Feeling nostalgic? Take this test to
see how much you really know about Broome Community
College! (Psst…answers are below)
1) The Hornet wasn't the original mascot. Do you
know what was?
2) How many graduates were in the first graduating
class of 1949?
3) What was tuition in 1953? What is it today?
4) What was the first building open for classes on
the new Front Street campus?
5) In 1961, this event was the first of its kind
to be televised in the U.S.
6) How many name changes has this College endured
since its inception in 1946 and what were they?
7) What controversial issue in the 60s caused a campus
demonstration led by female students?
8) What BCC faculty member achieved national fame
in 1987?
9) After a nearly 50-year reign, this College emblem
received a makeover in 1995.
True or False:
10) In the 60s, the Student Handbook recommended that
"Tilly Tech" (female students) wear hat
and gloves when attending a tea or reception.
11) A deer leaps through a plate glass window in
the Library, saunters down the hall, slips and falls.
Nursing students rush to its aid and hold it down
while they bandage its head. Eventually sheriffs and
wardens arrive to take away the recuperating deer
and admire the skills of the nursing students.
12) BCC offers travel abroad opportunities to students.
13) In 1981, BCC became one of the first American
colleges to have a CAD/CAM (computer-aided design/computer-aided
manufacturing) system.
14) Of BCC's 33,500+ graduates, close to 13,500 continue
to live in Broome County.
ANSWERS
1) The Technicat-it only lasted during the 1948 season
and was changed one year later to the Hornet.
2) 139 graduates.
3) 1953-$300; 2001-$2,438
4) The Electrical Building (now the Student Services
Building.)
5) The January 7th Broome Tech basketball game against
New York City Tech.
6) Four:
Institute of Applied Arts & Sciences at Binghamton
(1946)
Broome County Technical Institute (1953)
Broome Technical Community College (1956)
Broome Community College (1971)
7) Slacks for women were forbidden on campus (over
78% of the students voted to repeal the code.)
8) Basketball coach Dick Baldwin won his 877th game
on February 14th, establishing him as the "winningest"
college basketball coach in the U.S. (both 2-and 4-year
schools.)
9) BCC's Hornet, an angry, feisty-looking bug, was
retired and replaced by "Stinger," a smiling,
user-friendly hornet.
10) True
11) True
12) True-BCC's students are enrolled in courses being
offered in the Caribbean, Africa, Australia and Europe,
just to name a few!
13) True
14) True
