Columbus State Community College

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Columbus State Community College


Motto	Education that works
Established	1963
Type	Community college
President	Val Moeller
Undergraduates	18,094 (2004)
Location	Columbus, Ohio, USA
Campus	Urban
Endowment
Mascot	Cougar
Website	www.cscc.edu

Columbus State Community College, commonly referred to as CSCC, was first established as Columbus Technical Institute in 1963. The college has grown from an initial enrollment of 67 students in 1963, to its current thriving campus of about 28,000 students.

1 Degree Programs
2 Campuses
3 New Satellite Campus
4 Student Newspaper
5 Athletics
6 Trivia
7 See also

[edit] Degree Programs

Columbus State offers two-year career programs in more than 50 areas of business, health, public service, human service, and engineering technologies, as well as transfer programs for students who are interested in completing the first two years of a bachelor's degree, then transferring to a four-year university. Degree program offerings are very diverse, including fields such as Nursing, Architecture, Geographic Information Systems, and Nuclear Medicine Technology.

[edit] Campuses

The 80 acre main campus is located near downtown Columbus, Ohio. It consists of 26 buildings, including the newest facility, The Discovery Exchange (at the corner of Cleveland Avenue and Mt Vernon Avenue) which is the brand new bookstore.

In addition, Columbus State operates 10 off-campus centers in the suburban neighborhoods of Dublin, Gahanna, Westerville, Groveport, Marysville, Grandview, Grove City, Delaware, and southeast and southwest Columbus.

[edit] New Satellite Campus

The college has decided to build a 106 acre campus in Liberty Township of Southern Delaware County. The first building is expected to be completed in 2010. Nearly 2,500-3,000 students will take classes at the new campus.

[edit] Student Newspaper

Cougar News is a student-run newspaper distributed on Wednesdays Autumn, Winter and Spring Quarters. The newspaper focuses on campus events, sports, and local entertainment.

[edit] Athletics

The Cougars have nine varsity level sports teams. Seven of the teams compete at the NJCAA division III Level. The mens and womens basketball teams compete at the NJCAA division II level. The Cougars are members of the OCCAC which is an athletic conference for community colleges in Ohio.