Angelina College is a community college whose parent branch is located in Lufkin, Texas. Additionally, the college has nine off-campus centers located in: Crockett, Hemphill, Jasper, Livingston (Polk County Center), Nacogdoches, Pineland (Sabine Center), San Augustine, Trinity, and Woodville. The college enrolls upwards of 5,000 students in its undergraduate degree programs. In addition to its academic/vocational programs, the college has a community services division, which oversees the college's Adult Education Consortium, Continuing Education Units, and Career Development initiatives.
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History
Angelina College was founded on September 24, 1966 with construction of the original seven building campus having begun in November 1967. Angelina College first opened its doors to students in the fall of 1968.
Dr. Jack Hudgins was elected the first president of Angelina College December 12, 1966 by the trustees. Hudgins stepped down in 1991 and was succeeded by Dr. Larry Phillips, the college's second president. Hudgins remained on campus as a part-time music instructor. To honor his tenure as the president, the fine arts building was renamed Hudgins Hall in 2001.
In 2015, Dr. Michael Simon succeeded Dr. Phillips as president making him the 3rd president of the college.
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Campus
College buildings include :
- Angelina Center for the Arts & Temple Theater
- Temple Hall (Business)
- Hudgins Hall (Liberal and Fine Arts)
- Liberal Arts
- Science & Mathematics
- Technology and Workforce Development Center
- Health Careers I & II
- Social & Behavioral Sciences
- Community Services Center
- Shands Gymnasium
- Angelina College Library
- Angelina Police Academy
- Angelina College Small Business Development Center
The Lufkin campus has a dormitory for students.
Academics
The college offers a Transfer Core Curriculum and associate degrees in 30 occupational programs, certificates and associate of applied sciences degrees, 31 programs or classes in Community Services (non-credit) that lead to certifications or licensure, Adult Education, GED, and ESL courses.
Divisions
Academic programs in the college are organized into the following divisions:
- Business Division
- Fine Arts Division
- Liberal Arts Division
- Technology and Workforce Division
- Health Careers Division
- Science and Mathematics Division
Organization and administration
As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of Angelina College is the following:
- all of Angelina, Houston, Nacogdoches, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, Trinity, and Tyler Counties,
- the Alto and Wells school districts, located within Cherokee County,
- the Burkeville and Newton school districts, located within Newton County,
- the Jasper Independent School District, located within Jasper County,
- the Coldspring-Oakhurst and Shepherd school districts, located within San Jacinto County (note that the Texas Education Code has Shepherd misspelled as "Shepard"),
- the portion of the Brookeland Independent School District located within Newton and Jasper Counties,
- the portion of the Colmesneil Independent School District located within Jasper County, and
- the portion of the Trinity Independent School District located within Walker County.
Academic profile
Angelina College averages 5,000 students per semester with the majority of those attending class on-campus. The college offers all modes of education including online instruction (distance learning), hybrid model class instruction, and on-campus (face-to-face) instruction.
Angelina College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, and Associate of Applied Science degrees. In addition, AC offers certificates and degrees in various programs tailored toward the local economy, especially programs in the medical field such as radiology, sonography, EMS, nursing (vocation and a 2-year RN program), pharmacy tech, and surgical tech. One of its unique offerings is a LVN program which is housed on the campus of Hudson Independent School District, supposedly the first such program in the nation to be offered on a high school campus. The college also offers a Bachelors of Science in Nursing and a Master of Science in Nursing, through A&M, to students enrolled in the program at the Lufkin Campus. This program was introduced to the college in 2016, and it is meant to benefit those students who have graduated with their A.S.N. from Angelina College to continue their careers in nursing without having to leave the East Texas area.
Student life
Student Organizations include :
- Alpha Beta Gamma International Business Honor Society
- Angelina College Nursing Student Organization
- Angelina College Student Association
- Club Express
- Live Poet's Society
- Lufkin Community Band
- Paralegal/Legal Assistant Club
- Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society
- Press Club
- PSI- Psychology and Sociology Inc
- Spanish Club
- VN Student Club for Vocational Nursing
- GSA Angelina College Gay Alliance
Organized sports
The school colors are Royal Blue, Columbia Blue, Orange, and White and the school mascot is the Roadrunner. Angelina College competes in the NJCAA Region XIV Texas Eastern Conference in Men's and Women's Basketball, baseball, softball and soccer.
Notable people
- Clay Buchholz, MLB pitcher
- Mark Calaway, pro wrestler known as The Undertaker in World Wrestling Entertainment
- Andrew Cashner, MLB pitcher
- Dennis Cook, MLB pitcher
- Lamont Mack, basketball forward
- Allen R. Morris, Emmy Award Winning Producer/Director/Writer
- Josh Tomlin, MLB pitcher
References
External links
- Official website
Source of article : Wikipedia
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