Minneapolis Community and Technical College
| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1996 (merger) |
| Chancellor | Steven Rosenstone |
| President | Sharon Pierce |
| Students | 13,874 (2013) |
| Address |
1501 Hennepin Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55403, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 44°58′22″N 93°17′00″W / 44.97280°N 93.28337°WCoordinates: 44°58′22″N 93°17′00″W / 44.97280°N 93.28337°W |
| Campus | Urban, 418,000 sq ft (38,800 m2) |
| Colors | Purple and yellow |
| Mascot | Mavericks |
| Affiliations | MnSCU System |
| Website | www.minneapolis.edu |
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Minneapolis Community and Technical College (MCTC) is a public two-year college located in the heart of downtown Minneapolis. With one of the most diverse student populations in Minnesota, MCTC enrolls nearly 13,000 credit students annually and is an active partner in initiatives designed to strengthen the social, economic and cultural vitality of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. It is a part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System (MnSCU), which offers two year associate degrees, certificates, and diplomas in fields of study such as aviation, business, cinema, fine arts, healthcare, information technology, justice systems, and liberal arts.
MCTC was formed in February 1996 by the merger of Minneapolis Technical College and Minneapolis Community College following the July 1995 creation of MnSCU. They had shared the same campus adjacent to Loring Park for many years.
Minneapolis Community College was founded as the first campus of the Metropolitan State Junior College in 1965. It changed its name to Metropolitan Community College and in 1979 the metropolitan system was broken up and the Minneapolis campus became Minneapolis Community College.
Minneapolis Technical College was originally founded as the Girls Vocational School in 1914 by its first principal, Miss Elizabeth Fish. When a new building at 1101 Third Avenue South was completed in 1932 it was renamed Mary Miller Vocational School, after the teacher credited with opening the first school in Minneapolis in 1852. In the 1960s the name changed to Minneapolis Area Vocational Technical Institute . It entered the eighties as Minneapolis Technical Institute on a new 418,000-square-foot (38,800 m2) campus at 1415 Hennepin Avenue. Its final name change was to Minneapolis Technical College (MTC).
In 2003, MCTC acquired adjacent land that previously belonged to the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's former Minneapolis headquarters. In Fall 2008, MCTC opened a new Management Education Center and Science building on this property.
In 2004, Metropolitan State University (Metro State) and MCTC started sharing programs and the Minneapolis campus of Metropolitan State University moved to the newly expanded MCTC campus from its original location a few blocks away. In 2010, the only Metro State programs still operating on the MCTC campus were theatre arts and business.
Minneapolis Community and Technical College is made up of 11 buildings and a parking ramp. Each building houses many student services.
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