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Stanly Community College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Stanly Community College was chartered in July 1971 and officially opened in December of that year in temporary headquarters that were previously occupied by South Albemarle High School. A faculty of eight taught classes in Auto Mechanics, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Secretarial Science, Industrial Management, Brick Masonry, and Business. In five months the school grew from 31 students to almost 400.
• Stanly Community College's Albemarle campus is located on 140 acres of land on Highway 24/27 two miles west of downtown Albemarle. The Albemarle campus consists of the Patterson Building, Kelley Building, Eddins Building, Snyder Building, Whitley Technology Center, Webb Student Center, and Corporate and Professional Education Center. Fifteen miles west of Stanly Community College's Albemarle campus on Highway 24/27 in Locust, North Carolina, lies the new Crutchfield Education Center. The 30,000-square-foot state-of the-art building includes two computer labs, sixteen classrooms, a community room, and a Student Resource Center.
• SCC has offered over those 32 plus years a good quality low-cost education close to home for thousands of students. During our history, over 5,000 students have been awarded degrees, diplomas, and certificates in a number of fields. Today we offer associate degrees in 22 fields along with 35 certificate and 17 diplomas in these and other fields.
• credit courses during both day and evening sessions allows working students the opportunity to select curriculum courses applicable to an associate degree, a diploma, or a certificate. The college awarded the Associate in Arts degree, the Associate in Science degree, or the Associate in Applied Science degree. Noncredit courses, which are offered primarily for personal and community improvement, are also offered during day, evening, and weekend sessions.
• Stanly Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• More students, challenges for 2 area schools (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 10:42:47 am
  For as many as eight hours a week, Mike Taylor, president of Stanly Community College, is not schmoozing donors or leading a meeting on scholarships at the school's Albemarle campus.
• Sharples takes interim VP post at Pfeiffer (The Salisbury Post)
  posted on October 8, 2009 at 07:42:24 am
  Dr. Russell Sharples has joined Pfeiffer University as interim vice president for student development and dean of students. Sharples accepted the po ...
• 'Cast for Cash' Fishing Tournament on Lake Tillery (The Salisbury Post)
  posted on September 10, 2009 at 07:56:34 am
  ALBEMARLE — You could win $100,000 in a fishing tournament Sept. 24-27 at Lake Tillery. The Stanly County Convention & Visitors Bureau and Stan ...
• Stimulus funding helps teenagers land jobs (News 14 Carolina)
  posted on July 21, 2009 at 12:45:41 am
  ALBEMARLE – The heat was a bit of a surprise Monday afternoon. The sun isn’t blaring, but the humidity was enough to make anyone working outside wince.
• Graduation 2009: Gray Stone Day School (The Salisbury Post)
  posted on June 10, 2009 at 10:33:03 am
  Graystone Academy has announced plans for the 2009 graduating class.University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Carson Blackwelder, Kannapolis; Heat ...

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