Tallahassee Community College
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 University. 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 transfer program, and TCC is listed as one the nation's top producers of A.A. graduates at 22nd. The college is often used as a stepping stone to other local universities, such as Florida State University and Florida A&M University.
TCC annually hosts the Big Bend
Brain Bowl academic tournament sponsored 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
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.
TCC also houses the panhadle campuses of
Flagler College and
Barry University.
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