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Passaic County Community College

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School Notes:

• Passaic County Community College is a publicly supported two-year college offering associate in arts and associate in science degree programs that lead to transfer to four-year colleges. Offering associate in applied science degrees and certificates in career specializations, the College provides more than forty degree and certificate programs to over 7,000 students. Student activities, cultural programming, and intercollegiate athletics provide students with a variety of extracurricular experiences.
• PCCC's main campus is located in the lower portion of Passaic County, New Jersey, in the heart of one of the nation's historic industrial cities, Paterson. The campus serves an extremely diverse population. The central campus buildings include Academic Hall, Founders' Hall, Hamilton Hall, and the newly refurbished Hamilton Club building. Academic Hall contains classrooms, computer and science laboratories, and the Academic Resource Center; it is connected to Founders' Hall by a passageway that crosses over College Boulevard. Founders' Hall contains many administrative offices, gymnasium, and theater.
• The College has recently added a child-care center, expanded its library facilities, electronic and multimedia classrooms greatly enhanced our Paterson campus. The historic “Hamilton Club” building is newly renovated for use as a conference center, and the Wanaque Academic Center provides an outstanding setting for the delivery of academic programs. PCCC is now one of the most technologically advanced campuses in the region.
• Today, PCCC enrolls over 7000 students a year in over 40 associate degree, certificate, and diploma programs plus an extensive program of English as a Second Language, continuing education, and customized training. At PCCC, you will enter a learning environment that is intimate and nurturing, where small class size encourages meaningful dialogue with instructors and where friendships develop and grow.
• The college is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Ahearn: Up for a challenge: community colleges (The Record and Herald News)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 03:08:09 pm
  NEW JERSEY’S community colleges are thriving despite the recession. Full-time credit enrollment is up 12 percent statewide since last fall, to nearly 100,000.
• DCCC wins district volleyball championship (The Lexington Dispatch)
  posted on October 31, 2009 at 07:26:13 pm
  From staff reports Davidson County Community College defeated Passaic County Community College 25-14, 22-25, 25-20, 26-24 to win the NJCAA Division III District H volleyball championship Saturday in Paterson, N.J. The Storm (19-6) will play in the Division III national tournament Nov. 13-14 in Rochester, Minn.
• 500 compete for jobs at 12 companies (The Record and Herald News)
  posted on October 31, 2009 at 12:09:37 am
  Throngs of unemployed and underemployed people went looking for work at the same place on Friday: the job fair at a satellite campus of PCCC.
• GOP challenging Dems in Bloomingdale (The Record and Herald News)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 07:24:17 pm
  North Jersey Media Group: NorthJersey.com, the Online Edition of The Record and The Herald News is your local source for the latest coverage of local news, local sports, and local entertainment, with stories, photos and videos, as well as regional, national and world coverage, including obituaries, weather, traffic and complete classifieds listings for Northern New Jersey.
• New Jersey Music and Arts fall fest (The Record and Herald News)
  posted on October 16, 2009 at 02:10:17 pm
  New Jersey Music and Arts, Inc. will hold its fall fest 2009, a celebration of the season with performances of music, drama and dance at the Passaic County Community College auditorium in Paterson on Friday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m. Among the performers will be the classical pianist Juan Pablo Horcasitas, the New Hope Players, the WAIT Dance Team, the Arts and Folklore School Dance Ensemble and more.

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