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Frederick Community College

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School Notes:

• Frederick Community College was founded in 1957, offering evening classes to 77 students in borrowed quarters at Frederick High School. Soon after, classes were moved to a separate facility on North Market Street, in downtown Frederick. The College occupied its present 100-acre campus in 1970, on the outskirts of the city. There are ten buildings on campus and several satellite locations. The College provides transfer, career, continuing education, and customized training programs to over 16,000 students annually. It subscribes to an open door admissions policy. FCC's character as a Learning College is represented by its Vision Statement, “Student Learning First.”
• Frederick Community College awards associate in arts, associate of arts in teaching, associate in applied science, and associate in science degrees, as well as certificates and letters of recognition, in more than 50 fields of study. In the Fall 2003 semester, the College's FTE enrollment was 1,330. Over the past five years, FTE enrollment has increased 20% and full-time enrollment has increased 31%. Fifty-eight percent of students are in transfer programs.
• Located in the foothills of Maryland's Catoctin Mountains, FCC's beautiful campus continues to grow. At present it encompasses an Arts & Student Center that includes a cafeteria, art gallery, bookstore, music and art classrooms, and a 400-seat theater; a Library Building with language, video, and allied health laboratories; the Field House, gymnasium, and playing fields; three classroom buildings with faculty offices and administrative space in addition to science, mathematics, and computer laboratories; a lecture hall; a new Conference Center; and a Children's Center. At the present time, planning is underway for a new building to house an expanded student center, classroom, and office space.
• Profile last updated: 07/30/2009.

In the News:

• Commissioners consider freezing projects (Gazette.net)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 10:35:40 am
  Frederick County commissioners are considering a yearlong freeze on construction projects to help bridge a projected $28 million shortfall next year.
• County may halt capital project plans (The Frederick News-Post)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 07:02:08 am
  To reconcile state cuts and falling revenue, Frederick County might freeze all planned capital projects
• Company honors uniformed personnel (The Frederick News-Post)
  posted on November 14, 2009 at 07:00:49 am
  Shumaker Roofing in Frederick has been in the area since 1946 On Friday, the company gave back to the community by honoring local service in uniform
• McClement's transition team begins work (The Frederick News-Post)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 07:01:48 am
  <PMayor-elect Randy McClement revealed the 16 people who will help him make the transition to office in December <pThe team was introduced at a meeting Thursday night, the first time McClement and the five aldermen-elect met to outline the transition strategy and schedule for the City of Frederick's new administration
• Mother gets Kids' Chance appointment (The Frederick News-Post)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 07:00:17 am
  WOODSBORO — Woodsboro resident Laura Grimes-Hartley recently was named to the board of directors for Kids' Chance of Maryland

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