| B - Philosophy, Psychology, Religion |
| BF 575 .A6 K45 2020 |
Coping with coronavirus [electronic resource] : how to stay calm and protect your mental health : a psychological toolkit / Brendan Kelly. |
| BJ 1521 .M56 2019 |
Character still counts [electronic resource] / James Merritt. |
| BL 312 .B66 2017 |
The book of Greek & Roman folktales, legends, & myths [electronic resource] / edited, translated, and introduced by William Hansen ; with illustrations by Glynnis Fawkes. |
D - History |
| D 521 .S828 2017 |
1917 [electronic resource] : war, peace, and revolution / David Stevenson. |
| DD 256.3 .B266 2020 |
A castle in wartime [electronic resource] : one family, their missing sons, and the fight to defeat the Nazis / Catherine Bailey. |
| DS 71 .C596 2019 |
The first great powers [electronic resource] : Babylon and Assyria / Arthur Cotterell. |
| DS 110 .B4 B55 2017 |
Bethlehem [electronic resource] : biography of a town / Nicholas Blincoe. |
E, F - History: America |
| E 169.1 .R35 2019 |
The ideas that made America [electronic resource] : a brief history / Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen. |
| E 183.7 .K86 2020 |
Isolationism [electronic resource] : a history of America's efforts to shield itself from the world / Charles A. Kupchan. |
| E 184 .M5 G638 2019 |
Mexicanos [electronic resource] : a history of Mexicans in the United States / Manuel G. Gonzales. |
| E 185.97 .A86 K33 2017 |
First martyr of liberty [electronic resource] : Crispus Attucks in American memory / Mitch Kachun. |
| E 449 .D75 R66 2020 |
A glorious liberty [electronic resource] : Frederick Douglass and the fight for an antislavery constitution / Damon Root. |
| E 451 .B795 2020 |
The zealot and the emancipator [electronic resource] : John Brown, Abraham Lincoln and the struggle for American freedom / H.W. Brands. |
| E 668 .S943 2014 |
The ordeal of the reunion [electronic resource] : a new history of Reconstruction / Mark Wahlgren Summers. |
| E 757 .T388 2020 |
Theodore Roosevelt, naturalist in the arena [electronic resource] / edited by Char Miller and Clay S. Jenkinson. |
| E 801 .M37 2019 |
The emotional life of the Great Depression [electronic resource] / John Marsh. |
| F 592.7 .M686 2019 |
In the wake of Lewis and Clark [electronic resource] : the expedition and the making of antebellum America / Larry E. Morris. |
G - Geography, Anthropology, Recreation |
| GV 865 .R6 L38 2020 |
The court-martial of Jackie Robinson [electronic resource] : the baseball legend's battle for civil rights during World War II / Michael Lee Lanning. |
| GV 950 .S47 2019 |
War football [electronic resource] : World War I and the birth of the NFL / Chris Serb. |
H - Social Sciences |
| HB 221 .W64 2019 |
Demystifying economic markets and prices [electronic resource] : understanding patterns and practices in everyday life / Gregory R. Woirol. |
| HB 3717 1819 .B76 2019 |
The panic of 1819 [electronic resource] : the first great depression / Andrew H. Browning. |
| HB 3789 .S88 2019 |
1931 [electronic resource] : debt, crisis, and the rise of Hitler / Tobias Straumann. |
| HC 79 .I5 P515 2015 |
The little big number [electronic resource] : how GDP came to rule the world and what to do about it / Dirk Philipsen. |
| HC 105 .C225 2020 |
The emergence of capitalism in early America [electronic resource] / Christopher W. Calvo. |
| HC 110 .W4 W6469 2017 |
A century of wealth in America [electronic resource] / Edward N. Wolff. |
| HD 58 .C87 2019 |
Why Texas [electronic resource] : how business discovered the Lone Star state / Ed Curtis, Jr. |
| HD 66 .T364 2021 |
Teams that work [electronic resource] : the seven drivers of team effectiveness / Scott Tannenbaum and Eduardo Salas. |
| HF 5636 .B38 2018 |
Accounting quickstart guide [electronic resource] : the simplified beginner's guide to real-world financial & managerial accounting for students, business owners, and finance professionals / Josh Bauerle. |
| HF 5718 .C678 2019 |
The art of plain speaking [electronic resource] : how to write and speak in a way that will impress the people that matter / Charlie Corbett. |
| HQ 799.2 .M352 U63 2019 |
Left to their own devices [electronic resource] : how digital natives are reshaping the American dream / Julie M. Albright ; foreword by Thomas Dolby. |
| HV 8143 .E96 2017 |
So you want to be a cop [electronic resource] : what everyone should know before entering a law enforcement career / Alley Evola. |
J - Political Science |
| JA 75.7 .D97 2019 |
Imagining politics [electronic resource] : interpretations in political science and political television / Stephen Benedict Dyson. |
| JA 85.2 .U6 M3745 2019 |
One nation, two realities [electronic resource] : dueling facts in American democracy / Morgan Marietta and David C. Barker. |
| JK 1994 .F65 2016 |
Ballot battles [electronic resource] : the history of disputed elections in the United States / Edward B. Foley. |
K - Law |
| KF 3941 .H375 2019 |
The hidden history of guns and the Second Amendment [electronic resource] / Thom Hartmann. |
| KF 5053 .M4 2020 |
The president who would not be king [electronic resource] : executive power under the Constitution / Michael W. McConnell. |
| KF 5075 .I47 2018 |
Impeachment [electronic resource] : an American history / Jeffrey A. Engel ... [et al.]. |
| KZ 186.2 .N453 2019 |
The Treaty of Versailles [electronic resource] : a very short introduction / Michael S. Neiberg. |
L - Education |
| LB 1590.3 .H327 2020 |
Critical thinking [electronic resource] / Jonathan Haber. |
| LB 2341 .L2687 2018 |
Leading colleges and universities [electronic resource] : lessons from higher education leaders / edited by Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Gerald B. Kauvar, and E. Gordon Gee. |
| LB 2342.5 .B76 2019 |
How boards lead small colleges [electronic resource] / Alice Lee Williams Brown with Elizabeth Richmond Hayford. |
| LB 2369 .C6456 2018 |
Course-based undergraduate research [electronic resource] : educational equity and high-impact practice / edited by Nancy H. Hensel ; foreword by Cathy N. Davidson. |
P - Language and literature |
| PN 3378 .R83 2020 |
27 essential principles of story [electronic resource] : master the secrets of great storytelling, from Shakespeare to South Park / by Daniel Joshua Rubin. |
| PR 2248 .J595 2003 |
John Donne and the Protestant Reformation [electronic resource] : new perspectives / edited by Mary Arshagouni Papazian. |
Q - Science |
| Q 181 .I6548 2015 |
Inquiry-based learning for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs [electronic resource] : a conceptual and practical resource for educators / edited by Patrick Blessinger, John M. Carfora. |
| QA 28 .R63 2019 |
Republic of numbers [electronic resource] : unexpected stories of mathematical Americans through history / David Lindsay Roberts. |
| QA 28 .W55 2018 |
Power in numbers [electronic resource] : the rebel women of mathematics / Talithia Williams. |
| QA 76.2 .A2 E93 2018 |
Broad band [electronic resource] : the untold story of the women who made the Internet / Claire L. Evans. |
| QA 93 .P6725 2018 |
The mathematics of everyday life [electronic resource] / Alfred S. Posamentier and Christian Spreitzer. |
| QB 588 .N384 2015 |
Moonstruck [electronic resource] : how lunar cycles affect life / Ernest Naylor. |
| QC 16 .F2 F67 2014 |
Faraday, Maxwell, and the electromagnetic field [electronic resource] : how two men revolutionized physics / Nancy Forbes and Basil Mahon. |
| QC 178 .B56 2018 |
Gravity! [electronic resource] : the quest for gravitational waves / Pierre Binétruy. |
| QC 884.2 .C5 P48 2012 |
The whole story of climate [electronic resource] : what science reveals about the nature of endless change / E. Kirsten Peters. |
| QH 76.5 .S695 L34 2017 |
Where the sky touched the earth [electronic resource] : the cosmological landscapes of the Southwest / Don Lago. |
| QR 364 .R93 2019 |
Virusphere [electronic resource] : from common colds to Ebola epidemics / Frank Ryan. |
R - Medicine |
| RA 644 .C67 C67 2020 |
Coronavirus [electronic resource] : a guide to understanding the virus and what is known so far / from the Centers for Disease Control's website. |
| RC 200.2 .F37 2021 |
Fast facts about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) [electronic resource] : a nurse's guide to expert patient care / [edited by] Meredith Scannell. |
| RM 315 .W46 2019 |
Your brain on food [electronic resource] : how chemicals control your thoughts and feelings / Gary L. Wenk. |
| RT 71 .I573 2021 |
Innovative strategies in teaching nursing [electronic resource] : exemplars of optimal learning outcomes / Emerson E. Ea, Celeste M. Alfes, editors. |
| RT 82 .R43 2021 |
Fast facts for making the most of your career in nursing [electronic resource] / Rhoda R. Redulla. |
| RT 84.5 .M33 2020 |
How to be a great nurse [electronic resource] : the heart of nursing / Carolyn Mackintosh-Franklin and Julie Santy-Tomlinson. |
S - Agriculture |
| SF 284.52 .B72 A3 2019 |
The faraway horses [electronic resource] : the adventures and wisdom of one of America's most renowned horsemen / Buck Brannaman with William Reynolds. |
T - Technology |
| TX 355 .B5835 2020 |
How to eat [electronic resource] : all your food and diet questions answered / Mark Bittman, David L. Katz. |
| TX 911.3 .V62 H36 2019 |
Culinary arts [electronic resource] : a practical career guide / Tracy Brown Hamilton. |
1970 marked the beginning of Vernon College. Throughout this decade the College continued to grow and more students enrolled in both on- and off-campus courses. On January 20, 1970, a majority of the citizens of Wilbarger County voted to create the Wilbarger County Junior College District. Following that decision, Vernon Regional Junior College was established and on April 9, 1970, the newly elected Board of Trustees appointed Dr. David L. Norton as the College’s first president. Campus construction began in May 1971, and included an Academic Science Center, Administration-Fine Arts Center, Applied Arts Center, Library, and Student Center. The following year, on September 5, 1972, classes met for the first time on the Vernon campus with a total of 608 students. On August 1, 1974, Dr. Jim M. Williams became the College’s second president. In the fall semester of that year, combined on- and off-campus enrollment exceeded 800 students. During the 1975-76 academic year, the College expanded its services to include a learning center on Sheppard Air Force Base. During this year, enrollment in credit courses, both on- and off-campus, rose to a level of 1,199. The scope of the Vocational Nursing Program was enlarged during the 1976-77 academic year with the assumption of the Bethania School of Vocational Nursing in Wichita Falls. In August 1976 the Physical Education Center was dedicated in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. King longtime benefactors of Vernon College.
Growth and changes continued during the 1980s. In August 1980 a Student Residence Center, designed to house 128 students, opened for occupancy. Further expansion of program offerings in the Wichita Falls area was accomplished through absorption of an existing proprietary school that was renamed the Vernon College Technical Center and the integration of the nursing program from the Wichita Falls Independent School District. On March 22, 1982, Dr. Joe Mills took over the leadership of the College as the third president. That fall, the College fielded its first intercollegiate rodeo team. During 1983-84, the Department of Cosmetology and the Career Development Center (previously known as the North Texas Skills Center) were established in Wichita Falls. On the Vernon campus, the Chaparral Center was completed, and the Pease River farm purchased through a state land trade. The following academic year, 1984-85, Vernon College reached a record credit enrollment of 1,863 and a record continuing education enrollment of 7,056 registrations. A Vocational Nursing Program opened in Seymour, and the Board of Trustees established a college foundation and approved an agreement to allow construction of the Red River Valley Museum on the Vernon campus. In February 1987 the College played its first intercollegiate baseball game on the Vernon campus. During May of that year, the new Natatorium was opened in the King Physical Education Center. A newly constructed Athletic Dormitory opened to house 28 athletes in August 1988. In October, Trustees voted to add women’s volleyball as a varsity sport, effective with the fall 1989 semester. In May 1989 Vernon College moved all Wichita Falls programs to one centralized location—Century City Center. Since the College opened its doors 38 years ago, many individuals, corporations, foundations, and organizations have made an investment in our students through the creation of endowed and annual scholarships. As of this year, more than 100 scholarship funds are available to help students pursue their educational dreams.VERNON COLLEGE PHILOSOPHY: Vernon College is a constantly evolving institution, dedicated primarily to effective teaching and regional enhancement. With this dedication to teaching and to the community, the College encourages open inquiry, personal and social responsibility, critical thinking, and life-long learning for students, faculty, and other individuals within its service area. The College takes as its guiding educational principle the proposition that, insofar as available resources permit, instruction should be adapted to student needs. This principle requires both flexibility in instructional strategies and maintenance of high academic standards. Strong programs of assessment and accountability complement this educational principle. VC accepts the charge of providing a college atmosphere free of bias, in which students can exercise initiative and personal judgment, leading to a greater awareness of personal self-worth. It strives to provide every student with opportunities to develop the tools necessary to become a contributing, productive member of society.
Vision
VERNON COLLEGE VISION: Vernon College will promote a culture of success for our students and communities through learner-centered quality instructional programs and exemplary services.
Values
VERNON COLLEGE VALUES: Vernon College promotes a culture of success through our shared values and commitment to:
Accessibility
Accountability
Building Relationships
Diversity
Inclusion
Innovation
Leadership
Quality
Student Success
Teamwork
Our values define who we are and guide us in conducting our business every day. Our values are our morals – what is important to us at our college.
Mission
VERNON COLLEGE MISSION The mission of Vernon College is teaching, learning, and leading. Vernon College is a comprehensive community college that integrates education with opportunity through our instructional programs and student support services by means of traditional and distance learning modes. Therefore, to fulfill its mission, the College will provide access, within its available resources, to:
Career technical/workforce programs up to two years in length leading to associate degrees or certificates;
Career technical/workforce programs leading directly to employment in semi-skilled and skilled occupations;
Freshman and sophomore courses in arts and sciences, including the curricula leading to associate and baccalaureate degrees;
Ongoing adult education programs for occupational upgrading or personal enrichment;
Compensatory education programs designed to fulfill the commitment of an admissions policy allowing the enrollment of disadvantaged students; ;
A continuing program of counseling and guidance designed to assist students in achieving their individual educational goals;
Career technical/workforce development programs designed to meet local and statewide needs;
Support services for educational programs and college-related activities;
Adult literacy and other basic skills programs for adults; and
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