History
• Chartered on February 6, 1964
  
  Accreditation
• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
  and various accrediting agencies
  
  Campus
• Approximately 100 acres and 18 buildings located between Whiteville and Chadbourn in southeastern North Carolina
  
  Serving Columbus County
• 24.8 percent of all Columbus County residents served
• 21.6 percent of curriculum students from out-of-county
• Less than 1 percent curriculum students from out-of-state

Tuition and Fees

$42 per credit hour for North

Students Enrolled
2,760 in curriculum courses
8,461 in continuing education
10,528 total unduplicated SCC students


Full Time Equivalents (FTE) Generated
1721 Curriculum
652 Continuing Education


Curriculum Programs

Associate in:
Arts -22
Fine Arts -2
General Education -1
Science - 2

Associate in Applied Science - 26

Certificates - 55
Diplomas - 22

Typical Curriculum Student

• Average Age, 28
• 68.3 percent female, 31.7 male


• 46 percent employed at least part time while attending
• White 59%, Black 31%, American Indian 6.6%, Other/Unknown/Multiple 1.8%, Hispanic 1.2%, Asian or Pacific Islander .2%


Distance Learning

• 76 Internet courses with 1167 students


• 5 Two-Way Video courses with 18 students


• 52 Web-enhanced courses with 1257 students

Completions

117 Associates degrees, 107 certificates, 9 diplomas


80 General Educational Development diplomas (GED)


Curriculum Faculty Credentials

61 full-time faculty


70 percent of faculty with master’s degrees or above


100 percent of Transfer faculty with master’s or above


Student Financial Aid

60 percent of students awarded financial aid


Average award of $3021


Total of $4,988,791

Student Activities

Student Government Association


Student Ambassadors


Academic Honor Society


Clubs and Organizations
Intercollegiate Athletics
~Men’s Baseball
~Women’s Volleyball

Continuing Education and Economic Development

19,201 individuals enrolled in 821 different workforce development classes, 149 students in New and Expanding/Focused Industrial Training programs
JobLink Career Center served 1776 customers requesting 14,575 services, and served 200 businesses (2007)


Small Business Center served 1893 participants in 32 different types of seminars/classes (unduplicated)


Typical ConEd Student

Average Age, 42


50.6 percent female, 49.4male


63.5 percent employed at least part time while attending


White 60%, Black 30%, American Indian 5%,
Hispanic 3.8%, Other .6%, Asian .2%

New or Unique Programs and Classes

Nursing Simulation Lab
Broadcasting and Production Technology program
Fine Arts program


Agricultural Biotechnology degree program


American Sign Language Interpreter Education program


Medical Office Systems program
Auto Repair Career class
Customized classes for potential correctional personnel with NC Department of Corrections


Farmers Adopting Computer Training (FACT)/with Cooperative Extension Service and NCA&T State University

ESL Family Literacy program with Columbus County Schools


Intro to Small Engine Repair class
• Intro to Construction Trades: Carpentry, Masonry, and Basic Electrical
• Job Club in cooperation with Senior Aides Program
• Succeeding as a Call Center Associate, Introduction to Bank Teller classes, with local financial institution
• Optometric/Ophthalmic Assistant
Medication Aide Exam Prep (first in NCCCS)

Library

• Over 65,951 volumes, fifth largest in NCCCS



Cultural Enrichment
Richard F. Burkhardt Performing Arts Series


Visual Arts Exhibits


Foundation Dinner Theatre


Earth Day Celebration


Hispanic Heritage Month


Native American Heritage Exposition


Black History Month


Multicultural Festival


Martin Luther King Celebration


Foundation

Investments valued at $2,897,445


$604,841 contributed in annual fund drive


Funding Sources

$13,677,282 State


$ 5,096,317 Federal


$ 1,237,626 County


$ 2,626,542 Other


$ 2,800,000 Construction


$25,437,767 Total

Administration

• Dr. Kathy Matlock, President


• Beverlee Nance, VP of Continuing Education and Economic Development


• Dr. Morgan Phillips, VP of Curriculum Instruction


• Betty Jo Sanders, VP of Operations & Finance


• Matlynn Yeoman, VP of Student Development Services


SCC Employees, Part-time and Full-time
Full Time

• 61 Curriculum faculty


• 15 Continuing Education faculty


• 119 Staff

Part Time

• 55 Curriculum faculty


• 72 Continuing Education faculty


• 30 Staff

Board of Trustees

• Theresa J. Blanks


• Spruell R. Britt
(chair)

• Richard L. Crutchfield


• Richard G. Dameron


• Maudie Davis


• Doris S. Dees


• Henry J. Edmund


• W. Charles Gore


• James Graham


• Joseph L. Ray


• E. Rhone Sasser
• Stephen M. Smith