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[Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![115_banner2final.jpg](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/115_banner2final.jpg?width=720&name=115_banner2final.jpg) JJC is celebrating a big milestone this year – it’s been 115 years since it became the first community college in the United States. That means our college has been around for an insanely long time!  Just to show you how crazy that is: - There are only [four people](http://metro.co.uk/2016/05/14/last-person-born-in-1800s-reveals-secret-to-her-long-life-5881573/) living in the world today that have been around for as long as our college has.  - Five years after the [Olympics](https://www.olympic.org/athens-1896) began (as we know them today), JJC started offering classes. - Our college has seen the Great Depression, two World Wars, and the rise of the Internet. - When JJC opened its doors, there were only [45 states](http://www.usflag.org/history/the45starflag.html) in the U.S. (Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico, Alaska and Hawaii weren’t a part of the club yet). - Women did not have the [right to vote](http://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/the-fight-for-womens-suffrage) until 1920, 19 years after JJC first opened. As we celebrate this outstanding anniversary, we’ve gathered a few [#throwback](https://twitter.com/hashtag/throwback?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Ehashtag) photos from the past via [the college’s yearbook archive](https://archive.org/details/jolietjuniorcollegelibrary?sort=titleSorter).  ![JJC photo 1901 high school 115 years](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/Joliet_High_School_1901.jpg?width=356&name=Joliet_High_School_1901.jpg "JJC photo 1901 high school 115 years") **Joliet High School, 1901** The first Joliet Junior College classes were held at [Joliet Township High School](http://www.jths.org/) in 1901.  ![JJC temporary buildings 115 years Joliet Junior College photo](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/Temporary_Buildings.jpg?width=348&name=Temporary_Buildings.jpg "JJC temporary buildings 115 years Joliet Junior College photo") **Temporary Buildings, 1960s** As enrollment grew, it became apparent the college needed a separate space to call home. In 1967, preparations began to build a new campus. During the transition period, interim facilities consisting of 17 [temporary buildings](http://news.jjc.edu/2009/09/40-year-old-temporary-building-demolished-on-main-campus-sept-9/) were erected at the new campus location.   ![JJC 115 years Main Campus 2016 photo](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/Campus_Center_2014.jpg?width=376&name=Campus_Center_2014.jpg "JJC 115 years Main Campus 2016 photo") **Main Campus, 2016** JJC's permanent campus ([Main Campus](http://www.jjc.edu/campuses/Pages/main-campus.aspx)) on Houbolt Road was officially complete in 1974. JJC now has multiple [campuses and education centers](http://www.jjc.edu/extended-campuses/Pages/default.aspx).   ![City Center photo JJC 115 anniversary](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/City_Center_1980.jpg?width=356&name=City_Center_1980.jpg "City Center photo JJC 115 anniversary") **City Center, 1980** In the fall of 1980, JJC purchased the Louis Joliet Renaissance Center in downtown Joliet. Eventually renamed the [City Center Campus](https://www.jjc.edu/about-jjc/satellite-locations/city-center), this building originally offered both credit and noncredit courses.  ![JJC City Center Campus 2016 Joliet Junior College 115 years anniversary](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/citycenter2015.jpg?width=353&name=citycenter2015.jpg "JJC City Center Campus 2016 Joliet Junior College 115 years anniversary") **City Center, 2016** Today, construction is underway at the City Center Campus. The six-story, 96,000 square-foot campus will house workforce development, GED/ESL training, adult education and culinary arts.   ![JJC Celebrates 115 Years 1935 Junior College Orchestra](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/1935_Junior_Orchestra.jpg?width=426&name=1935_Junior_Orchestra.jpg "JJC Celebrates 115 Years 1935 Junior College Orchestra")  **1935 Junior College Orchestra** Then called the Junior College Orchestra, JJC’s first organized instrumental ensemble was created thanks to music professor E.B. Brockett during the 1934-35 school year.  ![Dec_2015_Community_band1.jpg](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/Dec_2015_Community_band1.jpg?width=392&name=Dec_2015_Community_band1.jpg) **2015 JJC Community Band ** Today, the college has expanded its music program and has four instrumental ensembles: the Community Band (100 members), Jazz Band, and Guitar Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble.  ![JJC 115 Years 1907 David Garrick Play Put on by Students](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/Play_photos_david_garrick.jpg?width=389&name=Play_photos_david_garrick.jpg "JJC 115 Years 1907 David Garrick Play Put on by Students") **JJC Theatre, 1907** The first recorded JJC play took place in 1907, when students performed “[David Garrick](https://www.amazon.com/David-Garrick-Thomas-William-Robertson/dp/1441452206/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1469105393&sr=8-3&keywords=david+garrick+play)." The performance raised money for a [statue](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/1a/46/4b/1a464bd13d5fc1e611b8fafcf8422d63.jpg) of French-Canadian explorer Louis Joliet to be put over the entrance of the high school (which still stands today).  ![JJC Celebrates 115 Years Theatre It's A Wonderful Life](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/DEC_2015_-_Its_a_Wonderful_Life2.jpg?width=398&name=DEC_2015_-_Its_a_Wonderful_Life2.jpg "JJC Celebrates 115 Years Theatre It's A Wonderful Life") **JJC Theatre, 2015** Today, the Fine Arts Department regularly hosts three plays and one musical each year, directed by a variety of JJC fine arts professors with notable experience. This photo illustrates the 2015 play, “[It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play](https://www.flickr.com/photos/jolietjuniorcollege/albums/72157662802178809).”   ![JJC Ag Students 1964 115 years](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/Ag_Assoc_1964.jpg?width=396&name=Ag_Assoc_1964.jpg "JJC Ag Students 1964 115 years") **Student Agriculture Association, 1964** In 1954, JJC introduced the first agriculture program offered by any Illinois community college. Classes included agriculture economics, dairy science, principles of feeding and crop production – many of which are still taught 60 years later. ![JJC Ag Students 2015 115 years](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/Agriculture_Students_2015.jpg?width=393&name=Agriculture_Students_2015.jpg "JJC Ag Students 2015 115 years") **Ag Students, 2015** The [Ag Department](http://www.jjc.edu/agriculture-horticulture/Pages/default.aspx) now serves more than 200 students each year and offers three degrees and two certificates.  ![JJC Nursing Students 1963 115 years](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/Nursing_Students_1963.jpg?width=382&name=Nursing_Students_1963.jpg "JJC Nursing Students 1963 115 years") **Nursing Students, 1963** In the 1930s as a second World War loomed, a growing need for trained nurses prompted an agreement with JJC and the local Silver Cross Hospital. Students worked closely with the hospital until 1969, when the college introduced its own associate degree program in nursing.   ![JJC Nursing Students 2013 115 years](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/Nursing_Students_2012.jpg?width=372&name=Nursing_Students_2012.jpg "JJC Nursing Students 2013 115 years") **Nursing Students, 2013** [The Nursing Department’s](http://www.jjc.edu/nursing/Pages/default.aspx) state-of-the-art facilities and new educational technologies, such as simulation dummies, prepare students to enter the evolving healthcare system as competent practitioners.     ![1921 Junior College Officers JJC 115 years](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/1921_Class_Officers.jpg?width=409&name=1921_Class_Officers.jpg "1921 Junior College Officers JJC 115 years") **1921 Junior College Officers** JJC students were considered “post-graduates” of Joliet Township High School until 1916. At that point, Superintendent J. Stanley Brown officially designated them as “collegians,” which allowed them to become more separate from the high school. One of the privileges included starting their own student council. This photo is the earliest recorded picture of the JJC student council.    ![JJC Fall 2015 Student Government 115 years Joliet Junior College](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/Fall_2015_Student_Government.jpg?width=415&name=Fall_2015_Student_Government.jpg "JJC Fall 2015 Student Government 115 years Joliet Junior College") **2015 Student Government** Today, student council has turned into [Student Government](http://www.jjc.edu/clubs-orgs/student-government/Pages/default.aspx), and boasts more than 20 members. Like the first student council members, Student Government’s purpose is to gather and represent the opinions, rights and interests of JJC’s student population.    ![115 years Joliet Junior College Women's Basketball 1909](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/01-_1909_womens_basketball_team.jpg?width=339&name=01-_1909_womens_basketball_team.jpg "115 years Joliet Junior College Women's Basketball 1909") **1909 Women's Basketball Team** In 1909, the five-member women’s postgraduate basketball team, known as the “PGs”, won the school championship by defeating the high school seniors 12 to 5.    ![2003-2004 JJC Women's Basketball Celebrating 115 years at Joliet Junior College](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/15-_JJC_Womens_Basketball_2003-2004.jpg?width=377&name=15-_JJC_Womens_Basketball_2003-2004.jpg "2003-2004 JJC Women's Basketball Celebrating 115 years at Joliet Junior College") **2003-2004 Women's Basketball Team** The [women’s basketball team](http://www.jjc.edu/athletics/womens-basketball/Pages/default.aspx) in 2003-2004 clinched third place in the NJCAA Division III championship series. ![1929 Mens Basketball JJC 115 years](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/02-1929_mens_baseball_team.jpg?width=379&name=02-1929_mens_baseball_team.jpg "1929 Mens Basketball JJC 115 years") **1929 Men's Baseball Team** Legendary JJC coach Aubrey A. “Fizz” Willis (back row, far right) joined the physical education department in 1928. He is pictured here along with the first ever JJC baseball team in 1929.   ![2012 JJC Mens Basketball Championship 115 years anniversary photo](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/14-_2012_mens_baseball_championship_team.jpg?width=386&name=14-_2012_mens_baseball_championship_team.jpg "2012 JJC Mens Basketball Championship 115 years anniversary photo") **2012 Men's Baseball Team** In 2012, Coach Wayne L. King, Jr. led [the baseball team](http://www.jjc.edu/athletics/baseball/Pages/default.aspx) to a major victory as the team secured the NJCAA Division III World Series national championship for the third time in the team’s history.   ![1963 1964 JJC Wrestling Team 115 Years Celebrate anniversary photo](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/09-_1963-64_mens_wrestling.jpg?width=376&name=09-_1963-64_mens_wrestling.jpg "1963 1964 JJC Wrestling Team 115 Years Celebrate anniversary photo") **JJC Wrestling Team, 1963-64** The wrestling team in 1963-64 enjoyed a stellar season, including going undefeated in dual meets and tying for first place at the National Junior College Wrestling Tournament in Minnesota.   ![JJC Celebrates 115 years 1931 Women's Riding Club anniversary photo](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/04-_womens_riding_club.jpg?width=383&name=04-_womens_riding_club.jpg "JJC Celebrates 115 years 1931 Women's Riding Club anniversary photo") **1931 Women's Riding Club** In 1931, horseback riding was one of the activities developed by the Women’s Athletic Association. Pictured here are several female students in the group preparing for a ride in Pilcher Park.   ![1930 JJC Blazer Staff 115 years students anniversary photo](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/193031_Blazer_Staff.jpg?width=427&name=193031_Blazer_Staff.jpg "1930 JJC Blazer Staff 115 years students anniversary photo") **1930-1931 *Blazer* Staff** *The Blazer* debuted in October 1929 thanks to the enthusiasm of a small group of students, including *The Blazer’s* first editor, Bob Balch. In the beginning, the paper was a small newssheet, but when student [Herbert Trackman](https://www.flickr.com/photos/jolietjuniorcollege/sets/72157642652230025/) took over as editor in spring 1931, the paper was expanded to a bigger, four-column sheet.     ![2016 Blazer Staff Joliet Junior College 115 years anniversary photo](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/2016_Blazer_Staff.jpg?width=426&name=2016_Blazer_Staff.jpg "2016 Blazer Staff Joliet Junior College 115 years anniversary photo") **Spring 2016 *Blazer* Staff** Today, the *Blazer’s* staff is still reporting on important news, events and sports around JJC’s campuses and education centers. In addition to circulating their print edition, the staff manages a website, [www.jjcblazer.com](http://www.jjcblazer.com).   ![1922 French Club Joliet Junior College JJC 115 years anniversary photo](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/French_19222.jpg?width=409&name=French_19222.jpg "1922 French Club Joliet Junior College JJC 115 years anniversary photo") **1922 French Club** In the early days, French Club was one of the most popular on campus. The club hosted several social events and even published a paper in French.   ![1930 Debating Team JJC Celebrates 115 years anniversary photo](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/1930_Debating_Team.jpg?width=416&name=1930_Debating_Team.jpg "1930 Debating Team JJC Celebrates 115 years anniversary photo") **1930 Debating Team** The JJC Debating Team was one of the most successful and popular clubs in the 1930s. They would hold several practices and attend competitions throughout the semester.    ![2015 International Students Club JJC Celebrates 115 years](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/2015_International_Students.jpg?width=389&name=2015_International_Students.jpg "2015 International Students Club JJC Celebrates 115 years") **2015-2016 International Students Club** As JJC’s international student population grows, so does the popularity of its International Students Club, which was formed in 2013.    ![2015 Latinos Unidos Club JJC Celebrates 115 years anniversary photo](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/2015_Latinos_Unidos.jpg?width=380&name=2015_Latinos_Unidos.jpg "2015 Latinos Unidos Club JJC Celebrates 115 years anniversary photo") **2015-2016 Latinos Unidos Club** One of JJC's most popular clubs is Latinos Unidos, formed in 1990 to support Latino student success, celebrate Latino culture, and help students become more involved in college and community affairs. ![Spring 2016 Commencement JJC 115 years anniversary photo](https://blog.jjc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/26617869974_68b79f9061_z.jpg?width=399&name=26617869974_68b79f9061_z.jpg "Spring 2016 Commencement JJC 115 years anniversary photo") **Spring 2016 Commencement** JJC celebrated its [most recent commencement](https://www.flickr.com/photos/jolietjuniorcollege/albums/72157668482168035) on Friday, May 13, 2016, with 581 students. Ivan Bew was the student speaker, and Margot Underwood was the faculty speaker. 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