HISTORY

• 2015

• Community Open House & Expo. Sunday, April 19, 2015. 11am - 4pm on the Edison Campus. Free and Open to the Public.

  

• 50th Anniversary Gala

  

• Quorea Pearyer scores 1,000 points for the Women's Basketball team.

  

• MCC Best For Vets

  

• MCC named one of the top 150 Community Colleges in the Country

  

• MCC named MAE Top school for 2015

  
• 2014

• Groundbreaking For the New Science Lab Building

  

• MCC awarded Military-Friendly School status

  

• West Hall Groundbreaking

  

• MCC houses displaced James Monroe Elementary School

  

• MCC named one of the top Military-Friendly colleges and universities

  
• 2013

• G.I. Jobs names MCC a Military-Friendly School

  

• MCC Shelters Hurricane Sandy Patients in PEC

  
• 2012

• Renamed Billy Johnson Hall

  
• 2011

• State of the Art Biotechnology Lab Opened

  
• 2010

• MCC Foundation receives $1 million challenge grant from the Willard T.C. Johnson Foundation

  

• Crabiel Hall Built

  
• 2005

• Sixth President – Joann LaPerla-Morales

  
• 2004

• Perth Amboy Center Established

  
• 2000

• Blue Colt Bookstore Built

  
• 1997

• Instructional Resource Center Built

  
• 1996

• Fifth President – John Bakum

  
• 1990

• Technical Services Center Built

  
• 1986

• Fourth President – Flora Mancuso Edwards

  
• 1985

• Edison Hall Built

  
• 1980

• New Brunswick Center Established

  
• 1978

• Third President – Rose Channing

  
• 1975

• Paige D. L’Hommedieu Award Established

  

• Second President – Robert Harris

  
• 1974

• Johnson Learning Center Built

  

• Academic Service Building Built

  
 
• 1973

• Blue Colt Radio Station

  
• 1972

• College Center Built

  
 
• 1971

• Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Tech Programs accredited by Engineers' Council

  

• American Dental Association accredits Dental Hygiene curriculum

  
 
• 1969

• First MCC Scholarship Ball raises $5,000

  
 
• 1968

• MCC graduates first class - 324 associate degrees and certificates

  

• National League for Nursing accredits Nurse Education Department

  
• 1967

• Campus formally dedicated. First Open House.

  

• Performing Arts Center Opens

  

• Library Opens

  

• Main Hall Opens

  

• Physical Education Building Opens

  
 
• 1966

• Foundation Incorporated

  

• College admits first class - 728 full-time, 800 part-time, 45 faculty

  

• Quo Vadis, Student Newspaper, Formed

  
• 1965

• Alice Lake appointed first college employee

  

• First President Frank Chambers

  
• 1964

• Board of Chosen Freeholders appoints first Board of Trustees. Paige L'Hommedieu is the first Chairman of the Board.

  

• Middlesex County College Founded. U.S. Government deeds 156 acres of Raritan Arsenal to Middlesex County.