Board President J. Ardis Bell called the announcement "one of the most important occasions in the history of TCC. By early , renovation of the portion of the RadioShack complex that was to become TCC Trinity River Campus progressed to the point where the first administrators could move in. President Tahita Fulkerson held many posts at the College, including faculty member, dean, and vice president. The new campus opened its doors to students that fall with an initial enrollment of 3, By the fall of , there were 8, students, many of them enrolled in the health professions programs housed in Trinity River East Campus, and still others as part of the early college high school made possible by a partnership with the Fort Worth ISD Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences.
The last years leading up to the Golden Jubilee year saw fundamental changes brought about by a new and inexorable drive for student success. With Erma Johnson Hadley as the prime mover, TCC plunged into a whirlwind of initiatives — Achieving the Dream, common course learning materials, and consolidation of alternative learning venues under the banner of TCC Connect.
A member of the original Northeast Campus faculty in , Hadley held several administrative positions and at the time of her interim appointment was vice chancellor of administrative and community services. It was one of several annual signature events for the Foundation, which has also put on "An Evening with Bill Cosby," a concert by Larry Gatlin, a luncheon address by former President George W.
Bush, and a 40th anniversary celebration honoring Dr. Joe Rushing and Jenkins Garrett, among others. One of the nice things about being the CEO is that you can make things happen. After a year-long collaborative process that included surveys, focus groups, and questionnaires that netted input from more than 3, staff, students, alumni, and community members, Trailblazers was selected as the official nickname and Toro was to be the mascot.
Just what Toro would look like required another process, getting the opinion of nearly 1, elementary school students. In , Tarrant County College became part of Achieving the Dream, an initiative begun in by Lumina Foundation and seven founding partner organizations as a comprehensive non-governmental reform movement for student success in higher education.
The organization seeks to create a "culture of evidence" in its more than institutions, with fundamental academic decisions based on carefully collected and analyzed data. In , only three years after starting work on the priorities, TCC was named a Leader College on the strength of the achievements of Hispanic students in developmental math and developmental reading. After the TCC Board of Trustees agreed in to purchase the RadioShack complex to be the Trinity River Campus, there remained the question of what to do with the partially completed south portion of the original design.
Options included restoring the bluff leading down to the river, selling the building, or completing the construction. The first was economically and ecologically unfeasible. The second, because the basic design was that of an educational facility, was likewise unlikely. The problem with the third was cost. In the end, the board voted to approve the expenditure, and Trinity River East Campus opened in as both an educational and architectural marvel.
For our 50th Anniversary we take a look at how our college originated in Tarrant County and what the founders accomplished in order to establish our college in the community. We also hear from some of the voices in the community and take a look at what the future has to offer Tarrant County College. Lace is a native of Fort Worth, Texas, who worked for the College for over 30 years. South Campus Opens Tarrant County Junior College South Campus, probably in the fall of , looking from the southwest The Board of Trustees, on December 1, , selected the campus site, engaged Morris Parker and Mervyn Croston and the lead architects, and declared that that the campus would open for classes in September — only 21 months away.
Northwest Campus Ground-breaking Mules pull a plow at the Northwest Campus ground-breaking Easily the most novel of many groundbreakings in the history of Tarrant County College took place on February 14, , when Chancellor Joe B.
Dedication of Northwest Campus Dr. Carrier speaks at the Northwest Campus dedication Dr. Rushing Retires Dr. Rushing prepares for his final Commencement after 23 years as Chancellor Dr.
Roberson's First Commencement C. Roberson congratulates a graduate during his first Commencement as chancellor in May A veteran of 23 years at the College, most of them as executive vice chancellor, Roberson was named chancellor-elect on September 15, , at the same Board of Trustees meeting during which Dr.
Cornerstone Program Begins Cornerstone students have always been marked at Commencement with distinctive stoles Tarrant County Junior College never had an honors program, but Chancellor C. Southeast Campus Construction Construction moves forward on the new Southeast Campus, which opened in the fall of Tarrant County Junior College had pretty much left the southeast part of the county alone, but the need for a campus in the burgeoning Arlington-Mansfield area could no longer be ignored.
Roberson Retires C. Leonardo de la Garza, newly appointed Chancellor, offers congratulations to a student at Commencement Board members looked not only beyond the College, but also beyond the state in choosing Dr. Plans for a Fifth Campus Designed by world-class architect Bing Thom of Vancouver, the plan featured educational complexes on both sides of the Trinity River What started out as a brainstorming session about possibly expanding the May Owen Center eventually morphed into an ambitious plan for a fifth TCC campus in downtown Fort Worth.
Secret Negotiations with RadioShack RadioShack headquarters in downtown Fort Worth In late , TCC officials did not know when, or even if, the College would get permission from the Army Corps of Engineers to build part of the proposed downtown Fort Worth campus on the levee north of the Trinity River or to build a bridge linking it with the south portion. Erma J. A large number of the faculty was part-time. The board of trustees voted in to remove the word "Junior" from the college's name.
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style , 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry. J'Nell L. Published by the Texas State Historical Association. This entry belongs to the following Handbook Special Projects :. There are currently four campuses. Originally called Tarrant County Junior College TCJC , the school began on July 31 , after voters approved a bond election for the formation of a junior college district.
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