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In 1963, the North Carolina General Assembly passed the Community College Act, creating a system of comprehensive community colleges and technical institutes.In September 1964, Wilkes County citizens approved the establishment of a community college through a bond vote to allow for the construction of facilities and a tax authorization for the operation of the college.
At the expiration of the six month "Stay Silent" authorization in November 2008, the College asked for an extension of the order to finalize the details of the transfer to an unspecified community college. In 2009, Isothermal Community College acquired the license of WSIF, Wilkesboro, North Carolina, formerly operated by Wilkes Community College.
WTA, Wilkes Transportation Authority, is a local shuttle service based in Wilkesboro that utilizes vans and buses to serve Wilkes County. Fares range from $2-$24, but are typically around $4. [13] A scheduled shuttle service runs roughly every hour, and an unscheduled service allows riders to request a van pick-up in any part of the county.
LCCC Dedicated Centers are located in Berwick, Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Shamokin, Hazleton, Pittston, and Watsontown. The college is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. It offers 71 occupational programs (includes degree, certificate, and diploma programs), 25 liberal arts/transfer programs, 10 credit-free career ...
MerleFest is an annual "traditional plus" music festival held in Wilkesboro, North Carolina on the campus of Wilkes Community College.The festival, which is held the last weekend in April, was hosted by Grammy Award winner Doc Watson prior to his death and is named in memory and honor of his son, Eddy Merle Watson, [1] who died in a farm tractor accident in 1985.
Wilkes College became Wilkes University in December 1989, and the school officially received university status a month later, in January 1990. [ 8 ] [ 14 ] Wilkes University opened the School of Pharmacy in 1996, [ 17 ] and in 1999, through a donation from Mrs. Geraldine Nesbitt Orr, the Nesbitt School of Pharmacy was established.
The North Carolina Community College System (System Office) is a statewide network of 58 public community colleges. [3] The system enrolls nearly 600,000 students annually. [ 2 ] It also provides the North Carolina Learning Object Repository as a central location to manage, collect, contribute, and share digital learning resources for use in ...
Among the memorials to Pearson is the James Larkin Pearson Award in free-verse poetry; the award is presented annually by the Poetry Council of North Carolina. The library at Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina is also named in Pearson's honor, and contains many of his personal papers.