Tri-County Community College is a

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in Murphy, North Carolina. It was founded in 1964 and is part of the

North Carolina Community College System The North Carolina Community College System (System Office) is a statewide network of 58 public community colleges. The system enrolls over 500,000 students annually. It also provides the North Carolina Learning Object Repository as a central loc ...

History

*1964:

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approved Tri-County Industrial Education Center operation *1965: Cherokee County Board of Education negotiates lease agreement for occupation by college of the abandoned Cherokee County Prison Camp *1970s: Renovation and construction of three buildings on the Murphy campus (now renamed Tri-County Community College) completed *1984: NC Legislature allocation of funds for construction of new multi-purpose building *1989: Complete of new multi-purpose building named the Enloe building (named for state legislator Jeff Enloe, whose support of the college enabled successful appropriation of funds for building construction) *1993: Passing of a statewide bond referendum to fund the Graham County Center *1995: Land and buildings provided for Graham County Center *1998: Opening of Graham County Center *1998: Dedication of a new building for dual use as a student activities center and an early childhood education center, both named to honor school supporters. Then-president Norman Oglesby named one building for himself. The student activities wing is named for Sarah Easley Harper, originator of the Student Support Center. The early childhood education wing is named the Jarrett/Oglesby Center.

Presidents

*Holland McSwain (1964 - 1972) *Vincent Crisp (1972 - 1992) *Harry Jarrett (1992 - 1995) *Norman Oglesby (1996 - 2006) During his presidency hundreds of thousands of dollars of state funds went unaccounted for *Donna Tipton-Rogers (2008 - present)

Accreditations

*Commission on College of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees. *Approved by the North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Arts *Approved by the North Carolina Board of Nursing

Service area

Tri-County Community College serves the counties of: *

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Local Cities

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* Hayesville *

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* Robbinsville

Campus

There are three campus locations, the Main Campus in

, and the Graham County Center in Robbinsville, and the Cherokee County Center of Applied Technology in

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. The main campus has buildings named McSwain, in honor of Holland McSwain, Tri-County Community College's First President; West, for Herman West, a State Legislator and entrepreneur; and Crisp, for Vincent Crisp, Tri-County Community College President from 1972 to 1992. File:The Harper Jarrett Oglesby building on the Tri-County Community College campus in Peachtree, N.C.jpg, Harper Jarrett Oglesby building (1998) File:The Crisp building on the Tri-County Community College campus in Peachtree, N.C. on Aug. 5, 2023.jpg, Crisp building File:The Enloe building on the Tri-County Community College campus in Peachtree, N.C. on Aug. 5, 2023.jpg, Enloe building (1989) File:The West building on the Tri-County Community College campus in Peachtree, N.C. on Aug. 5, 2023.jpg, West building File:The McSwain building on the Tri-County Community College campus in Peachtree, N.C. on Aug. 5, 2023.jpg, McSwain building

College publications

The ''Tri-County Communicator'' is the student newspaper of TCCCTri-County Communicator
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References

External links

Official website
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