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SCC opens
SCC first opened its doors in the fall of 1969. -
The first classes
When SCC first opened it had a student body of 948. Today SCC enrolls 17,000 credit and 8,000 non-credit students annually. -
SCC moves to current campus
In 1970, the school moved to the location it is still at today in Salt River, Arizona. -
SCC gets Artie the Artichoke
in the fall of 1972, during a time of political unrest related to the vietnam war. the SCC student body chose an artichoke to be the mascot. because a vegetable was un-war-like. -
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Huge expansion of Maricopa County CC System
During the 1980s the MCCCD added several new campuses because of the incresed demand for local and low cost education. -
1,200 community colleges in U.S.
there are 1,200 community colleges in the United States and roughly half of all minority undergraduate students, including, Hispanics, attend community colleges rather than universities. -
MCCCD has 19 public 2 year colleges
MCCCD has one of the largest community college systems anywhere in the United States, and is highly respected.