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Collin College, formerly known as the Collin County Community College District, CCCCD, or CCCC, is a community college district which serves Collin and Rockwall counties, located north and northeast of Dallas. Founded in 1985, the district has grown as the county has grown: from around 5,000 students in 1986 to nearly 53,000 credit and continuing education students annually. In March 2007, the college re-branded itself "Collin College." The college changed its domain name to ''collin.edu'' in January 2010. The district headquarters is located in the Collin Higher Education Center (CHEC) in McKinney. As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area〔Texas Education Code, Section 130.175, "North Central Texas College District Service Area".〕 of Collin College includes all of Collin and Rockwall counties, and those portions of Denton County within the cities of Frisco and The Colony, and those portions of the county included within the Celina and Prosper school districts. ==Campuses== The Central Park Campus in McKinney opened in 1985 with comprehensive renovations completed in the fall of 2009. New features include a multi-story parking garage, library, classrooms, offices, student development center and clock tower. The new library building totals . The Central Park Campus is a comprehensive campus. The Spring Creek campus in Plano opened in fall of 1988. By number of students, this campus is the largest, providing general classes and housing the college system's honors, fine arts, and athletics programs. The campus features a art gallery, theatre center, gymnasium (Cougar Hall), and tennis facilities (Brinker Center Court). A major expansion of the campus has just opened with the addition of a new 88,0000 square-foot library building with majestic architecture inspired by Thomas Jefferson’s design for the University of Virginia. The Preston Ridge Campus in Frisco opened in July 1995. The campus recently opened its new "D" building including 26 general classrooms and four science labs. Collin College's business and high-tech programs are centered at Preston Ridge, and the culinary arts program moved there in 2009. Collin College also has campuses of smaller capacity in Allen, located in Allen High School, in Plano, for continuing education, and one in Rockwall, (located in neighboring Rockwall County) within the Rockwall Independent School District’s Administration/Education Center. The district headquarters is located in the Collin Higher Education Center (CHEC) in McKinney, which opened in January 2010. It is located at the intersection of the Central Expressway (U.S. Route 75) and Texas State Highway 121.〔"(Maps/Visit Us )." ((Archive )) Collin College. Retrieved on July 17, 2013. "The Collin Higher Education Center (CHEC) opened for classes January 2010. Located in the northeast corner of the intersection of State Highway 121 and 75 Central Expressway, the CHEC is home to Collin College district offices and five university partners offering courses toward their baccalaureate and graduate degrees."〕 *Allen Center *Central Park Campus (McKinney) *Courtyard Center (Plano) *Rockwall Center *Preston Ridge Campus (Frisco) *Farmersville (future campus site) *Celina (future campus site) *Melissa (future campus site) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Collin College」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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