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Forrest Junior College
is located at 601 E. River Street in Anderson, SC, just minutes away from
the downtown area. The institution offers an associate degree program with
nine areas of specialization, as well as a number of diploma programs. The
College is different from traditional junior colleges in a number of ways.
Our classes are small. Consequently, our students receive more
individualized instruction and attention. Age is not relevant at FJC, with
students ranging from the teens (right out of high school) through the
seventies. Many of our students are married and have families; others are
single and/or single parents. Most have obligations and/or jobs in
addition to attending classes. These students from all walks of life share
the desire to increase their opportunities for a better life through
education. Whether our students intend to go on to a four-year
institution, plan to use their new skills to advance in their work place,
or want to begin new careers, they find the friendly College staff and
faculty to be supportive of their goals.
The mission of
Forrest Junior College is to provide an environment that inspires students to
more fully develop the confidence to reach their personal and professional
goals. The college strives to attain its mission by providing appropriate
educational experiences that stress personal and academic goal attainment and
emphasize the importance of learning as a life-long process through both
individual and group work.
Forrest Junior College was
founded in January 1946 by Mr. R.C. Carr. and was known at that time as
the Carolina School of Commerce. The College was located on East Benson
Street. Mr. Charles
M. Forrest purchased the school in 1951 and, in 1954 the College moved to 500 North McDuffie
Street. In 1963, a new facility was constructed and
opened at its present location at 601 E River Street. The new facility
became known as Forrest College. In April 1985, John Re, Ph.D., and Charles Palmer, Jr.,
M.Ed., purchased Forrest College, and in March 1989, changed its name to Forrest
Junior College.
fjc is written in
lower case in an effort to demonstrate humility and not the usual
pomp that’s demonstrated by some
institutions of
higher learning. The pyramid has always been a symbol of
intellectual endeavor. The pyramid (triangle) is slightly tilted to
the left in order to demonstrate or insinuate a more non-traditional
bent in our approach to discovery.
The
circle is meant to indicate a certain “equality” and respect for the
views of all individuals and expression of those views with
acceptance within our academic setting (in the same sense as the
“round table” is meant to give everyone seated around it “equal”
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