Robert L. Johnson Downtown Center opens on Cortland Street  

Hillsdale Center opens on Carleton Road. Previously, all classes were offered through adult education at Hillsdale High School.  

Lenawee Center opens in Adrian, in a location on Maple Avenue. Courses continued there for nearly 15 years, until the current site was built in 2003.  

Jackson College Foundation formed. Since its inception, the Foundation, from its own assets and management of the College’s loaned funds, has offered thousands of dollars in support to the College, primarily in grants, programs and scholarships. 

Trustees vote to cut cross country and track, curtail sports travel and state tournament costs as part of $600,000 in budget cuts. In the early 1980s, Jackson County suffered an economic downtown; Jackson County suffered and Jackson Community College as well.  In May, trustees voted to eliminate all remaining sports to save money in the […]

Women’s basketball team won conference, state and regional championships, went to Kansas City for nationals.  

Potter Center construction begins; first phase finished in 1978, second phase with Music Hall in 1980. Facility was built to add meaning, scope and enrichment to lives of students and the life of the community.  

Wickwire House damaged by fire; students form chain to help save contents.  

On the heels of the passage of Title IX in 1972, requiring equal education and athletic programs for men and women, JCC offers partial scholarships to 18 women athletes.  

Women of Jackson Community College faculty and staff start the Harriet Myer Student Emergency Fund. Named in honor of Harriet Myer, counselor and former dean of women who had recently passed away, it was originally a fund to help female students. After a few years, help was extended to men as well. The fund assists […]