Last modified: Thursday, September 4, 2008 10:58 AM EDT There are no empty seats in class as teacher Dave Mulligan passes out some papers in his Western civilization class at Bristol Community College's new campus in Attleboro Wednesday. (Staff photo by Tom Maguire) Full house at new BCC BY GEORGE W. RHODES SUN CHRONICLE STAFF ATTLEBORO - Signs for the new Bristol Community College are not up yet, but students are having no problem finding it. As of Wednesday, there were 928 students registered for courses in the newly ensconced, full-service BCC satellite at 11 Field Road, which is the former Building 2 of Texas Instruments. That's 221 more students than attended classes last year at the former BCC site in the old high school on County Street, and 600 more than in 2004, when the school first opened. Classes began Tuesday and most courses, as well as the hallways, were filled with students excited about the new facility and the new semester, said Kathy Torpey Garganta, dean of the Attleboro facility. "It's been a wonderful opening," she said Wednesday during a late afternoon lull in classes. But the tumult was expected to ramp up again around 6:45 p.m. when the Wednesday night students would be rolling in for their first classes of the semester. One student, Ericka Nunes, 19, came early to check out the new building and find her classroom. "I didn't want to get lost," said the Attleboro resident, a freshman who plans to transfer to Bridgewater State College in two years and seek a degree in thanatology. Bridgewater State plans to operate a satellite on the second floor of BCC starting in January. Nunes, who lives near the old high school on County Street, said she was impressed by the sparkling building that comes complete with computer and science labs, a library, study areas, a cafeteria, a theater and handicapped accessibility throughout. "This is way better than the other place," she said. Garganta walked through the building pointing out schedules for each classroom and they were all to be heavily used. Classes still in session were packed, and Garganta said there are very few courses that aren't full. "We have a limited number offerings left - we're full," said Garganta, who added she expects the final spots to be claimed before the rolls are closed in about a week. Some classes had to be booked into the theater because all other classrooms were in use. Next year, the plan is to add courses in the early morning and on weekends to increase capacity and convenience for students, she said. Meanwhile, Garganta said a sign is under construction for the front of the building and smaller signs are being readied for the campus, but students have been homing in on the site without a problem. "It appears they've found us," she said. "Things are fabulous."