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Brevard Community College, founded in 1960, is a community college
Community college

A community college is a type of educational institution. The term can have different meanings in different countries....
 on Florida's Space Coast
Space Coast

The Space Coast is a region in the U.S. state of Florida around Kennedy Space Center, where the United States Air Force and NASA frequently launch rockets and shuttles into space....
, in Brevard County, Florida
Brevard County, Florida

Brevard County is a County#United States located in the U.S. state of Florida, along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2007 United States Census Bureau estimates, the population is 534,359....
. It has four integrated campuses in Cocoa
Cocoa, Florida

Cocoa is a city in Brevard County, Florida, Florida, United States. The population was 16,412 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S Census estimates of 2005, the city had a population of 16,898....
, Melbourne
Melbourne, Florida

Melbourne is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. As of 2006, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 76,371. Melbourne is a principal city of the Palm Bay, Florida–Melbourne–Titusville, Florida Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is home to 534,359 people....
, Palm Bay
Palm Bay, Florida

Palm Bay is a city in Brevard County, Florida, Florida, United States. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population as 100,116 on 1 July 2007; it is the most populous city in the county....
, and Titusville
Titusville, Florida

Titusville is a city in Brevard County, Florida, Florida, United States. The population was 40,670 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2004 estimates, the city had a population of 42,614....
, as well as an Aerospace
Aerospace

Aerospace comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding outer space. Typically the term is used to refer to the industry that researches, designs, manufactures, operates, and maintains vehicles moving through Aircraft and Space exploration....
 program at Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center

The John F. Kennedy Space Center is the NASA space vehicle launch facility and Launch Control Center on Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard County, Florida, United States....
 and a Virtual Campus
Virtual Campus

A Virtual Campus refers to the online offerings of a college or university where college work is completed either partially or wholly online, often with the assistance of the teacher, professor, or teaching assistant....
.

Most of BCC's students take part in its Associate in Arts
Associate's degree

An associate degree is an academic degree awarded by community colleges, junior colleges, four-year universities, business colleges and some bachelor's degree-granting colleges/universities upon completion of a course of study usually lasting two years....
 transfer program. In 2007, BCC was listed 21st in the nation in awarding AA degrees.

president's office, and therefore the college's headquarters, is on the Cocoa campus.

A four-day summer workweek, instituted in 2008, has proved popular.

lass="link1" onMouseover='showByLink("m5824223",this)' onMouseout='hide("m5824223")'href="http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/College_transfer">Transfer
College transfer

College transfer is the movement of students from one higher education institution to another and the process by which academic credits are accepted or not accepted by a receiving institution....
 and articulation
Articulation (education)

In Australia and the United States education, articulation or more specifically course articulation, refers to the process of comparing the content of courses that are transferred between postsecondary institutions such as TAFE institutes, colleges or university....
 partnerships between BCC and the University of Central Florida
University of Central Florida

The University of Central Florida is a space grant colleges university located in Orlando, Florida, Florida. UCF is the second largest overall in the state of Florida, and the List of largest US universities by enrollment in the nation....
, a joint initiative called "DirectConnect," and with the Florida Institute of Technology
Florida Institute of Technology

Florida Institute of Technology, also known as Florida Tech, is a private, independent institute of technology located in Melbourne, Florida....
, whose TechTrack program guarantees the admission of BCC graduates who wish to transfer to Florida Tech, make possible the seamless transfer of credits from BCC's Associate's program to these and other four-year institutions.






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Brevard Community College, founded in 1960, is a community college
Community college

A community college is a type of educational institution. The term can have different meanings in different countries....
 on Florida's Space Coast
Space Coast

The Space Coast is a region in the U.S. state of Florida around Kennedy Space Center, where the United States Air Force and NASA frequently launch rockets and shuttles into space....
, in Brevard County, Florida
Brevard County, Florida

Brevard County is a County#United States located in the U.S. state of Florida, along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2007 United States Census Bureau estimates, the population is 534,359....
. It has four integrated campuses in Cocoa
Cocoa, Florida

Cocoa is a city in Brevard County, Florida, Florida, United States. The population was 16,412 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S Census estimates of 2005, the city had a population of 16,898....
, Melbourne
Melbourne, Florida

Melbourne is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. As of 2006, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 76,371. Melbourne is a principal city of the Palm Bay, Florida–Melbourne–Titusville, Florida Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is home to 534,359 people....
, Palm Bay
Palm Bay, Florida

Palm Bay is a city in Brevard County, Florida, Florida, United States. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population as 100,116 on 1 July 2007; it is the most populous city in the county....
, and Titusville
Titusville, Florida

Titusville is a city in Brevard County, Florida, Florida, United States. The population was 40,670 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2004 estimates, the city had a population of 42,614....
, as well as an Aerospace
Aerospace

Aerospace comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding outer space. Typically the term is used to refer to the industry that researches, designs, manufactures, operates, and maintains vehicles moving through Aircraft and Space exploration....
 program at Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center

The John F. Kennedy Space Center is the NASA space vehicle launch facility and Launch Control Center on Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard County, Florida, United States....
 and a Virtual Campus
Virtual Campus

A Virtual Campus refers to the online offerings of a college or university where college work is completed either partially or wholly online, often with the assistance of the teacher, professor, or teaching assistant....
.

Most of BCC's students take part in its Associate in Arts
Associate's degree

An associate degree is an academic degree awarded by community colleges, junior colleges, four-year universities, business colleges and some bachelor's degree-granting colleges/universities upon completion of a course of study usually lasting two years....
 transfer program. In 2007, BCC was listed 21st in the nation in awarding AA degrees.

Administration

The president's office, and therefore the college's headquarters, is on the Cocoa campus.

A four-day summer workweek, instituted in 2008, has proved popular.

Academic

Transfer
College transfer

College transfer is the movement of students from one higher education institution to another and the process by which academic credits are accepted or not accepted by a receiving institution....
 and articulation
Articulation (education)

In Australia and the United States education, articulation or more specifically course articulation, refers to the process of comparing the content of courses that are transferred between postsecondary institutions such as TAFE institutes, colleges or university....
 partnerships between BCC and the University of Central Florida
University of Central Florida

The University of Central Florida is a space grant colleges university located in Orlando, Florida, Florida. UCF is the second largest overall in the state of Florida, and the List of largest US universities by enrollment in the nation....
, a joint initiative called "DirectConnect," and with the Florida Institute of Technology
Florida Institute of Technology

Florida Institute of Technology, also known as Florida Tech, is a private, independent institute of technology located in Melbourne, Florida....
, whose TechTrack program guarantees the admission of BCC graduates who wish to transfer to Florida Tech, make possible the seamless transfer of credits from BCC's Associate's program to these and other four-year institutions. The BCC-UCF partnership also involves the sharing of facilities and services with UCF on BCC's campuses, including the BCC/UCF Joint-Use Library.

Other Programs

WENDI, training for self-esteem and career, is a program operated by BCC for women newly seeking employment outside the home.

Cultural

The 2,000-seat Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts
Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts

The Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts venue located at 3865 North Wickham Road, Melbourne, Florida, Florida. The main theater contains 2,000 seats....
, on the Melbourne BCC campus, offers performances and cultural art events. The Astronaut Memorial Planetarium and Observatory
Astronaut Memorial Planetarium and Observatory

Astronaut Memorial Planetarium and Observatory is an astronomy observatory and Planetarium operated by the Brevard Astronomical Society at Brevard Community College....
, on the Cocoa BCC campus, features one of the largest public-access telescopes in Florida as well as large-format movies, laser light shows, and other presentations.

The Titusville campus contains the John Henry Jones Gymnatorium, used for performing arts as well as athletic events.

The Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse, owned by BCC, offers musical and dramatic productions featuring local and regional performers, and is also host to a "Stars of Tomorrow" program for the development of local performing-arts talent.

WBCC TV
WBCC

WBCC is an educational television station serving the Orlando, Florida television market. It broadcasts on Ultra high frequency channel 68, with a digital signal on channel 30....
 is a non-commercial educational television station operated by BCC. WBCC TV broadcasts educational, cultural, and informational materials and telecourses of special interest.

The Harry T.
Harry T. Moore

Harry Tyson Moore was an African-American teacher and founder of the first branch of the NAACP, in Brevard County, Florida.Moore became state secretary for the Florida chapter of the NAACP....
 and Harriette V. Moore Multicultural Center commemorates the lives and work of the Moores, African-American community leaders who lived and worked in Brevard County, martyr-pioneers of the civil rights
Civil rights

Civil and political rights are a class of rights ensuring things such as the protection of peoples' physical integrity; procedural fairness in law; protection from discrimination based on sexism, religious intolerance, Racism, Homophobia, etc; individual freedom of freedom of belief, freedom of speech, freedom of association, and freedom...
 era.

Athletics

BCC's Athletic teams are nicknamed the Titans and participate in softball
Softball

Softball is a Team sport sport popular especially in the United States. It is a direct descendant of baseball and the rules of both sports are substantially similar....
, baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
, women's basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
, men's basketball, men's golf
Golf

Golf is a sport in which players using many types of Golf club including wood , iron , and putter , attempt to hit golf ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes....
, and women's volleyball
Volleyball

Volleyball is an Olympic Games team sport in which two teams of 6 active 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....
. They participate with the Florida Community College Activities Association and the National Junior College Athletic Association
National Junior College Athletic Association

The National Junior College Athletic Association , founded in 1938, is an association of community college and junior college athletic departments throughout the United States....
. The BCC men's golf program has won seven National Junior College Championships since 1969. The men's baseball program has won two state championships and has been coached by Ernie Rosseau for the past 25 seasons.

YMCA

A local YMCA
YMCA

The Young Men's Christian Association was founded on June 6, 1844 in London, United Kingdom, by George Williams . The original intention of the organization was to put Christian principles into practice....
 has its facilities at the Cocoa campus.

Notable alumni


Image Alumni Notability
Thad Altman
Thad Altman

Thad Altman is a politician in the Florida House of Representatives. He was elected on March 25, 2003. Before his election, he was a contractor and a consultant....
Current member of the Florida Senate
Florida Senate

The Florida Senate is part of the Florida Legislature of government for the state of Florida. There are 40 members in the senate. Generally, Senators in odd-numbered districts are elected in years divisible by four , and Senators in even-numbered districts are elected alongside elections for Florida's statewide offices....
 Ernie Rosseau1971 graduate. BCC Head Baseball Coach, 2 state championships, 650+ victories, 2 NJCAA World Series trips.
 Paul Azinger
Paul Azinger

Paul William Azinger is an United States professional golfer. He spent almost 300 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1988 and 1994....
PGA Tour
PGA Tour

The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional golf tours in the United States. It is headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a suburb of Jacksonville, Florida....
 golfer, 1993 PGA Championship
PGA Championship

The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four men's major golf championships in professional golf, and it is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August ....
 winner
 Justin HoymanUniversity of Florida
University of Florida

The University of Florida is a Public university land-grant university, sea grant colleges, Space grant colleges major research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida, in the United States....
 baseball All-American pitcher, 2nd round draft pick in 2004 draft by Cleveland Indians
Cleveland Indians

The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball based in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio. They are in the American League Central of Major League Baseball's American League....
 Mandy Romero
Mandy Romero

Armando "Mandy" Romero is a former Major League Baseball catcher.Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 19th round of the MLB amateur draft, Romero would make his Major League Baseball debut with the San Diego Padres on July 15, , and appear in his final game during the ....
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
 Player (1997-2003) for San Diego Padres
San Diego Padres

The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California since their founding in 1969. They play in the National League West....
, Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in . The Red Sox are a member of the Major League Baseball?s American League East. Since , the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park....
 and Colorado Rockies
Colorado Rockies

The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado, Colorado. Established in 1993 Colorado Rockies season, the Rockies play in the National League West of the National League....
.
Bruce Bochy
Bruce Bochy

Bruce Douglas Bochy is the manager of the San Francisco Giants. Prior to joining the Giants on October 27, 2006 , Bochy had been the manager of the San Diego Padres for twelve seasons....
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
 Manager for the San Diego Padres
San Diego Padres

The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California since their founding in 1969. They play in the National League West....
Former BCC Baseball player and cast member for Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live is a weekly late-night 90-minute American sketch comedy/variety show filmed in New York City. It made its debut on October 11, 1975....
 (1995-2008)
Bill Posey
Bill Posey

William "Bill" Posey is the Representative for Florida's 15th congressional district. He was a former Republican Party member of the Florida Senate, having represented the 24th District from 2001 to 2009....
1969 graduate of BCC, US Representative-elect.
 Carlos Reyes
Carlos Reyes (baseball)

Carlos Alberto Reyes Jr. was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched all or part of eight seasons in the majors between and ....
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
 player (1994-2003)
 Steve Lamontagne1986 BCC graduate, PGA Tour
PGA Tour

The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional golf tours in the United States. It is headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a suburb of Jacksonville, Florida....
 golfer
 Ed Yanes1984 BCC graduate, 1984 1st Round Draft by the Minnesota Twins
Minnesota Twins

The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. The Twins are a member of the American League Central of Major League Baseball's American League....
. Current BCC Women's Softball Head Coach.


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