The Bank of America Charitable Foundation donates a $250,000 grant to the Houston Community College Foundation to establish a Safety Net Scholarship for unemployed and underemployed HCC students, age 25 or older, who have returned to college to upgrade their job skills.

Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR) presents Houston Community College with a check for $10,000 to support the College’s ongoing Veterans’ Orientation programs.

HCC leads in transfers to University of Houston, University of Texas and Texas A&M University.

Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR) presents Houston Community College with a check for $10,000 to support the College’s ongoing Veterans’ Orientation programs.

HCC introduces the school song, “Always Grateful”.

HCC ranks #1 in the state and #2 in the country for awarding two-year degrees and technical certificates.

HCC keeps Houston working, ranking #1 for placing students in jobs. More than 90% of HCC students are placed in a job, the military or transfer to a four-year university.

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses partners with HCC to provide small business owners in the Greater Houston Region access to practical business courses, financial capital and powerful networking opportunities to help their businesses grow. Since launching at HCC, the Goldman Sachs Foundation has provided more than $10 million in support for HCC program.

HCC passes a $425 million bond program for future facilities through the district.

HCC launches Career Coach, an interactive software tool that allows current and prospective students and our community a valuable tool to help guide the process of career selection.

HCC commissions an economic impact report and discovers important data:

• In FY 2012-13, HCC had 88,228 students, a payroll of 2,082 full-time and 3,155 part-time employees, and spent another $256.2 million on goods and services.
• The net impact of HCC operational expenditures was approximately $297.2 million in added value, equivalent to 5,920 jobs, in the HCC service area.
• For every taxpayer dollar spent on HCC education, taxpayers receive an average of $6.30 in return over the course of the students’ working lives, which translates to an annual rate of return of 17.7%.

Dr. Mary Spangler retires as HCC Chancellor.

Renee Byas signs on as Acting Chancellor.

Dr. Cesar Maldonado joins HCC as its eighth Chancellor.

Two groundbreakings:  Northline & Westloop.

Imagine HCC 2019: Strategic Plan, created with input from internal and external stakeholders and led by the vision of the HCC Board of Trustees, is approved.

Progress continues on the 2013 Bond CIP program.

HCC initiates the Transformation process.

Eight groundbreakings: Stafford, Fraga, Eastside, Brays Oaks, Central South, West Houston Institute, Acres Homes and Coleman.

Through the HCC Foundation, HCC receives a $63,000 gift from the Consulate of Mexico in Houston, the largest gift ever given by the Mexican Consulate to an educational institution. This is a true testament to HCC’s partnership with the Mexican Government in offering minorities access to higher education.

HCC signs a transfer agreement with Loyola University New Orleans allowing students to complete their core courses at HCC then transfer seamlessly to the four-year university. HCC is the first community college in Texas to have this type of articulation agreement.

HCC establishes a MOU with University of Houston Downtown.

HCC successfully opens 13 Centers of Excellence.

With 114,000 students at 23 campuses, HCC demonstrates that it can grow along with the Houston community without sacrificing academic achievement.

Transformation from a center-of-delivery model to a Centers of Excellence model is happening across the district. Each college president works to transform operations making it easier and more efficient to work with the college, to transform the way students experience the college and how HCC works with businesses and industry.

To address the ever-growing need for engineers, HCC enters a co-enrollment program with Texas A&M University. HCC engineering students take core classes at HCC and complete bachelor’s degrees at the Texas A&M Dwight Look College of Engineering in College Station.

The HCC Honors College expands to two new campuses, SW Stafford and NW Spring Branch.

The HCC Foundation is awarded $2.5 million in scholarships and grants to help students succeed.

After the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, the HCC Foundation provides $545,663 in emergency scholarships to more than 658 students. They also donate $25,000 to replace books and supplies destroyed by Harvey and $164,500 in emergency grants for 372 members of HCC faculty and staff.

HCC signs MOUs with Stephen F. Austin University and Texas Southern University.

HCC celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the VAST Program.

• Graduation rates are up. Costs and excess credit hours are down.
• With 23 locations across the city and more than 100 programs of study, HCC brings academics and skills development to Houston-area residents.
• HCC supplies a steady stream of accredited graduates to industries across the city. The college partners with industry leaders to provide best practices and workforce training and preparedness.

HCC joins forces with local and state universities to give students pathways to high-quality, affordable education, providing every student with one-on-one advising to help them achieve their goals.

HCC wins the prestigious Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s “Star Award” for The Weekend College.

HCC Black History Committee and HCC Hispanic Scholarship Council sign Memorandums of Understanding with the HCC Foundation to become Affinity Groups with fundraising goals on behalf of student success.

HCC Foundation “Igniting Excellence” gala raises more than $720,000 to benefit our students.

HCC adopts the strategic planning process, Embracing Houston’s Future: Our Commitment to Students Today and Tomorrow.

This year alone, 10,605 students transferred to the four-year college of their choice. In fact, data proves that more than 90% of HCC completers go on to a job or university of their choice.

With its new IDEAS Academy, HCC introduces Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship.

The new Simulation Labs for energy and healthcare are the most realistic in the area.

HCC increases its workfroce and academic accreditations to 60, up from 46 in 2018.

• In fiscal year 2019, the Houston Community College Foundation provides $3.6 million in scholarships and grants to help ensure student success.
• HCC faculty and staff rally to show their Eagle Pride, contributing nearly $155,000 in the annual employee giving campaign, “All In for HCC.”
• Through a $300,000 grant from the State of Qatar, the HCC Foundation provides scholarships to students forced to put their HCC education on hold as a result of Hurricane Harvey. The funding is made available via a partnership between the Qatar Harvey Fund and the Rebuild Texas Fund for long-term recovery assistance in southeast Texas.