Coastal Alabama Community College (also known as Coastal Alabama Community College – South) is a public

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with nine campuses in southern

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Gulf Shores Gulf Shores is a resort city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 9,741. Geography Gulf Shores is located on the Gulf of Mexico at 30°16'4.069" North, 87°42'5.285" West (30.267797, −87. ...

, Atmore, Brewton, Gilbertown,

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, Monroeville, and Thomasville. It is a member of the Alabama Community College System. Coastal Alabama was formed through the consolidation of Alabama Southern Community College, Faulkner State Community College, and Jefferson Davis Community College.

History

Jefferson Davis Community College

The college was founded in 1964 as Jefferson Davis Community College, named in honor of

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, president of the

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Consolidation

On December 6, 2016 the

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voted to approve the consolidation of three institutions: Jefferson Davis Community College,

Alabama Southern Community College Coastal Alabama Community College (also known as Coastal Alabama Community College – South) is a public community college with nine campuses in southern Alabama: Bay Minette, Fairhope, Gulf Shores, Atmore, Brewton, Gilbertown, Jackson, M ...

, and

Faulkner State Community College Coastal Alabama Community College (also known as Coastal Alabama Community College – South) is a public community college with nine campuses in southern Alabama: Bay Minette, Fairhope, Gulf Shores, Atmore, Brewton, Gilbertown, Jackson, ...

. All of which would now collectively be referred to as Coastal Alabama Community College. This merger took effect officially on January 11, 2017.

Brewton

The Coastal Alabama Community College Brewton (also known as Coastal Alabama Community College – East) has campuses in

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. The Woodfin Patterson Auditorium hosts cultural events. There is also a new One-Stop Student Services Center, a recreational and experiential learning park, and a three- hole practice golf course. The college athletics teams are nicknamed the Warhawks.

Monroeville

Coastal Alabama Community College Monroeville, (also known as Coastal Alabama Community College – North) formerly Alabama Southern Community College, is a

system. Alabama Southern was formed in 1991 by the merger of Patrick Henry Junior College in

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and Hobson State Technical College in

Thomasville, Alabama Thomasville is a city in Clarke County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 3,649. Founded as a late 19th-century railroad town, it has transitioned over the course of more than a century into a 21st-century commercial ...

. The Thomasville campus is home to the Kathryn Tucker Windham Museum. In addition to two full service campuses located in these cities, learning centers are located in Gilbertown and

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Accreditation

The College is accredited by the

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to award three different types of

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: Associate of Arts (AA), Associate in Science (AS), and Associate in Applied Science Degrees (AAS). Additional accreditations include those of: *

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* Commission on Dental Accreditation * American Culinary Federation Educational Institute * Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs - Surgical Technologist * Commission on Accreditation of Hospitality Management

Undergraduate majors

Alabama Southern offers undergraduate majors in Business Management and Marketing, Computer and Information Sciences, Construction Trades, Engineering, Engineering Technologies, Health Professions and Clinical Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Mechanic and Repair Technologies, Personal and Culinary Services, and in Security & Protective Services.

Athletics

The College offers athletics programs in the following fields:

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...

Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cov ...

, and

Cheerleading Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to ente ...

. In 2010 longtime Head Coach Wayne Larker led the baseball team to its first-ever appearance in the NJCAA World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Notable people

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is a baseball pitcher who has played for the

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among others.

References

External links

Official website
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