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Mayland Community College

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School Notes:

• Mayland Community College is located in Blue Ridge section of the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina on the Avery/Michell county line. MCC is chartered to serve Mitchell, Avery and Yancey counties (hence the name Mayland) and has since 1971. MCC serves more than 8000 persons each year through our educational programs, including more than twenty percent of the adult population within our service area. Mayland has recently opened two satellite campuses in Yancey County, 2001 and Avery County in 2002. MCC also houses the Phillips-Gwaltney Child Development Center which provides spacing for the care of more than 100 children from birth to age 6.
• Mayland Community College is a proud member of the Appalachian Alliance, an association of ten institutions of higher learning in Western North Carolina dedicated to increased access to high quality instruction and learning through technology.
• The college offers Degree and Diploma in Arts & Sciences (College Transfer), Basic Skills, Business, Engineering & Public Service, Health Sciences and Public Safety & Occupational Technologies Programs.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• County finances good (Mitchell News-Journal)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 03:19:59 pm
  Certified public accounting firm Young, Miller, & Gillespie audited Mitchell County's 2008-2009 financial statements and said they presented fairly, but could be in trouble in the future because of a lack of secured funding in the General Fund for the county's post employment health care plan.
• Ralph Hise joins crowded Senate field (Asheville Citizen-Times)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 09:45:47 am
  SPRUCE PINE - Mayor Ralph Hise is running for a seat in the state Senate. Hise announced his bid Thursday, joining a crowded field in the May Republican primary to take on Sen. Joe Sam Queen.
• Spruce Pine's mayor running for N.C. Senate (The McDowell News)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 12:17:29 am
  Spruce Pine's mayor wants to become the next state senator for the 47th District.
• Push for wind farms in Western North Carolina renewed, scaled back (Asheville Citizen-Times)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 01:18:28 pm
  ASHEVILLE — Legislators declined this summer to clear the way for North Carolina to tap the power of mountain winds. Next year, they could decide whether to allow a single, experimental ridgetop wind farm.
• Veterans Day events (Asheville Citizen-Times)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 02:44:19 pm
  • Veterans reception hosted by the Asheville-Mountain Area Chapter of the Red Cross, 10 a.m. today, 100 Edgewood Road. Share experiences and meet other veterans. Light refreshments.

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