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Alvin Community College

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• The Alvin Community College District, a two-year public community college, was approved by the qualified voters of the Alvin Independent School District on November 2, 1948. From its inception until 1971, the College was administered by officials of the Alvin Independent School District. The 1971-72 academic year marked the beginning of a new era in the history of Alvin Community College. A separate administration, tax district, and College Board were established to assume the management, control, and operation of a newly created Alvin Junior College District.
• Alvin Community College is a public community college in Brazoria County, Texas. The college provide educational opportunities in workforce training, academics, technical fields, adult basic education, and personal development.
• The College seeks to provide students the opportunity to develop skills needed to enter and succeed in College programs through continuing opportunities to extend and upgrade skills, knowledge, and interests; through testing, evaluation, and counseling to allow students to make informed decisions regarding their abilities, achievements, and behavior; and through experiences to develop personal, social, and cultural dimensions.
• Alvin Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees and certificates.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Aggie Baseball Signs 11 (KBTX 3 Bryan - College Station)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 02:14:05 am
  The Texas A&M baseball team signed 11 student-athletes to national letters of intent, head coach Rob Childress announced Thursday.
• Hospital news a boost for Alvin (The Facts)
  posted on November 15, 2009 at 04:36:26 pm
  ALVIN — News of a hospital coming to Alvin cured what ailed Pete Nash. The physical therapist and Alvin Community College regent chair remembered the years he and other residents fought to bring a hospital to town.
• Christus St. Joseph to open hospital in Alvin (The Facts)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 05:21:06 am
  ALVIN — Civic leaders have spent years trying to lure a hospital to Alvin, and on Wednesday developers and Christus Health announced they plan to build an 86,000-square-foot facility off Highway 35, starting in 2010.
• Alvin eyes possible convention center (The Facts)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 04:51:35 am
  ALVIN — City Council voted last week to purchase 33 acres off Highway 35 for a convention center, allocating $1.6 million in tax notes that includes money to buy land and pay for an environmental study for the site.
• City may lease Bailey Road building share (Pearland Journal)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 07:50:32 am
  Pearland city officials are talking over the possibility of renting 50,000 sq. ft. of Pearland ISD’s Bailey Road facility for Parks and Recreation programs. The terms of the proposed lease were presented and discussed at a recent city council meeting.

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