College logo.svg Cuyahoga Community College (also known as Tri-C) is a community college in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, and was founded in 1963. It is known as Ohio's first community college and is the oldest and largest public community college within the state of Ohio. Tri-C schedules on the semester basis, and offers over 1,000 courses in associate degree programs through traditional classroom settings as well as distance learning services and its flagship offering known as Cable College. Cable College has offered classes live through the Cleveland area cable companies since the early 1990s. The institution promotes academic advancement through transfer articulation agreements with four-year colleges and universities. Tri-C is accredited through North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Tri-C ranks at number 1 in the state of Ohio and 25th in the nation, in providing Associate's Degrees of all disciplines.[citation needed] Contents 1 Locations 2 Athletics and student life 3 Arts 4 Presidents 5 Notable alumni 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Locations[edit] Part of Eastern Campus Cuyahoga Community College operates a multi-campus college district in Northeast Ohio. With Cuyahoga County as its primary service area, Tri-C serves Cleveland and the surrounding communities. The campuses include the Eastern Campus in Highland Hills, the Metropolitan Campus of Downtown Cleveland's Campus District, Western Campus in Parma, the Brunswick Campus in Brunswick, and the Westshore campus in Westlake. Tri-C houses its district administrative services at a separate location in Cleveland. The College also operates two Corporate College business training facilities: Corporate College East in Warrensville Heights and Corporate College West in Westlake. Other locations in downtown Cleveland include the Tri-C's Workforce and Economic Development Division (based in the Unified Technologies Center) and the Hospitality Management Center at Public Square.[3] Athletics and student life[edit] Cuyahoga Community College has the following sports activities.[4] Men's Baseball Men's Basketball Women's Basketball Women's Cross Country & Track Women's Softball Women's Volleyball Men's Soccer The college also has a variety of activities ranging from involvement in the campus governance systems to fine arts and entertainment programming, and membership in student organizations and clubs. Cuyahoga Community College has won the following NJCAA national titles:[5] Men's Wrestling: 1976 Men's Basketball: 2004 (Division II) Arts[edit] Since 1980 Cuyahoga Community College has hosted the Tri-C JazzFest.[6][7] Presidents[edit] Charles Chapman[8] (1962-1973) Jerry Sue Thornton Alex Johnson[9] Notable alumni[edit] Halle Berry, Academy Award Winning actress[10] Jerome Caja, Performance artist[11] Darrin Chapin, Major League Baseball player[12] Wayne Dawson, News Broadcaster[13] Frank G. Jackson, Mayor of Cleveland [14] Dominique Moceanu, 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist[15] Dale Mohorcic, Major League Baseball player[12] Lorin Morgan-Richards, Author and illustrator[16] Jeff Shaw, Major League Baseball player[12] Ben Wallace, Detroit Pistons, NBA[17] Jeffery LaRoque, WMMS Cleveland Radio Personality See also[edit] List of community colleges