junior college history and athletic information

CENTRAL ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Central Alabama Community College was founded on February 23, 1989 by the Alabama State Board of Education. The Board, in effect, consolidated Nunnelley State Technical College and Alexander City State Junior College.
 
In Sept. of 1966, Alexander City State Junior College was moved to its permanent position on Cherokee Road. On October 23, 1966, Governor George Corley Wallace delivered the address at the formal dedication of the Institution. Alexander City State Junior College was accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in Dec. of 1969. A new library was completed in Jan. of 1969 and a Health, Education, and Arts complex completed in Jan. of 1970.

Central Alabama Community College is approved to take part in the following programs: Federal Pell Grants; FFELP Stafford Loans; FFELP PLUS Loans; Alabama Student Assistance Program Grant (ASAP); Federal College Work Study (FCWS); Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (FSEOG); Federal Community Service College Work Study; Vocational Rehabilitation; Workforce Investment Act; and Trade Adjustment Act.

 

Central Alabama Community College maintains an "open door" admission policy that ensures educational opportunities for the school's service area residents from all racial, sexual, ethnic, and social groups within the guidelines established by the State Board of Education.