自1961年以来的鼓舞人心

Innovation has always been at the heart of 澳门官方娱乐游戏平台. 60多年了, MCC has evolved to meet the ever-changing needs of its students and community. The College has developed new and exciting degree programs, created unique educational and workforce initiatives, and built contemporary urban and suburban campus facilities.

MCC was established in 1961 under founding chairman, Samuel J. Stabins, M.D. MCC’s first Board of Trustees comprised Rochester’s leading professionals in business, 卫生保健, education and law as appointed by Monroe County and 纽约 state. That same year, MCC was established as a member of the State University of 纽约 (SUNY) System.

延续创始人的愿景, MCC continues to provide a quality education at an affordable price. 今天, the College offers more than 100 outstanding academic programs taught by award-winning 教师 members for a much lower cost than private colleges. Since 1961, more than half a million people have been inspired by MCC. The traditions of 创新 and value will continue for many years to come.

世纪挑战集团的愿景

澳门官方娱乐游戏平台的冠军权益, 机会, 创新, and 卓越 while transforming students’ lives and communities.

世纪挑战集团的使命

澳门官方娱乐游戏平台 transforms lives and communities, fostering the success of diverse students through affordable and innovative academic, 职业生涯, 技术, 以及劳动力发展项目. Our shared work inspires and champions 卓越 in higher education and builds global 参与ment and understanding.

世纪挑战集团的核心价值观

澳门官方娱乐游戏平台重视社区, 包容, 完整性, 卓越, 赋权, 和管理工作. 

多样性、公平和包容

澳门官方娱乐游戏平台 expects and upholds equity, 包容, and a sense of belonging in our educational programs, 政策, 校园生活, 就业, 社区参与. We believe that diversity enriches our lives and leads to understanding and appreciation of our differences and commonalities. In order to achieve academic and institutional 卓越, 我们积极招聘, 参与, 留住学生, 教师, 工作人员, and community partners who represent the diversity of our region, 国家, 和世界.

世纪挑战集团

  • 1961 – MCC is established as a unit of the State University of 纽约 (SUNY) 系统.
  • 1962 ——勒鲁瓦·V. 好,Ph值.D. 成为世纪挑战集团的创始总裁. He had already established community colleges in three other states.
  • 1962 – MCC’s Alexander Street Campus welcomes 720 students.
  • 1965 – MCC becomes the first college in the 国家 to receive accreditation within three years of its founding.
  • 1968 – A new campus on East Henrietta Road in Brighton opens to meet increasing enrollment needs.
  • 1974 – Comprehensive training of the region’s first responders begins at the new 49,000 square foot 公共安全训练设施 on Scottsville Road.
  • 1980s – MCC becomes the fastest-growing community college in the state, increasing enrollment during the 1980s by more than 41%.
  • 1986 – MCC becomes a member of the 社区学院创新联盟 Board of Directors.
  • 1991 – To meet the needs of MCC’s growing non-traditional student population, the Richard M. Guon幼儿中心开业.
  • 1992 – The Damon City Campus opens its doors in downtown Rochester to educate students in law, 刑事司法, 人类服务和K-12教育.
  • 1997 -应用技术中心, a 53,000平方英尺的设施在西亨丽埃塔路, opens to serve fast-growing industries such as precision tooling and machining, 汽车技术和HVAC/R.
  • 2003 – MCC launches its housing and residence life program with the dedication of Alice Holloway Young Commons, 为纪念约翰博士而命名. Young, one of the first African-American teachers in 美国.S.也是世纪挑战集团的创始董事之一.
  • 2003 – To address the educational needs of those in the region faced with responding to natural and intentional disasters, the Homeland Security Management Institute opens.
  • 2007 – MCC’s Agriculture and Life Sciences Institute opens.
  • 2008 ——路易斯·S. 和Molly B. Wolk Center for Excellence in Nursing opens and earns LEED Silver certification.
  • 2008 -政治行动委员会中心, 一个学术, fitness and recreational facility named after alumna, 帕梅拉·安·切索尼斯, ‘79, 打开以支持学生的学习, athletics and overall health and wellness on campus.
  • 2011 – MCC’s 经济 Development and Innovative Workforce Services division is established.
  • 2015 – Association of American Colleges and Universities selects MCC as one of 10 community colleges for the Developing a 社区 College Student Roadmap Project, leading to its 国家al and state leadership in Guided Pathways.
  • 2016 - MCC推出学校@ MCC.
  • 2017 – MCC’s 市区的校园 opens at 321 State Street.
  • 2020 – MCC shifts to fully remote and online learning and services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • 2022 – State and county leaders and regional partners join MCC in opening the Finger Lakes 劳动力发展中心 at MCC’s 市区的校园.

MCC的认证

世纪挑战集团是由 中部州高等教育委员会 (MSCHE) 自愿的, 非政府, 定义了成员关系的关联, 维护, and promotes educational 卓越 across institutions with diverse missions, 学生的数量, 和资源. MSCHE conducts accreditation and pre-accreditation (candidacy status) activities for institutions of higher education in Delaware, 哥伦比亚特区, 马里兰, 新泽西, 纽约, 宾西法尼亚, 波多黎各, 美国.S. 属维尔京群岛, and any other geographic areas in which the Commission elects to conduct accrediting activities, including the evaluation of distance education and correspondence education programs offered at those institutions. MSCHE accredits institutions across 美国nited States as well as globally.

课程是由注册和批准 纽约州教育部 和 纽约州立大学(SUNY) 系统.

世纪挑战集团是 社区学院创新联盟. The League provides direction and leadership for experimentation and 创新 in two-year colleges. Its members are recognized as the best community colleges in 美国nited States and Canada.