Buildings and Facilities

Jefferson Campus

The George C. Wallace Building contains administrative offices, the Business Office, the Computer Center, Information Technology, Institutional Effectiveness and offices and classrooms for the Center for Workforce Education.

The Carson Science Center is two connected buildings:

• The H. Y. Carson Building contains the physics laboratory. It also houses the I3 Academy.
• The Ruby K. Carson Building contains classrooms and laboratories for chemistry, biology, business, computer science, office administration technology, and welding laboratories.

The James B. Allen Library is the Learning Resource Center and Learning Success Center, for students, faculty, staff and the community. It is a library furnishing bibliographies, books, journals, newspapers, and audiovisual materials.

• The Learning Resource Center houses reading, study and lecture rooms, a print shop, networked computer area for students, a multi-media classroom, and staff workroom areas. The Learning Resource Center is also available to students, staff, and the community.
• Enrollment Services, including the areas of financial aid, admissions and records, the graduation office, international students, and veterans’ affairs, is housed on the first floor of the Allen Library.

Bethune-DeRamus Hall contains classrooms for instruction in English, social science, and general education. It also contains faculty offices and facilities for the Phi Theta Kappa Honors Program, Distance Learning, and Child Development.

Lurleen B. Wallace Hall contains facilities for Testing and Assessment, ACT Center, Tech Prep, One-Stop Career Center, Student Success Center, GED preparation classes, and special activities classes.

The Joseph Morris Manufacturing Technology Center contains a portion of the college’s Workforce Development initiative, and the Alabama Technology Network-Birmingham. There are administrative offices, classrooms, laboratories, and training facilities for both credit and non-credit programs, as well as professional development, and business/industry training.

The George L. Layton Nursing Education Building contains learning laboratories, classrooms, and offices specially designed for nursing education and health-related programs and biomedical equipment technology.

The Harold C. Martin Career Education Building contains a portion of the many career education programs operated at the college. There are laboratories for funeral service education, building science, and veterinary technology.

The Agriculture Science Center, located behind the Harold Martin Career Education Building, has three greenhouses, a head house, a lath house and office space.

The Maintenance Building contains Central Receiving and Operations and Maintenance, which consists of a carpenter shop and an electrical shop. This building also houses the college’s mailroom.

Birmingham Fire Station No. 28, owned and operated by the City of Birmingham, is built on campus land leased from the State Board of Education.

The Fitzgerald Student Center is the community center of the college for students, faculty, administrators, alumni, and guests. The Center houses the Pioneer Bookstore, Student Government Association, Adult College Services, ADA Accommodations Office, and laboratories for hospitality management. 

The Workforce Educational Center houses Workforce Education classes and Fast Track training programs.

The Campus Police and Visitors’ Information Center houses all activities related to the safety and security of the campus community. The Center, located near the main campus entrance, is operational twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

Shelby-Hoover Campus

The Shelby-Hoover Campus, located on approximately sixty acres, currently includes four buildings.

The General Studies Building is a 64,000-square foot multi-purpose building that opened in September 2000. In addition to classrooms and laboratories for Jefferson State’s Physical Therapist Assistant and Emergency Medical Services Programs, this building includes seventeen other classrooms, science laboratories, computer laboratories, and faculty and administrative offices. The Learning Success Center, Campus Police, Enrollment Services, and the cashier are also available in this building. The Learning Resource Center houses the Shelby-Hoover Campus Library, which has an open student computer lab with Internet access as well as individual study rooms and a multi-media classroom.

The Math-Science Building is a 20,000 square-foot, multi-purpose classroom building that includes additional instructional space for mathematics, physical and social sciences, Surgical Technology, and other academic classes as well as adult education classes. Additional offices are also included in this building.

The Judy M. Merritt Building is a 127,000 square foot building that opened in spring 2008. In addition to faculty and administrative offices and general education classrooms, this building includes specialized instructional space for the culinary arts, nursing, radiologic technology, respiratory therapy, computer science, workforce education, as well as biology and art labs.

In addition, the President’s Office and Pioneer Bookstore II are located in this building. A large meeting room, which has a seating capacity of approximately 375, and a smaller seminar room may be utilized by the College or community groups.

The Welding Building is a single story 5,000-square-foot building that opened in fall 2020. This building includes specialized instructional space and 20 welding booths.

St. Clair-Pell City Campus 

The St. Clair-Pell City Campus is a permanent facility located near the intersection of Highway 231 and Interstate 20 on land, which was donated by the St. Clair County Economic Development Council. This facility is designed to serve the educational needs of those living in the eastern portion of the Jefferson State Community College service area.

This St. Clair-Pell City Campus is located on approximately fifty acres in Pell City and is within a park planned for the development of healthcare facilities, educational facilities, business and light industry. The St. Clair County Economic Development Council is located in the facility. The St. Clair-Pell City Campus currently consists of two buildings.

• The Multipurpose Building is a three story, 47,500 square foot building featuring college classrooms, computer labs, a bookstore, an enrollment services office, a media center, and administrative and faculty offices. A full-service library, which can be contacted at (205) 812-2735, is available on the first floor with a networked computer area for students, study tables, and staff workroom areas.
• The Career and Technical Education Center is a single story, 9,700 square foot building used for training labs and office space. The labs include welding, robotics, PLC, and other manufacturing and technology-related classes.

Chilton-Clanton Campus

The Chilton-Clanton Campus, a permanent facility developed in partnership with the City of Clanton, is located on sixty acres between Highway 145 and I-65 South. A multipurpose building, which opened in fall 2008, includes nursing, science and computer labs, two tiered classrooms, and general-purpose classrooms. It also includes a media center and administrative and faculty offices.

A full-service library, which can be contacted at (205) 280- 8213, is available on the first floor with a networked computer area for students, study tables, and staff workroom areas. The Clanton Conference and Performing Arts Center (CCPAC) is a multi-purpose facility on the Chilton-Clanton Campus. The City of Clanton and Jefferson State Community College have worked closely to develop this state-of-the-art multi-purpose facility for trade shows, special events and conferences.

Jefferson State’s Center for Workforce Education also offers a Commercial Driving License (CDL) program and CDL Corporate Simulator Training program at the Chilton-Clanton Campus. If you have any questions about this program, please email workforcedev@jeffersonstate.edu.

Jefferson State Foundation 

The Jefferson State Foundation, Inc. was chartered under the laws of the State of Alabama on November 10, 1972, as a non-profit, educational corporation to encourage, receive, and administer gifts for the exclusive benefit of Jefferson State, its students, and its staff. The purpose of the foundation is to provide financial and other support for the College and its activities beyond that which can be obtained through normal tax support. Because of the constantly increasing limitations on normal sources of revenue, the College will take a more aggressive stance in seeking private donor support to maintain present standards and to help the College achieve an even higher standard of excellence.

The foundation receives such gifts as cash, securities, leases, literary and artistic collections, real and personal property, wills and bequests, and deferred gifts, such as insurance policies. Contributions to the foundation are exempt from federal income tax. Persons interested in contributing to the Jefferson State Foundation should write or telephone the President’s Office at the College.