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About Broward CollegeBroward College Institutional Vision, Mission, Core values and Philosophy Campuses, Centers and other facilities History of the College Equal Opportunity Policy Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation District Board of TrusteesBroward College2011 – 2012 College Catalogwww.broward.edu17
Broward CollegeAbout Broward CollegeVISION, MISSION, CORE VALUESAND PHILOSOPHYVision StatementBroward College will be a destination for academicexcellence, serving students from local communitiesand beyond. The college will embrace diversity –student, faculty, staff, and business partnerships –and foster a welcoming, affirming, and empoweringculture of respect and inclusion. The college willstand at the leading edge of technological andenvironmentally sound innovation, providingattainable, high-quality educational programs.Broward College will be recognized for itsrecruitment and retention of diverse, outstandingfaculty and staff whose primary focus will be topromote the success of each individual student whilesupporting lifelong learning for all students. As amodel post-secondary institution, the college willconnect its students to diverse local and globalcommunities through technical, professional, andacademic careers.Mission StatementThe mission of Broward College is to achievestudent success by developing informed and creativestudents capable of contributing to a knowledgeand service-based global society. As a publiccommunity college accredited to offer associatedegrees, selected baccalaureate degrees, andcertificate programs, the institution and its DistrictBoard of Trustees are committed to fostering alearning-centered community that celebratesdiversity and inclusion by empowering and engagingstudents, faculty, and staff.Core Values Academic Excellence and StudentSuccess: Achieving student successthrough high-quality, learning-centeredprograms and services while continuouslyevaluating and improving student learningoutcomes that reflect the highest academicstandards. This is accomplished byproviding flexible educational opportunitiesaccessible to all students, regardless of timeor place.Diversityand Inclusion: Creating a community that celebrates diversity andcultural awareness while promoting theinclusionofallitsmembers.18www.broward.edu Innovation: Developing and implementingthe most emergent technologies andteaching/learning methods and strategies tocreate learning environments that areflexible and responsive to local, national,and international needs. Integrity: Fostering an environment ofrespect, dignity, and compassion thataffirms and empowers all its members whilestriving for the highest ethical standards andsocial responsibility.Sustainability: Ensuring effective, efficientuse of college resources while implementingfiscally sound practices and environmentallysustainable initiatives that can be modeledin collaboration with our community.Lifelong Learning: Promoting theeducational growth and development of allindividuals through a variety of postsecondary professional, technical, andacademic programs and services. PhilosophyAs an institution committed to the ideal of the valueand dignity of the individual, Broward Collegerecognizes the religious, ethnic, and cultural diversityof its students and staff and endeavors to provideequal educational opportunity for all students.Furthermore, the college fosters the value of lifelonglearning as it strives through teaching excellence toenable students to appreciate knowledge and toacquire an education that will assist them inassuming positive roles in a changing society.Believing that educated people should be guided intheir behavior by decency and civility, the collegevalues honesty, integrity, and social responsibilityamong its staff and its students. Furthermore, itaspires to empower students with the criticalthinking and problem-solving skills, globalperspective, clarified values, and creativity that willenable them to make moral choices and ethicaldecisions in all aspects of their lives. In addition, thecollege embraces a commitment to Americandemocratic values and culture, the principles ofresponsible citizenship, life enrichment, and selfawareness.The CollegeAs the first public higher education institution in thecounty, Broward College functions as the principal2011 – 2012 College CatalogBroward College
The college’s district board of trustees, its legalgoverning body, serves as a corporate body with allpowers necessary for governance and operation. Thecollege operates under statutory authority and rulesof the Florida Department of Education. Stateappropriations and student fees provide operationalfunding for college programs. Construction andbuilding maintenance funds are provided throughstatewide capital outlay bonds, not through localproperty taxes.The campuses and centersA. Hugh Adams Central CampusThe A. Hugh Adams Central Campus is located westof the Florida Turnpike and south of Interstate 595on Southwest Davie Road in Davie. The AdamsCampus is situated on 150 acres in a traditionalcollege setting equipped with an aquatic complexand athletic facilities. The campus has more than 25buildings housing the Buehler Planetarium andObservatory, the Ralph R. Bailey Concert Hall, theFine Arts Theatre, the Institute of Public Safety, astudent services center, state-of-the-art sciencelaboratories, health science simulation equipment,and computer science laboratories, as well asfacilities to support academic disciplines. Thecampus also operates three other sites: the WillisHolcombe Center and the Institute for EconomicDevelopment in downtown Fort Lauderdale, andthe Tigertail Lake Center in Dania Beach. Inaddition, the Adams Central Campus houses theUniversity/College Library, a research facility jointlyfunded by Broward College and Florida AtlanticUniversity. The campus hosts two educationalpartners on site: Florida Atlantic University, DavieCampus, and the College Academy @ BrowardBroward CollegeCollege, a high school operated in partnership withthe Broward County Public Schools. Willis Holcombe CenterThe Willis Holcombe Center is located in the heartof Fort Lauderdale. In partnership with FAU, thecenter forms the Higher Education Complex onEast Las Olas Boulevard. The center also houses thecollege’s district administration offices as well asmore than 210,000 square feet of high-techclassroom space consisting of wired classrooms,science and technology labs, and a full array ofstudent services. The center is surrounded by manycultural and municipal resources, including theBroward County Main Library, the Broward Centerfor the Performing Arts, the Museum of Discoveryand Science, the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art,and picturesque Riverwalk along New River. Institute for Economic DevelopmentThe Institute for Economic Development is locatedwithin the Willis Holcombe Center at 111 East LasOlas Boulevard, Room 408 and will be moving to6400 N.W. 6th Way, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309 inDecember 2011. The institute offers a variety ofcontinuing education courses, corporate trainingservices, customized workforce developmentresources, support groups and training for womentransitioning into the workforce. Tigertail Lake Recreational CenterThe Tigertail Lake Recreational Center is locatedjust west of I-95 and Griffin Road, at 580Gulfstream Way, Dania Beach. The center offersconference and picnic areas and classes in aquaticactivities and water sports. The Broward CollegeAdventure Learning Course also is housed there,providing low and high ropes challenge programsand leadership and team-building activities.North CampusNorth Campus is adjacent to the Florida Turnpike atExit 67 and south of Coconut Creek Parkway inCoconut Creek and covers approximately 113 acres.North Campus has more than a dozen buildings thatinclude the multipurpose Omni Auditorium, thejoint-use Broward County North Regional/BrowardCollege Library and the 65,000 square-foot studentservices building. Also on campus is the JA WorldHuizenga Center, which houses two JuniorAchievement programs: Finance Park andEnterprise Village. Programs at the facility serveapproximately 24,000 fifth-graders and 24,0002011 – 2012 College Catalogwww.broward.edu19About Broward Collegeprovider of undergraduate higher education for theresidents of Broward County. The college providesassociate and baccalaureate degrees, and technicaland occupational training for the citizens ofBroward County, its district by law. As one of the28 public community colleges in the Florida system,Broward College is designed to be a communitybased institution that offers a comprehensive rangeof programs responsive to changes in thecommunity and in technology. Where appropriate,these programs are articulated with the public schoolsystem, area vocational schools, and upper-levelinstitutions to ensure that students can movesmoothly from one system to another.
About Broward Collegeeighth-graders from public and private schools inBroward and Palm Beach counties annually. Coral Springs CenterThe Coral Springs Center is located in the heart ofCoral Springs, at 9441 West Sample Road at theintersection of Sample Road and University Drive.The center offers 19,000 square feet of classroomand office space at the Village Square ShoppingCenter. Students who wish to enroll in associatedegrees, baccalaureate degrees or technicalcertificates at the center will find a varietyof general and technical education classeswith a focus on programs leading to highwage and high demand careers.Judson A. Samuels South CampusLocated west of the Florida Turnpike onHollywood/Pines Boulevard at 72nd Avenue inPembroke Pines, the Samuels South Campus’buildings are arrayed on a tract covering 103 acres.The campus also operates four centers: the PinesCenter in the Academic Village at 16957 SheridanStreet, the Weston Center at 4205 BonaventureBoulevard, the Broward College AutomotiveTraining and Marine Center of Excellence, inMiramar at 7451 Riviera Boulevard and the MiramarTown Center at 2050 Civic Center Place. Inaddition, the campus is home to the AviationInstitute and the joint-use Broward County SouthRegional/Broward College Library.The Aviation Institute, located adjacent to NorthPerry Airport, offers programs to prepare studentsfor FAA and FCC certification and employment inthe aviation industry. Pines CenterThe Pines Center is located approximately two mileswest of I-75 on Sheridan Street in the AcademicVillage in Pembroke Pines. The center is part of a77-acre Jeffersonian-inspired educational complexthat includes the Broward County SouthwestBroward Regional Library and the Pembroke PinesCharter High School, as well as an athletic/aquaticcomplex and a wetlands nature reserve. The centeroffers credit and non-credit courses designed toprepare a diverse student population for educationaland career opportunities.administration also is offered onsiteaccommodate the busy lives of working adults. Broward College Maroone AutomotiveTraining Center and Marine Center ofExcellenceThe Broward College Maroone AutomotiveTraining Center and Marine Center of Excellence atMiramar share approximately 23 acres on RivieraBoulevard adjacent to the Florida Turnpike near theBroward/Miami-Dade county line. The centerprovides classrooms, administrative offices andwork bays. The automotive technology program is ahighly technical, interactive course of study designedto train students as automotive technicians ready forimmediate employment upon graduation. TheMarine Center of Excellence offers a specialized,comprehensive program in marine engineeringmanagement, and is accredited by the AmericanBoat and Yacht Council and partners with theMarine Industries Association of Florida. Miramar Town CenterThe Miramar Town Center is the home of thecollege’s air traffic control program and also offerscredit and non-credit courses to meet the needs ofthe community. Broward College’s facility is on thesecond floor of the Broward County MiramarLibrary and Education Center, within the MiramarCity Hall complex. The Miramar Library andEducation Center is a partnership facility, bringingtogether Broward College, the City of Miramar,Broward County Libraries Division and NovaSoutheastern University.History of the collegeIn 1959, the Florida Legislature authorized creationof the Junior College of Broward County andmembers of the community began work on makingthe college a reality. An influential group of Browardcommunity leaders lobbied Washington D.C.officials to provide land at the former Forman Fieldin Davie, a training site for World War II Navalaviators. A local advisory board was assembled inOctober 1959 and guided by the State Board ofEducationalRegulations,begandevelopingprograms and hiring staff. The college’s firstpresident, Dr. Joe B. Rushing, vice president for Weston Centeradministration at Howard Payne College inThe Weston Center is located on the second floor of Brownwood, Texas, was appointed March 17, 1960.the Broward County Weston Branch Library and He reported for work on April 7.offers credit and non-credit courses. An 18-monthfast-track Associate in Arts degree in business20www.broward.edu2011 – 2012 College CatalogBroward Collegeto
Named to succeed Dr. Adams was Dr. WillisHolcombe, executive vice-president at BrevardCommunity College, and a protégé of Dr. JamesWattenbarger, architect of the state communitycollege system. Before going to Brevard,Dr. Holcombe had served at Broward as aprofessor, executive assistant to President Adams,Central Campus academic dean, and then CentralCampus provost. He served as president for 17years, from 1987 to 2004. He initiated efforts thatled to significant growth in enrollment, facility andprogram expansion. He also was instrumental increating a variety of innovative partnerships tobenefit the college, its students and the communityat large.Broward College received its initial regionalaccreditation by the Southern Association ofColleges and Schools SACS Commission Colleges in1965 as an institution offering level one associatedegrees.Dr. Holcombe retired in January 2004. On hisretirement, he was named President Emeritus.Succeeding him as the college’s fifth president wasDr. Larry Anthony Calderon, who served aspresident through December 2006. Dr. Holcombereturned from retirement to serve as president untilthe Broward College District Board of Trusteesappointed J. David Armstrong, Jr., the formerchancellor of the Division of Community Colleges,as its sixth president. President Armstrong beganwork at the college in July 2007. Dr. Holcombe wasappointed chancellor when President Armstrongtook over at Broward.Dr. Rushing resigned in 1965 and was succeeded byDr. Myron Blee, director of the Office forEmergency Planning in Washington, D.C. Dr. Bleewas in turn succeeded by Dr. A. Hugh Adams, whoassumed his duties as president on April 15, 1968.Florida’s junior colleges originally were governed byboards of public instruction, who also governedelementary and secondary instruction in eachcounty. In 1968, the same year the JCBC changed itsname to Broward Junior College, the FloridaLegislature removed the junior colleges from thecounty school boards’ purview and turned thecolleges’ advisory boards into district boards oftrustees.In September 1970, the district board of trusteeschanged the college’s name to Broward CommunityCollege, a change that better reflected thecomprehensive nature of the college’s programs andits role in the community. Also in 1970, the JudsonA. Samuels South Campus got its start in temporaryheadquarters adjacent to Memorial Hospital inHollywood. North Campus, in Coconut Creek, wasdedicated in 1972.Dr. Adams served as president for 19 years. After heannounced his intention to retire on December 31,1986, the district board of trustees renamed theCentral Campus the A. Hugh Adams CentralCampus in his honor.Broward CollegeIn summer of 2008, the college underwent onefurther name change, to Broward College, after thecollege received State Board of Education andlegislative approval to begin offering baccalaureatedegree programs in teacher education. The Collegesubmitted a substantive change to is regionalaccreditation association SACS and receivedapproval to office level two bachelor degreeprograms. The College is also approved to offerstudents Title IV Student Financial Aid funds for alldegree levels and eligible certificates. At the sametime, the college began offering online associatedegree programs in 13 areas.In 2009, the college received approval by the StateBoard of Education to offer four additionalbaccalaureate degree programs. They are: ment, and technology management.Supporting the viability, vitality and robust growthof the communities they serve is an important partof the mission of Florida’s publicly supportedcommunity colleges. With a half century of service2011 – 2012 College Catalogwww.broward.edu21About Broward CollegeAs construction began at the former Forman Fieldsite, the Junior College of Broward County openedits doors to its first class of 701 students in fall of1960. They attended classes in buildings that wereformerly part of Naval Air Station Junior High onthe Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood InternationalAirport property. Dr. John Allen, president of theUniversity of South Florida, addressed the college’sfirst graduating class, 73 students, at War MemorialAuditorium on June 10, 1962. Among its memberswas Paris Nelson Glendening, who went on to servetwo terms as Maryland’s 59th governor. The JuniorCollege of Broward County’s first permanentbuilding was completed in August 1963 when thecollege officially moved to the Central Campus.
About Broward Collegeto its community, none of the “Great 28” fulfills itsmission better than Broward College.Equal Opportunity and InclusiveExcellence PoliciesAs an institution of higher learning, Broward Collegeis dedicated to the inculcation of the highest idealsof citizenship in a free society. The college as anequal opportunity/affirmative action employercomplies with all applicable federal and state lawsregarding discrimination and affirmative action.Consistent with the American ideals of equality ofcitizens and the dignity and worth of each person,the college hereby states that equal employmentopportunity and advancement, as well asparticipation in programs and activities, are providedconsonant with appropriate laws without regard torace, color, sex, national origin, religion, age,disability, marital status, sexual orientation or otherlegally protected classification.Consistent with Broward College’s vision, mission,and core values, Broward College is committed tofostering a welcoming, affirming, and empoweringculture of respect and inclusion, empowering andengaging students, faculty, and staff. The College iscommitted to inclusive excellence, integratingdiversity and quality initiatives by infusing diversityinto its organizational processes, structures, andpractices. The College affirms its commitment torecruit, support, and retain a diverse student, faculty,and staff community that reflects the diversity ofBroward County and to the importance of culturalcompetency. All members of the faculty, staff, andstudent body are expected to assist in making thispolicy a practical reality. The president of the collegeis empowered to implement this policy throughappropriate personnel and by use of effectiveprocedures.The role of the Associate Vice President for HumanResources and Equity is to monitor the college’shuman resource policies and procedures and toensure compliance with federal and state laws thatprohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color,age, national origin, religion, age, disability, maritalstatus, sexual orientation or other legally protectedclassifications. As the College’s equity coordinator,the Associate Vice President for Human Resourcesand equity coordinates compliance with civil rightsprotections an
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412 Broward County residents participated in the 2015 assessment of quality of life . calendar year and to update the implementation plan to include more clearly defined . Broward County Charter Schools, Broward County Libraries, Broward County Schools Tween SNAC Program, Broward County Schools, Broward Health, Broward Healthy Start Coalition,
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Broward County residents and 25% of either Miami Dade County or Broward County residents. The required percentage of Broward residents will increase 10% yearly beginning in fiscal year 2023-24. 50% of expenditures must be Broward County businesses and (15%) of those Broward County businesses must be Certified small businesses/C.B.E.
5 COMMENCEMENT 2021 BROWARD COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER Germaine Smith-Baugh, Ed.D President and Chief Executive Officer, Urban League of Broward County Dr. Germaine Smith-Baugh is President and CEO of the Urban League of Broward County—a nonprofit organization dedicated to elevating the standard of living
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Broward County Emergency Order 20-18 Page 2 of 5 . NOW, THEREFORE, I, Bertha Henry, the Broward County Administrator, pursuant to my emergency authority under Sections 8-53 and 8-56 of the Broward County Code of Ordinances, as well as the authority granted to me by the Declaration of Emergency issued by Governor Desantis in Executive Order 20-52, by Chapter 252, Florida Statutes, by the Board .
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