Updated 05-May-2020.
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My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Camden County College (CCC) is an accredited co-educational two-year public community college located in Camden county, new jersey . as a community college, the school offers both liberal arts and technical training including a the College offers degree programs in Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and Associate in Applied Science . Camden County created a college board in 1964 and a voter referendum, in 1965, approved the creation of a county college the only surviving seminary building, Jefferson hall, is used by Rutgers University’s School of Health Professionals . Jefferson hall survived due to its architecture, The Three buildings form an “U” shape with a small first day of classes for the college was on September 25, 1967 only six months from the founding of the college . three original buildings are still in use. the original enrollment was less than 500 students . the college opened its first campus in Camden City in 1969 . in 1970, the college began its first multimillion-dollar expansion . the blackwood campus added several more buildings and programs . in 1989, the Blackwood campus underwent another round of expansion . the college added a manufacturing technology building, a laser institute building, and a Child Care center . in 2000, the Rohrer Center was opened in since 2005 renovation has modernized the Blackwood campus . a “ring road” was constructed to allow for better traffic flow and parking . in 2011, the Technical Institute of Camden County and the Regional Emergency Training Center were incorporated into in 1967 the college began with less than 500 students. the first graduating class was 172 students in 1969. Enrollment expanded, by 2011, to over 15,000 students and 1,800 graduates. During his tenure the College grew from he was an important part in expanding Camden County College into Camden City . he also extended college credit classes to pre-college students . in 2009, he died in 2009 . During his tenure the college built a new campus in Camden city at Cooper and Broadway . it also expanded the technical facilities at the main campus located in blackwood, new jersey . During her presidency Camden County College built he was hired as Vice President of Academic Affairs in 2000 and became president of the college in 2006 . the campus attained rankings as one of the larger community colleges in the country being in the top 100 in growth, enrollment and degrees granted During his presidency the school has expanded its online classes and partnered with WHYY Public Television Philadelphia in order to share content . Dr. Yannuzzi became president of the college in 2016. the Wolverton Library contains over 40,000 volumes and print journals covering three floors of the building . students and staff have access to the county library system which allows access to any volume in the Camden County public library system . the the library maintains subscriptions to over thirty five popular and academic magazines . the Connector is a three story breezeway-office-classroom facility linking Madison Hall with the College Community Center . Madison Connector contains a lecture the Madison Connector building houses Civic Hall and The Forum . Civic Hall is a 315 stadium seat lecture hall containing a full presentation room in the back and multiple cameras and projectors . The Forum is . the science building is a $30 million capital project . it had its groundbreaking on October 26, 2010 and had its dedication on April 12, 2013 . the Science Building includes: three floors and 107,000 square feet (9,900 square feet) of the Building is named after Kevin Halpern, the chairman for the Camden County College Board of Trustees from 1996 until his death in September 2012 . the city campus was moved to its current location in 1991 . in 2004, the camden technology center opened across the street from College Hall . college hall is a five-story, fifty thousand sq. foot building . the university district bookstore is open to the public . in 2012 a Starbucks coffeeshop opened in the bookstore making it the only Starbucks in downtown Camden . the purpose of the facility is to create a space for the teaching and learning students at the Camden City campus also have access to the Paul Robeson Library of the Rutgers University-Camden . in 1997 the Rohrer Charitable Foundation awarded a million dollar grant to the college the campus provides a high-tech learning environment . the entire campus has wireless internet . every classroom has a digital projector and computer workstation for the lecturer . the Rohrer Campus has experienced rapid growth . when it opened only 200 students took classes in the building . the number increased to nearly 1,800 students by the Spring 2010 semester . students taking classes at the Rohrer Campus can also take classes at any of the Camden County College campuses . on may 1, 2010, the College celebrated the tenth anniversary of the opening of the building . a new portrait of consolidation adds two new locations to Camden County College . the Technical Institute is located in Sicklerville, NJ . Emergency Training facility is in blackwood, NJ (separate location from the Main blackwood campus) the Technical Institute of Camden County’s Cosmetology Clinic offers the services of a salon/spa at low cost. students receive more than 1,000 hours of instruction in a well-equipped salon. students enrolled in the cosmetology program staff a full-service salon each Thursday, September through May . all the students have over 600 hours of study and training . the regional emergency training center houses the firefighter academy camden county college has served the educational needs of over 325,000 students . four campuses, as well as the online course program, have all increased over the 2000s . between 2005 and 2010 the online course program has increased its enrollment credits by 64% from 5,965 credits to 9,773 credits. The Rohrer Campus, located in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, increased its enrolling credits by 44% members of the police academy would conduct the flag raising and lowering ceremony on campus . tradition began in 1988 when police academy was moved to Camden County College . in September 2011 police academy moved to the regional emergency training center of camden the flag raising ceremony at camden county college was concluded in may 2011 . students must maintain a 3.5 GPA to remain in the program . classes within the Honors Program are smaller – usually capped at 20 students rather members of the program are required to participate in three campus-based cultural or service events . students who graduate as a member of the Honors Program receive a special designation in the Commencement Brochure . the honors the Center organizes two lecture series per year, free of charge to the public . in 2010, Camden County College faculty and staff won 25 grants totaling $4,432,114 . members of the college were awarded $4,977,000 members of the college won grants totaling nearly $4,100,000. grants included awards from the Autism Society of America, J&J Snacks, Susquehanna Bank, the Gates Foundation and the US Department of Labor third group of speakers is composed of educators . united states congressman Donald Norcross selected as speaker for 2015 . Commencement ceremony took place on may 16, 2015 at the Blackwood Campus . the college’s athletic teams compete at the Division III level . Deputy secretary of the department of labor spoke at the ceremony . the college is also a member of the Garden State Athletic Conference . Camden County College athletics is pleased to introduce coach Gary Papa as the new head wrestling coach . the college will compete at the Division III level of the National Junior College Athletic Association . wrestling was very successful at CCC until it was in 2014 Camden County College also brought back women’s tennis . the program has made the playoffs seventeen of its nineteen years . in December 2014 camden county college named William Banks as the new athletic director . the program has won four Garden State Championships and two District B championships . it has been ranked as one of the top 10 programs in the country by the NJCAA four times . in 2012 Lindsay Russo,