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College Profile

Overview

Garrett has earned a reputation for academic excellence. Graduates who transfer to a four-year Maryland College or University frequently outperform their counterparts from the state’s other fifteen community colleges. The College has transfer agreements with a number of regional institutions and partners with regional businesses and other organizations to offer students meaningful work experience as part of their program of study—especially valuable to those preparing for career entry or advancement. Students in workforce training programs, as well as the employers who hire them, have a high degree of satisfaction with their experience.

Our signature programs—Adventure Sports Management and Natural Resources and Wildlife Technology—attract students from throughout the state of Maryland, from other states, and from around the world. The College manages two residence halls and offers a rich social and extra-curricular life. A competitive intercollegiate athletic program within the NJCAA includes men’s and women’s basketball; men’s baseball; women’s volleyball and softball; and golf. Students have the opportunity to participate in a variety of recreational sports, including: skiing at Wisp Resort, boating on Deep Creek Lake, biking or hiking on the 150 miles of state park forest trails, rock climbing, or white watering on some of the best rivers in the United States and at the Adventure Sports Center International (ASCI).

Garrett College received its first accreditation in 1975 under the name Garrett Community College. In 2002, Garrett Community College changed its name to Garrett College. Garrett College is public community college Carnegie classified as “Associates - Public, Rural-serving Small” offering degrees in Postsecondary Certificate (>=1 year, <2years) and Associate’s. Garrett College received approval for the provision of distance education programs.

Serving both traditional age and adult students, Garrett College is proud of its dedication to personal relationships. The people who teach and learn at the college are relaxed, informal, and friendly, reflecting the small communities that surround the campus.

Institutional Objectives for the Proposal

Garrett College Overview

Mission Statement

Purpose

Values

Garrett College commits to the inherent value of learning by encouraging a culture of appreciation for the power of knowledge, designing and advancing a curriculum of excellence for student mastery and success, creating opportunities to reveal brilliance, promoting ageless, life-long learning, and providing open access to programs and services.

Garrett College commits to the inherent value of the Garrett College community by sustaining a college focused on student learning and success, fostering innovation and creativity, embracing the concept of the power of people working together in the free exchange of ideas, including respectful disagreement, and vesting individuals with the authority and responsibility to participate in shared governance.

Garrett College commits to the inherent value of the Garrett County community and the surrounding region by recognizing diversity of people, along with their differing points of view. This fosters a sense of belonging understanding the intrinsic value of our unique surroundings and of our cultural and artistic heritage, seeking an approach that balances preservation and progress, and contributing to the quality of life, economic and cultural vitality, awareness of local issues, and promotion of social justice.

Garrett College commits to the inherent value of a global community by facilitating understanding of other cultures and beliefs, providing opportunities for community awareness, and expecting a high level of cultural competence.

Garrett College commits to the inherent value of organizational responsibility by making the most effective use of resources, regularly evaluating our fiscal health, managing our human resources wisely, monitoring and assessing the utility of existing policies and procedures, and facilitating necessary change in a timely manner. This allows Garrett College responsive to future trends and needs, and promoting environmental awareness and serving as stewards of our environment.

Vision

Future

Accreditation

Campus