South Plains College - Levelland, TX
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N 33° 34.695 W 102° 22.046
13S E 744339 N 3718501
South Plains College offers more than 100 program options that lead to associate degrees and certificates of proficiency in the arts and sciences, the technical arts and health occupations.
Waymark Code: WM13BVB
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/03/2020
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College Website"By the early 1950s a few prominent citizens of Hockley County realized that the local education should no longer be limited to children, and that Hockley County required a greater role in the educational system of Texas.
Consequently, these citizens twice petitioned the State Board of Education, once in 1951 and again in 1956, for permission to establish a junior college in Levelland. Given permission to hold an election, the citizens of Hockley County voted to establish South Plains College on April 2, 1957.
South Plains College has continued to grow and expand, opening the extension at Reese Air Force Base in 1970, and a technical branch in Lubbock in 1973. In 1977, the college acquired and refurbished the West Texas Hospital Building in downtown Lubbock, and in the fall of 1978 established the Lubbock Campus at the new site."