Herkimer County Community College
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Herkimer County Community College is a two-year community college in the Village of Herkimer in Herkimer County, New York, USA.
The college is in the northwest part of the village, bounded on the north by Reservoir Road.
History
The initial planning for Herkimer Community College began with a meeting in 1962 in Dolgeville, New York. The college was approved by the State University of New York in 1965, and the County Board of Supervisors authorized the college in 1966. The first class, numbering 221 freshman, entered in the Fall of 1967 at a temporary campus in the Village of Ilion. The current, permanent campus came into use in 1971.About Herkimer County Community College
The college offers programs leading to Associates degrees or certificates is several dozen program areas. The college is fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.Enrollment is approximately 2,500 students.
Athletics
Herkimer County Community College's Generals have won a total of 25 NJCAA championships in women's field hockey, men's nordic, men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse, men's basketball, men's soccer, women's soccer, cross country running, and the track & field events of women's pole vault and women's 100 meter dash.Men's lacrosse has won 9 national titles, men's soccer has won 6, women's field hockey (now no longer in existence) has 3, and men's basketball has won 1 National Championship. Six individuals have also won national titles in both cross country running and track & field events.
HCCC Generals teams have also won 66 NJCAA Region III Championships to go along with the 25 NJCAA National Championships.
Faculty Author
Thomas Barthel is the author of five books: Walkie-Talkie Fanning Bees The Fierce Fun of Ducky Medwick; Pepper Martin, a Baseball Biography; Barnstorming 1901-1962; Those Peerless Semipros: The Brooklyn Bushwicks of Dexter Park.External links
- [Herkimer County Community College]
- [Additional information about Herkimer CCC]
- [Herkimer College catalogue]
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