College Night set for Oct. 23 at BCCC | Eastern North Carolina Now

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    Beaufort County Community College's annual College Night is set for Tuesday, Oct. 23 from 6:30 until 8:00 p.m. in the Multi-purpose Room of Building 10 on the BCCC campus.

    College Night is an excellent opportunity for high school students and others in the community interested in attending BCCC to learn more about opportunities available at BCCC, according to Daniel Wilson, BCCC admissions and recruitment director.

    It is also a good chance for BCCC college transfer students to meet with representatives from four-year colleges and universities to discuss admission requirements and programs available on their campuses, Wilson said.

    "Students interested in attending BCCC or transferring from BCCC to another college or university do not want to miss this event," Wilson said. "This is the only chance this year they will have to meet one-on-one with representatives from over 40 institutions from North Carolina."

    Admission is free of charge and is open to anyone in eastern North Carolina thinking about starting or returning to college.

    Representatives from colleges and universities - including area community colleges and most public and private four-year school - across the state are confirmed participants this year, Wilson said.

    Among them are Barton College, Beaufort County Community College, Belmont Abbey College, Campbell University, Cape Fear Community College, Catawba College, Chowan University, the College Foundation of North Carolina, East Carolina University, Elizabeth City State University, Elon University, Fayetteville State University, Johnson and Wales University, Liberty University, Living Arts College, Livingstone College, Louisburg College, Meredith College, Methodist University, Mid-Atlantic Christian University, Miller-Motte College, Mount Olive College, Nashville Auto Diesel College, N.C. A&T University, N.C. Central University, N.C. State University, N.C. Wesleyan College, William Peace University, Pfeiffer College, Pitt Community College, Saint Augustine's College, Salem College, Shaw University, The Arts Institutes, Wake Forest University, Western Carolina University, Winston Salem State University and representatives from the University of North Carolina at Asheville, Chapel Hill, Greensboro, Pembroke and Wilmington, among others.

    For more information, contact Wilson in the Admissions Office in Building 9 on the BCCC campus, call (252) 940-6233 or visit BCCC's website at www.beaufortccc.edu.