Charles Stewart Mott Community College (usually shortened to Mott Community College or abbreviated MCC) is a publicly supported post-secondary institution based in Flint, Michigan named for politician, businessman and philanthropist Charles Stewart Mott. Its district is the same as the Genesee Intermediate School District and is governed by an elected board of Trustees. The College offers 61 associate degrees and 40 pre-associate certificates. It also has satellite campuses in nearby Clio, Fenton, Lapeer, and Howell. The majority of students come from Genesee, Lapeer, and northwest Oakland County.
History
Founded in 1923 by the City of Flint Board of Education, Flint Junior College held classes in Flint Central High School. With increased enrollment in the high school and junior college, the college moved in 1931 to the Oak Grove Campus, a former mental hospital. In 1946 Charles Stewart Mott granted $1 million towards building a four-year college. A development committee was started based on the offer for future funding of a College and Cultural Center with more than $30 million pledged by the early 1960s. This funded a new campus on 32 acres (130,000Â m2) of donated Applewood Estate land which opened in 1955. By that time, the name was Flint Community Junior College. The college was turned into a county-wide institution with a referendum and millage proposal passing the voters in 1969. To reflect this, Flint Community Junior College was renamed Genesee Community College on July 5, 1970. In 1973, it was renamed to Charles Stewart Mott College after the death of C.S. Mott.
Board of Trustees
Athletics
MCC's sports teams are called the Bears.Their Men's Basketball team won the 2003, 2007, 2008, and 2012 national NJCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship games. In 2001, 2004, and 2011 they were the division runners-up.
Notable alumni
- Clarence Johnson (Clarence Leonard "Kelly" Johnson), an aircraft engineer and aeronautical innovator, organizing genius of the Lockheed Skunk Works.
- John Jasinski, Northwest Missouri State University president
- Scott Swedorski, founder of Tucows (The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software), a large Internet domain name reseller, and Internet service provider. Swedorski retired from Tucows in 2003 and launched a new software promotions company. He is also the Vice President of distribution and marketing at CoffeeCup Software, where he helped co-found the Organization of Independent Software Vendors. Scott also runs FileLight.com, a large shareware download site.
- Justus Thigpen. basketball player, First NBA player from Flint. Played for Pittsburgh Pipers, as well as the Detroit Pistons and Kansas City-Omaha Kings.
- Hayden Vassar, innovative musician for the ODE Willie's Funky Bunch.
References
External links
- Charles Stewart Mott Community College
