South Plains College
Description
South Plains College is a college located in Levelland, Texas. It operates satellite branches in Plainview and at the Reese Technology Center, formerly Reese Air Force Base, in Lubbock. SPC also has many classes in the Byron Martin Advanced Technology Center in Lubbock as part of a joint venture with the Lubbock Independent School District.SPC also has distance education centers located in Muleshoe, Littlefield, and Denver City.In addition to their distance education programs, the school also provides online courses to its students, as well as dual credit courses to high schools in the West Texas area.In 1989, the college honored the Mayfield Brothers, Smokey Mayfield and Herbert Mayfield, for their contributions to Bluegrass music in West Texas. A third Mayfield, Thomas Edd Mayfield died of leukemia while on tour with Bill Monroe.