Middlesex Community College (Massachusetts)
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| Type | Community |
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| Established | 1970 |
| President | James Mabry |
| Undergraduates | 9,712 |
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Bedford and Lowell, Massachusetts, United States Coordinates: 42°31′28.18″N 71°16′26.93″W / 42.5244944°N 71.2741472°W |
| Website | http://www.middlesex.mass.edu |
Middlesex Community College is a public community college with two campuses located in Lowell and Bedford, Massachusetts, United States.
Founded in 1970, Middlesex Community College has grown to become one of the largest community colleges in Massachusetts, with two distinct campuses, one in suburban Bedford and the other in the center of the city of Lowell. As of the 2014-2015 academic year, MCC has a total annual enrollment of more than 13,000 credit students and 7,000 noncredit students.
The college was founded in 1970 in leased buildings on the grounds of the Veterans Hospital in Bedford, Massachusetts. Starting in 1972, the college also leased space at the former Marist Preparatory Seminary, off Springs Road in Bedford. A third campus in Burlington, Massachusetts opened in September 1981 in a former middle-school building. In 1988, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts bought the Marist property for the college; new prefabricated buildings were erected there, and the renovated Bedford campus opened in 1992.
In 1987, Middlesex opened a temporary campus at the Wannalancit Mills complex in Lowell. To establish a permanent Lowell campus, the college purchased a six-story corporate training center at Kearney Square from Wang Laboratories in 1990 and relocated its Lowell activities there in 1991. The Wannalancit Mills buildings then came under the management of the University of Massachusetts Lowell. In 2004, the college expanded into a former federal office building across the street from the MCC tower. In April 2008, the college acquired a former Boston & Maine railroad depot in Lowell, for future use by performing arts.programs. As of December 2008, the college has acquired the Smith Baker Center, a former church, and will be sharing it with UMass Lowell.
The Bedford campus is situated on 200 acres (0.81 km2) located off Springs Road, close to U.S. Route 3. Bordering the town of Billerica, the campus incorporates 11 buildings that house classrooms, laboratories, offices, a library, the Medical Education Imaging Center and the MCC Concert Hall. A bookstore, cafeteria, student lounge and fitness center are located in the Bedford Campus Center.
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