Temple College

{{Short description|Community college in Temple, Texas, U.S.}} {{for|the school in Philadelphia originally known as Temple College|Temple University}} {{for|the school in Newnam, Georgia|College Temple}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox university | name = Temple College | image_name = Temple College Student Union IMG 0667.JPG | image_size = | caption = One College Centre | logo = Temple College logo (color).jpg | logo_size = 250 | established = {{Start date|1926}} | type = [[Public college|Public]] [[community college]] | accreditation = [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges|SACSCOC]] | president = Christina Ponce | academic_staff = | administrative_staff = | students = 5,400 (fall 2024) | city = [[Temple, Texas|Temple]] | state = Texas | country = United States | former_names = Temple Junior College | free_label = | free = | colors = Black and gold <br> {{color box|#231F20}}{{color box|#FBAE3D}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://templejc.edu/news/media-kit/ |title=Media Kit |accessdate=2017-09-07 }}</ref> | athletics = | sports = | nickname = Leopards | mascot = | sporting_affiliations = Northern Texas Junior College Athletic Conference | website = {{URL|https://www.templecollege.edu/}} }}

'''Temple College''' is a [[Public college|public]] [[community college]] in [[Temple, Texas]], with regional branch campuses at other locations in [[Central Texas]].

==History==

Temple Junior College was founded in 1926 to serve post-secondary students in eastern [[Bell County, Texas]]. Classes were originally held in the basement of the [[Temple High School (Texas)|Temple High School]] until 1957, when the campus moved to its present location on the city's south side. [[Jim Crow laws|Racial segregation]] at the college ended that same year. A separate junior college district was created in 1955 and in 1959 it acquired its own board of regents. The name of the college was changed to Temple College in 1996.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.templejc.edu/About/Welcome/History.aspx | title = Temple College - Then and Now | accessdate = 2013-09-17 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130928125859/http://www.templejc.edu/About/Welcome/History.aspx | archivedate = 2013-09-28 }}</ref><ref>{{Handbook of Texas | id=kct05 | name=Temple College}}</ref>

The main campus in Temple covers about 108 acres with twenty-seven buildings.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.templejc.edu/About/Welcome/History.aspx | title = Temple College - Then and Now | accessdate = 2013-09-17 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130928125859/https://catalog.templejc.edu/content.php?catoid=25&navoid=1005 | archivedate = 2013-09-28 }}</ref> Temple College has several branch campuses:

* East Williamson County Higher Education–Taylor ([[Taylor, Texas]]) * East Williamson County Higher Education–Hutto ([[Hutto, Texas]]) * Texas Bioscience Institute ([[Scott & White Memorial Hospital]], Temple)

==Gallery== <gallery> Image:Temple College, Temple, TX sign IMG 0672.JPG|Temple College sign Image:Mary Alice Marshall Performing Arts Bldg,, Temple College IMG 0675.JPG|Mary Alice Marshall Performing Arts Building Image:Marc A. Nigliazzo Administration Bldg,, Temple College IMG 0669.JPG|Marc A. Nigliazzo Administration Building </gallery>

==Notable people== *[[Henry T. Waskow]], alumnus, [[US Army]] captain memorialized in [[Ernie Pyle]]'s dispatch "The Death of Captain Waskow" *[[W. J. Adkins]], the [[Dean (education)|dean]] of Temple Junior College during the 1940s, became in 1947 the founding president of [[Laredo Community College]] in [[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]]. *[[David Wesley]], alumnus, retired [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] and [[Continental Basketball Association|CBA]] [[basketball]] and current television color analyst for the [[New Orleans Pelicans]] *[[Whurley]] (William Hurley), alumnus, co-founder of [[Chaotic Moon Studios]], an [[Open-source model|open source]] advocate, and systems theorist *[[Boone Logan]], alumnus, [[left-handed]] [[relief pitcher]] for the [[Colorado Rockies]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=loganbo02 | title = Boone Logan Stats | work =[[Baseball Almanac]] | accessdate = 2013-09-17 }}</ref>

==Athletics== * Baseball * Men's Basketball * Softball * Volleyball * Women's Basketball

==References== {{reflist|30em}}

==External links== * [http://www.templejc.edu Official website] * {{Handbook of Texas | id=kct05 | name=Temple College}}

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