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Nash Community College company history timeline

1967

1967 Nash Technical Institute is established on September 7, 1967.

Nash Community College was founded in 1967.

1967 Jack D. Ballard is hired as the first president of the institution.

1975

1975 The new campus is formally dedicated.

1979

1979 The college community is saddened by the untimely death of its first President, Jack Ballard.

1980

1980 The second president of Nash Technical Institute is selected, Doctor J. Reid Parrott, Jr.

1982

1982 The name is changed from Nash Technical Institute to Nash Technical College.

1983

1983 The Nash Technical College Foundation is incorporated.

1987

1987 The General Assembly gives authority to Nash Technical College to convert to a community college, enabling the college to offer the college transfer program and to change the name to Nash Community College.

1997

1997 Nash Community College participates in the statewide effort of reengineering all of its curriculum programs.

Institutionally administered financial aid is available to distance learners. It first offered distance learning courses in 1997.

1999

1999 The Betsy B. Currin Child Development Center opens providing on-campus childcare and a model instructional laboratory for students enrolled in the early childhood and teacher associate programs.

1999 The Business & Industry Center is completed that includes the Allen H. and Winnie E. Brown Auditorium, the Continuing Education Department, Campus Store, and administrative offices.

1999 Doctor J. Reid Parrott, Jr. retires as President of Nash Community College and is granted the title of President Emeritus.

2000

2000 The Julian B. Fenner Memorial Clock is given to the College as the first historical marker from Skipper Fenner Parker in memory of her late husband Julian Fenner, who served as the first Chairman of the Board of Trustees.

2000 North Carolina voters approve a 3.1 billion dollar Higher Education Bond Referendum providing funds for on-campus repairs, renovations and eventual construction of a science and technology building.

2001

2001 The College receives a grant from the DeLeon Carter Foundation to construct the Myrtle Carter Henry Amphitheater.

2003

2003 The Myrtle Carter Henry Amphitheater is dedicated on June 3, 2003.

2004

In fall 2004, there were 463 students enrolled in distance learning courses.

2004 Nash Community College receives one million dollar EDA grant.

2004 Ground-breaking ceremony for Science and Technology Center.

2007

2007 Nash Community College’s Betsy B. Currin Child Development Center (CDC) received accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).

2008

2008 Nash Community College Foundation celebrates 25th anniversary.

2010

2010 Nash Community College purchases additional 25 acres.

2011

2011 Nash Community College celebrates reaffirmation of accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)..

2012

2012 Approved bond referendum for Continuing Education and Public Services Building.

2012 Nash Community College celebrates 45 years of teaching and learning.

2012 Betsy B. Currin Child Development Center expanded to include Early Childhood Education classrooms.

2013

2013 Ground-breaking ceremony for Continuing Education & Public Services Building.

2015

2015 Continuing Education and Public Services Building dedicated on June 16.

2016

2016 Approved bond referendum to support Advanced Manufacturing and Veterinary Technology expansion.

2017

2017 Ground-breaking ceremony for the Advanced Manufacturing and Cosmetology Buildings.

2018

2018 Ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony for the Advanced Manufacturing and Cosmetology Buildings.

2019

2019 Ribbon cutting ceremony for Nash-Rocky Mount Early College High School expansion into Building C.

2022

"Nash Community College: Distance Learning Programs ." College Blue Book. . Retrieved June 22, 2022 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-and-education-magazines/nash-community-college-distance-learning-programs

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