Amarillo College
Entrance to Amarillo College, Washington Street campus
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| Motto | Collegium Excellens |
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Motto in English
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The College of Surpassing |
| Type | Community College |
| Established | 1929 |
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Academic affiliation
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Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |
| President | Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart |
| Students | 11,675 |
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Amarillo, Texas,  United States35°11′18″N 101°50′50″W / 35.188336°N 101.847089°WCoordinates: 35°11′18″N 101°50′50″W / 35.188336°N 101.847089°W |
| Campus | Urban, 31 acres (.13 km²), Washington Street campus |
| Colours | Blue and White |
| Mascot | Badger |
| Website | www |
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Amarillo College (AC) is a two-year community college in Amarillo, Texas with over 10,000 students that was established in 1929 as Amarillo Junior College. Amarillo College has a total of six campuses as of October 2005.
As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of AC includes all of Carson, Castro, Deaf Smith, Moore, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, and Swisher Counties.
Prior to 1929, Amarillo was the largest Texas city without a public college. George Ordway and James Guleke helped to introduce a house bill that would establish junior college districts in the Amarillo area. On July 16, 1929, AC became the first Texas junior college district to be organized independent of a school district. The first classes were held later that year in September. The college moved to its main campus on Washington Street in 1937.
In 1951, AC became one of the first three publicly supported Texas college to admit blacks to undergraduate classes. The others were Texas Southmost College in Brownsville and Howard County Junior College in Big Spring. (The AC Story: Journal of a College, Joe F. Taylor, 1979)
Amarillo College was the host of a men's basketball team from the1960s through several years in the 1970s. In 1970 the team was ranked 9th in the nation in pre-season rankings and spent a good part of the season in the top ten among junior colleges in the nation. The conference included New Mexico JC, Odessa College, Frank Phillips College, New Mexico Military Institute, Howard County College, South Plains College and Clarendon College.
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