A few important historical events that have lead to the Maricopa Community Colleges District and Chandler Gilbert Community College

The Big Bang (date completely wrong but the software does not allow negative or vague dates)

Jan 1, 1000

Timetoast constraints dictate that I can't specify a year BC or AD, or estimated without an exact date...this maked this software somewhat unusable.

imaginary range of time in which community colleges may or may not have existed and may or may not continue to exist

Period: Oct 11, 1000 to Oct 11, 3000

United States founded

Jul 4, 1776

State ofArizona founded

Feb 12, 1912

Phoenix Junior College (now Phoenix College) established as the first community college in the state of Arizona.

Oct 12, 1920

The mascot seems to resemble a polar bear??

State Junior College bill, HB 238, is introduced in the 23rd legislature

Jan 1, 1958

the Junior College District and the Maricopa Skill Center are formed 4 years larer, and land is purchased to establish the Gateway campus.

My mother attended the Nursing program at Phoenix College

Period: Sep 12, 1974 to Dec 12, 1976

She brought me to the daycare center there. I can still to this day remember the small of the mint paste we used as glue

Chandler-Gilbert College approval

Jan 1, 1985

Groundbreaking happens two years larer, and a new campus is opened in 1987.

Today: currently serves more than 19,000 students annually. The College employs 320 people full-time, with 125 full-time faculty, and 425 adjunct faculty

Oct 11, 2015

source: http://www.cgc.maricopa.edu/community/Pages/About.aspx