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Daytona Beach College • Fiftieth Anniversary

Daytona Beach College is extremely proud of its accomplishments over the last fifty years. We’ve grown from our humble beginning in 1957 to one of the largest community colleges in the state, serving over 40,000 students annually on our six campuses. Each campus offers state-of-the-art equipment and a

faculty and staff that are sec-ond to none.

From the President

Our recent growth has been phe-nomenal. Since the Fall ’05 semes-ter, we’ve had an increase of over 20 percent in the number of students we serve and we’re still growing. With the addition of our Bachelor of Applied Science degree programs, the Educator Preparation Institute and now the new Mori Hosseini College of Hospitality Management, we’re making plans to continue that growth in the upcoming years. DBC has a major impact on this community, both financially and through our educational programs. A study completed by the Stetson Institute for Social Research showed that over 70 percent of the business or community leaders had either attended DBC or had family members who had. A second study by CC Benefits showed DBC hav-ing well over a $300 million annual impact on our local economy.

We are proud of this college and what we do in this community. We hope you are too. We look forward to our next 50 years of continuing to “Shape Our Community” – one student at a time.

Dr. D. Kent Sharples

President Sharples congratulates Interna-tional Student Daniela Nemerenco, as she graduates from DBC and heads to further

studies at Harvard University. (May 2006)

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DBC assures equal opportunity in employment and education services to all individuals without regard to race, sex, color, age, religion, disability, national origin, political affiliation or belief, or marital status.

Daytona Beach Junior College opened in the fall of 1958 and was organized into three divisions: Adult Education, College Transfer and Vocational-Technical. One of the first tasks for the new college was to find a location to hold classes. While it was hoped that the Mary Karl Vocational School, established on a 29-acre tract near Halifax Hospital would have the capabil-ity to accommodate the new school, they didn’t have physical space to house all the transfer division students. Thus, it became necessary to rent space in the Inn of the Princess Issena Hotel for two years.

This page: Princess Issena Inn and students at the newly constructed gymnasium on the Daytona Beach

Campus in the early 1960s.Page 3: Mary Brennan Karl (seated), an earlyvisionary in the field of education. Mrs. Karl was the Director of the Opportunity School that later became known as the Mary Karl Vocational School and was the forerunner

of Daytona Beach Community College, now Daytyona Beach College.

Beginnings

Cultural Arts

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Did you know?• DBCfirstofferedclassesinthePrin-

cess Issena Inn.

• ThesitecurrentlyoccupiedbytheDaytonaBeachCampuswasa

convalescent center during World War II.

• ThefirstpresidentofDBC, Dr.JamesM.Snyder,servedfrom

January1,1958toJune30,1960.

First Steps

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TopLeft: Roy F. Bergengren (standing center), second president of Daytona Beach Junior College, reviewing plans for the Lenholt Student Center with Lillian Lenholt (seated right) and staff. (October 1964) TopandBottomRight: Dr. Charles Polk at the DeLand Campus construction site and an aerial view of the progress. (March 1986)

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DBC has grown into a full service community college with six cam-puses, serving over 40,000 students on an annual basis. Capital im-provement projects totaling over $60 million are underway or have been completed within the last year. Even with this growth, DBC re-mains true to its tradition of providing quality, affordable education and workforce training to the citizens of Volusia and Flagler counties.

TopLeft: The Deltona Campus begins to take shape in the fastest growing city within Volusia County. BottomLeft: A student takes advantage of the quiet at the Flagler/

Palm Coast Campus. BelowCenter: Beginning construction of the amphitheater on the Flagler/Palm Coast Campus and below right, groundbreaking for the Flagler/Palm Coast

Campus in the early 1980s. (L to R: Merhl Shoemaker, Alan Smolen,Noah McKinnon and Larry Goodemote)

Expansion to Six Campuses

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1. The DBJC production of “Lost Horizon,” April 1984

2. Student Actress Lynn Barnwell, November 1967

3. Student production of “Brigadoon,” February 1987

Today, the Cultural Arts Department at DBC provides a full range of instrumental, vocal and dance instruction, as well as performanceopportunities for students and members of the community. During the 2006-07 Academic Year, 6,246 patrons attended on-campus programs

sponsored by the Cultural Arts Department. Pictured here is the department’s March 2007 presentation of “A Chorus Line.”6

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Athletics

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Did you know?

FarLeft: Bill France, Sr. attends the dedication of the new DBCC Vocational-Technical building, February

1980. NearTopLeft: Dr. Charles H. Polk, DBCCPresident, proclaims Richard Petty Professor Emeritus

during commencement, 1980. Left: Today, students learn to utilize computer controlled frame-alignment

equipment at the Advanced Technology College.Page9: T. K. Wetherell, former DBCC Vice President,

receives the keys to a car donated by the localOldsmobile dealer to be used in DBCC’s automotive

programs (1981).

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In 1960, Daytona Beach Junior College ex-panded its collegiate program to include cur-rcula in technical/vocational education. The first programs included Electronic Technolo-gy and Construction and Design Technology, with specializations in construction engineer-ing and mechanical engineering. Today, the college offers more than 100 one- and two-year AS, AAS and certificate programs with the same goal of preparing a qualified workforce to meet the needs of a growing, dynamic and diverse community. Many of these programs are taught at the state-of-the-art Advanced Technology Col-lege, a public and private partnership be-tween DBC, the school systems of Volusia and Flagler counties, and the local business community.

• Highschooljuniorsandseniors attending the ATC can earn up to

twoyearsofcollegecreditfreeof charge through our dual- enrollmentprogram.

• TheaverageTechManagermakesabout$105,000ayearand

ourComputerSciencesprogramscangetstudentsstartedtowarda

career in related areas.

TECHnology

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Did you know?

Athletics have always beenan important part of an overall education at the College.

State-of-the-art athletic, fitness and aquatic facilities are one of the many reasons that the DBC athletic programs are a force to be reckoned with. In fact, DBC boasts some of the best facilities available at a community college. The L. Gale Lemerand Health, Well-ness and Community Education Center on the Daytona Beach Campus houses a

1,000 seat gymnasium, the fitness center with the latest in Cybex resistance training equipment, the Aquatics Center featuring an Olympic-size pool, as well as, related classrooms. The baseball field, located on campus, is one of only two in the Mid-Florida Conference with lights for evening games and has a permanent press box and concessions stand. The College cam-pus is also home to a regulation softball field where the Women’s Fastpitch team practices and hosts regulation games. The range and quality of athletic facili-ties at DBC, playing fields and courts only reinforces the total commitment that has been made toward intercollegiate athletics and the success of our Falcon student ath-letes.

Page10,Bottom: “The Net Scots” tennis team, 1970s. ThisPage,Left: Joe Petrock (L), present Chairman ofthe DBC District Board of Trustees, receives somebatting advice during baseball tryouts in the fall of 1971. Right: The DBC Lady Falcon Golf Team has captured three consecutive NJCAA Championships in 2003, 2004, and 2005. Pictured is DBC student Ashley Janzen, from British Columbia, Canada, playing in the 2005 tournament.

Maintaining a Competitive Edge

• Inthe2006/2007season,thewomen’sgolfteamhadacumulative3.59GPA–highestinthestateofFloridaforawomen’ssportsteam.

• Inthe2006/2007season,the baseballteamhadacumulative

3.49GPA–highestinthestateofFloridaforamen’ssportsteamand

highestnationallyfor anNJCAAbaseball team.

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Did you know?

Page12FarLeft: The Dental Hygienist program offered on the DBC DeLand Campus. Page12Center: 1990s Nurse Pinning Ceremony. Page12Right: Two students check out lighting in the Surgical Lab. This Page: Sarah Russell and Dovie Massengill get ready for thePractical Nurse Graduation at DBJC’s Mary Karl Vocational Division.

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“The mission of the Nursing Department is to provide an innovative learning environment that prepares students to be professional, ethical, and competent caregivers in an increasingly diverse society. The realization of this mission will be the students’ successful completion of the licensure/certification examinations.”

DBC’s Nursing Department ranks as one of the best in the nation and the quality of our individual programs is second to none. When last ranked, DBC was 41st in the nation in the number of nursing degrees awarded (out of 1200 community colleges) and had an average licensing examination pass rate of 87 percent and even higher in some specific areas.

Mission StatementNURSING DEPARTMENT

• TheDentalSciencesDepartmentisresponsiblefortheDentalHygienepublicclinic.ThisdentalphysiciansupervisedclinicservesthepublicandisstaffedwithDBCDentalHygienestudents.TheCollegeisoneofonlyafewschoolsinthestatethathasthistypeofclinic.

• DBCisoneofthefewcommunitycollegesinthestatethathasadepartmentdedicatedsolelytotheprovisionofemergencymedicalservicescontinuingworkforceeducation...

it’stheInstituteforEMSEducation.

The Mori Hosseini College of Hospitality Management

A hands-on training facility consisting of actual hotel rooms, front office and concierge services, sales, mar-keting and reservation functions, three kitchens and high-tech classrooms. DBC’s Hospitality Management and Culinary Management programs are housed in the new facility along with the popular student-run Café 101. The College’s internationally-renowned Southeast Museum of Photography is also located in this new building offering better exposure to International Speedway Boulevard.