Blue Ridge Community College (Flat Rock) News Stories

Browse past news stories for Blue Ridge Community College (Flat Rock) in Flat Rock, NC.

• Community colleges oppose merger plan
  posted on June 29, 2011 at 08:33:42 am
  A report from the N.C. General Assembly says merging rural community colleges, such as Blue Ridge ...
• BRCC facing budget cut
  posted on June 29, 2011 at 08:33:32 am
  Blue Ridge Community College is facing a shortfall of about $841,000 for the 2011-12 fiscal year after ...
• Registration set for classes at Blue Ridge Center for Lifelong Learning
  posted on June 23, 2011 at 08:36:27 am
  The Blue Ridge Center for Lifelong Learning is accepting registrations for July-August classes, which will ...
• Study: BRCC enriching region
  posted on May 19, 2011 at 02:45:46 pm
  FLAT ROCK — The average added income the Henderson County community sees each year due to ...
• Center for Lifelong Learning announces classes
  posted on May 11, 2011 at 09:58:00 pm
  FLAT ROCK — The Blue Ridge Center for Lifelong Learning is now accepting registrations for May-June ...
• Community Briefs: Rotary pancake breakfast set
  posted on May 3, 2011 at 04:53:01 pm
  Published: Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 12:19 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 12:19 p.m. The Rotary Club of Hendersonville Four Seasons is ...
• ECO focuses on sustainability
  posted on May 3, 2011 at 04:43:31 pm
  Henderson County residents learned some of the many ways to keep the Earth green and how they can help by making small ...
• Art Notes: Last days of Blackbeard at BRCC
  posted on May 1, 2011 at 05:18:08 pm
  The Arts and Humanities Series at Blue Ridge Community College in Henderson County will present “The Last Days of ...
• How I Learned to Drive' is BRCC drama department's spring production
  posted on April 29, 2011 at 03:08:08 pm
  Published: Friday, April 29, 2011 at 10:42 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, April 29, 2011 at 10:42 a.m. Blue Ridge Community College's drama ...
• 'How I Learned to Drive' is BRCC drama department's spring production
  posted on April 28, 2011 at 08:43:25 am
  Blue Ridge Community College’s drama department presents its spring production, “How ...
• BRCC plant sale helps horticulture students
  posted on April 28, 2011 at 08:33:36 am
  FLAT ROCK — Wesley Wolfe, a student at Blue Ridge Community College, has a degree in communications from Western Carolina University. ...
• BRCC to present spring production
  posted on April 26, 2011 at 11:54:35 pm
  Published: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 7:24 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 7:24 p.m. Blue Ridge Community College's drama ...
• Blue Ridge Community College could lose $1 million in state funding
  posted on April 20, 2011 at 03:37:07 pm
  Blue Ridge Community College could lose $1 million in state funding for fiscal year 2011-12, and college ...
• Community Briefs: Meeting to discuss impact of new rules on businesses
  posted on April 14, 2011 at 02:23:57 pm
  A Joint Regulatory Reform Committee from the General Assembly of North Carolina, which will review regulations that might be ...
• Agency News: Gospel Choir benefit concert
  posted on April 8, 2011 at 04:39:30 pm
  FLAT ROCK — The University of South Carolina Upstate Gospel Choir performed a benefit concert on March ...
• Art notes: BRCC to honor women artists Thursday
  posted on March 27, 2011 at 12:23:32 pm
  The 18th annual Celebration of Women in the Arts will take place on Thursday at Blue Ridge Community College. This event was created to ...
• Community Briefs: Talent show to help BRCC club
  posted on March 15, 2011 at 03:35:58 pm
  FLAT ROCK — Blue Ridge Community College Talent Show, set for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Thomas Auditorium, will have 14 acts featuring Blue Ridge and Early College students, faculty ...
• BRCC sending $300,000 to state
  posted on December 22, 2010 at 09:40:18 am
  FLAT ROCK — Two percent of Blue Ridge Community College's 2010-11 fiscal year budget — about $300,000 — ...
• Graduate says BRCC helped her start again after layoff
  posted on December 18, 2010 at 02:09:26 pm
  Julie Garland says Blue Ridge Community College treated her ...
• Henderson Chamber Business EXPO set for Oct. 21
  posted on October 20, 2010 at 02:47:39 pm
  FLAT ROCK — The second annual Chamber Business EXPO, presented by The Henderson County Chamber ...
• Mobile lab launches careers
  posted on October 13, 2010 at 08:43:46 am
  FLAT ROCK — The blue bus was filled with all sorts of gadgets and information: colorful posters detailing cells, test tubes and beakers, a microscope and particle counter. The ...

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