2001-2002 - Cochise College

GeneralInformationCOCHIS E COLLEG ECochIse College was established In 1961as the second community college ,n Arizona.The COllege IS located In an area ncn In historyand cultural drverslly The original 54Q-acre D0uglasCampus IS unIQue In its archlt9Ctu'e andprovides panoramic views 01 the Mule andChlncahua Mountains as well as nelghbonngSonora, MeXIco.Cochise College has come a long way fromlIs humble beginnings when the administrationoffices were nrst hOused In Ihe Gadsden HotelThe openIng of the College dQO(s In September1964 can be attributed to the eflorts at Ihe dedicatedcitizens 01 Cochise County. From the fifSIsemester, the College has be€n committed tos9fV1ng citIzens throughout Ihe county offenngclasses In Benson, Bisbee, Douglas, Fo rtHuachuca, Sierra Vista, Willcox and outJylng areasDuring the flfst decade, the College's enrollmentsIncreased steadily as the faculty andadministratIOn worked to develop new and InnovatIVeprograms.The growth of population at Fon Huachucaand Sierra Vista and the Increased Interest Inhigher education created a need for a secondcampus In the western pan 01 the county Thecampus In Sierra Vista evotved from a handfulof temporary buildings al Buena High School Inthe earty 1970's to the full-fledged separate campuswhich opened Its doors to classes 1'1 1978al liS present location on North Colombo. ThisfaCIlity rlO\N comprises SIxteen buildingsThe Willoox Center, located In a histoneranching and farming area In northeasternCochise County, offers classes to the restdentsof the area under the supefVISion of ExtendedCampus The Cenler prov;des a vanety 01 programsand servICes throughout the county andregIOn,The Benson Center which opened in the fallof 2000, Is located In the northwestern part ofCochise County The Center Will serve the learn..Ing needs of this rapidly growing and Vital area.The development 01 community·directedcollege programs and services has Included theCenter for ProfeSSIonal Development, the SmallBUSiness Development Center, the Career Ser­VICes Center, the Online campus, various c0nferences,the Pnson EducatIOn Program. AdultEducation, and the Center for EconomiC Research.Cochise College continues to prOVidequality educational opportunities to the peopleof Cochise County, Arizona and speclnc populationsIn the southwestern United States. PresIdentKaran Nicodemus is leading the College Ina new directIOn emphasiZing the learning communityThis direction focuses on teaching andlearnu""Ig, access and diversity and the use oftechnology and Innovative InstructIOn.,>MtS SIONThe primary miSSion of CochIse College Isto provide education to the cltlzens of CochiseCounty. Central to thiS missIOn are teaching andlearning The College also offers educallonalserVICeS outSIde the county IM1en these setvicesprovide benelils 10 the College's primary commut"lllyand are compatible WIth the philosophyOf Cochise College.11