North Florida College

Public community college in Madison, Florida, United States
North Florida College
TypePublic community college
Established1958; 66 years ago (1958)
Parent institution
Florida College System
PresidentJohn Grosskopf
Students1,255
Location
Madison County
,
Florida
,
United States
ColorsBurgundy, gray, and black
NicknameNFC
MascotSentinel
Websitewww.nfc.edu

North Florida College is a public community college in Madison, Florida. It is part of the Florida College System. It enrolls around 1,200 students and serves six rural counties in North Florida: Madison, Hamilton, Lafayette, Jefferson, Suwannee, and Taylor.

The school was founded as North Florida Junior College in 1957, with classes beginning the following year. It merged with the historically black Suwannee River Junior College in 1966. In July 1995, the District Board of Trustees changed the institution's name to North Florida Community College. Its current name was adopted in 2019.

History

In 1957 the Florida Legislature authorized expansion of Florida's junior college system. North Florida Junior College, for white students, and Suwannee River Junior College, for black students, were founded simultaneously. In March 1958, Marshall W. Hamilton was appointed president and the first classes were held in September 1958.

Following the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which buttressed the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education court decision prohibiting racial discrimination in schools, Suwannee River Junior College was closed. Most faculty moved to North Florida Junior College. Although North Florida was now open to them, few black students enrolled.[1]

In July 1995, the District Board of Trustees changed the institution's name to North Florida Community College. Over 20 years later, in 2016, NFCC announced plans to rename the college as it moved toward offering a new Bachelor of Science in Nursing, the college's first baccalaureate-level program.

In 2016, North Florida Community College established an educational partnership with Valdosta State University (VSU) in Valdosta, Georgia.[2] In 2017, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accredited NFCC as a Level II baccalaureate degree-granting institution and the NFCC District Board of Trustees approved North Florida College as the new name.

Gallery

  • Entrance sign
    Entrance sign
  • Business Education Building
    Business Education Building
  • Technology Center
    Technology Center
  • Mathematics Classrooms
    Mathematics Classrooms
  • Science Learning Center
    Science Learning Center
  • Fine Arts Building
    Fine Arts Building
  • Hardee Center
    Hardee Center
  • Career and Technical Education Center
    Career and Technical Education Center
  • Hamilton Library
    Hamilton Library
  • Colin P. Kelly Fitness Center
    Colin P. Kelly Fitness Center
  • Frank Cantey Softball Field
    Frank Cantey Softball Field
  • Van H. Priest Auditorium
    Van H. Priest Auditorium

Notable alumni

See also

  • flagFlorida portal

References

  1. ^ Walter L. Smith, The Magnificent Twelve: Florida's Black Junior Colleges, Winter Park, Florida, FOUR-G Publishers, 1994, ISBN 1885066015, p. 169.
  2. ^ "VSU, North Florida Community College Establish New Educational Partnership - Valdosta State University". www.valdosta.edu. Retrieved 2021-10-20.

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