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With an enrollment of more than 40,000 students annually, [3] Central Piedmont is the second-largest community college in the North Carolina Community College System and the largest in the Charlotte metropolitan area. [5] The college has six campuses and three centers and offers nearly 300 degree, diploma and certificate programs.
The Greater Richmond Region is a region and metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Virginia, centered on Richmond, the state capital.The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defines the area as the Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area, a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) used by the U.S. Census Bureau and other entities.
As part of the initial 1.5-mile (2.4 km) Gold Line, construction on CPCC Central Campus began in December 2013. The station opened to the public on July 14, 2015, with a low platform configuration that was used for heritage streetcars. [1]
VCCS institutions Name Established Enrollment [7] Location Blue Ridge Community College: 1967: 3,386: Augusta County: Brightpoint Community College: 1967: 8,558
The larger region is also home to respected institutions such as Gardner-Webb University, Lenoir–Rhyne University, Wingate University, and the Hickory campus of Appalachian State University. The primary community college for the area is Central Piedmont Community College, which has several campuses throughout Charlotte and the surrounding region.
The Virginia Piedmont is largely characterized by rolling hills and numerous ridges near the boundary with the Blue Ridge Mountains. Lying between the mountain and coastal plain regions, the Piedmont region is a naturally diverse landscape. [2] The bedrock consists mostly of gneiss, schist, and granite rocks at a typical depth of between 2 and ...
Within the city, and in Henrico County, East End is roughly defined as including the area of Richmond north of the James River and east/northeast of the former Virginia Central Railroad - Chesapeake and Ohio Railway line (now owned by CSX Transportation and operated by the Buckingham Branch Railroad) which originated at Main Street Station, and south and west of I-295.
The Central Piedmont governing board desired a centralized campus at the Elizabeth Avenue location. The other reason resulted from the effects of integrating Mecklenburg College and the Central Industrial Center. After the integration in 1963, African American students flocked to the formerly all-white campus at the old Central High School. [16]