历史

Efforts of the local sponsor to establish a publicly supported community college in the Allentown area date to 1955 when studies were first conducted to determine whether or not the area could support such an institution. With the support of the Allentown Chamber of Commerce and several other groups, the Allentown public schools conducted a survey of high school seniors to determine the number of students who were interested in attending a community college.

The results were favorable and the Allentown Board of School Directors decided to develop full-time post-high school courses.

The Allentown Board of School Directors agreed to serve as an interim sponsor for the proposal to establish a community college, which was then submitted to the Lehigh County Board of School Directors in October 1964. 在学校校长会议之后, the proposal to establish a community college was approved by the Board of School Directors. These combined actions resulted in the writing of a formal application that was approved by official action of the Pennsylvania State Board of Education. A Board of Trustees was elected by the Lehigh County Board of School Directors, and Lehigh County Community College was officially established and empowered on March 31, 1966.

社区学院的赞助者总共有13个学区, including the nine Lehigh County school districts and four of the five Carbon County school districts.

前三个学期, 1967年9月至1969年2月, classes were held in the Old Lehigh County Court House and its Annex. Additional facilities were made available by the Allentown School District to meet laboratory needs. The move to the Schnecksville campus was completed for the spring 1969 semester. Classes and college 办公室 were housed in the Administration Building.

The second building erected on the Schnecksville campus was the Science-Technology building in September 1971, 学院的日托中心设在哪里, Stay ' N Play, 1973年8月开业. In 2022, the space was transformed into a makerspace called the Design Den. The building provides laboratories, classrooms, lounges and study areas. The gymnasium (Berrier Hall) and original library (Learning Resource Center) were completed for occupancy in September 1974.

让尽可能多的公民可以享用它的产品, LCCC已经建立了几个校外站点. 1987年8月, the college opened its Allentown city site in the Sovereign Building on Hamilton Mall. In 1992, LCCC’s Carbon site was dedicated at Carbon County Vocational Technical School in Jim Thorpe. LCCC’s Airport Site, at Lehigh Valley International Airport, was dedicated in 1993.

In January 1994, the college officially changed its name to 利哈伊碳社区学院. 1996年，Carbon基地搬迁到Nesquehoning.

阿伦敦市中心的厂址于1999年1月搬迁, 同年11月被重新命名为唐利中心. 学院进一步扩大了它的课程, 在斯库尔基尔县, 2003年8月，摩根中心在塔玛夸开业.

The new Technology Center on the Schnecksville campus opened in conjunction with the start of the spring semester on January 19, 2004. 学院获得了这50辆车的所有权,000-square-foot center in 2018 from an Allentown-based limited partnership, and in 2021 it was renamed the Nevin Earl Remaley Technology Center in recognition of a $1 million gift.

2008年3月, the Rothrock 图书馆 opened in the former building of the Carbon-Lehigh Intermediate Unit No. 21，设有校友会议中心. 2008年8月更名, the newly renovated Academic Resource Center (the original library building) housed a brand new cafeteria and bookstore.

In 2010, LCCC新增了一个社区服务中心, 公共安全, 刑事司法, CDL和劳动力和社区教育中心. Music and art rooms are also housed in the center as well as a full conference center facility. The building is now called the Lisa Jane Scheller Community Services Center.

2011年春天, 贝里耶大厅也进行了翻新，增加了更衣室, 一个全新的健身中心, 学生会协会和体育办公室, 游戏室, 一个新的舞蹈工作室和一个辅助健身房. The realignment of Orchard Road behind Berrier Hall diverted vehicular traffic away from pedestrians walking to and from the gymnasium and the library, 以及运动场地(足球), 棒球和垒球), 该项目于2013年完工，将于2014年春季投入使用.

Also in 2013, the Scheller Center was completed at the Tamaqua site. It was renovated in 2021 to house the new Scheller Nursing Simulation Center.

2014年1月, LCCC’s Carbon County site relocated to the west wing of Jim Thorpe Area High School in time for the Spring 2014 semester. 该网站于2020年关闭, but the college continues to serve students from Carbon County at all of the LCCC locations.

除了, 通过发展在线课程, LCCC continues its efforts to meet students wherever they are—in homes, 办公室, 或者任何可以访问个人电脑的地方.

In July 2014, the college welcomed its first female president when the Board of Trustees named Dr. 安D. 比伯当选总裁. 比伯自1981年以来一直在该学院工作.

在2015年全面翻新后, the Administration Building’s name was changed to the 学生服务 Center. 2021年，它被命名为Clifford R. Miller 学生服务 Center in recognition of a donation from one of the college’s first faculty members.

The Donley Center in downtown Allentown received a number of improvements in 2019, 包括一个更新的布局，以更好地适应学生服务, renovation to the seventh floor that includes two high-tech classrooms, and the addition of a simulation lab for students in Licensed Practical Nursing.

2018年12月，WXLV Media完成了翻新 & Design Center, which serves the digital media, fine arts and communications programs. 这个协作工作空间包括录音室, 音乐/声音生产, 计算机工作站等等.

In 2019 the college was designated a Hispanic Serving Institution because of the percentage of minority students we serve. The college continues to build on its strong history to prepare our diverse community for the needs of an ever-changing world.

更新05-09-23