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- Two students enjoy a quiet conversation.
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Thuma, Cynthia
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Two students enjoy a quiet conversation in 1963 on the Davie Campus.
- Date Issued
- 1963
- Identifier
- BC269, 2
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- Image (JPEG2000)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/broward/fd/BC269
- Title
- From the college's first day to the present.
- Name/Creator
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Thuma, Cynthia
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From the college's first day to the present, trustees, faculty, administration, and staff have kept an emphasis on excellence.
- Date Issued
- 1964
- Identifier
- BC270, 8
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- Image (JPEG2000)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/broward/fd/BC270
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- Dr. Joe B. Rushing served as the first president of the Junior College of Broward County.
- Name/Creator
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Thuma, Cynthia
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Dr. Joe B. Rushing served as the first president of the Junior College of Broward County.
- Date Issued
- 1963
- Identifier
- BC271, 9
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- Image (JPEG2000)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/broward/fd/BC271
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- With 28 faculty members, the college opened to its first class of 701 students.
- Name/Creator
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Thuma, Cynthia
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With 28 faculty members, the college opened to its first class of 701 students at the Naval Air Station Junior High buildings on the western edge of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Classes there were conducted from 1960 to 1963.
- Date Issued
- 1963
- Identifier
- BC272, 10
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- Image (JPEG2000)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/broward/fd/BC272
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- Amenities were few because of the space crunch.
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Thuma, Cynthia
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Amenities were few because of the space crunch, but the college offered a variety of student services, service clubs, publications, and interest clubs from the start.
- Date Issued
- 1963
- Identifier
- BC273, 11A
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- Image (JPEG2000)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/broward/fd/BC273
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- Accommodations were cramped at the temporary site.
- Name/Creator
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Thuma, Cynthia
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Accommodations were cramped at the temporary site and students had to do their eating and studying outside.
- Date Issued
- 1963
- Identifier
- BC274, 11B
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- Image (JPEG2000)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/broward/fd/BC274
- Title
- The Junior College of Broward County was first governed by the Broward County Board of Public Instruction.
- Name/Creator
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Thuma, Cynthia
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The Junior College of Broward County was first governed by the Broward County Board of Public Instruction with input from the Advisory Committee. Superintendent of the board was Dr. Myron Ashmore, at far left. From his left to right, the members are Virginia Young (the board chair), A. Wesley Parrish, John O. Calvin, Verlon Burrell, and Dr. Charles Forman.
- Date Issued
- 1960
- Identifier
- BC275, 12A
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- Image (JPEG2000)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/broward/fd/BC275
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- The Advisory Board brought together a diverse group of distinguished professionals.
- Name/Creator
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Thuma, Cynthia
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The Advisory Board brought together a diverse group of distinguished professionals and community leaders from throughout Broward County. Dr. Rushing provided the five members with service plaques at graduation ceremonies. From left to right, they are Lloyd Cassels, Florence Tustison, Dr. Rushing, Judson Samuels, Robert Ferris, and John Payne.
- Date Issued
- 1960
- Identifier
- BC276, 12B
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- Image (JPEG2000)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/broward/fd/BC276
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- Educator Florence Tustison provided important perspective for the advisory committee.
- Name/Creator
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Thuma, Cynthia
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Educator Florence Tustison provided important perspective for the advisory committee and board of trustees. Named a "Woman of Achievement of 1953," she was a teacher with a degree from the University of Toledo and did graduate study at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico.
- Date Issued
- 1960
- Identifier
- BC277, 13A
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- Image (JPEG2000)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/broward/fd/BC277
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- Judson A. Samuels, for whom the South Campus is named.
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Thuma, Cynthia
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Judson A. Samuels, for whom the South Campus is named, served as a member of the BCC Advisory Committee in 1959 and as a member of the District Board of Trustees from 1971 until his death on April 29, 1974. A graduate of the University of Miami College of Law, he worked many years as an attorney in Hollywood and was a distinguished community activist in southern Broward County.
- Date Issued
- 1959
- Identifier
- BC278, 13B
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- Image (JPEG2000)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/broward/fd/BC278
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- John Payne served as a member of the Advisory Board.
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Thuma, Cynthia
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John Payne served as a member of the Advisory Board and also as a member of the BCC District Board of Trustees from 1968 to 1987. An attorney, he is also one of two South Floridians who serves as a trustee to the Emil Buehler Trust, which has provided more than $1 million in support to the college.
- Date Issued
- 1960
- Identifier
- BC279, 14A
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- Image (JPEG2000)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/broward/fd/BC279
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- Lloyd Cassels served as a member of the Advisory Committee.
- Name/Creator
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Thuma, Cynthia
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Lloyd Cassels served as a member of the Advisory Committee and as a trustee from 1961 to 1967. Cassels was active in North Broward civic affairs and was president of the Pompano Beach insurance firm of Bateman, Cassels, and Gordon.
- Date Issued
- 1959
- Identifier
- BC280, 14B
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- Image (JPEG2000)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/broward/fd/BC280
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- Fort Lauderdale realtor George E. Mayer (center) is welcomed to the board of trustees in 1969.
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Thuma, Cynthia
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Fort Lauderdale realtor George E. Mayer (center) is welcomed to the board of trustees in 1969 by Chairman Robert E. Ferris (right) and Vice Chairman Judson Samuels. Judge Ferris graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law. Though his background was in law, his interests were in education. In addition to serving on the advisory committee, and later as first chairman of the board of trustees, Judge Ferris served as chairman of the Broward County Board of Public Instruction and as...
Show moreFort Lauderdale realtor George E. Mayer (center) is welcomed to the board of trustees in 1969 by Chairman Robert E. Ferris (right) and Vice Chairman Judson Samuels. Judge Ferris graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law. Though his background was in law, his interests were in education. In addition to serving on the advisory committee, and later as first chairman of the board of trustees, Judge Ferris served as chairman of the Broward County Board of Public Instruction and as president of the South Florida Educational Center.
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- 1969
- Identifier
- BC281, 15A
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- Image (JPEG2000)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/broward/fd/BC281
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- Here, landscape workers plant coconut palms at the east entrance of the campus.
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Thuma, Cynthia
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Here, landscape workers plant coconut palms at the east entrance of the campus. When the campus opened in August 1963, it had 7 buildings spread out over 152-acres; it was built on land donated by the United States government. Other fixtures on Central Campus at the time of its opening were temporary trailers for the bookstore and horticulture program.
- Date Issued
- 1963
- Identifier
- BC282, 15B
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- Image (JPEG2000)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/broward/fd/BC282
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- A college architect, Causeway Lumber president Gene Whiddon and Dr. Rushing discuss the president's office.
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Thuma, Cynthia
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A college architect, Causeway Lumber president Gene Whiddon and Dr. Rushing discuss the president's office at the new Central Campus in Davie in November 1963. Whiddon, a supporter of the college from the start, provided paneling for the president's office. He later became the founding chairman of the Broward Community College Foundation.
- Date Issued
- 1963
- Identifier
- BC283, 16A
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- Image (JPEG2000)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/broward/fd/BC283
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- Dr. Rex Kidd, director of the evening program, points out the library building to touring students.
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Thuma, Cynthia
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Dr. Rex Kidd, director of the evening program, points out the library building to touring students as the Central Campus neared completion of its first buildings in 1963. Kidd, who died in 2002, was jokingly called the "Dean of Darkness" because a high percentage of students attended night classes during the early days of the college.
- Date Issued
- 1963
- Identifier
- BC284, 16B
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- Image (JPEG2000)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/broward/fd/BC284
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- In her autobiography, Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser, author, screenwriter, and BCC alumna Rita Mae Brown.
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Thuma, Cynthia
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In her autobiography, Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser, author, screenwriter, and BCC alumna Rita Mae Brown wrote that the college was "a couple of buildings and a mess of sandspurs." Those sandspurs are evident along the sidewalk from the science lecture theater to the library. The young college, Brown added, "offered little by way of aesthetics, yet a lot by way of education."
- Date Issued
- 1963
- Identifier
- BC285, 17
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- Image (JPEG2000)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/broward/fd/BC285
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- Nursing remains one of the most.
- Name/Creator
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Thuma, Cynthia
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Nursing remains one of the most popular health sciences offered by the college. The first class of nurses began in 1963.
- Date Issued
- 1963
- Identifier
- BC286, 18A
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- Image (JPEG2000)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/broward/fd/BC286
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- In addition to college-transfer curriculum.
- Name/Creator
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Thuma, Cynthia
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In addition to college-transfer curriculum, the college offered courses of particular value to South Floridians, such as ornamental horticulture. Prof. Albert Will (left) discusses the fishtail palm with his students in 1964. Will served as the ornamental horticulture program's director.
- Date Issued
- 1964
- Identifier
- BC288, 19A
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- Image (JPEG2000)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/broward/fd/BC288
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- The horticulture students also got practical.
- Name/Creator
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Thuma, Cynthia
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The horticulture students also got practical, hands-on experience working with tropical plants and planning outdoor displays.
- Date Issued
- 1964
- Identifier
- BC289, 19B
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- Image (JPEG2000)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/broward/fd/BC289