Terra State Community College

Terra State Community College
Type Public
Established 1968
Endowment $5.8 million
President Ron Schumacher (interim)
Students 2,434[1]
Location Fremont, Ohio, U.S.
41°21′12″N 83°09′31″W / 41.3533333°N 83.1586111°W / 41.3533333; -83.1586111Coordinates: 41°21′12″N 83°09′31″W / 41.3533333°N 83.1586111°W / 41.3533333; -83.1586111
Campus 143 acres (58 ha)
Website www.terra.edu

Terra State Community College is a two-year accredited, state-supported, community college located in Fremont, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1968 as Vanguard Technical Institute, a night school using the facilities of Vanguard Vocational Center. Terra's district includes Sandusky, Seneca, and the eastern portion of Ottawa counties.

History

Terra State Community College was founded as Vanguard Technical Institute in September 1968, a night school at Vanguard Vocational Center. In 1969, The Ohio Board of Regents declared Vanguard Technical Institute a state institution of higher learning authorized to grant associate degrees in applied business and associate degrees in applied science. In 1973, the college was renamed Terra Technical College. Work began in 1969 on a new campus for Terra on Napoleon Road west of Fremont, and Roy Klay Hall, the first building, was named in honor of Terra's founding president. Terra Technical College became Terra State Community College in the summer of 1994, and associate of arts and associate of science degrees were added to the associate of applied science degrees granted by Terra. In 2017 Terra State broke ground on "The Landings at Terra Village", becoming the second community college in Ohio to house residential students. College president Jerome Webster submitted his resignation in May 2018 after long-running concerns about his administration in the wake of cost assessment for the Landings at Terra Village project, with Ron Schumacher, senior vice president and executive chairman of the Terra College Foundation being named as interim president on later that month. Schumacher's term begun on June 1, 2018.

Campus

The Terra State Community College campus covers an area of 143 acres (58 ha) in the western edge of Fremont on Napoleon Road.

Clubs and Organizations

  • Phi Theta Kappa
  • Student Government Association
  • Terra Astronomy Club
  • Terra Christian Fellowship
  • Terra Gamers Club
  • Terra Student Nurses Association
  • Terra Cultural Society
  • Terra Music Students Association
  • Terra Video Club [2]

Presidents

  • Ron Schumacher (2018–present)
  • Jerome Webster (2012–2018)
  • Marsha Bordner (2003–2012)
  • Roy Klay

References

  1. ↑ As of fall 2016. "Headcount Enrollment at University System of Ohio Institutions, Fall 2007 to Fall 2016" (PDF). Ohio Department of Higher Education. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Terra Video Club
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