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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.
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.
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 ...
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A portion was moved to Wilkes County in 1909. [7] In 1894, textile executive Hugh Chatham pushed for the founding of a resort in Roaring Gap. It was reorganized in 1925. [8] The construction of the Blue Ridge Parkway in the 1930s led to increased tourism and growth in Alleghany County. [4]
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.
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.
In 1933, the Wilkes University main campus was founded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. [1] [6] The university signed an agreement with Mesa, Arizona to bring a satellite location to the city in July 2012. [3] [7] Under the agreement, Mesa negotiated a five-year lease for Wilkes University in the Mesa Center for Higher Education. [8]