Important Dates for Maricopa Community Colleges and Phoenix College

  • Joliet Junior College is Established

    Joliet Junior College is Established
    The 1st public community college is established in Joliet, Illinois. It was founded to sponsor students graduating from high school who could not afford other forms of higher education.
    https://www.jjc.edu/about-jjc/history
  • Phoenix Junior College is Established

    Phoenix Junior College is Established
    What later becomes known as Phoenix Community College is Established. It is the 1st Junior College in Arizona. Phoenix college was basically an off shoot of the Phoenix Union High School.
  • Phoenix College Becomes NCA Accredited

    Phoenix College Becomes NCA Accredited
    Phoenix College becomes NCA accredited.
    https://www.hlcommission.org/
    The NCA is subdivided into two distinct commissions: the commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI) and the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). s.
  • Phoenix College Offers Evening Classses

    Phoenix College Offers Evening Classses
  • Phoenix College Nursing Program

    Phoenix College Nursing Program
    Phoenix College develops a nursing program that allows students to bypass the 4-year journey and receive their RN.
    https://phoenixcollege.edu/programs/nursing
  • Glendale Community College is Established

    Glendale Community College is Established
    GCC enters the ranks of the Maricopa Community Colleges
  • Phoenix College Library Completed

    Phoenix College Library Completed
    The Library had individual study carrels, a group study room, and a typing room with free use of manual typewriters. The building was dedicated in honor of the Fannin Family in the 1990's in recognition of their contributions to Phoenix College and the Maricopa Community Colleges.
  • Scottsdale Community College is Born

    Scottsdale Community College is Born
  • Rio Salado Community College is Born

    Rio Salado Community College is Born
  • South Mountain Community College is Born

    South Mountain Community College is Born
  • Phoenix College Forms Alumni Association

    Phoenix College Forms Alumni Association
    assisted by two college staff members, officially launched the formation of the Phoenix College Alumni Association (PCAA). Shortly thereafter, a volunteer Board of Directors was elected to formalize its structure and the organization was off the ground.
  • Dr. Myrna Harrison Becomes 1st Female President

    Dr. Myrna Harrison Becomes 1st Female President
    Dr. Myrna Harrison succeeds Dr. Bill Berry as the first women to be named President of Phoenix College.
  • Estrella Mountain Community College is Born

    Estrella Mountain Community College is Born
  • Glendale Community College North is Born

    Glendale Community College North is Born
  • Phoenix College Added a 2-Story Parking Structure

    Phoenix College Added a 2-Story Parking Structure