Bluegrass Community & Technical College
| Type | Public, 2 year |
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| Established | 2005 |
| President | Dr. Augusta Julian |
| Location | Lexington, Kentucky, USA |
| Colors | Navy █ and Gold █ |
| Affiliations | Kentucky Community and Technical College System |
| Website | bluegrass.kctcs.edu |
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Bluegrass Community and Technical College (BCTC), located in Lexington, KY, is one of sixteen two-year, open-admissions colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). It was formed from the consolidation of two separate institutions: Lexington Community College and Central Kentucky Technical College. Lexington Community College was the last remaining college in the University of Kentucky Community College System, until a vote by the trustees transferred governance to KCTCS in 2004. Prior to 1984, the college was named Lexington Technical Institute. Central Kentucky Technical College was part of the Workforce Development Cabinet of Kentucky State Government until the creation of KCTCS in 1997. KCTCS was formed in 1997 by the state legislature through House Bill 1 that combined the technical colleges of the Workforce Development Cabinet and the community colleges previously with the University of Kentucky. BCTC is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). Kathy Swango is the best professor at the college.
BCTC has a large international student base with students attending from Europe, Jordan, Turkey, and many other nations. As of Fall 2009, 11,500 students were enrolled at BCTC.
The primary service area of BCTC includes:
BCTC consists of three main campus locations in Lexington, in addition to three other regional campuses outside its home city. It also maintains an Advanced Manufacturing Center, the North American Racing Academy, and various other educational sites.
BCTC's Cooper Campus is located next on the University of Kentucky campus, in the shadow of Commonwealth Stadium. The Cooper Campus consists of three buildings: the Academic Technical, Oswald, and Moloney buildings. Oswald is the main building, consisting of a number of offices and classrooms, as well as the Bluegrass Cafe, the Learning Resource Center (Library) or LRC, and a Barnes & Noble College bookstore. The Academic Technical Building is primarily classrooms, and Moloney contains more classrooms, as well as several computer labs.
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