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Pitt Community College
Pitt Community College (PCC) is a public community college in Winterville, North Carolina in Pitt County. The college is part of the North Carolina Community College System. It has an enrollment of over 7,000 undergraduate students with a total of 10,322 students enrolled in the Curriculum Program. Pitt Community College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees.
PCC was chartered and designated by the North Carolina State Board of Education as an industrial education center in March 1961. The college began its operation as Pitt Industrial Education Center during the same year. Lloyd Spaulding served as the director of the center. The programs developed and expanded and in 1964 the school was designated a technical institute by the State Board of Education. The name was changed in 1964 to Pitt Technical Institute. That same year, William E. Fulford became the college's president (1964-1984) and the college opened in its new facility, the Vernon E. White Building, with nine programs and 96 students.
PCC was first accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 1969. In 1979, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted a bill that changed Pitt Technical Institute to Pitt Community College. The change brought about the addition of the two-year University Transfer programs and two more buildings, the Robert Lee Humber Building (1970) and the Kay V. Whichard Building (1979).
Charles E. Russell, a Jamesville native, was named PCC's third president in 1984. He served until 2003. During his tenure, the college added 32 curriculum degree programs and held three successful, major bond referendums. In 1991, he encouraged college trustees to spend $2 million in bond revenue to purchase 105 acres from H.L. Bowen’s heirs, thus providing a foundation for much of the college's future growth.
Seven buildings were added to the PCC main campus during Russell’s tenure:
In the fall of 1997, Pitt Community College, as well as the entire North Carolina Community College system, converted from a quarter system to a semester system.
Following Russell’s retirement, G. Dennis Massey was selected as PCC's fourth president on August 1, 2003.
In 2005, PCC trustees agreed to purchase the 131-acre Davenport property adjacent to Pitt's main campus and approved a Facilities Master Plan outlining future campus growth. The 2009 spring semester featured the opening of the Craig F. Goess Student Center followed by the Herman Simon Building for Health Sciences and the Construction and Industrial Technology (CIT) Building in 2012. Later in 2012, the new Facilities Services Complex and Charles E. Russell Building general classroom were opened. Five years later, PCC opened the bond-funded Walter and Marie Williams Building to further expand STEM programming.
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Pitt Community College
Pitt Community College (PCC) is a public community college in Winterville, North Carolina in Pitt County. The college is part of the North Carolina Community College System. It has an enrollment of over 7,000 undergraduate students with a total of 10,322 students enrolled in the Curriculum Program. Pitt Community College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees.
PCC was chartered and designated by the North Carolina State Board of Education as an industrial education center in March 1961. The college began its operation as Pitt Industrial Education Center during the same year. Lloyd Spaulding served as the director of the center. The programs developed and expanded and in 1964 the school was designated a technical institute by the State Board of Education. The name was changed in 1964 to Pitt Technical Institute. That same year, William E. Fulford became the college's president (1964-1984) and the college opened in its new facility, the Vernon E. White Building, with nine programs and 96 students.
PCC was first accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 1969. In 1979, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted a bill that changed Pitt Technical Institute to Pitt Community College. The change brought about the addition of the two-year University Transfer programs and two more buildings, the Robert Lee Humber Building (1970) and the Kay V. Whichard Building (1979).
Charles E. Russell, a Jamesville native, was named PCC's third president in 1984. He served until 2003. During his tenure, the college added 32 curriculum degree programs and held three successful, major bond referendums. In 1991, he encouraged college trustees to spend $2 million in bond revenue to purchase 105 acres from H.L. Bowen’s heirs, thus providing a foundation for much of the college's future growth.
Seven buildings were added to the PCC main campus during Russell’s tenure:
In the fall of 1997, Pitt Community College, as well as the entire North Carolina Community College system, converted from a quarter system to a semester system.
Following Russell’s retirement, G. Dennis Massey was selected as PCC's fourth president on August 1, 2003.
In 2005, PCC trustees agreed to purchase the 131-acre Davenport property adjacent to Pitt's main campus and approved a Facilities Master Plan outlining future campus growth. The 2009 spring semester featured the opening of the Craig F. Goess Student Center followed by the Herman Simon Building for Health Sciences and the Construction and Industrial Technology (CIT) Building in 2012. Later in 2012, the new Facilities Services Complex and Charles E. Russell Building general classroom were opened. Five years later, PCC opened the bond-funded Walter and Marie Williams Building to further expand STEM programming.