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College Of The Albemarle

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Whether you are a basic skills, continuing education, vocational, technical or college transfer student; or a community member seeking business & industry training or cultural enrichment, COA has much to offer. COA can help you meet your educational and career goals. Many of our services are free, and all of them are relatively inexpensive, making COA an affordable investment in your future.
• Elizabeth City became home to COA in 1961 when College of The Albemarle became the first community college in the state chartered under the Community College Act of 1957. In 1963, the college was approved as the first comprehensive community college in the North Carolina Community College System.
• The college's 75-acre Elizabeth City Campus is located on Highway U.S. 17 North in Elizabeth City. On that campus, six major buildings provide space for administrative and faculty offices, classrooms, laboratories, a college bookstore, a student center, the Learning Resources Center, a lecture auditorium, a learning lab, the COA Auditorium, the Technology Center, a Basic Skills Lab, and a Health Sciences Center.
• Credits earned at College of The Albemarle in curricula leading to the Associate in Arts degree, the Associate in Science degree, the Associate in Fine Arts degree, and some of those leading to the Associate in Applied Science degree and the Associate in General Education degree, are transferable to senior colleges and universities for a higher degree.
• College of The Albemarle is a member of the North Carolina Community College System. College of The Albemarle is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees, diplomas, and certificates.
• Profile last updated: 04/02/2009.

In the News:

• Campus execs tout accomplishments (The Daily Advance)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 12:47:35 am
  Higher enrollments, new programs, new facilities and in one case, a new name, give the area’s three institutions of higher learning plenty to celebrate, leaders of the schools said Wednesday.
• Legendary 1940s "Candy Bomber" to Return to North Carolina for First in Flight Festival, Dec. 5 (Aircraft Maintenance Technology)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 10:02:54 pm
  Elizabeth City , NC – Last December, Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Gail Halvorsen had Elizabeth City children jumping for joy when he sailed chocolates aloft on tiny parachutes from the “Spirit of Freedom,” a restored 1945 Douglas C-54 aircraft.
• Deputy public defender named (The Daily Advance)
  posted on November 7, 2009 at 01:17:45 am
  Lauren Strobel first knew she wanted to be an attorney when she was in high school.
• Club soccer making mark (The Daily Advance)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 04:05:43 am
  The true test of an athlete’s dedication to the sport is when they play for free. Make an athlete pay, and you know you have something special.
• AEDC mulls school ex officio member (The Daily Advance)
  posted on October 28, 2009 at 11:47:26 pm
  The Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Board of Education may not want ex officio members, but the area’s premier industry-recruiting group wants plenty — including someone from the school district.

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