Cleveland State Community College
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| Motto | Obstinatus sed Aequus (Latin) |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1967 |
| President | Dr. Bill Seymour |
| Undergraduates | 3,700 |
| Address | Adkisson Dr NW , Cleveland , Tennessee , USA 35°12′01″N 84°52′44″W / 35.2002°N 84.8789°W / 35.2002; -84.8789Coordinates: 35°12′01″N 84°52′44″W / 35.2002°N 84.8789°W / 35.2002; -84.8789 |
| Campus | Urban, 105 acres (0.42 km2) |
| Athletics | 4 athletics teams softball, men's baseball, men and women's basketball |
| Colors | Blue and White |
| Nickname | Cougars |
| Website | www.clevelandstatecc.edu |
Cleveland State Community College is a public community college in Cleveland, Tennessee. It is operated by the Tennessee Board of Regents. Like most community colleges, emphasis is on associate's degree-level classes, but it also offers some third- and fourth-year college-level courses as well, through arrangements with other institutions.
Contents
1 History
2 Campus
3 Organization and administration
4 Academic profile
5 Student life
5.1 Sport
6 Noted people
7 References
8 External links
History
Cleveland State was authorized by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1965 and held its first classes in 1967, with the move to the site of the current campus and permanent facilities occurring in 1968.
Campus
The 105-acre (42 ha) campus has 10 major buildings housing modern classrooms, laboratories, and student activity centers. Additional features include an excellent library, a multi-media center of emphasis, computer laboratories, a 400-seat theatre, a 3,000-seat gymnasium, athletic fields and tennis courts, a large reflector telescope, and a satellite downlink receiver which enables the college to serve as a site for many teleconferences. Cleveland State offers classes throughout the service area in southeast Tennessee, which includes Bradley, Meigs, McMinn, Monroe, and Polk counties. The college also has offices and classrooms in Athens and Madisonville.
Organization and administration
Cleveland State Community college operates within the governance of the Tennessee Board of Regents.
Dr. David Adkisson served as founding president of Cleveland State Community College from 1967 to 1978. Dr. L. Quentin Lane was appointed to the presidency in 1978 and served until 1985. A. Ray Coleman served briefly as interim president in 1985. Dr. James W. Ford was then appointed as president of Cleveland State from 1985 to 1992. Dr. Renate G. Basham served as interim president in 1996. Dr. Carl M. Hite served as president from 1996 until 2013. The current president is Dr. William A. Seymour, who was hired in 2014.
- Dr. David Adkisson (president 1967 to 1978)
- Dr. L. Quentin Lane(president 1978 to 1985)
- A. Ray Coleman (interim president 1985)
- Dr. James W. Ford (president 1985 to 1992)
- Dr. Renate G. Basham (interim and permanent president 1992 to 1996)
- Dr. Carl M. Hite (president 1996 to 2013)
- Dr. William A. Seymour (president 2014-present)
Academic profile
Approximately 3,700 credit students and 1,300 non-credit students enroll in Cleveland State Community College in a typical fall semester. The credit student population is split about evenly in the choice of transfer or career-technical programs. The average age of all students is 28 years and the student population is non-racially identifiable. There are over 200 employees at the college including more than 70 full-time faculty members. Eighty-six percent of the faculty hold Master's or Doctor's degrees.
Student life
Sport
The college athletic teams are nicknamed the Cougars.
Noted people
Ryan Casteel - baseball player[1]
Jason Davis - baseball player
Bubba Trammell - baseball player
References
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External links
- Official website
