Middlesex Community College

Middlesex Community College (also known as MxCC) is a public community college in Middletown, Connecticut. As measured by enrollment, it is the 8th largest of the 12 colleges in the Connecticut Community Colleges system. The school has an open admissions policy. MxCC has about 2,600 full and part-time students enrolled. It is a commuter school with no dormitories. Along with credit and non-credit certificates, the college grants Associate degrees. Dr. Wilfredo Nieves is President of the college. MxCC runs a Center for Business and Industry Services (CBIS), which is one of the original centers in the statewide Business and Industry Services Network (BISN). The CBIS provides companies throughout Middlesex County as well as the Meriden and Wallingford areas with customized training and instructional services. HISTORY The Middlesex Community College was founded in 1966 as a branch campus of Manchester Community College. MxCC became an independent community college in 1968. Initially, the college operated in space rented from the Middletown Public School district and loaned by the Connecticut Valley Hospital. In 1973, the college moved to its present 36-acre campus overlooking the Connecticut River Valley in Middletown. In 1998 a branch was opened in Meriden. Instruction also takes place in Old Saybrook to make college accessible to students along the central Connecticut coast. CAMPUS The college's main campus is in Middletown at 100 Training Hill Road (approx. a mile and a half from the center of Middletown) and includes 4 main buildings: Snow, Wheaton, Founder's, and Chapman Halls. Within the halls are: classrooms, computer center, art studios, broadcast communications center, chemistry and biology laboratories, learning laboratory for reading and writing, ophthalmic design and dispensing laboratory, faculty and administrative. MERIDEN CENTER In 2004 Middlesex opened a new learning site at 55 West Main Street, Meriden. Credit, non-credit, day, and evening courses are available. SHORELINE Credit and non-credit courses are also offered in Old Saybrook and Clinton. In Old Saybrook, the high school at 1111 Boston Post Road is often used to hold classes. EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES The Beta Gamma Xi Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa (the academic honor society for two-year colleges) is active at MxCC. Active clubs on campus include the Human Services Student Association (HSSA) and the SPECS (Ophthalmic Design & Dispensing Club). There is also and active student government body, the MxCC Student Senate.