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Metropolitan Community College (MCC) is a public
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system in the
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. The system consists of five separate campuses in
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,
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Lee's Summit Lee's Summit is a city located within the counties of Jackson (primarily) and Cass in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. As of the 2020 census its population was 101,108, making it the sixth-largest city in both ...
. The campuses had a total enrollment of 15,770 in 2019. Their athletic teams are known as the Wolves.


History

MCC is the oldest public college in greater Kansas City, having been established in 1915 as Kansas City Polytechnic Institute with its campus at 11th Street and Locust initially offering a junior college, a teacher training school, a high school, a mechanic arts school, a trade school, and a business training school. It was one of the first schools in the country to issue a two-year associate degree, and it was the third school in the country to be accredited by the
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in 1918. It changed its name to Junior College of Kansas City in 1919. In 1964 the suburban schools of Belton, Center, Grandview, Hickman Mills, Lee's Summit, North Kansas City, and Raytown joined the Kansas City school district to form the Metropolitan Community College District and took over management of the school from the Kansas City School District to form the College Board of Trustees. The Blue Springs, Park Hill, Independence, and Fort Osage school districts joined the network in the 1980s and 1990s. The Longview, Maple Woods, and Penn Valley campuses were formed in 1969. The Blue River campus opened in 1997 and the Business & Technology campus opened in 2002 with the entire institution formally being called Metropolitan Community College in 2005.


Campuses

Prior to the consolidation of the Metropolitan name the campuses had their own local name (e.g., Longview Community College, Maple Woods Community College, Penn Valley Community College). *MCC-Blue River campus is located in Independence, Missouri. The college joined the MCC system in 1997. As of 2010, the campus serves over 3,500 students per semester. In addition to a host of general education programs, the MCC-Blue River is home to stellar music and theatre programs. The Metropolitan Chorale of Kansas City performs both locally and nationally throughout the year. Blue River's Public Safety Institute includes peace officers, firefighter, and EMT-paramedic training. Campus sports consist of a men's and a women's soccer team - the Trailblazers. *MCC-Business & Technology is located in Kansas City, Missouri. It was formed in 1995 as the Business & Technology Center when MCC centralized its business services and technical training into one facility. The center expanded and became a full-fledged campus in 2002; it is now the largest campus in the MCC network by square footage. Certificate and degree programs are offered in computer networking, engineering technology, drafting & design technology, environmental health & safety, precision machining, welding technology, industrial technologies, and heating, cooling & refrigeration. The electric utility line technician program, which began in 2007, is the only training program of its kind in the region. In fall 2010, almost 1,000 students attended classes at this location. *MCC-Longview is located in Lee's Summit, Missouri. It opened in 1969. In 2001, Longview was selected as a ''TIME'' magazine/
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"College of the Year"; it received the award in recognition of its Writing Across the Curriculum program. Frank White is the school's most notable alumnus. Its baseball team won the 2007 NJCAA Division II Baseball Championship. By 2016 the campus was serving nearly 3,000 students. *MCC-Maple Woods was founded in 1969. Located in northern Kansas City, the campus is known for its liberal arts offerings and its veterinary technology program. This northernmost MCC campus serves around 5,400 students every year. In 2007, the school mascot was changed from the Centaurs to the Monarchs, in recognition of the Kansas City
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team of the same name. Maple Woods sports teams include men's baseball, women's softball, and both men and women's soccer. Albert Pujols played baseball for Maple Woods before being drafted by the
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in 1999. *MCC-Penn Valley, in
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, was founded in 1969. Located in midtown Kansas City, the campus features general education courses as well as many health career programs. The campus is also home to the Francis Child Development Institute and the Carter Art Center. Around 6,000 students attend Penn Valley every fall. Its basketball team, the Scouts, won the 1996
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and was runner-up in 1997 and 2002. In 1991, Penn Valley hosted the seventh
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National Tournament, which was won by Grandville Junior High School from Michigan and La Jolla High School from California.


Programs

*MCC Institute for Workforce Innovation - Since 1985, MCC has worked with local companies to provide training, recruitment, evaluations and other professional services, contracting with employers such as Harley-Davidson, Honeywell, Ford, GM, Folgers, and Smith Electric Vehicles. Services expanded to include database management, quality control, assessment, human resource services, and contract training, including OSHA and safety management. In 2009, MCC combined its workforce development efforts with economic development, resource development, and community development to create the MCC Institute for Workforce Innovation (IWI). IWI also targets incumbent and displaced workers and disadvantaged populations such as minorities and rural residents, providing short-term career training, job placement, counseling, and basic skills development for over 4,000 students a year. Currently, IWI contracts with over 80 companies in the region, and for two years in a row, has been ranked in the ''Kansas City Business Journal''s Top 25 Area Consulting Firms.


Notable alumni

* Edward F. Arn, Kansas governor * William M. Boyle, Democratic National Committee chairman * George H. Clay, president of Kansas City Federal Reserve *
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, theatrical producer *
David F. Duncan David F. Duncan (born in Kansas City, Missouri on June 26, 1947) is president of Duncan & Associates, a firm providing consultation on research design and data collection for behavioral and policy studies. He is also Clinical Associate Professor ...
, drug policy advisor to President Bill Clinton; professor at Brown University * S. George Ellsworth, LDS historian * Jack Gentry (entrepreneur), founder of Positronic * Clay Johnson, basketball player *
Ewing Marion Kauffman Ewing Marion Kauffman (September 21, 1916 August 1, 1993) was an American pharmaceutical entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Major League Baseball owner. Early life and education Ewing Kauffman was born on September 21, 1916, on a farm near Gard ...
, founder of Marion Laboratories, original owner of the Kansas City Royals, and philanthropist * Brent Lasater, Republican member of the
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*
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, four-star admiral *
Logan Morrison Justis Logan Morrison (born August 25, 1987), nicknamed "LoMo", is an American professional baseball first baseman and left fielder for the High Point Rockers of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He has played in Major League Basebal ...
, baseball player *
Dale D. Myers Dale Dehaven Myers (January 8, 1922 – May 19, 2015) was an American aerospace engineer who was Deputy Administrator of NASA, serving between October 6, 1986 and May 13, 1989. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and graduated with a Bac ...
, NASA administrator * Irene C. Peden, engineer who was the first woman to live and work in interior Antarctica * Albert Pujols, baseball player *
Casey Stengel Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel (; July 30, 1890 – September 29, 1975) was an American Major League Baseball right fielder and manager, best known as the manager of the championship New York Yankees of the 1950s and later, the expansion New York ...
, baseball player and manager * Maxwell D. Taylor, United States Army officer and diplomat *
Mort Walker Addison Morton Walker (September 3, 1923 – January 27, 2018) was an American comic strip writer, best known for creating the newspaper comic strips ''Beetle Bailey'' in 1950 and ''Hi and Lois'' in 1954. He signed Addison to some of his strips. ...
, creator of Beetle Bailey cartoon (1942) * Charles Wheeler (politician), Kansas City mayor * Frank White, baseball player and coach * Brian C. Wimes, federal judge


References


External links


Official website
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