Broward College - Campuses and Education Centers

Campuses and Education Centers

Broward College has three campuses and a variety of educational centers located throughout Broward County.

• The A. Hugh Adams Central Campus, the college’s first permanent campus, is in Davie. Originally opened with seven buildings on a 152-acre (0.6 km2) site, the Adams campus is now home to the Buehler Planetarium and Observatory; Institute of Public Safety, a gold LEED-certified facility for the training of new and veteran law enforcement officers; the Mayer Gymnasium; a health sciences complex that includes a simulation center designed to offer future healthcare providers and decision-makers the ability to experience and respond to life-threatening patient care issues without negative repercussions, as well as to analyze their actions taken during these experiences. The campus also features the Ralph R. Bailey Concert Hall and a visual and performing arts facility developed to showcase student and professional performing arts and special events. The facility also houses the New Gallery. The University/College Library there is a joint research facility owned by the college in partnership with Florida Atlantic University. Adams Campus also is home to the College Academy @ BC a collegiate high school opened in partnership with the Broward County Public Schools in 2001.

• The Judson A. Samuels South Campus, named for a South Broward community leader and one of the college’s most influential trustees, is on a 103-acre (0.4 km2) tract in Pembroke Pines, just west of the Florida's Turnpike. The campus is home to the college’s Aviation Institute, located adjacent to North Perry Airport, as well as the joint-use Broward College/Broward County South Regional Library. Dedicated on Feb. 1, 2007, the library is the first building in Broward County constructed to meet the standards of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design’s building rating system, set by the U.S. Green Building Council.

• The North Campus in Coconut Creek covers approximately 113 acres (0.46 km2) adjacent to the Florida Turnpike. Dedicated in 1972, North Campus has grown to more than a dozen buildings including the Omni Auditorium, Health Science Center II, the Toski-Battersby Golf Training Center and the Broward College/North Regional Broward County Library. It houses the Junior Achievement Huizenga Enterprise Village, named after Broward County entrepreneur and philanthropist, Wayne Huizenga. North Campus also houses the college's manufacturing program and the Citrix IT Academy, part of the Citrix Academic Network.

• The Willis Holcombe Center is located in the heart of Downtown Fort Lauderdale. Built in partnership with Florida Atlantic University, the Holcombe Center forms the Higher Education Complex on East Las Olas Boulevard. The Holcombe Center houses Broward College’s district administrative offices as well as over 210,000 square feet (20,000 m2) of high-tech classroom space consisting of science and technology labs and a full array of student services.

• The Institute for Economic Development is located within the Willis Holcombe Downtown Center (Fort Lauderdale). The institute offers a variety of continuing education courses, corporate training services, customized workforce development resources as well as support groups and training for women transitioning into the workforce.

• The Pines Center serves southwestern Broward County as part of the Pembroke Pines Academic Village, a 77-acre (310,000 m2) campus built in the Jeffersonian quadrangle style of the University of Virginia. Other entities in the academic village include the Southwest Broward Regional Library, Pembroke Pines Charter High School, an athletic/aquatic complex and a wetlands preserve.

• The Weston Center is located within the Weston Branch Library (Weston) and offers a variety of credit and non-credit courses. The site is home to a fast-track Associate in Arts degree in Business Administration.

• Broward College Maroone Automotive Training Center at Miramar was opened early in 2007 on a 23-acre (93,000 m2) site on Riviera Boulevard adjacent to the Florida Turnpike near the Broward/Miami-Dade county line in Miramar. The center provides classrooms, work bays and administrative offices for the college’s automotive programs. The center is also home to the Marine Center of Excellence, one of the nation's preeminent marine management programs. Broward's program is one of the 5 founding members of the American Boat and Yacht Council's Marine League. The league, composed of postsecondary technical and marine schools, is affiliated with the ABYC through their use of a common standards and systems-based curriculum and a commitment to quality technical marine workforce education and training.

• The Tigertail Lake Center, located alongside I-95 in Dania Beach, offers conference and picnic facilities and aquatic and water sports classes. Scuba diving classes are also available. The center also is home to the BC Adventure Learning Center, providing low and high-ropes challenge programs and other team-building exercises.