Tallahassee Community College
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| Tallahassee Community College | |
| Image:Tallahassee Community College Seal.gif | |
| Motto | "It's For You" |
| Established | 1966 |
| School type | Public |
| President | Dr. William Law |
| Location | Tallahassee,Florida, Florida, USA |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Enrollment | 10,816 undergraduate, and 0 graduate students |
| Faculty | 159 |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Athletics | 4 major sports teams |
| Official website | www.tcc.fl.edu |
Tallahassee Community College, founded in 1966, is a community college in Tallahassee, Florida that feeds into Florida State University, and has a good relationship with Florida A&M. It mainly serves the Florida counties of Leon, in which it is located, Gadsden, and Wakulla.
Most of TCC's enrollment take part in its Associate in Arts tranfer program, and TCC is listed as one the nation's top producers of A.A. graduates at 22nd.
Student Life
TCC annually hosts the Big Bend Brain Bowl academic tournament sponsered by the Tallahassee Democrat. Students also participate in Forensics(Debate), Model UN, the Honors Program, Phi Theta Kappa. A student newspaper, the Talon, is published at least 5 times a semester by the students of a journalism class, and a literary magazine, The Eyrie, is published yearly.
Other student opportunities include "TheatreTCC", the Capital Band of Tallahassee Community College, the TCC Jazz Band, and the Tallahassee Civic Chorale. A Student Government Association is open for student involvement, and the Office of Student Volunteerism encourages students to engage in community service
Athletics
TCC's Athletic teams are nicknamed the Eagles and participate in softball, baseball, women's basketball, and men's basketball.
The softball program, having won three conference championships, won a state and national title in 1994. The baseball team finished 2004 with the winning of its fourth conference title. The men's basketball has won three conference titles, and the women's has one. Both basketball teams have each finished third in the NJCAA Tournament within the past eight years.
