Notable Two-Year College Alumni

Gwendolyn Brooks, Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize Winner, Wilson Junior College
Eileen Collins, NASA Astronaut, Corning Community College
Jennifer Dearman, Intelligence Officer for the Missile and Space Intelligence Center, Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas
Steve Francis, Professional Basketball Athlete, San Jacinto Community College
Fred Haise, NASA Astronaut, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Tom Hanks, Oscar-winning Actor, Chabot College
Queen Latifah, Rapper and Actress, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Jim Lehrer, National News Anchor, Victoria College
James McLean, State Representative, Arkansas State University Mountain Home
Kweisi Mfume, President/CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Community College of Baltimore
Captain Scott Moore, Pine Bluff Fire Department, Southeast Arkansas Community College
Eduardo Padron, President of Miami-Dade Community College, Dade County Junior College
Dr. Susan Patton, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, East Arkansas Community College
Nolan Ryan, Major League Baseball Athlete, Alvin Community College
Deborah Wieneke, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity Benton County, NorthWest Arkansas Community College