Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) Plan 2025–2028
A college-wide blueprint for access, success, and workforce impact.
What is SEM?
Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) aligns college-wide efforts (from marketing and outreach to advising, retention, and completion) to help more students start, persist, and finish with outcomes that elevate our region.
Mission-driven: We meet students where they are and prepare them for rewarding careers in a diverse, global economy.
Vision-aligned: NCC will be a primary educational partner in raising educational attainment and economic prosperity for our community.
This is a college-wide blueprint that coordinates people, processes, and data across units to improve access, onboarding, retention, and completion for every student.
Quick Facts
- Timeframe: 2025–2028 SEM Plan
- Focus Areas: Marketing/Recruitment/
Outreach; Onboarding/Entry/Enrollment; Persistence/Retention; Completion/Credential Attainment/Post-Graduation Success - Approach:
- Goals – the big-picture; long-term outcomes we want to achieve
- Strategies – the overall plans or approaches we’ll use to achieve our goals
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) – measurables to track progress towards our goals
Focus Areas
Marketing, Recruitment, and Outreach
Onboarding, Entry, and Enrollment
Persistence and Retention
Completion, Credentials, and Post-Graduation Success
Leadership & Collaboration
The SEM Council brings together campus leaders, faculty, students, and community partners to drive implementation and continuous improvement. Representative membership spans VPs, Deans, Directors, a student trustee, and K-12 and community organizations (Boys & Girls Club, public schools, housing authority), reflecting true shared ownership.
*SEM members can be found in the document
NACCE Everyday Entrepreneur Program
In Fall 2024, the Nash Small Business Center (SBC) partnered with the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship’s (NACCE) Everyday Entrepreneur Program to secure a $5,000 grant dedicated to hosting pitch competitions designed to fuel innovation and growth. The SBC’s, commitment to supporting both aspiring and existing business owners, provides essential resources, mentorship, and training to help businesses start, grow, and thrive in the community. The Everyday Entrepreneur Program aligns with this mission by fostering equitable access to entrepreneurship through funding, education, and hands-on opportunities that turn innovative ideas into viable businesses. Together, this partnership creates a pathway for entrepreneurs to gain visibility, secure funding, and build sustainable ventures that strengthen the local economy.
Spring 2025 Launch Rocky Mount Cohort Gallery
Are you ready to take your business idea to the next level?
Stay connected with the Small Business Center for upcoming pitch competition dates and your chance to compete!
Nash Community College Named 11th Best Community College in North Carolina by WalletHub
Nash Community College has been ranked the 11th Best Community College in North Carolina by WalletHub, a national personal finance website. The recognition is based on WalletHub’s analysis of more than 650 community colleges nationwide, using 18 key indicators of cost and quality. WalletHub’s study measured factors such as in-state tuition and fees, student-faculty ratio, […]
Annual Student Scholarship Sporting Clays Tournament
The Annual Student Scholarship Sporting Clays Tournament is hosted by the Nash Community College Foundation, established in 1983 to increase community awareness, raise funds for the student scholarship program, and help meet the needs of Nash Community College.
April 23, 2026 | 12 PM – 4:30 PM
Rose Hill Farms Sporting Clays & Hunting Preserve
Register your team here!
Raffle Information
The raffle will take place at the tournament on April 3 during the social and awards portion of the event.
Tickets are only $5!
Raffle Items:
- Winchester SXP Waterfowl Hunter 28″ 12 Gauge Shotgun Pump 3.50″ 4-2.75″ shells
- Christensen Arms Evoke Hunter 22″ Rifle 300 PRC 4+1
- Deer Stand
- and more to be announced
Contact
Katelynn Ward
Assistant Director, NCC Foundation
Building: Business & Industry Center
Room: 1106
Phone: 252-428-7327
As a Higher Education organization, Nash Community College exists for and is committed to the student.
Nash Community College breathes the ethos of constructing an environment that meets students where they are. This simple statement serves as the driving vehicle for the ‘Blue Love’ culture and Nighthawks Forward spirit.
OUR MISSION:
Provide an educational environment that meets students where they are and prepares them for successful and rewarding careers in a global and diverse society.
OUR VISION:
Nash Community College will be a leader and primary educational partner in elevating the region’s economic prosperity and educational attainment.
NIGHTHAWK CORE VALUES
These values, developed in the college’s 2021-2026 Strategic Plan, serve as the five core blocks that are essential to Nash Community College becoming a leader and primary education partner in the Eastern North Carolina Region.
STUDENT SUCCESS
Nash Community College values an environment where all students are supported and provided with the resources needed to achieve their goals and to gain skills needed for future adaptability and success.
TEACHING & LEARNING
Nash Community College values innovative, high-quality instruction and service to facilitate student growth and development.
COMMUNITY
Nash Community College values its role as a regional hub of educational advancement, economic development, and cultural enrichment.
RESPECT
Nash Community College values diversity, equity and inclusion, believing that all should be treated with fairness and dignity.
INTEGRITY
Nash Community College values honesty and uncompromising adherence to ethical principles and responsible stewardship.
The Marketing Department has primary responsibility for copy and the production of the college’s marketing information and collateral materials. Responsibility for editing, design, final copy, and graphic layout rests with the Marketing Department, with consideration given to the copy and graphic ideas and concepts supplied by the requestor.
Please contact nccpr@nashcc.edu if you have questions.
NCC Logo
The Marketing Department shall give final approval for any NCC logo usage.
The following are the only approved logos for Nash Community College.
An EPS may be needed for high-resolution printing. It can only be viewed with graphic design software. A JPG is best used with white backgrounds. A PNG may best be used when placed in front of color backgrounds, or online.
NCC Foundation Board of Directors
2025 - 2026 NCC Foundation Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Brian Hutson
President
Hedgepeth-Hutson Insurance Services, Inc.
Robin Latham
Vice President
Retired, Nash Community College
H. Lankford “Lank” Dunton, III
Treasurer
First Carolina Bank
Elizabeth Townsend
Secretary
Board Members
Donnell Battle
Bailey’s Fine Jewelry
Lyn C. Brown
Retired, Providence Bank
Evan Covington Chavez
Capitol Broadcasting Company
Ann Collier
Oakley Collier Architects
R. Lee Currin
Currin Appraisals, Inc.
Brandon Gallion
Freedom Industries, Inc.
Pattie Griggs
Southern Bank and Trust Company
Marbeth H. Holmes
Retired, Nash Community College
Paul S. Jaber
Rocky Mount
Will Kornegay
Ripe Revival
Dr. Latoya McCurdy
Nutridrip Hydration & Wellness Clinic
Alan Moore
Merck Durham Plant
Tim Oakley
Oakley Collier Architects
Robyn R. Perkerson
PAM Specialty Hospital
Ashley Pittman
Rocky Mount Event Center
Russell L. Proctor, III
Stifel
Donna Reams
UNC Health Nash
W. Craig Worthy
Boddie-Noell Enterprises, Inc.
Dr. Robert E. Zipf, Jr.
Rocky Mount
