Tri-County Community College history

Founded in 1962, Tri-County Technical College has grown into a comprehensive two-year community and technical college that serves approximately 7,250 students from Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens counties in more than 70 major fields of study.

Tri-County Community College, founded in 1964, is a community college located in the westernmost tip of North Carolina.

1965: Cherokee County Board of Education negotiates lease agreement for occupation by college of the abandoned Cherokee County Prison Camp

1984: NC Legislature allocation of funds for construction of new multi-purpose building

1993: Passing of a Statewide Bond Referendum to fund the Graham County Center.

1995: Land and buildings conveyed for Graham County Center.

Construction began with renovating, modernizing, and equipping two buildings and the Center opened in January 1998.

Thanks to a cooperative agreement from the Cherokee County Commissioners and Board of Education, the College opened the Andrews Office in 2000.

In 2003, TCCC opened its Fire and Rescue Training Center at its Murphy location.

A permanent site for the TCCC TeleCenter/Small Business Center was dedicated in 2004 with the opening of the Patterson Building.

In 2005, Cherokee County purchased a 25,000 square foot building in Marble to be used as the Cherokee

With start-up support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, TCEC opened its doors in 2006.

During his presidency hundreds of thousands of dollars of state funds went unaccounted for Doctor Donna Tipton-Rogers (2008 - )

The College also was approved and graduated its first-ever Basic Law Enforcement Training class during 2010.

Five Decades of Distinction, published in 2012 in honor of the 50th anniversary of Tri-County Technical College.

In 2016, the National Museum of African American History and Culture opened in Washington, DC. The museum provides artifacts and personal accounts that tell the story of America through the lens of African American experience.