Hillsborough Community College
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| Motto: | The Community College of Tampa Bay |
| Established: | 1968 |
| Type: | Public, Two-year |
| President: | Dr. Gwendolyn Stephenson |
| Students: | 43,000 |
| Location: | Hillsborough County, Florida, United States |
| Website: | http://www.hccfl.edu |
Hillsborough Community College (HCC) is a two-year community college, located in Hillsborough County, Florida. The college has five campuses located throughout the county. Locations include: Brandon, Dale Mabry, Plant City, Ybor City, and MacDill AFB. Administrative offices and headquarters are located on Davis Islands, near downtown Tampa.
HCC was one of the last community colleges to be created in Florida, founded in 1968. Only Pasco-Hernando Community College, out of the 28-school Florida community college system, was founded later. Despite its late start, HCC has grown to include over 43,000 students. [1] In January 2008 the school opened its first residence hall. It is known as "Hawk's Landing", named after the school's mascot. This marks HCC as one of the few community colleges with its own residence hall and will be a gauge of viability for future endeavors by other community colleges.[2]
There is currently a partially completed campus under construction in Ruskin, called South Shore center. The campus will be HCC's sixth and is slated for completion Summer 2008.
