Trinity Valley Community College

Trinity Valley Community College (TVCC) is a public community college based in Athens, Texas. It has four campuses serving five counties across the southeast and eastern parts of the state.

Trinity Valley Community College
TypeCommunity college
Established1946
PresidentDr. Jerry King
Undergraduates7,743
Location
Athens (main campus)
,
Texas
,
United States

32.194814°N 95.857774°W / 32.194814; -95.857774
CampusRural
ColorsRed and white          
MascotCardinals
Websitewww.tvcc.edu

TVCC operates four campuses serving the Texas counties of Anderson, Henderson, Van Zandt, Rains, and Kaufman, southeast of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex:

  • The Henderson County Campus, which also serves as TVCC's headquarters, is in Athens.
  • The Anderson County Campus is in Palestine.
  • The Kaufman County Campus is in Terrell.
  • The TVCC Health Science Center is in Kaufman. This campus is adjacent to Presbyterian Hospital of Kaufman and is dedicated specifically to healthcare courses. (General courses must be taken at one of the other campuses in the TVCC system.) It also operates a distance learning program for the University of Texas at Arlington's RN to BSN program.

As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of TVCC is the following:[1]

History

TVCC was founded in 1946 as Henderson County Junior College in Athens, the county seat. The current name, adopted in September 1986, was taken from the Trinity River, which bisects the region. By that time it had expanded to serve residents of more than one county.

TVCC began its expansion to a multi-site campus in 1969 when it began to offer courses at a nearby Texas Department of Criminal Justice unit. In 1972 TVCC started offering courses in Palestine (the Anderson County seat), and in 1975 opened a separate campus facility three miles north of town. In 1973 TVCC started offering courses in Terrell (its first expansion into neighboring Kaufman County) and opened a separate campus facility there in 1986. Finally, in 1983 TVCC opened its first specialized campus, the TVCC Health Science Center in Kaufman (the Kaufman County seat).

Entrance to Cardinal Grill.

Notable alumni and persons affiliated with TVCC

References
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