Maricopa CC and Phoenix College Time Line

By degraffj

  • Phoenix Junior College Founded

  • First Football Team

  • Franklin Roosevelt Becomes President

    Franklin Roosevelt Becomes President

  • Works Progress Admin. Formed

  • WPA Finishes Work on New Campus at 15th & Thomas

    1939 WPA Finishes Work on New Campus at 15th and Thomas

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

  • Servicemens Readjustment Act of 1944 9GI Bill

  • World War II Ends

  • PC's Donna Riggs Wins Miss Arizona 1958

  • Phoenix College Joins MCCCD

  • 160 Acres Purchased to Develop Glendale Community College

  • Kennedy Assination

  • PC Football Team Wins JCAA National Champion Ship

  • Phoenix College Alumna Vonda Van Dyke Wins Miss America

  • Jim DeGraffenreid Born

  • Phoenix College Adds 24" Reflector Telescope Which Is Largest on Any JC Campus in the World

  • Glendale CC Observatory Opens

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    Name Change from Junior Colleges to Community Collges

  • Number of Night Classes Exceeds Number of Day Classes at Several Institutions

  • Richard Nixon Resigns

  • Phoenix College Grows to 18 Buildings

  • Tuition Increases from $3/credit Hour to $5.00

  • Tuition Increases to $11.00

  • Rio Salado Starts On-Line Services in Addition to Telephone

  • Over 4000 Classes Offered

  • MCCCD 25 Years Old

  • Tuition $26 per Credit Hour

  • Phoenix College Turns 75

  • Rio Salado Gows Totally On-Line

  • Phoenix College Alum Nick Nolte Wins Distinguished CC Alumnus from American Association of Community Colleges

  • PC Softball Team Starts 10-year Winning Streak

  • Scottsdale Community College Planetarium Opens

  • September 11th Attacks

  • Post 9/11 Veterans Education Act of 2008

  • Phoenix College Turns 90

  • Gov. Rose Mofford inducted into Phoenix College Hall of Fame

  • Hannelly Center Completed at Phoenix College

  • Jim DeGraffenreid Joins Phoenix College

  • Phoenix College is 2nd Post-HS Institution to Receive Accreditation form North Central Association

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