Century College is a two-year community college

Community college

A community college is a type of educational institution. The term can have different meanings in different countries.-Australia:Community colleges carry on the tradition of adult education, which was established in Australia around mid 19th century when evening classes were held to help adults...

 located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota

White Bear Lake, Minnesota

White Bear Lake is a city in Ramsey and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 23,797 at the 2010 census. The city is located on White Bear Lake, one of the largest lakes in the Minneapolis-St...

. As a part of the MnSCU system, it is the largest two-year community and technical college in Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

. Century was founded in 1967 as Lakewood Community College but in 1996 it merged with Northeast Metro Technical to become Century College.

About Century College

Century College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, a commission of the North Central Association. This accreditation facilitates the transfer of credit to Minnesota universities and colleges as well as to institutions throughout the United States.

Century offers liberal arts transfer degrees and professional programs. Century College also offers over 60 different career programs and short-term certificate programs. Classes are offered online, during the day, evening, and weekends. Century College also offers accelerated classes which begin after Labor Day and end before Thanksgiving.

2008 marked the grand opening of Century College’s new science/library building. Last year the Kopp Technology Center, named after Lee and Barbara Kopp, was also dedicated.

Programs

There is an array of programs offered at Century. Fields of study include: Advertising and Marketing, Art and Design, Automotive, Business and Management, Nursing, EMS, Industry and Industrial Design, Law Enforcement, Liberal Arts, Science, and Technology. Continuing Education and Customized Training programs serve students and business/industry customers in all these areas and more.

Community

Century does a lot to give back the community including Hands-on learning for kids and teens, Prime Time classes, Scenic Wood Duck Trail, and many other services to the community.

Athletics

Century is affiliated with the Minnesota Community College Conference

Minnesota Community College Conference

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 and National Junior College Athletic Association

National Junior College Athletic Association

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 Division 3, which are athletic conferences for community colleges

Honors and Achievements

• For three consecutive years, Century College won top honors for being both the best in the state and the best in the region in the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges
  American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges
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   (AMATYC) Student Mathematics League Contest. Century is in AMATYC’s Central Region, which consists of 12 states.
• Century’s debate team was the number-two-ranked community college debate team in the country. Since its inception, the Century debate team has won trophies in several national tournaments, competing against such teams as the University of California, Berkeley
  University of California, Berkeley
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   and Notre Dame
  University of Notre Dame
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  .
• The Phi Theta Kappa
  Phi Theta Kappa
  Phi Theta Kappa, also ΦΘΚ or sometimes PTK , is the international honor society of two-year colleges and academic programs, particularly community colleges and junior colleges. It also includes Associate's degree-granting programs offered by four-year colleges...
  
   national honor society chapter at Century was recognized as one of the two top chapters in the Midwest Region among 56 chapters.
• The ESOL
  English language learning and teaching
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   (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Institute, a cooperative venture with Metropolitan State University and private funders such as Bremer Bank, received the “Outstanding Partnership” award from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.
• The National Women's Studies Association honored Professor Judith Roy, the chair of Century's Women and Gender Studies Program, by electing her as the association's national president. This is the first time that a two-year college faculty member has been named to the top leadership role in an association that includes public and private higher education institutions offering baccalaureate
  Bachelor's degree
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   and graduate degrees.
• Century College has received two National Science Foundation
  National Science Foundation
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   grants for “Investigative Sciences in Law Enforcement Technology.” Century offers a comprehensive "crime scene investigation" program.
• Century was one of 10 colleges nationally to receive a grant from the Fetzer Institute
  Fetzer Institute
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   to promote the “Deepening the American Dream” project.
• Century received $130,000 from 3M
  3M
  3M Company , formerly known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation based in Maplewood, Minnesota, United States....
  
   and Delta Dental to start a community dental clinic to serve low-income patients.
• Century's "Phantasmagoria" was the only literary journal/magazine published at a two-year college in Minnesota. It ceased publication in 2008.
• Century’s Teaching Circles were among the 10 finalists for the national Bellwether Prize
  Bellwether Prize
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  for outstanding academic innovation.
• Century's GPS LifePlan was Innovation of the Year for 2007 and recognized by the League for Innovation.

External links

• http://www.century.edu/