Community College of Baltimore County

Community College of Baltimore County

Type	Community College
Established	1957 Catonsville and Essex Community Colleges. 1971 Dundalk Community College 1998 The three colleges are combined to form CCBC
President	Sandra Kurtinitis, Ph.D.
Students	70,000
Location	Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
Campus	CCBC Catonsville 39°15′9″N 76°44′6″W / 39.25250°N 76.73500°W / 39.25250; -76.73500 CCBC Dundalk 39°16′1″N 76°30′47″W / 39.26694°N 76.51306°W / 39.26694; -76.51306 CCBC Essex 39°21′13″N 76°28′53″W / 39.35361°N 76.48139°W / 39.35361; -76.48139
Website	http://www.ccbcmd.edu

The Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) is an accredited community college located in Baltimore County, Maryland in the United States with three main campuses and three extension centers.

Programs and enrollment

CCBC has more than 100 associate degree and certificate programs in a wide range of fields. Annual enrollment is greater than 72,000 students, most of whom live in the surrounding communities. The college has nationwide and international ties as well, with the student body representing 55 countries. The Catonsville, Dundalk, and Essex campuses each have an Honors Program for day and evening students.

Campuses

CCBC has three main campuses located in the Catonsville, Dundalk, and Essex communities of Baltimore County, Maryland, as well as extension centers located in the Hunt Valley, Owings Mills, and Randallstown communities of Baltimore County. Each campus started as its own college, with Hunt Valley, Owings Mills, and Randallstown centers being extensions to Catonsville Community College, however, in 1998 the separate colleges of Catonsville, Dundalk, and Essex merged to form the Community College of Baltimore County.

Catonsville Campus

Currently located at 800 South Rolling Road, Catonsville, Maryland, and approximately one mile west of the Baltimore Beltway, the Catonsville campus of CCBC originated in 1957 as Catonsville Community College (CCC). Originally, the college operated out of the basement of Catonsville High School with an enrollment of 53 students, and shared a curriculum with that of Essex Community College, founded at the same time. Between 1959 and 1963, the County Board of Education raised funds to purchase a permanent campus for the college, eventually buying the Knapp Estate (a dairy farm in Catonsville). The construction on new classroom buildings began in 1962. As of 2005, the CCBC Catonsville campus has 19 buildings. The former manor / farm house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

Dundalk Campus

Community College of Baltimore County Dundalk Campus is one of the three main campuses of CCBC which was started in 1970 and built in 1971. As of 2005 it has 16 buildings, and houses the Baltimore County police training academy. Dundalk is the smallest of the three campuses.

CCBC - Essex Campus - June 2005

Essex Campus

Currently located at 7201 Rossville Boulevard, Essex, Maryland, the Essex Campus of CCBC originated in 1957 as Essex Community College. Originally, the college operated out of Kenwood High School with an enrollment of 59 and shared a curriculum with that of Catonsville Community College. Jokingly, it is referred to by many of its students as The University of Rossville Boulevard. As of 2005, it has 14 buildings. The school mascot is the knight. CCBC Essex has one of the top rated associate nursing programs in the region. bnn

Notable alumni

Sonny Askew - Retired soccer player
Talmadge Branch - member of Maryland House of Delegates
Thomas L. Bromwell - Convicted Maryland politician
Glynn Davis - baseball player
Mel Kiper, Jr. - ESPN NFL draft analyst
Katherine A. Klausmeier - Maryland State Senator
Jeff Nelson - baseball player
James F. Ports, Jr. - former Maryland State Delegate
Mike Rowe - Host of the show Dirty Jobs on Discovery Channel
Matthew VanDyke - Freedom fighter and Prisoner of War (POW) in the 2011 Libyan Civil War
Too Tall Hall - Harlem Globetrotters player

Extension centers

CCBC has a number of extension centers around Baltimore County, most notably in Hunt Valley, Owings Mills, and Randallstown.

Hunt Valley Extension Center

Community College of Baltimore County Hunt Valley Campus is one of the three supplemental campuses of CCBC. It uses a leased building located in 11101 McCormick Road, a business park in Hunt Valley, Maryland.

Owings Mills Extension Center

Community College of Baltimore County Owings Mills Campus is the second of the two supplemental campuses of CCBC. It used a leased building located at 110 Painters Mill Road in Owings Mills, Maryland until 2013, when it moved into a brand new building of its own along with the Baltimore County Public Library in Owings Mills on the (new) Grand Central Avenue (also in Owings Mills, Maryland), near the Owings Mills Metro Train Station.

Randallstown Extension Center

The Community College of Baltimore County introduced a new campus at the Liberty Center in the Randallstown Plaza Shopping Center in January 2011.

National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium

Main article: National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium

This Community College is a NAFTC's Training Center.

References

↑ Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.

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Colleges and universities in Baltimore

Public institutions	Coppin State University Morgan State University Towson University University of Baltimore University of Maryland, Baltimore University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Private institutions	Goucher College Johns Hopkins University Loyola University Maryland Maryland Institute College of Art Notre Dame of Maryland University Peabody Institute Stevenson University Stratford University

Community colleges	BCCC Liberty Heights BCCC Downtown Harbor BCCC Life Sciences Institute CCBC Catonsville CCBC Dundalk CCBC Essex Anne Arundel CC Carroll CC Harford CC Howard CC

Colleges and universities in Maryland

Public institutions	Bowie State University Coppin State University Frostburg State University Morgan State University St. Mary's College of Maryland Salisbury University Towson University United States Naval Academy University of Baltimore University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science University of Maryland Eastern Shore University of Maryland University College University of Maryland, Baltimore University of Maryland, Baltimore County University of Maryland, College Park University System of Maryland at Hagerstown

Private institutions	Baltimore International College Capitol Technology University Goucher College Hood College Johns Hopkins University National Labor College Loyola University Maryland Maryland Bible College & Seminary Maryland Institute College of Art McDaniel College Mount St. Mary's University Yeshivas Ner Yisroel Notre Dame of Maryland University St. John's College St. Mary's Seminary and University Sojourner–Douglass College Stevenson University Washington Adventist University Washington College

Community colleges	Allegany College of Maryland Anne Arundel Community College Baltimore City Community College College of Southern Maryland Community College of Baltimore County Carroll Community College Cecil College Chesapeake College Frederick Community College Garrett College Hagerstown Community College Harford Community College Howard Community College Montgomery College Prince George's Community College Wor–Wic Community College

Defunct institutions	Baltimore Hebrew University Eastern Christian College Mount Saint Agnes College St. Charles College Woodstock College

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