Temple College is a public
community college in
Temple, Texas, with regional branch campuses at other locations in
Central Texas
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.
History
Temple Junior College was founded in 1926 to serve post-secondary students in eastern
Bell County, Texas. Classes were originally held in the basement of the
Temple High School until 1957, when the campus moved to its present location on the city's south side.
Racial segregation at the college ended that same year. A separate junior college district was created in 1955 and in 1959 it acquired its own board of regents. The name of the college was changed to Temple College in 1996.
The main campus in Temple covers about 108 acres with twenty-seven buildings. Temple College has several branch campuses:
* East Williamson County Higher Education–Taylor (
Taylor, Texas)
* East Williamson County Higher Education–Hutto (
Hutto, Texas)
* Texas Bioscience Institute (
Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Temple)
As of Fall 2016, residents within the tax-district of the cities of Temple and Hutto pay $89 per
credit hour, whereas those outside the district pay $159 per credit hour.
Gallery
Image:Temple College, Temple, TX sign IMG 0672.JPG, Temple College sign
Image:Mary Alice Marshall Performing Arts Bldg,, Temple College IMG 0675.JPG, Mary Alice Marshall Performing Arts Building
Image:Marc A. Nigliazzo Administration Bldg,, Temple College IMG 0669.JPG, Marc A. Nigliazzo Administration Building
Notable people
*
Henry T. Waskow, alumnus,
US Army captain memorialized in
Ernie Pyle's dispatch "The Death of Captain Waskow"
*
W. J. Adkins W. may refer to:
* SoHo (Australian TV channel) (previously W.), an Australian pay television channel
* ''W.'' (film), a 2008 American biographical drama film based on the life of George W. Bush
* "W.", the fifth track from Codeine's 1992 EP ''Bar ...
, the
dean of Temple Junior College during the 1940s, became in 1947 the founding president of
Laredo Community College in
Laredo.
*
David Wesley, alumnus, retired
NBA
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and
CBA basketball and current television color analyst for the
New Orleans Pelicans
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*
Whurley (William Hurley), alumnus, co-founder of
Chaotic Moon Studios, an
open source
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advocate, and systems theorist
*
Boone Logan, alumnus,
left-handed relief pitcher for the
Colorado Rockies
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Athletics
* Baseball
* Men's Basketball
* Softball
* Volleyball
* Women's Basketball
References
External links
Official website*
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Temple, Texas
Universities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Community colleges in Texas
Education in Bell County, Texas
Buildings and structures in Bell County, Texas
NJCAA athletics