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Glen Oaks Community College

Coordinates: 41°53′32″N 85°29′48″W / 41.8922°N 85.4967°W / 41.8922; -85.4967
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Glen Oaks Community College
TypePublic community college
Established1965 (1965)[1]
PresidentDr. David Devier
Students1864[2]
Location, ,
United States

41°53′32″N 85°29′48″W / 41.8922°N 85.4967°W / 41.8922; -85.4967
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Websitewww.glenoaks.edu
Glen Oaks Community College is located in Michigan
Glen Oaks Community College
Location within the state of Michigan

Glen Oaks Community College is a public community college in Centreville, Michigan.

History

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In 1965, Nora Hagen donated a considerable amount of land in Sherman Township to Glen Oaks. Soon afterward, Glen Oaks was approved by the state as a credible institution authorized to provide college courses to students. Hagen, who gives her name to many sites at Glen Oaks, was one of the last surviving members of her immediate family and decided that the newly conceived college should receive those 120 acres (486,000 m²). She did so, commemorating the event in the following statements:

"This farm of 120 acres [486,000 m²] with the farmhouse and other buildings has been in the Henry B. Hagen family name for 90 years.

"In the year 1965 it was given to the St. Joseph County community college district to be used as the central campus of Glen Oaks Community College for the education of the county's young people.

"It is the memory of my father and mother, my sister Louise C. Fry and her husband Stephen D. Fry, who became co-owners with me of this homestead in 1930, that I fondly dedicate this plaque.

"May God's blessing rest on all who pass this way."

5 November 1965,
Nora C. Hagen,
The Last Survivor

Leadership

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Dr. David Devier serves as the college's president.

Athletics

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Glen Oaks has eight different sports programs: women's cross country, softball, volleyball, and basketball; men's cross country, baseball, and basketball; and men's golf.

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References

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  1. ^ "Glen Oaks Community College Campus Tour". Federal Student Aid. Archived from the original on 2010-05-30. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
  2. ^ "Glen Oaks Community College Campus Tour". Federal Student Aid. Archived from the original on 2010-05-30. Retrieved December 24, 2010.