Bishop State Community College

Bishop State Community College
Type	Public, HBCU
Established	1927
President	Dr.Reginald Sykes PhD
Dean	Dr.Terry Hazzard PhD
Location	Mobile, Alabama, United States; 30°41′39″N 88°3′27″W
Nickname	Wildcats
Sports	Men's Basketball; Women's Basketball; Men's Baseball; Women's Fastpitch Softball
Website	http://www.bishop.edu/

Sanford D. Bishop State Community College, founded 1927, is a state-supported, two-year, public, historically black college (HBCU) located in Mobile, Alabama, United States.

Academics

Bishop State has seven academic divisions and four technical divisions:

Academic:

Education
Information Systems
Humanities
Natural Science and Mathematics
Business and Economics
Social Sciences
Health-Related Professions

Technical:

Workforce Development
Commercial and Industrial Technology
Consumer & Transportation Technology
Engineering and Construction

Campuses

Bishop State Community College has four campuses in Mobile County: Main located at 351 N. Broad Street, Banker- Gaines Central Located at 1365 Dr.Martin Luther king Jr. Avenue, Carver located at 414 Stanton Road, and Southwest located at 925 Dauphin Island Parkway.

Athletics

The Bishop State Community College Department of Athletics currently sponsors Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Men's Baseball, and Women's Fastpitch Softball. The teams, nicknamed the Wildcats, play in the Alabama Community College Conference of the National Junior College Athletic Association.

Notable alumni

Jessie Tompkins - Former nationally ranked athlete in track and field, led lawsuit against whites-only scholarships at Alabama State University[1]

References

"CIR Fights 'Whites Only' Scholarships in Alabama". Center for Individual Rights. 29 September 1999. Retrieved 13 May 2012.

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[1] "CIR Fights 'Whites Only' Scholarships in Alabama". Center for Individual Rights. 29 September 1999. Retrieved 13 May 2012.

Alabama Community College Conference
North	Bevill State Bears Calhoun Warhawks Central Alabama Trojans Gadsden State Cardinals Lawson State Cougars MMI Tigers Shelton State Buccaneers Snead State Parsons Southern Union State Bison Wallace State Lions
South	Bishop State Wildcats Chattahoochee Valley Pirates Coastal Alabama (East) Warhawks Coastal Alabama (North) Eagles Coastal Alabama (South) Sun Chiefs Enterprise State Boll Weevil Lurleen B. Wallace Saints Wallace Governors Wallace Selma Patriots

Alabama Community College System
Community and Technical Colleges	Bevill State CC Bishop State CC Calhoun CC Central Alabama CC Chattahoochee Valley CC Coastal Alabama CC Coastal Alabama CC Brewton Coastal Alabama CC Monroeville Enterprise State CC Gadsden State CC H. Council Trenholm State TC J. F. Drake State TC J. F. Ingram State TC Jefferson State CC Lawson State CC Lurleen B. Wallace CC Northeast Alabama CC Northwest Shoals CC Reid State TC Shelton State CC Snead State CC Southern Union State CC Wallace CC Wallace State CC Hanceville Wallace State CC Selma
Two-Year Military College	Marion Military Institute
Statewide Development Training	Alabama Technology Network

Colleges and universities in Alabama
Public institutions	Alabama Alabama A&M Alabama State Auburn Auburn Montgomery Jacksonville State Montevallo North Alabama South Alabama Troy UAB UAHuntsville West Alabama
Private institutions	Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine Amridge Birmingham–Southern Columbia Southern Concordia Faulkner Heritage Christian Huntingdon Judson Miles Mobile Oakwood Samford Selma Southeastern Bible College Spring Hill Stillman Talladega Tuskegee United States Sports Academy Virginia College
Community/junior colleges	Alabama Community College System Bevill State CC Bishop State CC Calhoun CC Central Alabama CC Chattahoochee Valley CC Coastal Alabama CC Coastal Alabama CC Brewton Coastal Alabama CC Monroeville Enterprise State CC Gadsden State CC H. Council Trenholm State TC J. F. Drake State TC J. F. Ingram State TC Jefferson State CC Lawson State CC Lurleen B. Wallace CC Marion Military Institute Northeast Alabama CC Northwest Shoals CC Reid State TC Shelton State CC Snead State CC Southern Union State CC Wallace CC Wallace State CC Hanceville Wallace State CC Selma
Upper level colleges	Athens State University

Historically black colleges and universities
Public institutions	Alabama A&M Alabama State Albany State Alcorn State Arkansas–Pine Bluff Bishop State CC Bluefield State Bowie State Central State Cheyney Coahoma CC Coppin State Delaware State Elizabeth City State Fayetteville State Florida A&M Fort Valley State Gadsden State CC Grambling State Harris–Stowe Hinds CC Jackson State Kentucky State Langston Lincoln, Missouri Lincoln, Pennsylvania Maryland, Eastern Shore Mississippi Valley State Morgan State Norfolk State North Carolina A&T North Carolina Central Prairie View A&M Savannah State Shelton State CC South Carolina State Southern Southern–New Orleans Southern–Shreveport Tennessee State Texas Southern UDC UVI Virginia State West Virginia State Winston-Salem State
Private institutions	Allen Arkansas Baptist Barber–Scotia Benedict Bennett Bethune–Cookman Claflin Clark Atlanta Dillard Edward Waters Fisk Florida Memorial University Hampton Howard Huston–Tillotson Interdenominational Theological Center Jarvis Christian Johnson C. Smith Knoxville Lane LeMoyne–Owen Livingstone Meharry Miles Morehouse Morehouse School of Medicine Morris Brown Morris Oakwood Paine Paul Quinn Philander Smith Rust Selma Shaw Simmons College (Ky.) Southwestern Christian Spelman Stillman St. Augustine's Talladega Texas College Tougaloo Tuskegee Virginia Union Virginia University Voorhees Wilberforce Wiley Xavier (Louisiana)
Defunct institutions	Bishop Booker T. Washington Carver Collier-Blocker Concordia Alabama Daniel Payne Gibbs Guadalupe Hampton Jackson Johnson Kittrell Lewis College of Business Lincoln Junior College Mississippi Industrial College Morristown Mount Hermon Female Seminary Roosevelt Rosenwald Saint Paul's Storer Straight Suwannee River Volusia County Western
Consortia	Atlanta University Center Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Southwestern Athletic Conference