Essex County College (ECC) is an open-door, public two-year college located in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.
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History
In August 1966, the Board of Freeholders approved the creation of Essex County College and in September 1968, more than a year after the Newark riots, the College opened its doors to 3,400 students at 31 Clinton Street, Newark, NJ.
In early 1970, after the College celebrated its first commencement, graduating 214 students, it was decided that the new main campus would be built in what is today called the University Heights district. The groundbreaking of the "Megastructure" (now called the A. Zachary Yamba Building) began in June 1972 with the grand opening occurring a little under four years later in April 1976. During this time, in June 1974, the College was officially given its accreditation by the Middles States Association of College and Schools' Commission on Higher Education. The main campus would see expansions in October 1985 (with the opening of the Gymnasium and Child Development Center), in October 1996 (with the opening of the Center for Technology), and in September 1999 (with the opening of the Clara E. Dasher Student Center).
In January 1979, the West Essex Extension Center, a former elementary school, opened in West Caldwell, NJ. In 1982 an additional eight acres was purchased and, in September 1985, the newly expanded and renovated Center was unveiled. It would take another four years before the New Jersey State Department of Higher Education would grant the Center full branch campus status, transforming it into the West Essex Campus.
The FOCUS Center (which opened in September 1974) and the Ironbound Center (which opened in September 1979) are two extension centers, located in Newark, which offer off-campus educational services.
In December 1998, operations began at the Public Safety Academy in Cedar Grove, NJ.
Timeline of College Presidents
May 1966 - Robert McCabe (1st)
January 1969 - Dr. Ellis White (2nd)
May 1971 - J. Harry Smith (3rd, and first black college president in the State of New Jersey)
July 1978 - Dr. George Harris (4th)
May 1980 - Dr. A. Zachary Yamba (5th)
April 2010 - Dr. Edythe Abdullah (6th)
March 2013 - Dr. Gale E. Gibson (interim)
October 2013 - Dr. Gale E. Gibson (7th)
March 2016 - Dr. A. Zachary Yamba (interim)
May 2017 - Dr. Anthony Munroe (8th)
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Education offered
Essex County College offers A.S., A.A., and A.A.S. degree programs in more than 50 different majors and 26 Academic Certificate programs. Approximately 25,000 people enroll each year in Essex County College's various degree and non-degree programs, including job training and enrichment programs. Essex County College offers day and evening classes as well as on-line offerings. Essex has produced 14 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Transfer Scholarship recipients since 2006, with students earning $120,000 in transfer scholarship money.
Athletics
Essex County College teams are represented in the Garden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) and Region 19 of the National Junior College Athletic Association. Its teams have produced All-Americans in soccer, men's and women's basketball, cross country, and indoor and outdoor track. The college has also produced more than two dozen Summer Olympics competitors.
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