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Beginnings. College Number Seven

Early locations

Dr. Richard D. Trent is named as President

The College gets its senior status and its name

The opening day of classes

The first commencement exercises

MEC is restructured as a community college

The first Governance Plan

A Chance to Give Yourself a Change

President Trent resigns

Bedford building

MEC Presidents 1982-1989

Dr. Edison. O. Jackson is named as President

A new Governance Plan

Street named after Medgar Evers

Senior college status regained

MEC 25th Anniversary

Jazzy Jazz Festival

Naming of the MEC library

Dr. Betty Shabazz (1936-1997)

MEC 30th anniversary

Ground breaking ceremony for new campus buildings

Ribbon cutting ceremony for new campus buildings

Topping ceremony for Academic Complex I

President Jackson resigns

Dr. William L. Pollard is named as President

MEC 40th anniversary

Ribbon cutting for the Academic Building I

Library renovation starts

President Pollard resigns

Dr. Rudolph F. Crew is named as MEC President

A new Governance Plan

Ribbon cutting for the renovated library

Bill Renaming Subway Stations to Honor Medgar Evers College Signed into Law

MEC response to COVID-19

Dr. Crew announces that he will be leaving MEC

Update on President Crew

Statement of solidarity over police brutality and racial injustice

Subway stations renamed in honor of Medgar Evers College

MEC 50th anniversary

MEC Alumna Makes History as Nurse to Administer COVID-19 Vaccine to Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris

COVID-19 Vaccination Site at Medgar Evers College

Dr. Denise B. Maybank is named as Interim President

Dr. Patricia Ramsey is named as MEC President

Medgar Evers College Receives Historic $20 Million Grant from New York City Mayor’s Office

Medgar Evers College Receives $9.3M in Shared Funding

Medgar Evers College Serves as a Disaster Recovery Center

MEC Names Dr. Antoinette A. Coleman, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Dr. Patricia Ramsey is inaugurated as MEC President