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Bevill State Community College is a public
The college has an intricate history due to the many mergers it has engaged in over the years. The current legal entity was formed in 1992 as a result of the merger of Walker State Technical College (founded 1966) and Brewer State Junior College. In 1993 the Hamilton Campus of Northwest Alabama Community College (founded 1966) was merged with Bevill and in 1998 UAB/Walker College (founded 1938) completed the Bevill campus system.
Brewer State Junior College was founded in 1969 and named after former-
File:BSCC-AL-FayetteCampus.jpg, Fayette campus
File:BSCC-AL-SumitonCampus.jpg, Sumiton campus
File:BSCC-AL-JasperCampus.jpg, Jasper campus
File:BSCC-AL-HamiltonCampus.jpg, Hamilton campus
Official website
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community college
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in Sumiton, Alabama. It enrolls 3,986 students and has been accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) is an educational accreditor recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. This agency accredits over 13,000 public and priva ...
since 1994. , the college had four campuses and one center. the Fayette Campus, the Hamilton Campus, the Jasper Campus, the Sumiton Campus and the Pickens Center. The college's service area is a seven-county region containing over one-quarter million people.
History
The college has an intricate history due to the many mergers it has engaged in over the years. The current legal entity was formed in 1992 as a result of the merger of Walker State Technical College (founded 1966) and Brewer State Junior College. In 1993 the Hamilton Campus of Northwest Alabama Community College (founded 1966) was merged with Bevill and in 1998 UAB/Walker College (founded 1938) completed the Bevill campus system.
Brewer State Junior College was founded in 1969 and named after former-Governor
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
Albert P. Brewer. Today it is known as the Fayette Campus and oversees the Pickens Center.
Walker College was founded in 1938 by Dr. Carl Jesse and after an association from 1993 to 1998 with the University of Alabama at Birmingham
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is a public research university in Birmingham, Alabama. Developed from an academic extension center established in 1936, the institution became a four-year campus in 1966 and a fully autonomous univ ...
, became the Jasper Campus of BSCC.
Athletics
The college formerly fielded teams in baseball, basketball, cross country, and softball at some of its various campuses, in theAlabama Community College Conference
The Alabama Community College Conference (ACCC) is a collegiate athletic conference and is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and NJCAA Region 22.
Sports
*Baseball
*Basketball
*Golf
*Softball
*Tennis
*Volleyball
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In 2017, it was announced that Bevill State would be bringing back athletics for the 2017-18 school year after its previous suspension. It offers different sports on its various campuses.
Campus maps
References
External links
Official website
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