BCITTweets history

In 1966, it opened with William M/ Williams as its headmaster - and a new field house.

1967: The college's Board of Trustees appoint Doctor N. Dean Evans as the founding president.

1969: The college Burlington County College opens in temporary facilities at Lenape High School, Medford, with 728 full-time and 323 part-time students.

The Pemberton Campus opened a few years later in 1971.

The Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders established the Burlington County Special Services School District in 1972 after the New Jersey Legislature passed an act authorizing the establishment of county special services districts.

On February 27th, 1974 fire ravaged the historic main building on St Mary’s Hall’s campus - Doane Hall.

1975: First production of Foundation Theatre, Burlington County's only non-profit professional theatre company, housed on the college's Pemberton campus.

1979: The college welcomes new president, Doctor Harmon Pierce, who opens second off-campus center in Cinnaminson.

The drama department also flourished and, in the early 1980’s, Doane’s Dungeon, a haunted house with a classic literary twist, began.

With the County Freeholders support, the district moved into its new building in the county complex on Woodlane Road in Westampton in January 1983.

1987: Doctor Robert Messina, Jr. becomes the college's third president and expands community outreach sites.

Responding to the pressing needs of the county school districts, the district moved in 1990 to open a new high school program for at-risk students.

In September 1991, the district opened a campus in Willingboro.

The Willingboro campus has since been assimilated into the Westampton campus, and in 1995 a new junior-senior high school was built on Pioneer Boulevard at the Westampton Complex.

He oversaw architectural repairs to the chapel, in advance of the 150th anniversary of its consecration in 1997.

1998: The college 's innovative High Technology Small Business Incubator opens on the Mt.

On Wednesday, July 28, 1999 the Burlington County Times headline read, ‘St Mary’s Closes’. The next day it read, ‘Future of St Mary’s Site Uncertain’. Years of precarious finances and a near non-existent endowment created an untenable financial situation.

The great progress made in the early 2000’s resulted in still loftier goals coming to the forefront, and all began to be noticed by philanthropist groups like the Susquehanna Foundation and the Rowan Family Foundation.

2003: The college renamed the Academic Replacement Center to Laurel Hall and dedicated the Pavillion connecting the Science Building and the Enterprise Center at BCC honoring The Vottas who owned the farm on which the Mount Laurel campus currently resides.

2005: The college opened the Student Gallery and Art Store, a student run facility in the Mount Holly center to showcase and sell original artwork and supplies.

2007: Two ribbon cuttings were celebrated: the P.E. Center was re-opened after months of renovations and the Science Incubator debuted on the Mount Laurel campus.

In 2008, the Board of trustees voted to simplify the school’s name and honor its founder by changing the school’s legal name to ‘Doane Academy’.

2011: The college celebrated the grand opening of the Culinary Arts Center in Mt.

2012: The college 's Board of Trustees proudly announces the college's 4th president, David C. Hespe.

In a bold move of their own, the Rowans made gifts to the school that resulted in a new substantial endowment being created and also the construction of Rowan Hall, the state-of-the-art centerpiece of the school, completed in 2015.

In 2016, RCBC became the first community college in New Jersey authorized to offer junior-year courses in its “3+1” option to Rowan University.