Lawson State Community College - Wikipedia

Lawson State Community College (Lawson State, Lawson, LSCC) is a public, historically black community college with campuses in Birmingham and Bessemer, ... LawsonStateCommunityCollege FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch CommunitycollegeinAlabama,UnitedStates LawsonStateCommunityCollegeFormernamesWenonahStateTechnicalInstituteWenonahStateJuniorCollegeWenonahTechnicalCollegeTheodoreAlfredLawsonStateJuniorCollegeTypePublichistoricallyblackcommunitycollegeEstablished1949;73 yearsago (1949)PresidentDr.CynthiaT.AnthonyLocationBirmingham,AlabamaandBessemer,Alabama,UnitedStatesCampusBirminghamCampusBessemerCampusColorsNavyBlueandGoldNicknameCougarsSportingaffiliationsNJCAA,AACCMascotCougarWebsitewww.lawsonstate.edu/ LawsonStateCommunityCollege(LawsonState,Lawson,LSCC)isapublic,historicallyblackcommunitycollegewithcampusesinBirminghamandBessemer,Alabama.ThetechnicaldivisionofthecollegewasfoundedasWenonahStateTechnicalInstituteinBirminghamin1949.LawsonStateisaccreditedbytheSouthernAssociationofCollegesandSchoolsCommissiononColleges,andoffersnearly200associatedegreeandcertificateprograms.[1][2][3][4] LSCC'sathleticteamscompeteintheAlabamaCommunityCollegeConference(ACCC)oftheNationalJuniorCollegeAthleticAssociation(NJCAA).TheyarecollectivelyknownastheCougars.[5][6] In2014,LSCCwasannouncedastheleaderofafour-year,$10millionfederally-fundedtransportationindustrytrainingacrossfourstates.ThecollegewasrankedNo.5ontheWashingtonMonthly'sBestCommunityCollegeslistin2013.TheWhiteHouserecognizedLSCCasa"ChampionofChange"in2011foritseffortstoeducateworkersforitscommunity.[7] Contents 1History 2Administrationandorganization 3Academicsandprograms 4Studentlife 4.1Studentbody 4.2Organizations 4.3Athletics 5Presidents 6Notablealumni 7Seealso 8Notes 9References 10Externallinks History[edit] ThetechnicaldivisionofLawsonStatewasfoundedinBirmingham,Alabama,in1949,whentheWallacePattersonStateTradeSchoolActof1947permittedtheestablishmentofWenonahStateTechnicalInstitute.TheschoolwascreatedtooffertradecoursestoBlackstudents.Dr.TheodoreAlfredLawsonservedasthefirstdirectoroftheschool,whichwasrenamedWenonahTechnicalCollegein1963.[1][8]LSCC'sacademicdivision,WenonahStateJuniorCollege,wasestablishedin1965underAlabamastatelegislature.[9][10]Dr.Lawsonservedasthefirstpresidentofthejuniorcollege,whichwasalsodesignedtoserveBlackstudents,andwasrenamedTheodoreAlfredLawsonStateJuniorCollegeinhishonor.[1][10] OnOctober1,1973,WenonahTechnicalCollegeandTheodoreAlfredLawsonStateJuniorCollegemergedtoformT.A.LawsonStateCommunityCollegeat3060WilsonRoadSWinBirmingham.ThislocationiscurrentlyknownasLSCC'sBirminghamCampus.[1][9][11][8] In2005,BessemerStateTechnicalCollegewassettomergewithLSCCasapartofastatewideefforttoremoveduplicatecommunitycollegeprograms.[12]ThemergerwasofficiallyapprovedbytheAlabamaStateBoardofEducationandSouthernAssociationofCollegesandSchoolsinJune2005.[9]Asaresultofthemerger,BessemerTechnicalCollege,locatedat1100NinthAvenueSWinBessemer,Alabama,becameLSCC'sBessemerCampus.[11] Administrationandorganization[edit] LSCCoperatesunderfourdivisions:BusinessTechnologies,CollegeTransfer(generaleducation),TechnicalandHealthProfessionsPrograms.[13] LSCC'sendowmenthadamarketvalueofapproximately$586,000inthefiscalyearthatendedin2019.[14] Academicsandprograms[edit] LSCChasanopenadmissionspolicyandofferscreditsforlifeexperience.[2]Thecollegeoffersdualenrollmentprogramstolocalhighschoolstudents,[15]aswellasagovernment-fundedcollegepreparatoryprogramtostudentsattendingBirmingham-areahighschools.[16]Inadditiontoitsassociateandcertificatedegreeprograms,LSCCoffersadulteducation,GEDandfast-trackcareertrainingcourses.[17][13] LSCChastransferagreementswithfour-yearinstitutionsinAlabama.TheagreementsallowstudentstoautomaticallytransferaftercompletinganassociatedegreeatLSCC.[18] LSCCisaStudentSupportServicesTRIOprogramparticipant.Thegovernment-fundedprogramhelpsstudentswhoareeducationallydisadvantagedanddisabledgraduatefromcollege,andsupportslow-incomeandfirst-generationcollegestudentsinachievingtheircareerandeconomicgoals.[16][19] LSCC'snursingprogramhasrankedNo.1inAlabamain2017,2018,2019and2021.[20][21] Studentlife[edit] Studentbody[edit] Asoffall2020,LSCC'sstudentbodyconsistsof2,823students.Thereare42percentfulltimeand58percentparttimestudents.[2] Demographicsofstudentbodyinfall2020[2] FullandPartTimeStudents U.S.Census[a][22] International 1% N/A MultiracialAmerican 3% 2.8% Black/AfricanAmerican 80% 13.4% AmericanIndianandAlaskaNative 0% 1.3% Asian 0% 5.9% Non-HispanicWhiteAmerican 13% 60.1% Hispanic/LatinoAmerican 3% 18.5% NativeHawaiianandOtherPacificIslander 0% 0.2% Other/Unknown 0% N/A Organizations[edit] SeveralstudentclubsandorganizationsoperateatLSCC,includinghonorssocietiesandstudentgovernment,specialinterestandserviceorganizations.Campusgroupsinclude:Ambassadors,AmericanWeldingSocietyandHumanServicesClub.[23] LSCCholds"MissLawsonStateCommunityCollege",anannualbeautypageantthathonorsaselectgroupofcurrent,high-achievingfemalestudents.[24][25] Athletics[edit] TheLSCCathleticassociationchairsfourvarsityathleticprograms.TheteamsarecollectivelyknownastheCougars.TheybelongtotheAlabamaCommunityCollegeConference(ACCC)andRegion22oftheNationalJuniorCollegeAthleticAssociation(NJCAA).Men'ssportsincludebasketballandbaseball.Women'ssportsincludebasketballandvolleyball.AlthoughtheyarenotaffiliatedwiththeNJCAA,LSCCalsochairsacheerleadingsquadanddanceteam.[26] Presidents[edit] FormerLawsonStatepresidentPerryW.Wardin2018. Dr.TheodoreA.Lawson,1949–1971[27] Dr.LeonKennedy,1971–1978[27] Dr.JesseJ.Lewis,1978–1987[1] Dr.PerryW.Ward,1987–2020[27] Dr.CynthiaT.Anthony,(interim:September2020–March2021,acting:April2021–present)[28] Notablealumni[edit] CotyClarke,professionalbasketballplayer[29][30] MickellGladness,professionalbasketballplayer[31] JohnnyHigh,formerNBAplayer[32] Seealso[edit] Listofhistoricallyblackcollegesanduniversities Notes[edit] ^PeoplewhoidentifyasHispanic/Latinoareincludedinapplicableracecategories. 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