Tarrant County College Explained

Tarrant County College
Motto:	Success Within Reach
Established:	1965
Chancellor:	Elva LeBlanc^[1]
Former Names:	Tarrant County Junior College (1965–1999)
Administrative Staff:	1,616
Students:	40,131^[2] (Fall 2022)
City:	Texas, United States
Colors:	Burgundy, navy, tan and teal
Website:	www.tccd.edu
Mascot:	Trailblazer

Tarrant County College (TCC) or Tarrant County College District (TCCD) is a public community college in Tarrant County, Texas. It offers five transferrable degrees as well as degrees and certificates in occupational and technical programs. The district consists of five physical campuses, a virtual campus (TCC Connect) and a centralized office.^[3]

History

Tarrant County College began on July 31, 1965 after voters approved a bond election for the formation of a junior college district. In 1967, the South Campus was the first campus to open in south Fort Worth; in 1967, the Northeast Campus was built in Hurst. A third campus, the Northwest Campus, was added in 1976, in northwest Fort Worth. In 1996, the Southeast Campus was built in Arlington. The fifth, Trinity River Campus, opened in downtown Fort Worth in the fall of 2009.

As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of TCCD includes all of Tarrant County.^[4]

Collegiate high schools

Tarrant County College offers several dual-credit programs, known as collegiate high schools, that offer an associate degree along with a high school diploma.

Marine Creek Collegiate High School (Northwest Campus)
Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences (Trinity River Campus)
TCC South Campus – FWISD Early Collegiate High School (South Campus)
Collegiate Academy at Tarrant County College (Northeast Campus)
Arlington Collegiate High School (Southeast Campus)

Notable people

Notable faculty and staff

Stephen Jay Berg, music professor^[5]
Euline Brock, history professor^[6]
Reby Cary, history professor^[7]
Janet Dunbar, music professor
Noël Goemanne, music professor
Erma Johnson Hadley, Chancellor of Tarrant County College^[8]
Peter G. Jordan, President of Tarrant County College^[9]
Warren Norwood, writing professor
Jay Saunders, music professor

Notable alumni

Charles Baker, actor
Leon Bridges, musician^[10]
Deborah Crombie, author
Wendy Davis, politician^[11]
Montana De La Rosa, UFC mixed martial artist^[12]
Post Malone, rapper^[13]
Stephen Mosher, photographer
Jonathan Stickland, businessman and politician^[14]
Mack White, cartoonist

External links

- Photos of Tarrant County College hosted by the Portal to Texas History

Notes and References

Web site: She became TCC chancellor during a tumultuous time. Now she’s modernizing the institution. Fort Worth Report. September 17, 2023 . June 5, 2023 . Jacob. Sanchez.
Web site: College Navigator - Tarrant County College District . en . 2024-07-29 . .
Web site: Locations. Tarrant County College District. 26 June 2018.
Web site: Tarrant County Junior College District Service Area. Texas Education Code. September 17, 2023.
Web site: Bishop Stephen J. Berg, D.D. . January 29, 2024 . Diocese of Pueblo.
Web site: Heinkel-Wolfe . Peggy . Former Denton Mayor Euline Brock dies . Denton Record-Chronicle. 2 July 2018 .
News: Back-of-Bus Days Recalled by Professor. Martinets. Patrick. 1969-07-30. Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Web site: Chancellor Emma C. Johnson Hadley . Gregory W. Spencer Funeral Directors.
Web site: Welcome from the TCC South President.
Web site: How Going Home Helped Inspire Leon Bridges’s New Album—And Saved His Life. Texas Monthly. September 17, 2023. Casey. Gerald. August 2021.
News: Wendy Davis stuck her neck out for schoolkids.. McGraw. Dan. Fort Worth Weekly. August 31, 2011. June 26, 2013.
Web site: Arlington mom prepping for first MMA title fight. star-telegram. en. 2019-02-11.
Web site: Grapevine-raised Post Malone comes home to North Texas for two shows. KKXT. September 17, 2023. Preston. Jones. October 21, 2022.
Web site: Rep. Jonathan Stickland. Texas State Directory. September 17, 2023.