Color photographs

Today's automobiles require technicians with a strong knowledge of mechanics and computer technology. BCC's Miramar Center will become one the nation's leaders and provide training of automotive technicians for all of South Florida.

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.

Central Campus Provost Dr. Patricia Caldwell, Trustees Cheryl Krause and Georgette Sosa Douglass, and Dr. Holcombe cut the ribbon opening a 40-year photographic retrospective at Central Campus for the 40th anniversary of the college.

BCC graduates are local, state, and national leaders. One of the business giants of Broward County, Steve Berrard has served as the president and chief executive officer of a variety of local and national companies, including Blockbuster Entertainment Group and Republic Industries. He currently is one the founders of New River Capital Partners. He was named winner of the Sun-Sentinel's Excalibur Award in 1995 and recipient of the LeRoy Collins Distinguished Alumni Award in 1996.

Author and screenwriter Rita Mae Brown, a member of the Class of 1965 and 1999 recipient of the American Association of Community College's Outstanding Alumni Award, addressed the graduates at the May 2001 commencement exercises as Dr. Steve Obenauf, Central Campus Professor of the Year, listened. Four months before the September 11 tragedy, Brown told the graduates that many of America's problems stemmed from the country's wealth and power. "Sisters and Brothers, pick up an oar and row," she told them. "We are all in the same boat together."

Two-term Maryland governor Parris Glendening was named one the AACC's Outstanding Alumni Award winners for 1997. Glendening was a member of BCC's first graduating class and the youngest student in Florida State history to receive a doctorate in political science. In this picture, he receives his AACC award from Dr. Holcombe in Maryland.

A high school dropout, Gary Farmer came to realize the importance of higher education while serving in the Marines. After his discharge, he worked nights as a desk clerk and auditor at a beach motel to support his family while he attended classes at BCC. Today he serves as one of 12 appellate judges on Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal in West Palm Beach.

The focal points of the Aviation Institute are the dramatic cross-sectioned fuselage facade and the clean, aerodynamic lines of the building.

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.

Each year's Colleague Recognition Day gives Dr. Holcombe a chance to demonstrate his acting ability. Among the characters he has portrayed are Elvis, James Bond, Gerald Ford, and Shoeless Willie Holcombe, along with Central Campus Provost Glen Rose.