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Cochise College
Cochise College.png
MottoElevate Yourself at Cochise College
TypeCommunity college
EstablishedSeptember 1964; 58 years ago (1964-09)
Academic affiliation
Endowment$585,071
ChairmanTim Quinn
Chairperson
  • Jane Strain (Secretary)
  • David DiPeso (Member)
  • Don Hudgins (Member)
  • Dennis Nelson (Member)
PresidentJ.D. (James Dale) Rottweiler, Ph.D.[1]
Vice-president
  • Verlyn Fick, Ph.D. Instruction/Provost
  • Wendy Davis, Ph.D. Administration
Administrative staff
695
Students7,983[2]
Location, ,
U.S.
CampusMultiple sites
Colors   Red and white
NicknameApaches
Websitewww.cochise.edu

Cochise College is a public college in Arizona. Founded on September 21,1964, the school has campuses in Douglas and Sierra Vista, and centers in Benson, Fort Huachuca, and Willcox. Cochise College offers associate degrees in art, applied science, business, elementary education, general studies, and science, and over 30 different certificate programs. The college also offers transfer programs for students to transfer to partner universities.

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College

College

A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offering vocational education, or a secondary school.

Arizona

Arizona

Arizona is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th-largest and the 14th-most-populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Four Corners region with Utah to the north, Colorado to the northeast, and New Mexico to the east; its other neighboring states are Nevada to the northwest, California to the west and the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California to the south and southwest.

Douglas, Arizona

Douglas, Arizona

Douglas is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States that lies in the north-west to south-east running Sulpher Springs Valley. Douglas has a border crossing with Mexico at Agua Prieta and a history of mining.

Sierra Vista, Arizona

Sierra Vista, Arizona

Sierra Vista is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2020 Census, the population of the city is 45,308, and is the 27th most populous city in Arizona. The city is part of the Sierra Vista-Douglas Metropolitan Area, with a 2010 population of 131,346. Fort Huachuca, a U.S. Army post, has been incorporated and is located in the northwest part of the city. Sierra Vista is bordered by the cities of Huachuca City and Whetstone to the north and Sierra Vista Southeast to the South.

Benson, Arizona

Benson, Arizona

Benson is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, 45 miles (72 km) east-southeast of Tucson. It was founded as a rail terminal for the area, and still serves as such. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 5,105.

Fort Huachuca

Fort Huachuca

Fort Huachuca is a United States Army installation, established on 3 March 1877 as Camp Huachuca. The garrison is now under the command of the United States Army Installation Management Command. It is in Cochise County in southeast Arizona, approximately 15 miles (24 km) north of the border with Mexico and at the northern end of the Huachuca Mountains, adjacent to the town of Sierra Vista. From 1913 to 1933, the fort was the base for the "Buffalo Soldiers" of the 10th Cavalry Regiment. During the build-up of World War II, the fort had quarters for more than 25,000 male soldiers and hundreds of WACs. In the 2010 census, Fort Huachuca had a population of about 6,500 active duty soldiers, 7,400 military family members, and 5,000 civilian employees. Fort Huachuca has over 18,000 people on post during weekday work hours.

Willcox, Arizona

Willcox, Arizona

Willcox is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. The city is located in the Sulphur Springs Valley, a flat and sparsely populated drainage basin dotted with seasonal lakes. The city is surrounded by Arizona's most prominent mountain ranges, including the Pinaleño Mountains and the Chiricahua Mountains.

History

Cochise College was one of the first community colleges in Arizona when it was founded on September 21, 1964. The college was voted on by the citizens of Cochise County in 1961 and a 1962 bond election resulted in the construction of the Douglas Campus. With the increased growth and interest in secondary education, a second campus was opened in Sierra Vista. The new campus was originally housed in a few temporary buildings on the grounds of Buena High School in the early 1970s but opened a full scale college campus in 1978.

Campus

Cochise College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association. The college holds memberships in the Arizona Community College Association, the Council of North Central Two-Year Colleges, the American Association of Community Colleges, the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities[3] and the Association of Community College Trustees.[4][5]

The college also holds Federal Aviation Administration certification for its professional pilot and aviation maintenance programs and Arizona Department of Health Services/Emergency Medical Services certification for its paramedicine and emergency medical technology programs. The nursing program is accredited by the Arizona State Board of Nursing and the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing.[6]

The Cochise College Library system consists of two branches, the Charles Di Peso Library on the Douglas campus and the Andrea Cracchiolo Library on the Sierra Vista campus. The libraries maintain a collection of over 60,000 books and media items, including DVDs and audiobooks, to support Cochise College curriculum and lifelong learning. The Cochise College Online Library provides access to more than 8,700 magazines and scholarly journals, eBook collections containing over 100,000 titles, and 20,000 plus streaming videos.[7]

The school is noted for having its own school-owned airport, built specifically for the college's aviation program.[8]

Organization and administration

The college contains seven campuses and centers, each with its known founding date:

  • Benson Center (2000)
  • Douglas Campus (1964)
  • Douglas Prison
  • Downtown Center, Sierra Vista (2016)
  • Fort Huachuca
  • Sierra Vista Campus (1978)
  • Wilcox Center (2010)

Academics

Cochise College offers 49 Undergraduate Associate Degrees in total.
Associate of Arts

  • Administration of Justice
  • Computer Science
  • Early Childhood Care and Education
  • Economics
  • Exercise Science, Health and Physical Education, Recreation and Wellness
  • Fine Arts
  • General Requirements
  • Liberal Studies
  • Music
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Theatre Arts

Associate of Arts Elementary Education

  • Elementary Education

Associate of Business

  • Business Administration
  • Computer Information Systems

Associate of Science

  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science
  • Engineering
  • General Requirements
  • Mathematics
  • Physics

Associate of General Studies

  • Aviation Dispatch
  • General Studies
  • Professional Pilot Technology

Associate of Applied Science

  • Animal Science
  • Crop Science
  • Automotive Technology
  • Building Construction Technology
  • Business Management
  • Cisco and Linux Networking
  • Computer Information Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Culinary Arts
  • Cybersecurity
  • Early Childhood Care and Education
  • Education
  • Electronics Technology
  • Intelligence Operations Studies
  • Law Enforcement
  • Media Production Arts
  • Network Technology
  • Nursing
  • Paramedicine
  • Professional Pilot Technology
  • Residential Construction Technology
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Flight Operator
  • Unmanned Aircraft Systems Technician
  • Welding Technology

Research

Endowment

As of June 2019, the Board of Directors has designated $585,071 of net assets without donor restrictions as a general endowment fund to support the mission of the Cochise College Foundation.[9]

Student life

On-Campus Housing

Cochise College – Douglas Campus has traditional residence halls (dorms) and town homes that can house up to 180 residents each semester. The college welcomes students from around the state, country and world to the rural on-campus community. Students enrolled in at least 12 credits may reside on campus. More information may be found at the college's website.

Athletics

Cochise College Rodeo
Cochise College Rodeo

Cochise College offers several intramural sports programs available to the student body. These include Men's and Women's Basketball, Soccer, Baseball, and Rodeo.

Women's Basketball

The members of Women's basketball team at Cochise College have been awarded multiple honors to include All National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 1 Division 1 honors, All Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) honors, All American honors, and Academic All American honors.

Accomplishments

  • 1984–1985 Season – Record: 25–6 (ACCAC Champions, Region 1 Champions, NJCAA National Tournament Appearance)
  • 2004–2005 Season – Record: 19–10 (Region 1 Runners-Up)
  • 2005–2006 Season – Record: 16–16 (Region 1 Runners-Up)
  • 2012–2013 Season – Record: 26–6 (Region 1 Runners-Up)
  • 2016–2017 Season – Record: 28–4 (Region 1 Champions, ACCAC Champions, NJCAA National Tournament Appearance)
  • 2017–2018 Season – Record: 29–3 (Region 1 Champions, ACCAC Champions, NJCAA National Tournament Appearance)
  • 2018–2019 Season – Record: 28–4 (Region 1 Champions, ACCAC Champions, NJCAA National Tournament Appearance)

Men's Baseball

The members of Men's baseball team at Cochise College have been awarded multiple honors to include All American honors, All Region honors, and All ACCAC honors, and Academic All American honors.

Accomplishments

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Basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender's hoop, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (overtime) is mandated.

Baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball that a player on the batting team, called the batter, tries to hit with a bat. The objective of the offensive team is to hit the ball into the field of play, away from the other team's players, allowing its players to run the bases, having them advance counter-clockwise around four bases to score what are called "runs". The objective of the defensive team is to prevent batters from becoming runners, and to prevent runners' advance around the bases. A run is scored when a runner legally advances around the bases in order and touches home plate.

Rodeo

Rodeo

Rodeo is a competitive equestrian sport that arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain and Mexico, expanding throughout the Americas and to other nations. It was originally based on the skills required of the working vaqueros and later, cowboys, in what today is the western United States, western Canada, and northern Mexico. Today, it is a sporting event that involves horses and other livestock, designed to test the skill and speed of the cowboys and cowgirls. American-style professional rodeos generally comprise the following events: tie-down roping, team roping, steer wrestling, saddle bronc riding, bareback bronc riding, bull riding and barrel racing. The events are divided into two basic categories: the rough stock events and the timed events. Depending on sanctioning organization and region, other events such as breakaway roping, goat tying, and pole bending may also be a part of some rodeos. The "world's first public cowboy contest" was held on July 4, 1883, in Pecos, Texas, between cattle driver Trav Windham and roper Morg Livingston.

National Junior College Athletic Association

National Junior College Athletic Association

The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), founded in 1938, is the governing association of community college, state college and junior college athletics throughout the United States. Currently the NJCAA holds 24 separate regions across 24 states and is divided into 3 divisions.

Arizona Community College Athletic Conference

Arizona Community College Athletic Conference

The Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) is a junior college conference in Region 1 of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). Conference championships are held in most sports and individuals can be named to All-Conference and All-Academic teams.

All-America

All-America

The All-America designation is an annual honor bestowed upon an amateur athlete from the United States who is considered to be one of the best amateurs in their sport. Individuals receiving this distinction are typically added to an All-America team for their sport. Some sports will have multiple All-America teams and will list the honorees as members of a first team, second team, or third team. As such, All-America teams are composed of outstanding US amateur players. Individuals falling short of qualifying for the honor may receive All-America honorable mention. The designation is typically used at the collegiate level although, beginning in 1957, high school athletes in football began being honored with All-American status, which then carried-over to other sports like basketball and cross-country running. The selection criteria vary by sport. Athletes at the high school and college level placed on All-America teams are referred to as All-Americans.

Academic All-America

Academic All-America

The Academic All-America program is a student-athlete recognition program. The program selects an honorary sports team composed of the most outstanding student-athletes of a specific season for positions in various sports—who in turn are given the honorific "Academic All-American". Since 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-American recognition on male and female athletes in Divisions I, II, and III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as well as athletes in the NAIA, other U.S. four-year schools, two-year colleges, and Canadian universities, covering all championship sports. The award honors student-athletes who have performed well academically while regularly competing for their institution.

JUCO World Series

JUCO World Series

The JUCO World Series is an annual baseball tournament held across three divisions of National Junior College Athletic Association baseball. Taking place in late May and early June each year, it determines the junior college baseball national champions. The first year in which the World Series was played across three separate divisions was 1993.

People

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James A. Corbett

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Marsha Arzberger

Marsha Arzberger

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Beau Allred

Beau Allred

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Brayon Blake

Brayon Blake

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Chad Curtis

Chad Curtis

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Charles DeBarber

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Eric González

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Kevin Kouzmanoff

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Carolyne Mas

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Brisbane Bullets

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La Costa

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  2. ^ "Cochise College : About Cochise : About : Quick Facts". Archived from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  3. ^ "Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities".
  4. ^ "ACCT". www.acct.org.
  5. ^ "Accreditation and Affiliation". Cochise College. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
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