Calhoun Community College is a public community college in Tanner, Alabama. It is the 2nd largest of the 24 two-year institutions that make up the
Alabama Community College System
The Alabama Community College System (ACCS) is the system of public community colleges in the U.S. state of Alabama
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History
The college was founded in 1946 and named after
John C. Calhoun
John Caldwell Calhoun (; March 18, 1782March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina who held many important positions including being the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. He ...
, the 7th
Vice President of the United States
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. He was a
War Hawk
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of 1812, hence the Calhoun athletic teams names.
Huntsville Campus
The Huntsville Campus opened in 2006. The Sparkman Building was originally a Chrysler electronics factory. The building was purchased by Calhoun Community College for $4.5 million, which included $2 million for a 5-year cleanup of the site.
Construction of the Math, Science, and CIS building began in 2014, and was opened in 2016.
Campus
In addition to its main campus in Tanner, the college has sites at Huntsville/Cummings Research Park, the Alabama Center for the Arts in downtown Decatur, and at the Limestone County Correctional Facility. The campus sits adjacent to Pryor Field Regional Airport along Highway 31.
Academics
Calhoun serves just over 8,000 students. It offers 49 associate degree programs and 52 career and certificate programs. Of Calhoun's 302 full-time employees, 133 serve on the college faculty. Over 80% of the full-time faculty possess at least a
master's degree
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and approximately 15 percent hold a
doctorate
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Student life
The Decatur campus serves as home for the Warhawks athletic teams. Both baseball fields, and the Carlton Kelly Gymnasium, are housed on the campus. Calhoun participates in
baseball
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and
softball
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in the
Alabama 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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Due to the small size of both Decatur and Austin High School's gymnasiums, the rivalry basketball game is held, each year, at the 3,000-seat Carlton Kelly Gymnasium, to accommodate the large crowds. However, this gym is still not the correct size for the event as crowds up to 4,000 in size attempt to attend the event and upwards of 1,000 can be turned away at each rivalry game.
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'' runner-up, graduated May 1997
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John D. Douglas
John David Douglas (born June 12, 1956) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the San Diego Clippers.
Amateur career
A 6'2" (1.88 m) guard from Leighton, Alabama, Dougla ...
Micky Hammon
Micky Hammon is a former American politician serving in the Republican Party who became the Majority Leader of the Alabama House of Representatives, representing the 4th district, Limestone and Morgan counties.Republican member and Majority Leader of the
Alabama House of Representatives
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Jorge Posada
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catcher
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,
New York Yankees
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, graduated 1991
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Gary Redus
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Major League Baseball
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