Harrisburg Area Community College

Harrisburg Area Community College

Motto	Latin: Scientia Restituo Verum
Motto in English	Knowledge Restores Truth
Type	Public, Community College
Established	1964, accredited in 1967
Endowment	US$30.2 million
President	John J. Sygielski
Administrative staff	255 full-time, 700 part-time
Undergraduates	21,000
Location	Harrisburg, PA, USA (main campus)
Campus	Harrisburg Campus Gettysburg Campus Lancaster Campus Lebanon Campus York Campus
Mascot	Hawks
Website	www.hacc.edu

Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) is a community college system in the United States serving the greater Harrisburg, Pennsylvania metropolitan area and south-central Pennsylvania. HACC is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

HACC serves 21,000 degree-seeking students as well as 50,000 in noncredit programs for personal and professional growth opportunities. The College has more than 30,000 alumni, many of whom support the College with both their time and gifts, have achieved distinction in almost every field, including business, medicine, law, the arts, education, human and public service, the military, and the technologies. Elizabethtown College partnered with HACC, where students can take one course at Elizabethtown for the price HACC offers. This was done so HACC students can further their education and Elizabethtown can enroll more students.

HACC, established in 1964, was the first community college in Pennsylvania. It currently consists of five major campuses throughout south-central Pennsylvania, as well as several off-site centers, and a virtual campus, that provides online distance education courses. The college maintains its 212-acre (857,934 m²) central campus in Harrisburg and others in Gettysburg, Lancaster, and Lebanon. In the Fall of 2007 York became the fifth major campus. These facilities enroll over 18,000 degree students within a ten-county region.

Among other buildings, HACC's Harrisburg campus contains The Rose Lehrman Arts Center. Built in 1975, The Rose Lehrman Arts Center houses a Live at Rose Lehrman Performing Artists series, the Rose Lehrman Arts Gallery, box office and concession stands, and space for college theatre, music, and art programs. Every year, The Live at Rose Lehrman Performing Artist Series brings in a variety of diverse, artistically excellent professional performances in live dance, music, theatre, and family events to enhance the Central Pennsylvania community while offering unique academic enrichment experiences for students through workshops and artist residenices. Notable dance, music, and theater companies that have performed in Rose Lehrman's 400-seat theatre have been Martha Graham Dance Company, Pilobolus Dance Theatre, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Turtle Island String Quartet, Aquila Theatre, and Missoula Children's Theatre, among others.