Delta College (Michigan)

Delta College is a community college located in Bay County's Frankenlust Township, 5.5 miles southwest of Bay City, Michigan. Delta College's district had its beginning in 1955 with Saginaw, Midland, and Bay counties making up the district. In 1957, the voters of the tri-counties approved the construction of the college, and it opened for classes in 1961. Delta College replaced Bay City Junior College, established in 1922, because the junior college could no longer support the growing enrollment. With Saginaw Valley College established in 1964, later renamed Saginaw Valley State College in 1975, and finally named Saginaw Valley State University. In 1987, both Delta College and Saginaw Valley State University form University Center, Michigan.

Delta College
TypeCommunity college
Established1961
Endowment$18 million[1]
PresidentJean Goodnow
Academic staff
212[2]
Administrative staff
559[2]
Students15,000[3]
Location
University Center, Michigan
,
USA
ColorsEvergreen and white    
NicknamePioneers
Websitewww.delta.edu
Delta College Health Professions Building

History

In 1967, the college opened two residence halls on the campus.[4] Occupancy of the dorms peaked in 1980 at 178 students.[4]

85 students were in the residence halls in 1990. The following year, one of the halls was closed with the second dorm closing in 1993.[4]

Governance

Delta Community College is a community college with its district consisting of Saginaw, Midland and Bay counties. The Board of Trustees is made up of nine trustees, three from each county.[5]

Learning centers

Delta College has learning centers in each of its three neighboring counties: Delta College Planetarium and Learning Center in Bay City; Delta College Midland Center in Midland; and Saginaw Center in Downtown Saginaw.[6] The former Ricker Center in Saginaw was closed following the opening of the Downtown location.

Athletics

Delta College offers six varsity sports competing in the NJCAA, and is in the MCCAA's conference. The Pioneers compete in men's basketball and women's basketball, baseball, softball, women's soccer and men's golf. Delta has won two national championships, in men's basketball in 1989 and softball in 1999. The women's soccer team and baseball teams were added as varsity sports during the 2011-2012 academic year.[7] Try outs for their state recognized team will begin the first weekend of July in 2017.

Media

The college owns and operates WDCQ-TV (Q-TV), the region's PBS station; and WUCX-FM (Q-90.1), the NPR affiliate, owned by Central Michigan University (CMU) and co-operated by Delta College and CMU. Collectively, these stations are known as Delta College Quality Public Broadcasting and they serve an audience of 1.2 million people in mid-Michigan.[8]

The college's student-run newspaper is the Delta Collegiate and has been published since the college opened in 1961. The newspaper prints a new issue every two weeks during the fall and winter semester.[9] The Library Learning Information Center (LLIC) now has an online archive of the first 50 years of the Delta Collegiate.[10]

See also

References
  1. As of June 30, 2014. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2011 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2010 to FY 2011" (PDF). National Association of College and University Business Officers. January 17, 2012. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2010-07-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2010-07-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Dodson, Andrew (November 12, 2010). "Delta College demolishing 43-year-old dorms by year's end". The Bay City Times. MLive Media Group. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  5. Dodson, Andrew (April 6, 2010). "Delta College Trustee Thomas Lane resigns from board after 10 years of service". The Bay City Times. MLive Media Group. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  6. Johnson, Bob (June 23, 2019). "See Delta College's new downtown Saginaw site as it prepares for open house". The Bay City Times. MLive Media Group. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  7. www.deltapioneers.com
  8. DeltaBroadcasting - About Us Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
  9. Delta Collegiate
  10. Delta Collegiate Archive

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