Howard College
Howard College entrance sign
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| Established | 1945 |
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| President | Cheryl Sparks |
| Students | 4,623 |
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1001 Birdwell Lane, Big Spring, Texas, United States 32°15′02″N 101°27′04″W / 32.250566°N 101.451139°WCoordinates: 32°15′02″N 101°27′04″W / 32.250566°N 101.451139°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Athletics | Western Junior College Athletic Conference (NJCAA) |
| Nickname | Hawks |
| Affiliations | SACS |
| Website | www |
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Howard College is a community college with its main campus in Big Spring, Texas and branch campuses in San Angelo and Lamesa.
Howard County Junior College was established in Big Spring in 1945. 148 students began lessons in September 1946, in the hospital wing of the former Big Spring Army Air Force Bombardier School (later Webb Air Force Base). Five years later the school moved to a 100-acre (40 ha) site in southeast Big Spring which came to include an administration-classroom-library building, a practical-arts building, a greenhouse, a music building, dormitories, and a 10,000-seat stadium. The Lamesa campus was established in 1972 and the first class in San Angelo was held the following year. The school's name changed to Howard College by 1974. In August 1980 the school opened the Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf on 57 acres (23 ha) of the former Webb Air Force Base, and it took over a nursing program in San Angelo the following year.
The main campus occupies 120 acres (49 ha) in Big Spring, with another 276 acres (112 ha) near Stanton in Martin County for agricultural research, and a 20-acre (8.1 ha) rodeo facility east of town. There are branch campuses in San Angelo, Lamesa, and at the SouthWest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf in Big Spring; the college also offers programs at the Big Spring Federal Correctional Institute and the Eden Detention Center.
The president is Cheryl Sparks.
As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of Howard College is Howard, Dawson, Martin, Glasscock, Sterling, Coke, Tom Green, Concho, Irion, Schleicher, Sutton, Menard, and Kimble counties.
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