Hillsborough Community College

HCC was one of the last community colleges to be created in Florida, founded in 1968. Only Pasco–Hernando State College, out of the 28-school Florida community college system, was founded later.

In January 2008 the school opened its first residence hall, Hawk's Landing, named after the school mascot. This marks HCC as one of the few community colleges with its own residence hall.{{cite news |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2008/01/04/Hillsborough/HCC_students_get_new_.shtml | title=HCC students get new place like home | author=ELISABETH DYER | newspaper=St. Petersburg Times | date=January 4, 2008 | access-date=August 9, 2010}}

The college has five campuses located throughout the county. Locations include: Brandon, Dale Mabry, Plant City, Ybor City, and South Shore (on the south shore of Tampa Bay in Ruskin); with the Dale Mabry campus being the largest. There are also instructional centers at MacDill Air Force Base (South Tampa/aligned with the Plant City Campus) and at the Regent (Riverview) aligned with the Brandon Campus. Administrative offices and headquarters are located on Davis Islands, near downtown Tampa. HCC has over 80 campus clubs, groups and organizations available.{{Cite web|title=Home {{!}} Hillsborough Community College|url=https://www.hccfl.edu/|access-date=2022-02-01|website=www.hccfl.edu}}

HCC has grown to include over 43,000 students.{{cite web| url=http://www.hccfl.edu/media/327673/factbook%202010%20sections%20iii%20through%20v.pdf | title=HCC Factbook 2010 | publisher=Hillsborough Community College, Institutional Research and Grants | year=2010 | access-date=November 27, 2010}} In 2010, HCC ranked 8th in the state and 20th in the nation in total number of associate degrees produced.{{cite web | url=http://www.fldoe.org/cc/OSAS/FastFacts/pdf/FYI2010-03.pdf | title=Florida Colleges Remain Top Producers of Associate Degrees | publisher=The Florida College System | date=July 2010 | access-date=November 27, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927000030/http://www.fldoe.org/cc/OSAS/FastFacts/pdf/FYI2010-03.pdf | archive-date=September 27, 2011 | url-status=dead }} HCC houses the Honors Institute.{{cite web| url=http://www.hccfl.edu/honors | title=Welcome to the Honors Institute at Hillsborough Community College | publisher=Hillsborough Community College | access-date=August 9, 2010}}{{cite news| url=http://www.tampabay.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2007/02/05/focus6.html | title=HCC director elected to national council | date=February 2, 2007 | author=Jane Meinhardt | newspaper=Tampa Bay Business Journal | access-date=August 9, 2010}}

HCC participates in the Suncoast Conference within Division I of NJCAA Region VIII within the Florida State College Activities Association (FSCAA). Sports include men's baseball and basketball, and women's basketball, softball, tennis and volleyball.{{Cite web |url=http://www.njcaa.org/colleges_college_home.cfm?collegeId=1360 |title=Hillsborough Community College | NJCAA |access-date=2013-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203031326/http://www.njcaa.org/colleges_college_home.cfm?collegeId=1360 |archive-date=2013-12-03 |url-status=dead }} The school's nickname is the Hawks. The school's competitions are broadcast on both the school's athletic site and the school radio station WMNF 88.5 HD4. Basketball is played at the Dale Mabry campus.{{cite web |url=https://www.hccfl.edu/athletics/mens-basketball/game-site.aspx |title=Game Site - Hillsborough Community College - HCC |website=www.hccfl.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801094246/https://www.hccfl.edu/athletics/mens-basketball/game-site.aspx |archive-date=2018-08-01}}

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• Geoffrey Giuliano, author and actor best known for Squid Game{{Cite web |last=Guzzo |first=Paul |title=‘Squid Game’ actor got his start on Tampa stages |url=https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/arts/movies/2021/12/02/squid-game-actor-got-his-start-on-tampa-stages/ |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en}}
• Colton Gordon (born 1998), baseball pitcher
• Garry Hancock, baseball outfielder who played for the Indians and the Rangers in 1974.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/schools/index.cgi?key_school=b8406945|title=Hillsborough Community College (Tampa, FL) Baseball Players}}
• Hulk Hogan (Terry Bollea), professional wrestler
• Othello Hunter (born 1986), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Robert Mosebach (born 1984), baseball player who has played for the Expos and the Phillies.
• Jeffrey Webb, former FIFA vice president{{cite web|title=Jeffrey Webb|url=http://www.soccerfolk.org/item/jeffrey-webb/|access-date=29 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529065350/http://www.soccerfolk.org/item/jeffrey-webb/|archive-date=29 May 2015|url-status=dead}}
• Chad Zerbe (born 1972), baseball player who played for the Dodgers in 1991.

• Percival Davis, author, a young earth creationist, and activist in the intelligent design movement. Retired, former professor of Life Science.{{cite journal | jstor=2952523 | title=Antievolution and Creationism in the United States |journal=Annual Review of Anthropology | year=1997 | last1=Scott | first1=Eugenie C. | volume=26 | pages=263–289 | doi=10.1146/annurev.anthro.26.1.263 }}

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