Lamar State College–Port Arthur

Lamar State College Port Arthur is a public community college in Port Arthur, Texas. The college has 2,740 students as of the Fall 2019 semester. It is a member of the Texas State University System.

Lamar State College Port Arthur is a two-year institution located in Port Arthur, Texas. The school was founded in 1909 as Port Arthur College by John Warne Gates. Port Arthur College was a city-owned, nonprofit, vocational school specializing in business and electronics education, offering training in stenography, secretarial work, bookkeeping, accounting, and radio.

By 1925 the college owned a 15-acre campus. In 1933, radio station KPAC was established. In 1947 the school had 25 faculty members and an average annual enrollment of 800. A new $800,000 classroom-administration building was occupied in November 1967, and two new buildings were erected to house vocational programs in 1973 and 1974. The 1974-75 regular term enrollment was 409 students.

Port Arthur College joined Lamar University in 1975 and was designated as a component of the Lamar University System in 1983. It received degree-granting status from the Texas legislature in 1991 and was accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In 1995 the school became part of the Texas State University System with the college renamed from Lamar University-Port Arthur to Lamar State College Port Arthur in 1999.

Lamar State College Port Arthur offers more than 40 degrees and certificates in technical and academic disciplines.

Lamar State College Port Arthur's campus is located near downtown Port Arthur on 40-plus acres. It features the Sheila McCarthy Umphrey Industrial Technology Center, the Carl Parker Multipurpose Center, and the Gates Memorial Library. The $5.9 million Performing Arts Center was completed in 2004 and the $2.1 million Student Success Center was completed in late 2011. The Umphrey Industrial Technology Center is the newest addition to the campus, built in 2017, provides a first-class learning space for the Process Technology, Instrumentation Technology, Drafting, and Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning programs.

En el campus se encuentran varios edificios históricos, entre ellos la Biblioteca Memorial Gates, que lleva el nombre del fundador de la universidad, John W. Gates. Este edificio de dos plantas de estilo neoclásico fue incluido en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos en 1981. En 2004 se completó una importante ampliación y renovación de la biblioteca, con un coste de 2,1 millones de dólares. La casa de AJM Vuylsteke, antigua residencia del cónsul de los Países Bajos, cuenta con una placa conmemorativa histórica del estado de Texas, al igual que el edificio Ruby Ruth Fuller, que originalmente fue la Primera Iglesia Metodista Unida de la ciudad. ^{[ 4 ]}

Los equipos deportivos de LSCPA son conocidos como los Seahawks y sus colores son azul marino y azul Columbia . ^{[ 5 ]} Los equipos deportivos incluyen baloncesto masculino y sóftbol femenino. La universidad agregó atletismo en 2004, jugando como independiente dos temporadas antes de unirse a la Metro Athletic Conference como un equipo de la División II durante dos temporadas. Se convirtió en miembro de la División I de la National Junior College Athletic Association en 2006. El equipo de baloncesto masculino avanzó al Torneo del Campeonato Nacional de la NJCAA bajo el entrenador en jefe Matt Cross durante la temporada 2010-2011.

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