History of Howard College
Howard College of Big Spring was established in 1945(Nancy Young). At this time it was named Howard County Junior College, where it was temporary quartered in the hospital of the former Big Spring Army Air Force Bombardier School. With the increasing number of students the college moved to its final location in Southwest Big Spring in September of 1951 (Nancy Young). The college was granted full accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges, Secondary Schools, and through the Association of Texas Colleges and Universities in 1969 (Nancy Young). In 1974 the institution changed its identity to Howard College at Big Spring (Nancy Young). Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf program was approved in November of 1979 by the board of trustees (Nancy Young). The campus of Howard College is located on 120 acres with 276 acres devoted to agricultural research in Martin County (Nancy Young). The College also has a rodeo facility located east of Big Spring on a 20 acre tract (Nancy Young). In 1981, San Angelo Independent School district contacted Howard College, to commence a campus there with a vocational nursing program (Nancy Young). Howard College, “in addition offers programs in Lamesa, the Big Spring Federal Correctional Institute and the Eden Detention Center” (Nancy Young). Athletic Programs Howard College has many different athletic programs available. Among these include baseball, softball, basketball, rodeo, and cheerleading. The Howard College Hawks are a part of the NJCAA and competing in Region V. Baseball
The Hawk baseball team won the NJCAA National Championship title in 1991 and 2009 including WJCAC conference champions in 2009-2012 consecutively. 19 hawk baseball players have been recognized as All-Americans. In 2009 Hawk baseball held two NJCAA records in fewest losses (1) and highest win percentage (.984%).Read more about this topic: Howard College
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