Facts
- The creation of COM led the citizens of Galveston Island to revive a community college district it had created in 1935, but never funded, leading to the creation of Galveston College.
- The COM website features a unique section titled Calm Waters, solely devoted to the purpose of allowing College of the Mainland students (anonymously if desired) to determine whether a rumor circulating around campus is true or false. Rumors submitted to Calm Waters include whether a deceased man was found in one of the parking lots (false), whether COM was getting rid of ducks on the campus (false, COM does not own the ducks, and further does not allow hunting of the ducks), and whether COM was going to offer on-line physical education classes (true, but only class assignments and lectures would be on-line). As a result of the duck rumor mentioned above, in 2006, the college adopted the "Fighting Ducks" as its official mascot.
- The college garnered national attention in 2002 when political science instructor and self-avowed Marxist David Michael Smith applied for tenure, prompting vocal opposition from some residents and another former professor, Howard Katz. The college president, as well as Smith's department and many former students, supported Smith's application and he was granted tenure.
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