Three Rivers College is a

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Poplar Bluff, Missouri Poplar Bluff is a medium city in Butler County in Southeast Missouri, United States. It is the county seat of Butler County and is known as "The Gateway to the Ozarks" among other names. The population was 16,225 at the 2020 census. The Poplar B ...

. It was founded in 1966 when voters in the counties of Butler, Carter, Ripley, and Wayne approved the taxing district of Butler, Carter, Ripley, and Wayne counties. Three Rivers is governed by a six-person board of trustees elected by residents in the college's taxing district. The college has an campus in

with full-service locations in Dexter, Kennett, and Sikeston, and in-district locations in Doniphan, Caruthersville, Piedmont, Portageville, New Madrid, and Van Buren, and offers classes at various sites and high schools throughout the region. Three Rivers also participates in the Cape College Center alongside Mineral Area College and Southeast Missouri State University. The school is accredited by the

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. The college officially changed its name from Three Rivers Community College to Three Rivers College in 2017. It enrolled 2,965 in 2019.

Athletics

Three Rivers competes as a member of the

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in the

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. Its most famous athletic alumnus is

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, who played basketball for Three Rivers before playing Division I basketball at

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Gene Bess Gene Bess (born March 3, 1935) is the former coach of the men's basketball team at Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Bess was hired at Three Rivers in 1971. His career win-loss record is 1,300-416 (.757 winning percentage) ...

, the men's basketball coach, has the most wins of any junior college basketball coach.

References

External links

Official website
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