Former name | Columbia Forestry School Lake City Junior College Forest Ranger School Lake City Community College |
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Motto | Go Further, Together |
Type | Public college |
Established | 1947 |
Parent institution | Florida College System |
Endowment | $18.9 million (2020)[1] |
President | Lawrence Barrett |
Administrative staff | 212 |
Students | 4,958 of which 1,203 were Dual Enrollment students (2018)[2] |
Location | , , U.S. |
Campus | Rural, 132 acres (53 ha) |
Colors | Green & yellow |
Nickname | Timberwolves |
Website | www |
Florida Gateway College (FGC), formerly Lake City Community College, is a public college in Lake City, Florida. It is part of the Florida College System and one of the institutions in the system designated a "state college", allowing it to offer four-year bachelor's degrees.
The institution was established in 1947 as the Columbia Forestry School and became a junior college in 1961. It adopted its current name in 2008. The school serves 7,000 students each year from its five-county district, which includes Baker, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist and Union counties.[3]