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| Type | Publiccommunity college |
| Established | 1924 |
| President | Brent Wallace |
| Location | ,, U.S. 33°37′08″N97°09′58″W / 33.6188°N 97.1660°W /33.6188; -97.1660 |
| Campus | Rural, 110 acres (45 ha) main campus |
| Colors | Blue and white |
Sporting affiliations | NJCAA –NTJCAC |
| Mascot | Lions |
| Website | www |
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North Central Texas College (NCTC) is apubliccommunity college inGainesville, Texas. It servesCooke County,Denton County, andMontague County, Texas.
As with many of the early community colleges, NCTC began as an extension of the localschool district. In NCTC's case, a branch of theGainesville Independent School District known as Gainesville Junior College was proposed by SuperintendentRandolph Lee Clark, who previously started a junior college that later becameMidwestern State University. The Gainesville college was established May 20, 1924, and held its first classes in the fall of that year.[2]
For the first 22 years of the school's existence, it shared the same building with Gainesville High School, also sharing teachers and administrators (not until 1957 were separate teachers hired for the college). In 1946 a building located next to the high school was purchased and the college had its own building.
However, by the mid-1950s the college grew to the point that sharing space with the high school was no longer practical. Local citizens passed a bond issue to build separate facilities for the college. However, discussions took place as to whether a separate entity, apart from the Gainesville ISD, should be created (including assessment of aproperty tax to support it). With the support of citizens such as W.T. Bonner (who donated the first 5 acres (20,000 m2) of the current campus and later sold 45 acres (180,000 m2) more to the college), Cooke County voters approved the creation of the new district, and Gainesville Junior College became Cooke County Junior College (the Junior was later dropped in the 1970s). In 1994, the institution's name was changed to North Central Texas College to reflect its increasing instructional offerings in two Denton County cities—Lewisville and Denton.
During this time, NCTC operated under a "gentlemen's agreement" with the other junior colleges, and thus no separate schools were formed in neighboringDenton andMontague Counties.
In 1992, president Ronnie Glasscock led the school to two major accomplishments. First, the "gentlemen's agreement" was codified into state law (however, neither Denton nor Montague are included in NCTC's tax base). Second, Glasscock lobbied for a name change, realizing that Cooke County College would handicap the college's effort to be a true regionally focused college. He was successful, and on June 1, 1994, the Regents voted to change the college's name to its current designation.
In January 2000, NCTC opened a branch campus in Bowie (to serve Montague County). The citizens of Bowie voted a 1/2 cent sales tax increase to build the 16,000-square-foot (1,500 m2), $2.196 million facility. NCTC also opened the Corinth campus (to serve Denton County) at the same time.
A historical marker outside the Administration Building claims that NCTC is the oldest continuously operating public community college in Texas, having been approved for operations in May 1924. This is based on the fact that several junior colleges which predate NCTC in terms of its opening either ceased operations (temporarily or permanently), were not founded as public institutions, or later became four-year colleges.
The original location, the Cooke County Campus, is inGainesville and is the main campus. NCTC maintains full-service campuses inCorinth andBowie, with branch campuses inDenton,Flower Mound, andGraham.
The current chancellor of NCTC is Dr. Brent Wallace. Dr. Wallace previously served as the vice-president of Instruction.
As defined by theTexas Legislature, the official service area of NCTC consists of the following:[3]
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The college athletics teams are nicknamed the Lions. The lions compete in theNorth Texas Junior College Athletic Conference of theNJCAA. North Texas Central College offers athletic scholarships in baseball, softball, volleyball, and women's tennis.[4]
On September 26, 2014, four members of the North Central Texas College Lions women'ssoftball team died, and 15 others suffered injuries, when the bus in which they were passengers was struck by atractor-trailer nearDavis, Oklahoma.[5] The four players who died were Brooke Deckard, Jaiden Pelton, Meagan Richardson, and Katelynn Woodlee.[6] Three of the players died at the scene; the fourth at a hospital.
According toOklahoma Highway Patrol Capt. Ronnie Hampton, the tractor-trailer crossed the median into the southbound lane on Highway 35, and both the bus driver, who is also the coach, and the driver of the tractor-trailer underwent toxicology tests, and the incident was treated as ahomicide.[7]
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