Lurleen B. Wallace Community College

This article is about the community college in Andalusia, Alabama. For other colleges with similar names, see Wallace Community College (disambiguation).


Lurleen B. Wallace Community College
Type Community college
Established 1969
President Herbert H. J. Riedel
Academic staff
 118
Students 1,790
Location Andalusia, Greenville, and Opp, Alabama, USA
Andalusia campus: 31°19′21″N 86°27′10″W / 31.32250°N 86.45278°W / 31.32250; -86.45278
Greenville campus: 31°50′15″N 8°36′39″W / 31.83750°N 8.61083°W / 31.83750; -8.61083
MacArthur campus (Opp): 31°18′25″N 86°15′14″W / 31.30694°N 86.25389°W / 31.30694; -86.25389
Campus Andalusia campus: 160 acres (.65 km²)
Greenville campus: 17 acres (.07 km²)
MacArthur campus (Opp): 100 acres (.40 km²)
Colors Blue, White, Red
Athletics NJCAA Division 1 Region 22, Alabama Community College Conference
Nickname Saints
Sports Baseball, Basketball, Softball
Website www.lbwcc.edu

Lurleen B. Wallace Community College (LBWCC) is a community college with campuses in Andalusia, Greenville, and Opp, Alabama. As of the fall 2010 semester, the college has an enrollment of 1,790 students across all campuses.[1] The college was founded in 1969 and named for Governor Lurleen Burns Wallace. In 1992, it opened the campus in Greenville. In 2003, LBWCC merged with Douglas MacArthur State Technical College, which opened in 1965.[2] Athletic teams representing LBWCC compete in the Alabama Community College Conference of the National Junior College Athletic Association.

References

  1. ↑ "Lurleen B Wallace Community College". College Navigator. National Center for Education Statistics. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Lurleen B. Wallace Community College". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
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