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Community college in Arizona

Pima Community College

Type	Public customs higher
Established	1969 (1969)
Academic affiliations	Infinite-grant
Chancellor	Lee Lambert
Academic staff	368 full-fourth dimension instructional and educational support faculty
Students	75,039 annual enrollment (2005–2006)[ citation needed ]
Undergraduates	62,252 (2005–2006)[ citation needed ]
Other students	12,787 not-credit (2005–2006)[ citation needed ]
Location	Tucson , Arizona , United States
Campus	Five campuses, four education centers
Colors	Orange, bluish, and white
Nickname	Aztecs
Website	www.pima.edu

Pima Customs College (PCC) is a public community college in Pima Canton, Arizona. It serves the Tucson metropolitan surface area with a community college district consisting of five campuses, four teaching centers, and several adult education learning centers. It provides traditional and online educational activity for over 144 programs.^[1] The college also offers workforce grooming, not-credit personal interest classes and post-baccalaureate certificates. PCC is 1 of the largest multi-campus community colleges in the United states, with relative ranking varying between quaternary and tenth largest.^[two] PCC is accredited past the College Learning Commission.^[3]

History [edit]

Voters in Pima County canonical the creation of a junior college commune in 1966 and the starting time classes were held in 1969 at a temporary campus in an airplane hangar at the Tucson airport, Tucson Medical Middle, Villa Maria, and Marana. The college was originally named Pima College but the name was changed to Pima Community College in 1972 to better reflect the mission of the higher.^[4]

In 2008, PCC's Board of Governors began receiving bearding complaints of sexual harassment by PCC chancellor Roy Flores. The board took no formal action until 2011 and Flores resigned in 2012 citing health bug.^[5] The search for his replacement has been troubled. In February 2013, PCC discovered that the search consultant failed to disembalm an event with a finalist for the job; the consultant was fired and the job search extended.^[vi]

Ane month later on the chancellor search was extended, the interim chancellor resigned in the wake of a scathing report issued by PCC's regional accreditor the Higher Learning Commission (HLC).^[7] The report documented not only the ignored complaints of sexual harassment but also a hostile work environs and numerous authoritative and fiscal problems. The report also discussed problems with admissions standards that PCC changed in 2011, problems the higher has admitted.^[8] As a result of these problems Pima been on probation with the HLC; even so, on February. 26, 2015 this probation was rescinded. Although the probation was retracted, Pima continues to remain "On Notice" for deficiencies.^[9]

PCC besides received media attention in early 2011 as the former school of 2011 Tucson Shooting perpetrator Jared Lee Loughner. While at PCC, some of his teachers complained to the administration about his disruptions and bizarre beliefs, as they thought them a sign of mental illness and feared what he might exercise. The college decided to suspend Loughner.^[10]

Campuses and learning centers [edit]

The original campus for Pima Higher was located at the site which is now the Westward Campus. Before the campus opened, classes were taught at a multifariousness of locations around Tucson. From 1971 to the present, the college district has expanded to meet the growing educational needs of the Tucson area. The campuses and learning centre provides traditional classroom, distance learning, and hands-on learning opportunities. There are six campuses beyond the Tucson metropolitan surface area:

• Customs campus (closed in 2019)^[xi]
• Desert Vista campus
• Downtown campus
• East campus
• Northwest campus
• W campus

Additionally, there are 4 Learning/Education Centers:

• Davis Monthan Air Forcefulness Base Education Center
• Green Valley Community Learning Center
• Northeast Education Center (closed in 2011)
• Southeast Education Eye

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The Pima Community Higher Community campus was opened in 1975 to come across not-traditional educational needs, including distance learning, not-caste activity classes, and adult education. In 1997, the campus moved to Bonita Avenue and Commerce Park Loop, near St. Mary'due south Road and Interstate ten. The campus was home to the teacher teaching program. Many of its services were moved to the Northwest, West, and Downtown campuses when Community campus was closed in 2019.^[11]

Desert Vista campus [edit]

Start established as the South Instruction Eye in 1986, the Desert Vista campus moved to its nowadays location in 1993. The campus is located at Valencia Viejo, a site once occupied by the Hohokam people, between Irvington Road and Valencia Road on Calle Santa Cruz, west of Interstate 19. The campus supports the nearby Aviation Technology Center at Tucson International Airport and supplies workforce training to the business community at the Center for Training and Evolution.

Downtown campus [edit]

Opened in 1974, Downtown Campus is situated between Speedway Blvd. and Drachman Street on Stone Avenue, close to downtown Tucson and e of Interstate 10. Information technology has traditional academic, occupational, technical, and trade programs. In 2018 the historic Tucson Inn was purchased by the district and added to the campus.^[12]

East campus [edit]

In 1976, the college established the Eastward Learning Center, which became East campus in 1981 with the construction of a new facility located on 58 acres (23 ha) of country at Irvington Road and Fred Enke Drive, near Davis-Monthan Air Forcefulness Base. Its programs include Veterinary Technology and Emergency Medical Engineering.

The College East Campus Observatory was established in 1989 past Professor David 1000. Iadevaia. It includes the Pima College – E Campus observatory and instruction planetarium. After many years in temporary, makeshift facilities, the observatory at present has a new, permanent home which was designed by Professor Iadevaia. The observatory is an important part of astronomy education, not only for registered students just also for the public.^[13]

Northwest campus [edit]

In 2003, the Northwest Customs Learning Eye (established in 1998) became the Northwest campus, the newest PCC campus. The l-acre (20 ha) campus is located on Shannon Route, between Ina and Magee roads in north Tucson. The campus is home to the hotel/restaurant management and therapeutic massage programs.

West campus [edit]

The oldest Pima Community Higher campus, Due west campus is located on 267 acres (108.1 ha) of land betwixt Anklam Road and Speedway Blvd., west of Interstate 10. The campus was opened in 1970. Facilities located at West Campus include the Center for Archaeological Field Training, the Center for the Arts, and the offices of The Pima Post newspaper and Cababi literary magazine. The campus is home to the college'southward programs in health-related professions. West Campus is dwelling to Sand Script, a student literary mag.

Learning centers [edit]

The learning centers provide administrative functions and teach classes. These centers are:

• Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Instruction Middle, meeting the needs of agile duty military at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and members of the general public.
• Green Valley Community Learning Center, southward of Tucson along Interstate 19, serving the Green Valley customs.

Adult learning centers for basic instruction, ESOL instruction, citizenship classes, and GED grooming are located at the following locations:

• Eastside Learning Heart on south Alvernon Way
• El Pueblo Liberty Learning Center on Irvington Route, east of Interstate 19
• El Rio Learning Center on west Speedway Blvd.
• Lindsey Center on south Third Ave.

Partnership with The Catholic University of America [edit]

In 2019, a partnership with The Catholic University of America was appear whereby students could earn an associate degree from Pima and a bachelor's caste in concern management from Catholic University.^{[14] [15]} The program is administered by Cosmic's Metropolitan Schoolhouse of Professional Studies and taught past professors at Catholic Academy's Busch School of Concern.^[14]

Under the program, first twelvemonth students enter Pima and take a blend of courses from the two institutions, including foundational courses in philosophy and theology.^[xiv] Over the course of the program, two-thirds of courses will be taken remotely and one-3rd will be taken in dedicated space on the Pima campus.^{[15] [xiv] [16]}

Between 20 and 25 students will initially be admitted to the program, which has a total four year cost of $32,000,^{[xv] [sixteen] [17]} far less than the cost of in-state tuition at a four-year Arizona public college.^[xviii] At the time of launch, it was hoped to grow the program to include 100 students per accomplice in 3 years.^[19] Financial help is available through both institutions.^[nineteen] Local businesses in Tucson are too fundraising to back up the program.^{[nineteen] [18]}

Catholic Academy officials recognized that most Hispanics in the United States are Catholics but historically take not had admission to Catholic higher education in their areas.^[17] An analysis by Catholic University institute that of "the 25 U.Southward. cities with the largest total increases in the Hispanic population, 9 have no Catholic college or university in shut proximity."^[xix] Given this, in 2017, Catholic University began exploring partnerships with existing institutions in the Southwest instead of opening up a new campus.^{[17] [16]} Several cities with large populations of Hispanics and Catholics were considered when then-Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild heard of Cosmic University's desire to open a satellite campus.^[17] He chosen the University'south provost and then connected the provost with the bishop and over 300 local business leaders and other members of the community.^{[17] [18]}

The two colleges worked with local business concern leaders^[17] and with Educational activity Design Lab and Extension Engine^[18] to develop the curriculum for the plan. Local business leaders will as well serve every bit adjunct professors.^[17] The program is targeted at get-go generation Americans and other nether-represented socio-economic groups.^[twenty]

Organization and assistants [edit]

PCC is governed by a five-member Board of Governors, whose members serve half dozen-yr elected terms. Lath members are elected based on County electoral district.

Governance and leadership [edit]

The Governing Lath of the Pima Canton Customs College District has five members elected past the voters from geographical districts inside the Pima County. The Chancellor of PCC serves as its chief executive officer with each campus led by a president and each administrative area run by a vice chancellor.

Academics [edit]

PCC offers many community-related programs to back up the needs of the Tucson metropolitan area. Information technology provides GED and developed literacy classes, fine art and theater, senior facilities, and summertime camps. PCC also has an extensive small-business development center.^[21]

PCC is accredited past the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.^[22] Additionally, many medical programs (such equally nursing or veterinary technology) have additional specialized accreditation by the Arizona and Us Departments of Pedagogy. PCC's Aviation Engineering Program, through Davis-Monthan Air Strength Base, is approved by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Pima Community Higher also hosted the Aztec Center College, a program operated by the Tucson Unified School District; it offers credit recovery and concurrent earning of high schoolhouse and college credits to older students on four Pima College campuses.^[23]

Degrees and certificates [edit]

PCC awards the post-obit degrees:

• Associate of Arts (AA)
• Associate of Business (AB)
• Acquaintance of Science (AS)
• Associate of Fine Arts (AFA)
• Associate of Applied Arts (AAA)
• Associate of General Studies (AGS)

It also awards certificates in many disciplines.

AGEC [edit]

In 1999, Arizona approved the Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC) for students transferring from an Arizona community college to one of the three land universities. A 35-credit block of general teaching courses, the AGEC transfers to the state universities (and some other baccalaureate degree granting institutions) to meet their lower sectionalization general instruction requirements.^[24] PCC awards the AGEC-A, AGEC-B, and AGEC-S certificates.

Educatee life [edit]

Student publications [edit]

Pima Post

Blazon	Educatee News Media
Format	Digital
Publisher	Pima Community College, Journalism Program
Staff writers	Students at Pima Community College
Founded	1973
Linguistic communication	English language
Headquarters	West Campus, Pima Community College Tucson, Arizona
Website	http://world wide web.pimapost.com

• Pima Post, the pupil-run online news service. The newspaper has been named a national finalist past the Society of Professional Journalists for best all-around 2-year college newspaper.
• SandScript, a literary magazine. This publication has won the Best Overall Publication, Southwest Sectionalization, from the Community Higher Humanities Clan, most recently in 2013.^[25]

Pima Postal service [edit]

The Pima Post is the student newspaper at Pima Community College. Information technology was created in the 1970s every bit the Campus News (1973 to 1977), then named the Aztec Campus News (1977–1978), the Aztec News (1978–1981), the Aztec Printing (1982–2021) earlier becoming the Pima Post in 2021.^[26] Valerie Vineyard is the electric current adviser and Joshua Manis is the current business manager.

The Pima Post publishes online. The Pima Post covers all six campuses of Pima Community College with their news service. Print circulation was 5,000 copies of bi-weekly editions until 2020 when the publication moved to online-only media distribution.

Other programs [edit]

• Ground forces ROTC
• Performing arts (theater, music, and art)
• Student government
• Honors plan
• Phi Theta Kappa honors social club

Athletics [edit]

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PCC sponsors 15 intercollegiate sports teams for men and women. Pima's teams are nicknamed the Aztecs.

Fall Sports [edit]

• Men's Cross Country
• Women's Cross Country
• Men's Soccer
• Women's Soccer
• Women's Volleyball

Wintertime Sports [edit]

• Men's Basketball
• Women'southward Basketball

Spring Sports [edit]

• Baseball
• Men'due south Golf
• Women's Golf
• Softball
• Men's Tennis
• Women's Tennis
• Men's Track and Field
• Women'southward Rails and Field

Noted people [edit]

• Jared Lee Loughner, perpetrator of the 2011 Tucson shooting^[27] (did non graduate)
• Ned Norris Jr., former Chairman of the Tohono O'odham Nation^[28]
• Warren Faidley, storm chaser
• Tylor White, mechanical engineer
• Avery Stockdale-Stephens, aerospace engineer

Athletes [edit]

• Abdi Abdirahman, Olympic long-distance runner
• D. J. Carrasco, professional person baseball pitcher
• Erubiel Durazo, professional baseball player
• Horacio Llamas, professional basketball player
• Shakir Smith, professional basketball player
• Donald Toia, professional soccer player (MLS)
• Minh Vu, professional soccer role player (USL)

Mixed Martial Artists [edit]

• Seth Baczynski, professional mixed martial artist, 10x veteran of the UFC, and contestant for The Ultimate Fighter 11 likewise as The Ultimate Fighter 25.
• Anthony Birchak, professional mixed martial creative person, 4x veteran of the UFC, and electric current colour commentator for Rizin Fighting Federation.^[29]
• Dominick Cruz, professional mixed martial artist, 7x veteran of the UFC, and the former 2x UFC bantamweight champion, too as the final WEC bantamweight champion.
• Efrain Escudero, NJCAA All-American wrestler; professional mixed martial artist, winner of The Ultimate Fighter 8, and 12x veteran of the UFC.^[30]
• Drew Fickett, professional mixed martial artist, and 7x veteran of the UFC.^[31]
• Jesse Forbes, NJCAA All-American wrestler; mixed martial creative person, contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 2, and 3x veteran of the UFC.^[32]
• Chad Griggs, professional mixed martial artist, and 2x veteran of the UFC.
• Rich Unhurt, professional mixed martial artist, and two fourth dimension Bellator MMA tournament runner-up.
• Danny Martinez, professional person mixed martial artist, and 4x veteran of the UFC.^[29]
• George Roop, professional mixed martial creative person, contestant for The Ultimate Fighter 8, and 13x veteran of the UFC.^[33]
• James Terry, professional person mixed martial artist, Strikeforce & Bellator MMA veteran.
• Jamie Varner, NJCAA All-American wrestler; retired professional person mixed martial artist, 10x veteran of the UFC, and former WEC Lightweight Champion.^[34]
• Ed West, professional mixed martial creative person, and Bellator MMA veteran.

References [edit]

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5. ^ Paul Fain (March 28, 2013). "Closing Doors No More". Inside Higher Teaching. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
6. ^ Dylan Smith (February 6, 2013). "Pima axes consultant in botched chancellor search". Tucson Sentinel. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
7. ^ Dylan Smith (March xix, 2013). "Pima interim chancellor stepping down". Tucson Lookout. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
8. ^ Dylan Smith (March 26, 2013). "PCC's Miles: 'Openly acknowledge we erred' in admission change". Tucson Sentinel. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
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23. ^ Data site
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27. ^ Berger, Judson (2011-01-x). "Loughner's Meltdown Began in Adulthood, Those Near Him Say". Fob News Channel. Retrieved 2011-01-11 .
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34. ^ "Jamie Varner UFC Bio". Retrieved 2014-01-01 .

External links [edit]

• Official website
• Pima Post, college newspaper
• Pima Aztecs, athletics

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