ABOUT THE COLLEGE LOCATION

Lawson State Community College is located in the southwest section of Birmingham, Alabama. The campus is readily accessible to students via Interstate I-59/20 W, I-65 and U.S. Highway 11 South. Lawson serves students from the entire area of Jefferson and Northern Shelby County.  Lawson, along with Wenonah High School, Jones Valley Middle School, and Wenonah Elementary School, helps to form an educational complex that offers opportunities for high level educational achievement.

History--Lawson State Community College, originally known as Wenonah State Technical Junior College, was established by the Legislative Act Number 93, May 3, 1963. The first president assumed the responsibilities of that office on October 30, 1964, and the initial classes began on September 30, 1965.

Lawson has experienced three name changes:

· August 22, 1966 Wenonah State Junior College

· August 12, 1969 Theodore Alfred Lawson State Junior College (named in honor of the incumbent president)

· October 1, 1973 Lawson State Community College (merged with Wenonah State Technical Institute)

Wenonah State Technical Institute was established in 1949 as a result of the Wallace-Patterson Trade School Act of 1947 and the first class was admitted in 1950.

Facilities--Lawson State Community College is located at 3060 Wilson Road, Southwest in Birmingham, Alabama.  The West Campus, located on the northern side of Wilson Road, consists of six buildings on 45 acres of land. The buildings are Administration, Learning Resource Center, Science, Academic, Arthur Shores Fine Arts, and Leon Kennedy Student Center.

The East Campus, which is located on the southern side of Wilson Road, consists of six buildings, on 43 acres of land. The buildings are:

· A. G. Gaston Administration Building

· George Howard Building

· Nursing Office Building

· W. Fred Horn High Technology Building

· Fob James Nursing Building

· Shop Buildings #1 and #2

· Ethel Hall Health Professions Building

About College Services

Bookstore--The Bookstore is located in the Leon Kennedy Student Center as a service to students, faculty, and staff.  The bookstore provides non-academic items such as:  greeting cards, Cougar Sweatshirts, Wind Breakers, Lawson State Cougar Decals, postage stamps, watches, snacks, candy, etc.

Housing--Lawson State Community College is a commuter institution designed to serve residents of surrounding area and does not provide housing for its students.

Distance Education Center--The Distance Education Center of Lawson State Community College is another commitment to give our students, faculty, and staff exposure to the latest educational technology. This technology is revolutionizing the way we deliver instruction. 

Learning Resource Center--The Learning Resource Center at Lawson State is located in the Academic Building D on the West Campus.  Its mission is to meet the informational, educational, and cultural needs of the faculty, students, and extended community by providing quality services and resources.

Center holdings include approximately 25,000 volumes, more than 150 periodical subscriptions, 350 video-cassettes, and 15,000 microfilm and microfiche of back issues of magazines and newspapers.  The Center provides   public-access   to   the Internet through work-stations with the World Wide Web browsers, Microsoft Office software and information via CD-ROM and on-line databases.  A collection of scholarly, essential, electronic information resources is accessed through the Alabama  Virtual  Library.  Home access to the Alabama Virtual Library is also provided for students and faculty through the Lawson State Community College LRC.  Additionally, the LRC serves its clientele with reference assistance, photocopying, orientation, and LRC instruction.