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Community College Begins
Community college forms as an extension of high school adding 5th and 6th years; the first community college forms in Illiniois, called Joliet. -
Phoenix College is established
Phoenix College forms with Weston W. Carpenter as first dean. Extension of high school. -
PC Government
Phoenix College establishes its first student government. -
PC School Spirit
PC mascot is formed. -
Newspaper
Phoenix College begins its first student-run newspaper system. -
Women at PC
Women begin to take a stand and participiate in sports! -
Great Depression
The Great Depression strikes America and takes the educational world by storm; community colleges become a major player in providing training and job programs for the unemployed. -
vietnam war
Students seek out community colleges as refuges to escape the draft -
first bill
The first state Junior college bill is introduced, HB 238. -
Maricopa Community Colleges
Maricopa community colleges emerge from the Junior college district and Phoenix Union High School; Phoenix College joins Maricopa Community colleges. -
GCC
Land is purchased to create Glendale Community College. -
Maricopa Skills Center
Maricopa Skills Center is opened. -
MCC
Mesa Community College begins. -
Civil Rights Act
No more segregation in schools! -
SCC
Funding is approved to create Scottsdale Community College. -
SCC
Scottsdale Community College opens for enrollment. -
Honors!
The first "honors" community college opens for Maricopa county. -
Rio Salado
Rio Salado become accredited. -
CGCC
Chandler Gilbert Community College Opens -
Estrella Mountain CC
Estrella Mountain Community College opens.
