Wallace Community College

Wallace Community College. . , George Corley Wallace State Trade School was one of five regional postsecondary technical schools established as a result of the Trade School Act of 1947. Classes began on January 3, 1949, in a hangar at what is now Napier Field near the Dothan Municipal Airport. Thirteen world war two veterans were the first students enrolled in the aircraft sheet metal program. By the end of 1949, there were six technical programs. A series of name changes reflected the College's changing role. Construction of the campus began in the 1950s on 500 acres of donated land. In 1955, the College was named George C. Wallace State Vocational Technical School. In 1963, the name changed again to George C. Wallace State Technical Junior College, and George H. Grimsley became the College's first president., In 1969, the College became south Alabama's first comprehensive community college. In 1999, a merger with Sparks State Technical College in Eufaula created what is the current Wallace Community College. Dr. Linda C. Young, the first female president of a technical college in Alabama, became the president. Wallace now encompasses the Wallace Campus in Dothan and Sparks Campus in Eufaula, with instructional locations at various career centers and dual enrollment sites. The College offers associate degree, allied health and nursing, career-technical, workforce training, continuing education, and adult education programs, and it plays a critical role in the economic success of the Wiregrass.