Broward Community College at a Glance
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North Campus A. Hugh Adams Central Campus Campus Judson A. Samuels South Campus 14 www.broward.edu 2012-2013 College Catalog Broward College BROWARD COLLEGE Broward College …………………………………… Page 14 - 25 Broward College Vision, Mission, Core Values About and Philosophy …………………………..… Page 16 - 17 Campuses, Centers and other facilities …………. Page 17 - 18 History of the College ………………………….. Page 18 - 20 Equal Opportunity Policy ………………………. Page 20 Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation ………………………………. Page 20 District Board of Trustees ………………………. Page 21 State Boards …………………………………….. Page 22 District Administration …………………………. Page 22 - 23 Broward College Foundation …………………… Page 24 - 25 Broward College 2012 – 2013 College Catalog www.broward.edu 15 Broward College About VISION, MISSION, CORE VALUES AND PHILOSOPHY Innovation: Developing and implementing the most emergent technologies and Broward College Vision Statement teaching/learning methods and strategies to Broward College will be a destination for academic create learning environments that are excellence, serving students from local communities flexible and responsive to local, national, and beyond. The college will embrace diversity – and international needs. student, faculty, staff, and business partnerships – and foster a welcoming, affirming, and empowering Integrity: Fostering an environment of culture of respect and inclusion. The college will respect, dignity, and compassion that stand at the leading edge of technological and affirms and empowers all its members while environmentally sound innovation, providing striving for the highest ethical standards and attainable, high-quality educational programs. social responsibility. Broward College will be recognized for its Sustainability: Ensuring effective, efficient recruitment and retention of diverse, outstanding use of college resources while implementing faculty and staff whose primary focus will be to fiscally sound practices and environmentally promote the success of each individual student while sustainable initiatives that can be modeled supporting lifelong learning for all students. As a in collaboration with our community. model post-secondary institution, the college will Lifelong Learning: Promoting the connect its students to diverse local and global educational growth and development of all communities through technical, professional, and individuals through a variety of post- academic careers. secondary professional, technical, and academic programs and services. Mission Statement The mission of Broward College is to achieve Philosophy student success by developing informed and creative As an institution committed to the ideal of the value students capable of contributing to a knowledge- and dignity of the individual, Broward College and service-based global society. As a public recognizes the religious, ethnic, and cultural diversity community college accredited to offer associate of its students and staff and endeavors to provide degrees, selected baccalaureate degrees, and equal educational opportunity for all students. certificate programs, the institution and its District Furthermore, the college fosters the value of lifelong Board of Trustees are committed to fostering a learning as it strives through teaching excellence to learning-centered community that celebrates enable students to appreciate knowledge and to diversity and inclusion by empowering and engaging acquire an education that will assist them in students, faculty, and staff. assuming positive roles in a changing society. Believing that educated people should be guided in Core Values their behavior by decency and civility, the college Academic Excellence and Student values honesty, integrity, and social responsibility Success: Achieving student success among its staff and its students. Furthermore, it through high-quality, learning-centered aspires to empower students with the critical programs and services while continuously thinking and problem-solving skills, global evaluating and improving student learning perspective, clarified values, and creativity that will outcomes that reflect the highest academic enable them to make moral choices and ethical standards. This is accomplished by decisions in all aspects of their lives. In addition, the providing flexible educational opportunities college embraces a commitment to American accessible to all students, regardless of time democratic values and culture, the principles of or place. responsible citizenship, life enrichment, and self- Diversity and Inclusion: Creating a awareness. community that celebrates diversity and cultural awareness while promoting the The College inclusion of all its members. As the first public higher education institution in the county, Broward College functions as the principal 16 www.broward.edu 2012 – 2013 College Catalog Broward College Broward College Facts About provider of undergraduate higher education for the College, a high school operated in partnership with residents of Broward County. The college provides the Broward County Public Schools. associate and baccalaureate degrees, and technical and occupational training for the citizens of Willis Holcombe Center Broward County, its district by law. As one of the The Willis Holcombe Center is located in the heart 28 public community colleges in the Florida system, of Fort Lauderdale. In partnership with FAU, the Broward College is designed to be a community- center forms the Higher Education Complex on based institution that offers a comprehensive range East Las Olas Boulevard. The center also houses the of programs responsive to changes in the college’s district administration offices as well as Broward College community and in technology. Where appropriate, more than 210,000 square feet of high-tech these programs are articulated with the public school classroom space consisting of wired classrooms, system, area vocational schools, and upper-level science and technology labs, and a full array of About institutions to ensure that students can move student services. The center is surrounded by many smoothly from one system to another. cultural and municipal resources, including the Broward County Main Library, the Broward Center The college’s district board of trustees, its legal for the Performing Arts, the Museum of Discovery governing body, serves as a corporate body with all and Science, the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, powers necessary for governance and operation. The and picturesque Riverwalk along New River. college operates under statutory authority and rules of the Florida Department of Education. State Institute for Economic Development appropriations and student fees provide operational The Institute for Economic Development is located funding for college programs. Construction and within the Willis Holcombe Center at 111 East Las building maintenance funds are provided through Olas Boulevard, Room 408 and will move to 6400 statewide capital outlay bonds, not through local N.W. 6th Way, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309. The property taxes. institute offers a variety of continuing education courses, corporate training services, customized workforce development resources, support groups The campuses and centers and training for women transitioning into the workforce. A. Hugh Adams Central Campus The A. Hugh Adams Central Campus is located west Tigertail Lake Recreational Center of the Florida Turnpike and south of Interstate 595 The Tigertail Lake Recreational Center is located on Southwest Davie Road in Davie. The Adams just west of I-95 and Griffin Road, at 580 Campus is situated on 150 acres in a traditional Gulfstream Way, Dania Beach. The center offers college setting equipped with an aquatic complex conference and picnic areas and classes in aquatic and athletic facilities. The campus has more than 25 activities and water sports. The Broward College buildings housing the Buehler Planetarium and Adventure Learning Course also is housed there, Observatory, the Ralph R. Bailey Concert Hall, the providing low and high ropes challenge programs Fine Arts Theatre, the Institute of Public Safety, a and leadership and team-building activities. student services center, state-of-the-art science laboratories, health science simulation equipment, North Campus and computer science laboratories, as well as North Campus is adjacent to the Florida Turnpike at facilities to support academic disciplines. The Exit 67 and south of Coconut Creek Parkway in campus also operates three other sites: the Willis Coconut Creek and covers approximately 113 acres. Holcombe Center and the Institute for Economic North Campus has more than a dozen buildings that Development in downtown Fort Lauderdale, and include the multipurpose Omni Auditorium, the the Tigertail Lake Center in Dania Beach. In joint-use Broward County North Regional/Broward addition, the Adams Central Campus houses the College Library and the 65,000 square-foot student University/College Library, a research facility jointly services building. Also on campus is the JA World funded by Broward College and Florida Atlantic Huizenga Center, which houses two Junior University. The campus hosts two educational Achievement programs: Finance Park and partners on site: Florida Atlantic University, Davie Enterprise Village. Programs at the facility serve Campus, and the College Academy @ Broward approximately 24,000 fifth-graders and 24,000 Broward College 2012 – 2013 College Catalog www.broward.edu 17 About eighth-graders from