Trinity Valley Community College


Trinity Valley Community College is a public community college based in Athens, Texas. It has four campuses serving five counties across the southeast and eastern parts of the state.
TVCC operates four campuses serving the Texas counties of Anderson, Henderson, Van Zandt, Rains, and Kaufman, southeast of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex:
As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of TVCC is the following:
TVCC was founded in 1946 as Henderson County Junior College in Athens, the county seat. The current name, adopted in September 1986, was taken from the Trinity River, which bisects the region. By that time it had expanded to serve residents of more than one county.
TVCC began its expansion to a multi-site campus in 1969 when it began to offer courses at a nearby Texas Department of Criminal Justice unit. In 1972 TVCC started offering courses in Palestine, and in 1975 opened a separate campus facility three miles north of town. In 1973 TVCC started offering courses in Terrell and opened a separate campus facility there in 1986. Finally, in 1983 TVCC opened its first specialized campus, the TVCC Health Science Center in Kaufman.

Notable alumni and persons affiliated with TVCC