Minneapolis Community and Technical College (MCTC) is a community and technical college located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The college is located near Loring Park and serves over 14,000 students annually. It is a part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System (MnSCU). MCTC was formed in February 1996 by the merger of Minneapolis Technical College and Minneapolis Community College following the July 1995 creation of MnSCU. They had shared the same campus adjacent to Loring Park for many years. Minneapolis Community College was founded as the first campus of the Metropolitan State Junior College. It changed its name to Metropolitan Community College and in 1979 the metropolitan system was broken up and the Minneapolis campus became Minneapolis Community College. Minneapolis Technical College was originally founded as the Girls Vocational School in 1914 by its first principal, Miss Elizabeth Fish. When a new building at 101 Third Avenue South was completed in 1932 it was renamed Mary Miller Vocational School after the teacher credited with opening the first school in Minneapolis in 1852.