Tompkins Cortland Community College
| Type | Community college |
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| Established | 1968 |
| Endowment | US $7.1 million |
| President | Carl E. Haynes |
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Academic staff
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280 |
| Undergraduates | 3,269 |
| Location |
 Dryden, NY, US42°30′13″N 76°17′27″W / 42.50368°N 76.290801°WCoordinates: 42°30′13″N 76°17′27″W / 42.50368°N 76.290801°W |
| Campus |
Rural 250 acres (1.0 km2) |
| Colors | White and hunter green |
| Nickname | Panthers |
| Affiliations | National Junior College Athletic Association, Region III, Mid-State Athletic Conference |
| Website | www.tc3.edu |
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Tompkins Cortland Community College (also known colloquially as TC3) is a public two-year college supported by Cortland and Tompkins Counties. The main college campus is located in the Town of Dryden. Extension sites are located in Cortland, New York and Ithaca, New York. Tompkins Cortland Community College is one of 64-member institutions of the State University of New York system.
The College was founded in 1967 and opened in 1968 in Groton, New York. The College moved to its current Dryden, New York campus in 1974. The original campus buildings were designed by the architects Caudill-Rowlett-Scott. A multimillion-dollar construction project completed in 2007 recently added a new athletics facility, a student center, and expanded and enhanced the college's library.
Main academic building
Main entrance
Presidential grove
The College has seen a steady increase in enrollment over the past decade, with now more than 3,800 students. The student body typically includes students from all parts of New York, a dozen other states, and more than 50 foreign countries.
Tompkins Cortland Community College offers more than 50 degree and certificate programs, including biotechnology, business administration, communication and media arts, computer sciences, construction technology, creative writing, criminal justice, engineering science, hotel and restaurant management, liberal arts and sciences, nursing, paralegal, photography, sport management, and wine marketing. About half of the Tompkins Cortland students transfer to a four-year college, with Binghamton University, Cortland State, Ithaca College, Niagara University, and the Rochester Institute of Technology being some of more popular transfer options.
The College sponsors ten intercollegiate athletic teams. The Panthers compete as a Division III member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and as part of the Mid-State Athletic Conference. TC3 offers men's soccer, basketball, baseball, lacrosse, and golf and women's soccer, volleyball, basketball, softball, and golf. The College offers a lighted turf soccer/lacrosse field, a 1,500-seat gymnasium, an 18,000-square-foot (1,700 m2) field house, and on-campus baseball and softball parks. The men's soccer and golf programs and the women's soccer and softball programs are routinely nationally ranked. Dozens of former TC3 student-athletes have gone on to play at four-year institutions, often earning scholarships. Former Panthers have continued their playing careers at places like Drake University, Wofford College, Post University, SUNY New Paltz, Cortland State, and Ithaca College. In 2009 the softball team won the NJCAA Division III National Championship. In 2008, men's golfer Kris Boyes won the NJCAA Division III Individual National Championship.
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