1949: Future home of Broward College

1960: Groundbreaking for Broward College

1961: Forman Field. Through the generous donation of the pioneering South Florida Forman Family, 150 acres south of State Road 84 and west of the Sunshine State Parkway (now known as the Florida Turnpike) have been designated as the new home of the Junior College of Broward County (today's Central Campus) (Scrapbook Collection)

December 1962: Construction begins at Forman Field, a former Naval Reserve Air Station (Art Foss Collection 1-10)

Joe Rushing, first President of the Junior College of Broward County (1962 Silver Sands Yearbook)

March 1963: Construction of the Library, Central Campus (Art Foss Collection 1-18)

March 1963: Construction of the Library, Central Campus (Art Foss Collection 1-22)

October 20, 1963: Science Lecture Hall, also known as "The Silo" (Art Foss Collection 2-02)

1965: "The First Five Years" documents the growth and success of the Junior College of Broward County. Of note, the first plantings on what was once a sandy wasteland has become a lush tropical landscape

October 17, 1966: Central Campus's Theme Center and Administration Building (Art Foss Collection 2-05)

1967: Buehler Planetarium Dedication

1968: First name change from Junior College of Broward County to Broward Junior College

Class of 1969 Commencement Program

1970: Second name change from Broward Junior College to Broward Community College

Circa 1970: South Campus. Pines Boulevard runs east-west at left of picture

1970: The first location of Broward Community College in Hollywood, 3601 Johnson Street

1975: Author Tom Wolfe speaks at Broward Community College

1990: Student newspaper publishes glossy insert in celebration of Broward Community College's 30th Anniversary

1990: Broward Community College family poses for the cover of the 1990-1991 Southern Bell Greater Fort Lauderdale phone book

1992: South Campus' Aviation Institute under construction, Institute opens in 1993