“Faulkner State Community College, a public two-year institution located in Baldwin County in southwest Alabama, has three campuses located in Bay Minette, Gulf Shores, and Fairhope.  The Bay Minette campus is the administrative campus.  The College, which was one of the 13 original two-year colleges created by an act of the Alabama Legislature in 1963, is under the authority of the State Board of Education.  Faulkner State is a member of the Alabama Community College System that consists of twenty-one comprehensive community colleges, four technical colleges, and one military institution; Athens State University, and; extensive workforce development initiatives, including the Alabama Industrial Development Training Institute and the Alabama Technology Network.”