To promote dialogue across Beaufort County on issues of civil rights, poverty and race, Beaufort County Community College brought together local political, religious and community leaders for a first Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Published: Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019 @ 12:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County Community College's Agribusiness Technology program was created in 2014 in response to demand from both students and employers in the college's four-county service area, whose economy depends heavily on agriculture.
Published: Saturday, September 26th, 2015 @ 2:10 pm
By: Barbara Tansey
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A combination of factors has resulted in a dip in full-time enrollment at Beaufort County Community College for Fall 2015, but the news isn't all bad
Published: Monday, September 14th, 2015 @ 2:15 am
By: Barbara Tansey
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The purchase of a 13.6-acre plot of land adjacent to Beaufort County Community College was finalized on Thursday, Aug. 27. The land, located to the east of BCCC's existing property, was purchased using funds provided by the BCCC Foundation and Beaufort County.
Published: Saturday, September 5th, 2015 @ 10:39 am
By: Barbara Tansey
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The days of copper wire within the communications industry are coming to an end. Today, modern telephone, cable television and internet data are carried through fiber optics systems. A new program at Beaufort County Community College is aimed at training technicians to install these high-tech...
Published: Friday, September 4th, 2015 @ 4:49 pm
By: Barbara Tansey
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The purchase of a 13.6-acre plot of land adjacent to Beaufort County Community College was finalized on Thursday, Aug. 27. The land, located to the east of BCCC's existing property, was purchased using funds provided by the BCCC Foundation and Beaufort County
Published: Sunday, August 30th, 2015 @ 1:25 pm
By: Barbara Tansey
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The end of the semester and graduation are fast approaching at BCCC. Several events have already been held and are being planned in the next few weeks to salute our graduates and mark the end of the year.
Published: Sunday, May 3rd, 2015 @ 1:18 am
By: Barbara Tansey
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The BCCC Board of Trustees and the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners held their annual joint meeting this week during which the community college presented its budget request for the 2015-2016 Fiscal Year. We are asking the county for a total of $3,456,579 in current expense and capital...
Published: Friday, April 17th, 2015 @ 8:14 pm
By: Barbara Tansey
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Registration for Summer Term 2015 and Fall Semester 2015 began this week and early reports indicate that registration is going well.
Published: Friday, April 3rd, 2015 @ 12:49 pm
By: Barbara Tansey
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Sixteen students at Beaufort County Community College were recognized as "BCCC's Best" in a ceremony on the college campus this week. Twelve students were cited for displaying the character trait "respectful," and four, for the character trait "trustworthy." Those honored as respectful were...
Published: Saturday, March 28th, 2015 @ 2:42 am
By: Chris Downey
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Twenty-one BCCC students were inducted into the Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society in a ceremony held at the college Wednesday night. Congratulations to Caitlyn Andrews, Bethany Ange, Marlen Avelar Gomez, Ashleigh Boyd, Frances Cahoon, Sanfara Christian, Erica Clark, Michael "Andy" Crisp...
Published: Saturday, March 14th, 2015 @ 11:13 pm
By: Chris Downey
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The BCCC Board of Trustees recently held its Spring Retreat with the board members spending most of their time discussing our college's long-range construction needs.
Published: Sunday, March 8th, 2015 @ 3:26 pm
By: Barbara Tansey
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The icy weather this week led to the closure of our college for two days and led to a delay in the disbursement of financial aid checks to our students. I hope this did not cause too much of a hardship but I certainly didn't want to risk the lives of our students, faculty and staff traveling on...
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 3:04 am
By: Chris Downey
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What is the contribution that Beaufort County Community College makes to the region's economy? A new report demonstrating the economic value of Beaufort County Community College and community colleges across the state is scheduled to be released next week. This is the first time in about...
Published: Tuesday, February 17th, 2015 @ 12:56 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Beaufort County Community College is celebrating Black History Month with a series of events that includes an appearance by one of the nation's most dynamic and uplifting motivational speakers.
Published: Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 @ 10:04 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Here's a look at BCCC events happening on campus and in the community
Published: Saturday, February 7th, 2015 @ 4:01 pm
By: Barbara Tansey
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Men of Success, the minority male mentoring group at Beaufort County Community College, recently completed a toy drive for the Toys for Tots program. The group gathered the toys and posed for a photograph at a recent meeting.
Published: Wednesday, December 10th, 2014 @ 11:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Historians and history majors among our campus community certainly remember the significance of Sunday's date - December 7. The date was designated by Congress in 1994 as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. While we take time to remember our veterans and fallen soldiers on other days...
Published: Saturday, December 6th, 2014 @ 4:09 pm
By: Barbara Tansey
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The holiday season is upon us and I hope all of our students, faculty, staff and community supporters have a safe and happy Thanksgiving. As we take time to give thanks for our blessings, I hope we will remember what a blessing Beaufort County Community College is for the people in our community...
Published: Saturday, November 29th, 2014 @ 2:34 pm
By: Barbara Tansey
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As an update on the recent discussions regarding the state community college system budget for 2015-2016, I received an email from a fellow community college president following the recent State Community College Board retreat. As expected, the state board revised the recommendations made by the...
Published: Tuesday, November 4th, 2014 @ 2:25 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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When the North Carolina legislature convenes in January 2015, the North Carolina Community College Presidents and system office are expected to make a "significant pay increase" for our faculty and staff the top priority in the expansion budget - which funds new programs and expenses - for the...
Published: Thursday, October 30th, 2014 @ 11:04 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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The Beaufort County Community College Board of Trustees has expanded its tobacco-free policy to include electronic cigarettes and other electronic delivery systems in its campus-wide tobacco ban.
Published: Monday, October 20th, 2014 @ 9:12 am
By: Barbara Tansey
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Beaufort County Community College hosted its first campus-wide Open House in may years on Thursday and people from across the service area took the opportunity to see what we do and how they fit. Nearly 100 people took time to tour the campus, meet with faculty and staff members and learn more about
Published: Saturday, October 4th, 2014 @ 10:09 am
By: Barbara Tansey
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Members of Men of Success, the minority male mentoring group at Beaufort County Community College, gave a presentation to the college's Board of Trustees and members of its Foundation Board of Directors recently at a joint retreat of the two boards.
Published: Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014 @ 9:42 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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