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Pasco-Hernando Community College
File:PHCC Seal.png
TypePublic, 2-year, community college
Established1967
PresidentDr. Katherine M. Johnson
Location
New Port Richey
,
Florida
,
USA
Campus4 campuses
MascotConquistadors
Websitehttp://www.phcc.edu/

Pasco–Hernando Community College (PHCC) is the youngest two-year community college in Florida.[1] With four campuses in Brooksville, Dade City, New Port Richey and Spring Hill, PHCC serves Pasco and Hernando counties in the central west coast of Florida.

PHCC was established in 1967 by the Florida Legislature and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the associate's degree.[1] In addition, the college offers many other certification programs in the fields of computer science, health occupations, and law enforcement. One of the newest programs is the Educator Preparation Institute, an alternative teacher certification program.

PHCC also offers GED preparation classes to prepare students to test for the GED diploma, and dual-enrollment classes for high school students. Many students select the two-year community college as an alternative to higher priced four-year institutions with the prospect of transferring.

A fifth campus is scheduled to open in 2014 in Wesley Chapel to serve central Pasco County.[2] The new campus is named the Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch after the Porter family which donated the land to the college.[2] In March 2013 PHCC President Katherine Johnson announced plans to change the college's name to correlate with the beginning of offering baccalaureate programs in 2014.[3] The school sought public feedback via its website regarding four proposed new names: College of Pasco-Hernando, Pasco-Hernando College, Pasco-Hernando State College, or State College of Pasco-Hernando.[3]

Notable alumni and attendees

Alumni Status is open to Pasco-Hernando Community College graduates, all former students of PHCC who regularly matriculated and left the college in good standing.

Alumni Notability
Kurt S. Browning Youngest Supervisor of Elections for Pasco County, Florida's Secretary of State
Greg Jones Retired Major League Baseball pitcher
John Legg Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Lucy Morgan Journalist; winner of 1985 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting
Robert Schenck Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Wilton Simpson Current member of the Florida Senate

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Hedman, Carol Jeffares (10 June 2005), "Community College Began With No Walls", Tampa Tribune, Tampa, FL
  2. ^ a b Kinsler, Laura (28 September 2011). "Ground broken, but hiccup in funding delays PHCC site". TBO.com. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  3. ^ a b Bates, Michael (21 March 2013). "PHCC seeks name change". Hernando Today. Retrieved 26 March 2013.

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