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Truckee Meadows Community College

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School Notes:

• In 1969, the community college system was established by the Nevada State Legislature. In 1971, Governor Mike O'Callaghan dedicated Western Nevada Community College as one of three community colleges in the Community College Division of the Nevada System of Higher Education. In 1979, the Board of Regents split Western Nevada Community College and established Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC). TMCC became the fourth community college within the Nevada System of Higher Education.
• Truckee Meadows Community College is continually growing and finding new ways to prepare students for the real world. Offering academic and university transfer, occupational training, career enhancement workshops and classes just for fun, TMCC is the fastest growing college in northern Nevada. TMCC serves over 12,000 students with programs leading to associate degrees and certificates in more than 40 academic and occupational areas.
• TMCC's Dandini Campus houses the administrative functions of the college as well as a wide variety of academic and occupational programs. Students have access to a wide variety of student services on the main campus, including the Elizabeth Sturm Library, open computer laboratories, career and job placement advisement, drop-in child care, academic assistance from The SOURCE and Writing Center, cultural awareness workshops and special events.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Female MMA Fighter Quickly Gaining Recognition At Reno Gym (KOLO 8 Reno)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 03:20:44 am
  RENO -- She is competing in a sport dominated by men with no prior training, but in just six weeks, Tay Stratford has gone from an inexperienced 18-year-old to a respectable Mixed Martial Arts fighter.
• Construction education grants awarded (Reno Gazette-Journal)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 09:45:29 am
  The Nevada State Commission on Construction Education awarded a total $215,000 in grants to five organizations in the state.
• Nevada volunteers help clean up Virginia city opera house (Reno Gazette-Journal)
  posted on November 17, 2009 at 09:49:38 am
  Piper's Opera House in Virginia City gets plenty of attention inside; Sunday, the outside was the primary focus. Members of the University of Nevada's Circle K club led a work force of 55 to 65 students in what's become an annual community service project to spruce up the historic opera house.
• Washoe district has first data session on improving schools (Reno Gazette-Journal)
  posted on November 14, 2009 at 10:27:43 am
  The Washoe County School District's first session on using metric data to design solutions and strategy to improve education on Thursday revealed the good and the not so good.
• GOP front-runner faces attacks from own party (Nevada Appeal)
  posted on November 14, 2009 at 06:05:27 am
  GOP front-runner faces attacks from own party By MARTIN GRIFFITH Associated Press Writer RENO - The high-stakes election is still a year away, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is already leveling criticism at Republican Sue Lowden, the former state GOP chairwoman, state legislator and Miss America candidate who hopes to unseat him. Lowden, however, is apparently holding her own ...

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