Approximately 12,000 citizens participate in programs at Nash Community College annually.
Nash Community College is located at 522 North Old Carriage Road in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. The college was founded in 1967 and is a public two-year post-secondary educational institution with an open-door admissions policy.
The College is located on 125 acres midway between Nashville and Rocky Mount, less than a mile off U.S. Highway 64 Bypass and U.S. Interstate 95 in Nash County.
DEGREE PROGRAMS
10
DIPLOMA PROGRAMS
0
CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
20
COURSES
999
Operations Spending Impact
$ 0 Million
Student Spending Impact
$ 0 Million
Alumni Impact
$ 0 Million
Annual Economic Impact
= $ 0 Million
Significant Dates
The Community College Act is passed by the North Carolina Legislature, providing an avenue for local governing bodies to establish an institution in their own communities.
1957
The first Board of Trustees of the “Nash County Technical Institute Unit” is appointed.
1967
Jack D. Ballard is hired as the first president of the institution.
1967
Nash Technical Institute is established on September 7, 1967.
1967
The new campus is formally dedicated.
1975
The college community is saddened by the untimely death of its first President, Jack Ballard.
1979
The second president of Nash Technical Institute is selected: Dr. J. Reid Parrott, Jr.
1980
The name is changed from Nash Technical Institute to Nash Technical College.
1982
The Nash Technical College Foundation is incorporated.
1983
The General Assembly gives authority to Nash Technical College to convert to a community college, enabling the college to offer the university transfer program and to change the name to Nash Community College.
1987
Nash Community College participates in the statewide effort of reengineering all of its curriculum programs.
1997
Nash Community College changes from a quarter system to a semester system. An evaluation of all curriculum programs and services was conducted to meet workforce training needs and to ease transfer of programs and courses within the community college system as well as to the four-year institutions.
1998
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 and includes the Allen H. and Winnie E. Brown Auditorium, the Continuing Education Department, the Campus Store, and administrative offices.
1999
Dr. J. Reid Parrott, Jr. retires as President of Nash Community College and is granted the title of President Emeritus.
1999
Dr. Katherine M. Johnson is selected as the third President of Nash Community College.
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.
2000
The College receives a grant from the DeLeon Carter Foundation to construct the Myrtle Carter Henry Amphitheater.
2001
Reaffirmation of accreditation received by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).
2002
The Myrtle Carter Henry Amphitheater is dedicated on June 3, 2003.
2003
Nash Community College receives $1 million Economic Development Administration grant.
2004
Ground-breaking ceremony for Science and Technology Center.
2004
Nash County native Dr. Marvin R. Joyner selected as interim president.
2005
William S. Carver II is selected as the fourth President of Nash Community College.
2005
The Science and Technology Center is dedicated on October 26, 2005.
2005
Nash Community College’s Betsy B. Currin Child Development Center (CDC) receives accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
2007
Nash Community College Foundation celebrates its 25th anniversary.
2008
Nash Community College purchases an additional 25 acres.
2010
Nash Community College celebrates reaffirmation of accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
2011
Bond referendum is approved for Continuing Education and Public Services Building.
2012
Nash Community College celebrates 45 years of teaching and learning.
2012
Business and Industry Center expands to include Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management classrooms.
2012
Betsy B. Currin Child Development Center expands to include Early Childhood Education classrooms.
2012
Road constructed to connect south campus to Eastern Avenue.
2013
$1.5 million Economic Development Administration grant received for Continuing Education & Public Services Building.
2013
Ground-breaking ceremony for Continuing Education & Public Services Building.
2013
Continuing Education & Public Services Building dedicated on June 16.
2015
Bond referendum is approved to support Advanced Manufacturing and Veterinary Technology expansion.
2016
Ground-breaking ceremony for the Advanced Manufacturing and Cosmetology Buildings.
2017
Ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony for the Advanced Manufacturing and Cosmetology Buildings.
2018
Ribbon cutting ceremony for Nash-Rocky Mount Early College High School expansion into Building C.
2019
William S. Carver II retires as President of Nash Community College and is awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine.
2019
Dr. Lew Hunnicutt is selected as the fifth President of Nash Community College.
2019
Nash Community College acquires an additional 13 acres.
2022
Ground-breaking ceremony and naming ceremony for the Braswell Veterinary Medical Technology Building.
2023
Ground-breaking ceremony for the Driver Training Center.
2024
Ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony for the Braswell Veterinary Medical Technology Building.
2024
