SUNY Broome Community College (BCC or SUNY Broome) is a

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Broome County, New York Broome County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 United States census, the county had a population of 198,683. Its county seat is Binghamton. The county was named for John Broome, the state's lieutenant governor whe ...

. It is part of the

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(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

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. The college had a 2010 enrollment of over 6,000 students and has alumni of over 41,000. 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 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

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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

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organizations throughout the community. There is also a theater which hosts campus performances of plays and other theatrical work, called the Little Theater.

Timeline

* 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''

Athletics

The SUNY Broome Hornets participate in the NJCAA as a member of Region III. 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.

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* {{Authority control Two-year colleges in the United States Universities and colleges established in 1946 Education in Broome County, New York 1946 establishments in New York (state) NJCAA schools Community colleges in New York (state)