College of the Mainland
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| Type | Community College |
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| Established | 1966 |
| President | Dr. Warren Nichols |
| Undergraduates | 3,527 (as of 2009) |
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Texas City, Texas, USA 29°23′43″N 94°59′58″W / 29.395164°N 94.999516°WCoordinates: 29°23′43″N 94°59′58″W / 29.395164°N 94.999516°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Blue, Red and Yellow |
| Affiliations | SACS |
| Website | www.com.edu |
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College of the Mainland (COM) is a community college located in Texas City, Texas, United States. Its name comes from its location on the "mainland" portion of Galveston County, Texas (that portion north of Galveston Island). The school's sport teams are named the Fighting Ducks.
College of the Mainland was launched in late 1966 when the voters of Dickinson, Hitchcock, La Marque, Santa Fe, and Texas City approved a building-bond issue of $2,850,000, having been largely an idea since 1935. Herbert F. Stallworth, who previously had helped establish two colleges, was selected to head the new college in April 1967, and Fred A. Taylor was appointed dean of instruction. Classes were begun in temporary quarters in 1967. On March 21, 1970, the administration building, learning-resources center, math and science building, and technical-vocational building were completed, and the College of the Mainland moved to its new campus on Palmer Highway. On May 16, 1970, residents of the college district approved $4,750,000 for a second phase of construction. The campus was expanded to include a fine arts building, a physical education complex, and a student center. The math-science and technical-vocational buildings were improved. In 1984 a third addition to the technical-vocational building was constructed. In 1991, two industrial education buildings were completed to house auto mechanics and diesel technology programs. In 1999, a new public service careers building opened to provide classrooms and labs for EMS, fire and police academies as well as housing the college’s pharmacy technician program.
In 2003, the college opened the COM Learning Center-North County in League City, Texas, part of COM’s extended service area. The center is a leased facility that offers college credit and continuing education classes as well as dental assistant, medical assistant and other health care programs.
In 2004, the college became one of only three in the state of Texas to offer a Collegiate High School program on its campus allowing high school students to complete their last two years on a college campus while earning an associate degree.
In 2009, Dr. Michael A. Elam became the College’s seventh president. After months of contract renewal negotiations, Dr. Elam resigned in November 2011 in a $191,000 settlement that involves him going on sabbatical through November 2012. Larry Durrence was named interim president effective January 2012. Dr. Beth Lewis became president in 2013.
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