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Central Carolina Community College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Central Carolina Community College is a tax supported, public non-profit school under the control of a local board of trustees. Chartered in 1958 by the North Carolina State Board of Education, it became a part of the North Carolina Department of Community Colleges in 1963. The first curriculum classes were held in September 17, 1962.
• Central Carolina Community College's main campus is located on a 41-acre site on Kelly Drive off Nash Street near U.S. Highway 421 (east), Sanford, North Carolina, and has 177,000 square feet of class room, shop, and laboratory space. Ample equipment, a large Learning Resource Center, and an efficient staff provide optimum training in a variety of adult programs.
• The College provides market-responsive technical and vocational programs, university transfer programs, a strong general education core, educational programs and services custom-tailored to the needs of business and industry, instruction and training for career development, a comprehensive literacy program, emergency-services education, avocational and cultural enrichment courses and opportunities, supervised work experiences, educational opportunities in area correctional facilities, and enrichment opportunities for public school students (sixteen years or older), as well as special programs and services for students under the age of 16.
• In addition to the two-year programs that lead to an Associate of Applied Science Degree, one-year programs that lead to a diploma, and the Associate in Arts and Associate in Science Degree programs that transfer to a four-year college or university, Central Carolina Community College also offers non-credit courses in adult basic education, adult high school and other adult education courses in technical, vocational, academic and general interest areas.
• Central Carolina Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Associate Degrees.

In the News:

• Distress over economy rules N.C. voters' mood (The News & Observer)
  posted on February 21, 2010 at 04:51:43 am
  As the midterm election campaign begins, North Carolina voters have deep anxiety about a weak economy, a loss of jobs, and whether life will be better for their children, according to a News & Observer/ABC11 Eyewitness News poll.
• Concord drops fourth in a row (Bluefield Daily Telegraph)
  posted on February 14, 2010 at 10:09:01 am
  ELKINS — Concord suffered its fourth straight loss Saturday, a 24-point setback to the Davis & Elkins Senators 83-59. The Mountain Lions trailed 48-18 at the half after shooting 22 percent.
• Cape Fear region county-by-county roundup (The Fayetteville Observer)
  posted on January 31, 2010 at 10:20:26 am
  The Columbus County Courthouse is a gem worthy of preservation, architect David Gall recently told a committee looking at locations for a new courthouse.
• Storm surges past Sandhills, 107-75 (The Lexington Dispatch)
  posted on January 21, 2010 at 05:00:38 am
  BY JAKE MILLER The Dispatch With 10 minutes to go between Davidson County Community College and Sandhills Community College, the outcome was still somewhat in doubt. Over the next five minutes, DCCC made sure it wasn't.
• Most schools delay start for two hours for snow, ice (The Fayetteville Observer)
  posted on January 8, 2010 at 05:21:28 am
  Most of the region's major school systems are operating on a two-hour delay this morning because of the possibility of snow and icy conditions.

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