History
Middlesex Community College was founded in 1966 as a branch campus of Manchester Community College. MxCC became an independent community college in 1968. Initially the college operated in space rented from the Middletown Public School district and loaned by the Connecticut Valley Hospital. In 1973 the college moved to its present 38-acre (150,000 m2) campus overlooking the Connecticut River Valley in Middletown, Connecticut. In 1998 a branch was opened in Meriden Instruction also takes place in Old Saybrook to make college accessible to students along the central Connecticut coast. In 1989, MxCC opened a 1,800-square-foot childcare center. MxCC's Chapman Hall building was dedicated in 1992. In 2004, the Meriden Center moved to 55 West Main Street, Meriden. In 2004, the Precision Manufacturing Institute was dedicated.
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