SUNY Broome Community College (BCC or SUNY Broome) is a public community college in Broome County, New York. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY). The college was founded in 1946 and has gone through several name changes. The school is located in the Town of Dickinson, just north of the City of Binghamton, New York. The college had a 2010 enrollment of over 6,000 students and has alumni of over 41,000.
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Former names | New York State Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences at Binghamton Broome County Technical Institute Broome Technical Community College |
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| Type | Public community college |
| Established | 1946 |
Parent institution | State University of New York |
| Endowment | $35.9 million (2020)[1] |
| President | Tony Hawkins |
Academic staff | 153 Full-Time and 181 Part-Time[2] |
| Undergraduates | 5,386 (all undergraduate) Spring 2022[3] |
| Location | , , United States 42°08′06″N 75°54′36″W / 42.134999°N 75.91012°W |
| Campus | Suburban 200 acres (0.81 km2) |
| Colors | Yellow and black |
| Nickname | Hornets |
Sporting affiliations | National Junior College Athletic Association, Region III |
| Mascot | Stinger |
| Website | www |
SUNY Broome serves students from a single campus on Upper Front Street in Dickinson, New York, though some classes are taught in Waverly, Owego, and within the City of Binghamton at smaller classroom centers. The campus' fifteen buildings comprise 610,000 square feet (57,000 m2) of space and feature athletic facilities such as baseball fields, soccer field, publicly accessible tennis courts, the Dick Baldwin Gym, named after the third winningest college basketball coach across both two- and four-year colleges, and the SUNY Broome Ice Center - a 758 seat hockey arena that is used by a variety of different local ice hockey & figure skating organizations throughout the community.
There is also a theater which hosts campus performances of plays and other theatrical work, called the Little Theater.
Timeline
edit- 1946: Established as New York State Institute of Applied Arts & Sciences at Binghamton (with "New York State" sometimes abbreviated "NYS")
- 1953: Became Broome County Technical Institute
- 1956: Became Broome Technical Community College
- 1957: Moved to new campus on Upper Front Street (NY Route 11)
- 1971: Name changed to Broome Community College
- 2013: Name changed to SUNY Broome[4]
Athletics
editThe SUNY Broome Hornets participate in the NJCAA as a member of Region III. [5]
Men's sports:
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cross country
- Soccer
- Track and field
Women's sports:
- Basketball
- Cross country
- Soccer
- Softball
- Volleyball
- Track and field
The women's soccer team won the national championship in 2007, 2008, and 2016.
References
edit- ^ As of June 30, 2020. U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 (Report). National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- ^ "College Navigator - SUNY Broome Community College".
- ^ "College Navigator - SUNY Broome Community College".
- ^ "FOX 40 WICZ TV - News, Sports, Weather, Contests & More - Our Apologies". September 2, 1999. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
- ^ "SUNY Broome Community College". www.broomehornets.com. Retrieved July 3, 2023.