Classes are held for the first time at JCC’s new campus. 

Construction on new campus begins, with much fanfare.  

County voters approve charter millage that still funds the College today. Voters approve a 1.3-mill tax to pay to operate the new JCC. Two earlier proposals were rejected by county voters.   Women’s Recreation Association of Michigan granted JJC permission to form a WRA on campus; basketball, volleyball, swimming, golf and tennis were offered to JJC […]

Jackson County voters approve community college district, establishing Jackson Community College. Consideration was first given to a three-county community college district, including Lenawee and Hillsdale counties, but in an election, two of the counties turned the proposal down. Jackson County, long used to having the college in their midst, supported the measure two-to-one. George E. […]

A detailed study of the post-high school requirements of Jackson, Lenawee and Hillsdale county areas was completed with educators and civic leaders from all three counties. Findings showed that the three counties would be best served by creating a three-county community college and assuming control of Jackson Junior College. In an election on the issue, […]

Jackson Junior College’s E.O. Marsh Hall is destroyed by fire following a lightning strike. College administrators faced with urgent problem of finding space for growth. (This site is now the Jackson High School parking lot).

Dr. William N. Atkinson named president of Jackson Junior College. Atkinson had previously served as dean at JJC.  

College classes meet for the first time in John George Hall. Opening came just in time as veterans, returning to Jackson by the thousands, swelled the lists of applicants for admission and began a new era in the College’s history. Jackson Junior College was the first school in its conference to introduce women cheerleaders; previously, […]

During World War II, JJC men and women saw duty in every branch of service and in all corners of the globe. By war’s end, 39 of them had given their lives.

George L. Greenawalt, teacher, becomes superintendent of Jackson Union School District and president of the junior college. He served until 1952.