2010-2011 College Catalog - North Florida Community College

GENERAL INFORMATION
11
THE CAMPUS
Within walking distance of
downtown Madison, the NFCC
campus is situated on 165
acres of beautiful wooded
property and located in the
center of NFCC’s six-county
service area. The campus
features nineteen buildings of
contemporary design, a 20-
acre outdoor environmental
center, a 580-seat auditorium,
a newly renovated tness and
wellness center, one of the best
college libraries in the state, a
state of the art science learning
center and public safety training
facility, tall pines and hardwood
trees, and ve small lakes.
The Wardlaw-Smith-Goza
Conference Center, an
antebellum two-story mansion
in downtown Madison, serves as
the college conference center.
The Green Industries Institute,
a 64-acre site located in
Monticello, serves as a satellite
branch of NFCC.
The main NFCC campus in
Madison is off of I-10 near
I-75, and is near such major
Florida cities as Tallahassee and
Jacksonville. NFCC is also just
minutes away from the Georgia
border and is a short distance
from the Gulf of Mexico and
cities bordering the Atlantic
Ocean.
Major NFCC buildings are:
• Marshall W. Hamilton Library
(1959, 1998)
• College Preparatory
Education/Mathematics
Classrooms (1959, 2008)
• Business Education Building
(1961)
• Student Center (1962)
• Walter L. Bishop
Administration Building
(1963)
• Colin P. Kelly Fitness Center
(1965, 2010)
• Fine Arts Building (1965)
• Testing Center (1965)
• General Classroom Building
(1966)
• Maintenance Building
(1967)
• Technology Center
(1967, 2008)
• Career and Technical
Education Center (1967)
• Administrative Services
Center (1967)
• Van H. Priest Auditorium
(1969, 1991)
• Hardee Center for the Arts
(1993, 2009)
• Morris G. Steen, Jr. Science
Learning Center (2007)
• Public Safety Academy
Building (2008)
Other named buildings and
facilities are:
• The Norman O. and Leone
N. Protsman Bell Tower
erected in 1992.
• The Frank Cantey Softball
Field dedicated in 1999.
• The original Hardee Chapel
was built in 1973 and
dedicated to Mrs. Claire
Hardee Parramore. It, along
with several other buildings
including Van H. Priest
Auditorium, was destroyed
by a tornado which swept
the campus in 1988. The
Hardee Center was built to
replace the Hardee Chapel
in 1993 and remodeled into
the Hardee Center for the
Arts in 2009.
• The College Preparatory
Education/Mathematics
Classrooms Building, built in
1959, was originally named
the A.J. Hargrove Science
Building. It was renovated
and renamed in 2008.
All of the buildings on campus
are ADA accessible.
SPECIAL
FACILITIES
Art Galleries
Bacot Art Gallery
The Bacot Art Gallery at
NFCC was inaugurated in the
autumn of 1975 and has been
in continuous operation since
that date. On March 3, 2006 a
memorial plaque honoring the
late Jules deRomand Bacot,
professor of art and humanities
at NFCC from 1969-1983, was
unveiled and remains on display
in the gallery. The Bacot Gallery
is located in the Student Center,
Bldg. 9.
Hardee Center for the Arts
In September 2009, the Hardee
Center for the Arts opened in
Bldg. 11. The Hardee Center for
the Arts shows monthly exhibits
of national and local artists.
The Gallery is open Monday-
Thursday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Information on current or
upcoming exhibits is available
from the NFCC Art Department,
(850) 973-1642, or online at
www.nfcc.edu/departments/
academics/visual-arts.
Green Industries
Institute (GII)
The Green Industries Institute
(GII) is located on Hwy 90
just three (3) miles west of
the Monticello Courthouse in
Jefferson County Florida. GII
is a satellite branch of NFCC.
Its mission is to be a vibrant
student centered institute,
providing quality teaching,
learning and community
stewardship. Classes at GII
include community education
topics and academic subjects.
2010-2011 NFCC College Catalog