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Funding is approved to create SCC.
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The founding executive dean of SCC is named : Dr. Marion G. Donaldson. SCC originally opens as Mesa Expansion Community College. It offers 100 night courses with a high expected enrollment.
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SCC was founded in September of 1969.
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SCC settles on land belonging to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. The campus occupies 160 acres and the lease will expire in 1970.
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The Arizona Legislature votes to change the schools' titles from "junior colleges" to "community college."
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SCC starts the first Honors Program in the MCCD system.
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The MCCD system has more night students than day students enrolled.
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Actress Jane Fonda speaks out against the Vietnam War at SCC speaking engagement, which highlights the "open forum acceptance" at SCC.
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The artichoke is adopted as the SCC mascot after a long dispute between students and the governing board. Students felt that too much attention was being paid to athletics and not academics. Changing the mascot was part of the solution.
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The MCC Foundation is established to seek out public and private donations.
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SCC offers free classes to members of the Pima Indian Community.
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SCC receives accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
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MCCC have the largest enrollment of students in the country at 220,000+.
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The first of its kind in the district, SCC's planetarium is founded.
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The SCC Natural Sciences building opens which supports 6 different labs for different scientific disciplines.
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SCC receives a $8.7 million grant from the National Science FOundation to share with two other colleges. It is meant to further training for middle school science teachers.