Broome Community College

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Broome Community College is a SUNY two-year college in Broome County, New York. The college was founded in 1946 and went through several name changes. The school is currently located in Binghamton, New York. The college had a 2005 enrollment of slightly over 6200 students and has alumni of over 30,000.

BCC serves students primarily from the Greater Binghamton area, including those from Broome, Tioga, Delaware, and Chenango Counties.

BCC serves students from a single campus on Upper Front Street in Binghamton, New York, though some classes are taught in Owego, New York at a small classroom center. The campus' 15 buildings comprise 610,000 square feet (0 m) of space, and feature recently upgraded athletic facilitites such as baseball fields, publicly accessible tennis courts, the Dick Baldwin Gym, named after the second winningest college basketball coach across both two and four year colleges behind Jerry Tarkanian, and a new ice rink.

The current president of BCC is Dr. Laurence D. Spraggs.

Timeline

1946. Established as New York State Institute of Applied Arts & Sciences at Binghamton (with "New York State" sometimes abbreviated "NYS").
1953. Became Broome County Technical Institute.
1956. Became Broome Technical Community College.
1957. Moved to new campus in Upper Front Street (NY Route 11).
1971. Name changed to Broome Community College.

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Broome County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2000 census, the population was 200,536. It was named in honor of John Broome, who was lieutenant governor in 1806 when Broome County was established.
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City of Binghamton
Downtown Binghamton from the north
Nickname: Carousel Capital of the World
Motto: Restoring The Pride
Coordinates:
Incorporated 1867
Government
- Mayor Matthew T.
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Tioga County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2000 census, the population was 51,784. Its name derives from an American Indian word meaning "at the forks," describing a meeting place. Its county seat is Owego.
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Not to be confused with Delaware.

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For other places named "Chenango," see Chenango.

Chenango County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2000 census, the population was 51,401. Its name is from an Oneida word meaning "large bull-thistle.
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Owego, New York is the name of two locations in Tioga County, New York:

Owego (village), New York
Owego (town), New York

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College basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA.

History

Further information: NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship records

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