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Nash Community College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Nash Community College, a unit of the North Carolina Community College System, was founded in 1967 and is a public two-year post secondary educational institution with an open door admission policy. Its mission is to provide adults in the Nash County service area with quality and convenient learning opportunities consistent with identified student and community needs. Over 11,000 citizens participated in programs at Nash Community College during the 2003-2004 school year.
• The College is located on 86 acres midway between Nashville and Rocky Mount, North Carolina. While the primary service area is Nash County, the convenient location attracts students from the surrounding counties of Franklin, Wake, Wilson, and Halifax. Five modern buildings including the 48,000 square foot Business and Industry Center and a four-star rated Child Development Center comprise the campus physical plant. A new two-story 46,000 square foot Science and Technology Center is under construction that will encompass specialized classrooms and state-of-the-art labs to support instruction in biology, anatomy and physiology, chemistry, physics, and networking technology. The projected completion of the Science and Technology Center is fall 2005.
• Vocational, occupational, business, and industry related programs are offered which prepare students for jobs and provide a skilled workforce for the area. Additionally, the College offers Adult Basic Education, GED, and adult high school to meet the diverse needs of the citizenry in Nash County and surrounding area.
• Nash Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, Associate in General Education, and the Associate in Applied Science Degrees.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Holiday Ball to ring in season (Rocky Mount Telegram)
  posted on November 17, 2009 at 12:33:04 am
  The Tar River Orchestra and Chorus League and the Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce announce the ...
• Postal service, union officials disagree on delivery dates (Rocky Mount Telegram)
  posted on November 14, 2009 at 12:34:22 am
  Local mail carriers are being misinformed by their supervisors that the post office is trimming a day from weekly delivery starting next October, the head of the local postal worker’s union said.
• Perdue promotes state's job initiative during visit (Rocky Mount Telegram)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 05:04:26 am
  Gov. Bev Perdue met with Nash Community College students and officials Tuesday, seeking feedback on the state’s $13.4 million effort to retrain workers laid off during the recession.
• Programs Aim To Put People Back To Work (NBC 17 Raleigh)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 12:18:16 am
  Gov. Bev Perdue saw one of her plans to put people back to work in action Tuesday afternoon. The Governor visited a nursing assistant class at Nash Community College in Rocky Mount that was created with the help of funding from the '12 in 6' program. The program, part of the JobsNow Initiative, allows community colleges across the state to have six month training programs for twelve in-demand ...
• Programs Aim To Put People Back To Work (MyNC.com)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 12:10:25 am
  The Governor visited a nursing assistant class at Nash Community College in Rocky Mount that was created with the help of funding from the '12 in 6' program.

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