Bronx Community College
The interior of the Gould Memorial Library, designed by Stanford White
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| Type | public |
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| Established | 1957 |
| Affiliation | City University of New York |
| President | Thomas A. Isekenegbe |
| Location | University Heights, Bronx, New York City, New York, US |
| Athletics | NJCAA – CUNYAC |
| Nickname | Broncos |
| Website | bcc.cuny.edu |
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University Heights Campus
(formerly New York University) |
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Location in New York City
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| Coordinates | Coordinates: 40°51′29″N 73°54′45″W / 40.85806°N 73.91250°W |
| Architect |
Stanford White Marcel Breuer |
| Architectural style |
Classical Revival (White) Brutalist (Breuer) |
| NRHP Reference # | 12001013 |
| Significant dates | |
| Designated NHL | October 16, 2012 |
| Designated NYCL |
Gould Memorial Library Hall of Fame for Great Americans Hall of Languages & Cornelius Baker Hall of Philosophy: February 15, 1966 Begrisch Hall: January 8, 2002 |
The Bronx Community College of The City University of New York (BCC) is a community college located in the University Heights neighborhood of The Bronx on a landmarked campus. It is part of the City University of New York system.
The college was established in 1957 through the efforts of civic-minded groups who felt that there was a growing need for more higher education facilities in the Bronx. Classes began at Hunter College, and later at the former site of the Bronx High School of Science.
In 1973, the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York acquired the University Heights campus from New York University (NYU), which had sold the campus under threat of imminent bankruptcy. Beginning in the fall of that year, the BCC moved its operations to the 55 acres (22 ha) site overlooking the Harlem River.
The college is home to the Center for Sustainable Energy, which was founded in 2003 as an educational resource for students pursuing careers in alternative energy.
Bronx Community College offers a wide array of workforce community development and personal enrichment courses and programs through Continuing & Professional Studies. CPS also delivers customized training for local employers. CPS works closely with unions, city, state and federal agencies and accepts vouchers and other forms of financial aid for individual students.
Since 1987, the college is also the local administrator of the SUNY Bronx Educational Opportunity Center. The SUNY Bronx EOC provides tuition free academic and vocational programs to New Yorkers who qualify and it is funded by the University Center for Academic and Workforce Development (UCAWD) part of the State University of New York.
In 2012, the North Hall and Library opened. The building is designed to resemble many of the historic buildings on campus, and on one end is located next to an entrance of the Hall of Fame for Great Americans.
The BCC campus originally housed New York University's undergraduate college and engineering school – which was absorbed by Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1973 but is once again part of NYU – and was created at a time when a number of prominent local universities had made the move to upper Manhattan and the Bronx in order to build bigger campuses, including Columbia University, and the City College of New York.
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