Everything about Passaic County Community College totally explained
Passaic County Community College is an
accredited,
co-educational, two-year,
public,
community college located in
Passaic County,
New Jersey. The school's main campus is located in
Paterson. The Wanaque Academic Center is located in
Wanaque, has over 1,000 students. The Public Safety Academy is based in
Wayne. In addition, there's a planned campus in Passaic.
GENERAL INFORMATION
The Spring 2008 semester enrollment is 7,142 students. PCCC offers
associate's degrees,
diploma and certificate programs in areas such as
liberal arts,
business,
information technology, human services, and
English as a second language. Programs are offered days, evenings and Saturdays.
Financial aid is available to qualified applicants. Students who are at least 18 years old or have graduated
high school are admitted to the College. Non-credit
continuing education classes are also available in a wide variety of areas.
The original campus is the Paterson campus, which opened its doors in 1971. The Wanaque Academic Center opened its doors in 2000.
The Public Safety Academy in Wayne opened its doors
September 28,
2003. The Academy serves
first responder training needs, particularly for the volunteer fire and
Emergency medical technician (EMT) squads throughout Passaic County. In addition to PCCC's
fire science and
criminal justice classes, some
liberal arts and
humanities classes are offered at the Academy as well. Non-credit
continuing education courses offered at the Public Safety Academy include Emergency Medical Technician, Fire Inspector and Fire Official courses, Uniform Construction Code courses, and
Commercial driver's license training.
PCCC's current president is Dr. Steven Rose.
The athletic teams are called the "Panthers". They field teams in both men and women's
basketball, men's
soccer, and women's
volleyball.
The PCCC motto is "Nothing so near can take you so far!"
Passaic County Community College is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
The new parking garage facility in Paterson opened on October 29, 2007, with more than 700 spots available for students, faculty and staff.
The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College has been accorded international recognition for many of its activities including the Distinguished Poets Series, the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards, the Paterson Poetry Prize, the Paterson Fiction Prize, and the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People. The annual Paterson Literary Review, the monthly New Jersey Poetry Calendar and the New Jersey Poetry Resource Book are also published by the Poetry Center.
Planned Extension Campus in Passaic
Passaic County Community College plans to open a new extension campus in the city of
Passaic for the fall 2008 semester. The new site will allow PCCC to reach the 15% of its students who come from the city of Passaic. The college's nursing program will be relocated and expanded at the new campus to provide a qualified program to help fill the longstanding nursing shortage.
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