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Tunxis Community College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Tunxis Community College was chartered by the State of Connecticut in 1969 to serve the Bristol-New Britain and Farmington Valley areas. It first opened for classes in October 1970 with 494 students; today approximately 7,000 full- and part-time students attend the College each semester enrolled in credit and continuing education classes. Yet Tunxis is still small enough to offer students individual attention. Since the first graduation in 1972, more than 8,000 persons have received an associate's degree or a certificate from the College.
• Choose from over 60 associate's degree and certificate programs ranging from computers and technology to healthcare, human services, business, accounting, criminal justice, television operations, engineering science, manufacturing, liberal arts, graphic design, and much more. With quality education, flexible scheduling, credit and non-credit courses
• Tunxis offers non-credit and CEU programs, specialized occupational training, and customized employee training. Students have also transferred their credits from Tunxis to bachelor's degree programs at the University of Connecticut, CT State Universities, Trinity College, St. Joseph College, Quinnipiac University, Wesleyan, Yale, Georgetown, Northeastern, and many other universities.
• Tunxis Community College is licensed and accredited by the Connecticut Board of Governors for Higher Education and accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Incorporated.
• Profile last updated: 04/01/2009.

In the News:

• Design advances for Tunxis $11 million expansion (The New Britain Herald)
  posted on November 1, 2009 at 11:28:00 pm
  BRISTOL — The expansion at Tunxis Community College is moving ahead with the design phase for a new classroom building on Route 6.
• Artists discuss this year’s ‘100 Days’ of summer (The New Britain Herald)
  posted on October 9, 2009 at 10:57:45 pm
  FARMINGTON — Advice for aspiring journalists: if you interview an artist, writer or other creative person, don’t ask, “Where do you get your ideas from?” because you run the risk of a sarcastic answer like, “A mail-order house out in Tulsa.”
• Community Foundation awards more than $200K in second-round grants (The New Britain Herald)
  posted on October 9, 2009 at 07:58:35 am
  NEW BRITAIN — The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain has awarded $201,960 in second-round grants. The foundation serves a four-town area: Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and Southington.
• Artists discuss this year’s ‘100 Days’ of summer (The Bristol Press)
  posted on October 8, 2009 at 09:26:18 am
  FARMINGTON — Advice for aspiring journalists: if you interview an artist, writer or other creative person, don’t ask, “Where do you get your ideas from?” because you run the risk of a sarcastic answer like, “A mail-order house out in Tulsa.”
• Dreams Deferred: Students Transfer To Less-Expensive Colleges As Families Feel Strain (Hartford Courant)
  posted on October 6, 2009 at 11:58:51 pm
  In his economics class recently, Ben Telep came across a term that he quickly saw had a personal and somewhat painful application: opportunity cost.

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