Hutchinson Community College (HutchCC or HCC) is a

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. It serves nearly 5,000 credit students every semester.

History

The college was established in the spring of 1928 as Hutchinson Junior College, and held its first classes that fall. On July 1, 1965, the name was changed to Hutchinson Community Junior College, then in 1980 to Hutchinson Community College. On July 1, 1993, Hutchinson Community College was renamed once again to Hutchinson Community College and Area Vocational School after a merger with the local vocational school. In 2012, the vocational school addition was removed, and the institution finally became known as Hutchinson Community College.

Campuses

The main campus is located at 1300 North Plum in

, and mostly bounded between the streets of 11th Street, 14th Street, and Plum Street. There are additional locations within Hutchinson that house the College's Agriculture, Fire Science, Allied Health, Cosmetology and Barbering programs. HutchCC has two satellite locations, in

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and

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Academics

Students can choose from more than 70 different academic programs, leading to

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, Associate of General Studies and Associate of Fine Arts degrees. Hutchinson Community College has transfer and articulation agreements with every Kansas Regents university and college, as well as a variety of other institutions across the country. The college also offers over 50 technical programs.

Athletics

The

Hutchinson Blue Dragons The Hutchinson Blue Dragons are the sports teams of Hutchinson Community College located in Hutchinson, Kansas, United States. They participate in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and in the Kansas Jayhawk Community Coll ...

are the sports teams of Hutchinson Community College. They participate in the

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(NJCAA) and in the

Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference The Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) is a college athletic conference that is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). As of 2007, the KJCCC was home to more than 3,000 student-athletes in the 19 ...

.KJCCC Members

Notable alumni

Kadeem Allen Kadeem Frank Allen (born January 15, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Forlì of the Lega Serie A2. He played college basketball for Hutchinson Community College and Arizona. High school In high school he f ...

(born 1993), professional basketball player *

De'Vondre Campbell De'Vondre Campbell (born July 1, 1993) is an American professional American football, football linebacker. He played college football at Hutchinson Blue Dragons, Hutchinson Community College before transferring to Minnesota Golden Gophers footbal ...

, professional

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player *

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, professional football player * Steve Fritz (born 1967), 1996 Olympic

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* Markus Golden, professional football player *

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, former professional football player *

Storey Jackson Storey Jackson (born April 8, 1998) is an American professional football linebacker for the San Antonio Brahmas of the United Football League (UFL). He played college football at Liberty University. Early life Jackson attended Olathe North Hig ...

, professional football player * Darius Johnson-Odom, professional basketball player * Alvin Kamara (born 1995), professional football player * Jeremiah Ledbetter, professional football player *

Martina McBride Martina Mariea McBride (née Schiff, July 29, 1966) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is known for her soprano singing range and her country pop material. McBride was born in Sharon, Kansas, and relocated to Nashville, T ...

, country music singer-songwriter * Andre Morris (born 1972), sprint runner *

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, professional football player * Mike Zagurski, professional baseball

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References

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* {{authority control Community colleges in Kansas Education in Reno County, Kansas Two-year colleges in the United States NJCAA schools 1928 establishments in Kansas Universities and colleges established in 1928