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Founded in 1978, Prince William Sound Community College (also known as PWSCC or P-Dub) is a community college located in Valdez, a coastal town and major port in south central Alaska. PWSCC comprises one main campus in Valdez and extension campuses in the Glennallen and Cordova. Outreach sites are in Chitina, Chistochina, Kenny Lake, Mentasta, and Slana. The college is part of the University of Alaska Anchorage under the aegis of the University of Alaska System. PWSCC services approximately 44,000 sq. mi., about the area of Ohio. Some 1400 local, rural, and out-of-state students attend the college in face-to-face or ITV classrooms or via Blackboard. There is no out-of-state tuition. ==History== Dr. John Devens founded the college in 1978 with an endowment of $50,000 he requested from the City of Valdez. For fiscal year 2012, Valdez allocated $700,000 for the school.〔"University of Alaska Prince William Sound Community College Component Budget Summary." ''(State of Alaska FY2013 Governor’s Operating Budget ).''〕 Since 1989, the college has been housed in what was formerly Growden-Harrison Elementary School, built on the new Valdez town site soon after the 1964 Alaska earthquake.〔"(Facilities & Maintenance )." ''Prince William Sound Community College.''〕 The three buildings in the dormitory complex were originally Army barracks and later, low-income housing. The college acquired them in 1977 for one dollar and fully renovated them in 2010. PWSCC instituted the Last Frontier Theatre Conference in 1993.〔"(Last Frontier Theater Conference )." ''npr.org.''〕 In 1998, Maxine Whitney donated a large collection of native artifacts to the college. The collection now resides in the aptly named Maxine & Jesse Whitney Museum, located on the PWSCC campus. The Outdoor Studies (ODS) department offers the first, and only, degree program in Adventure Filmmaking. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prince William Sound Community College」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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