Media Guide - San Jacinto College

San Jacinto College North Campus
5800 Uvalde Rd., Houston, TX 77049
281.998.6150
The San Jacinto College North campus serves the Sheldon, Galena Park, and
Channelview independent school districts. Located at 5800 Uvalde Road in Houston,
Texas, the North campus is nestled on more than 105 wooded acres convenient to the
communities of North Shore, Channelview, Sheldon, Galena Park, and Jacinto City. The
North houses the College’s baseball and women’s basketball teams, as well as the
College debate team.
In addition to providing quality education, San Jacinto College North also serves as a
convenient hub for its community, generally known as the North Channel area due to
the proximity to the thriving Houston Ship Channel. Local service organizations and
business groups often hold regular meetings at the North campus, including the North
Shore Rotary Club, the North Channel Area Chamber of Commerce, San Jacinto Pilot
Club, Wendell Ley Family YMCA, League of United Latin American Citizens, and Head
Start.
The North Channel area is one of the most demographically diverse parts of Harris
County, where vibrant mixes of people from various backgrounds live and work. Like
the community, the North campus is a “melting pot” of students representing a variety
of nationalities.
The economy of the North Channel area is also diverse, with a strong representation of
small and medium businesses, petrochemical plants, maritime industries, warehouse
and distribution centers, fabricating operations, and hospital, retail and service
companies. To prepare students for the global marketplace, and to
ensure companies have a well-trained work force, the North campus
offers high quality academic instruction. In addition, fast-track
training in a wide range of technical and health science programs
is available. Programs range from diesel, automotive collision and
welding technologies, to vocational nursing, engineering design
graphics, culinary arts, and cosmetology.
San Jacinto College North has earned a well-deserved reputation
for maintaining a tradition of academic excellence and high
standards. Three of the College’s technical programs — information
technology, real estate and paralegal — have earned the prestigious
recognition of Exemplary Workforce Education Program rating by the
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Students at San Jacinto College North learn from master teachers
and engage with a rich academic curriculum that prepares them to
enter the diverse workforce and for transfer to four-year universities.
To help students achieve their academic goals, the North campus
enjoys rich collaboration with secondary schools of the North
Channel community. Some of the many initiatives developed with
local school districts include the Modified Early College Academy
(MECA), dual credit, shared counselors, Scholars Academy, and Upward Bound Math and Science.
Nichols Gymnasium
A notable collaboration between the North campus and local secondary schools is TRIO, three federally-funded programs that provide services and support
for low-income households, and for students who will be the first in their families to graduate from college. The TRIO programs provide academic, career and
financial counseling to participants and encourage them to graduate from high school and continue to earn postsecondary degrees.
Student-athletes in baseball and women’s basketball play competitively in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). The women’s basketball
team has advanced to the Region XIV playoffs three times since 2002, while the baseball team continues its tradition of excellence year after year, having
made 21 overall appearances at the JUCO World Series, with a national runner up finish in 2010.
By serving as a meeting place for area organizations, providing high caliber education in academic and technical courses, celebrating a diverse and inclusive
community, and by collaborating with local secondary schools, San Jacinto College’s North campus responds to the unique needs of the North Channel
communities and helps to ensure the growing San Jacinto College community remains robust and thriving.
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For more information about the women’s basketball team, please visit www.sanjacsports.com
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