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Centralia College is a two-year institution of
higher learning located in Centralia, Washington. Founded in 1925, Centralia is
the oldest continuously operating community college in the state of Washington.[1] As
shown below, the college sits on 29 acres in the middle of the town
of Centralia. There is a branch campus, Centralia College East, in
the town of Morton and the college offers a
range of online and correspondence courses. Overall the college
serves an area of 2,409 square miles in Lewis County and southern Thurston County under the
administrative classification of Community College District
Twelve.
History
Centralia College opened in 1925 under the name of Centralia
Junior College. Developing slowly at first, the college constructed
its first physical campus in 1950 with Kemp Hall.[4]
Also, in 1948 the college received its accreditation from the Northwest
Commission on Colleges and Universities.[5]
Growing from an entrance class of 15 students, as of 2009 the
college has an enrollment of 4,803 students in 64 academic
programs.[3] The
college is affiliated with the private Centralia College
Foundation, founded in 1982 by community members, to supplement its
public resources.
The college is also home to Michael Spafford's Twelve Labors
of Hercules, a series of murals commissioned in the early
1980s for the House of Representatives' chambers.[6]
From 1982 to 1987 they were covered with curtains due to their
sexually suggestive nature and later were placed in storage.
Following a decade of negotiations, the college acquired the murals
in 2003 for display in the Corbet Theatre.[7][8]
Athletics
The college's mascot is the Trailblazer and the athletics
program includes teams for volleyball, baseball, basketball, fast
pitch softball and golf. These teams play in the Northwest
Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC).[4]
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