South Campus

Charles Lyle, South Campus Student Life coordinator, is among the many BCC graduates who serve on the college staff with distinction.

After serving as provost of South Campus for three years, Dr. E. Ann McGee was named vice president for development and executive director of the BCC Foundation in December 1985. Under her direction, the foundation grew to over $12 million in assets and ranked third in the nation for size of endowment and sixth nationally for cash raised. In November 1995, she left BCC to become president of Seminole Community college in Sanford.

Professors Peggy Green (left) and Jeanette Madea (right) receive a donation from Richard Rowe, employee relations administrator for Allied Signal, the "Science 4 Kids" program. Started in 1981, the program incorporates hands-on experiments for Broward County elementary students at the North and South campuses.

The Aviation Institute on South Campus offers the state's most comprehensive training center for students pursuing a career in aviation.

Trustees, Dr. Holcombe, Provost Dr. Mont Smith, former provost Dr. Carl Crawford, and state senator Howard Forman join with foundation officials, Pembroke Pines city officials, and other dignitaries to cut the ribbon on the South Campus Student Services Building in October of 1998.

The rapid growth of the South Campus necessitated installation of modular classroom buildings. The modular buildings help give South Campus a warm, cozy atmosphere.

South Campus Provost Dr. Carl Crawford and Dr. Holcombe look on as trustees Joyce Cross and Katharine Barry cut the ribbon to open the South Campus bookstore.

Acclaimed artist Dorothy Gillespie receives a bouquet of yellow roses and a kiss from South Campus Provost Dr. Mont Smith at the dedication of the Student Services Building. Visible above their heads is part of Gillespie's 32-panel 1998 work Symphony in Color, one of several of her works on South Campus. Others include Royal Crest, which is inside building 69; Colored Clouds and Ribboned Currents, located outside the teleconference center; and Celestial Arrangement, also found inside the Student Services Building.

Groundbreaking ceremonies were held in April 1982 for the BCC/South Regional Library, a partnership between the college and the Broward County Library. The facility was completed in July 1983 and serves the college and the community. The partnership turned out to be so mutually beneficial, the entities partnered again on North Campus.

On August 24, 1977, South Campus opened its doors to about 700 students. Classes were held at the First United Methodist Church in Hollywood. On June 3, 1979, ground was broken for the first permanent facility on the North Perry Airport property. The building, later named Sheldon J. Schlesinger Hall, contained classrooms, student services facilities, and faculty and administration offices, and was ready for the start of fall classes in 1980.