Lurleen B. Wallace Community College
{{Short description|Multi-campus public college in Alabama, US}}
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| name = Lurleen B. Wallace Community College
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| established = {{start date and age|1969}}
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| type = Public community college
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| academic_staff = 118
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| students = 1,790
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| city = Andalusia, Greenville, and Opp, Alabama
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| coor = Andalusia: {{coord|31|19|21|N|86|27|10|W|display=inline}}
Greenville: {{coord|31|50|15|N|8|36|39|W|display=inline}}
MacArthur (Opp): {{coord|31|18|25|N|86|15|14|W|display=inline}}
| campus = Andalusia: {{cvt|160|acre}}
Greenville: {{cvt|17|acre}}
MacArthur (Opp): {{cvt|100|acre}}
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| colors = Blue, white, red
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|athletics_affiliations = NJCAA Division 1 Region 22, Alabama Community College Conference
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| website = {{URL|http://www.lbwcc.edu}}
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Lurleen B. Wallace Community College (LBWCC) is a public community college with campuses in Andalusia, Greenville, Opp, and Luverne, Alabama. As of the fall 2010 semester, the college has an enrollment of 1,790 students across all campuses.{{cite web |title=Lurleen B Wallace Community College |url=http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?s=AL&pg=4&id=101602 |work=College Navigator |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics |access-date=18 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018212939/http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?s=AL&pg=4&id=101602 |archive-date=18 October 2012 |url-status=live }} The college was founded in 1969 and named for Governor Lurleen Burns Wallace. In 1992, it opened the campus in Greenville. In 2003, LBWCC merged with Douglas MacArthur State Technical College, which opened in 1965.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Lurleen B. Wallace Community College |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-2586 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Alabama |access-date=July 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105135832/http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-2586 |archive-date=November 5, 2011 |url-status=live }} Athletic teams representing LBWCC compete in the Alabama Community College Conference of the National Junior College Athletic Association.
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External links
- [http://www.lbwcc.edu/ Official website]
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